Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or DBEF?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and DBEF +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or DBEF?

DBEF is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGXU and DBEF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of DBEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGXU vs DBEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and DBEF hold 17% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $9.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF.

DBEF costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; DBEF is 1.3 times larger.

	CGXU	DBEF
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$9.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+18.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	13.3%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

+18.5%

DBEF total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.35%

DBEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and DBEF hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU DBEF

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 2.82%

Nestle SA 1.05% 1.18%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.79%

Siemens AG 0.74% 1.05%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.68%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.66%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46% 0.66%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.65%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.59%

Airbus SE 2.11% 0.56%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 1.17% 0.52%

Siemens Energy AG 0.51% 0.66%

Only in CGXU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%

First Quantum Minerals Ltd 5.12%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%

SK hynix Inc 3.27%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00%

Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%

Only in DBEF

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26%

NOVARTIS AG 1.24%

SHELL PLC 1.06%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.91%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

DBEF

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Xtrackers

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +18.5%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +1.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 677

Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and DBEF as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $9.2bn

CGXU and DBEF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGXU in plain words

CGXU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DBEF in plain words

DBEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 677 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or DBEF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and DBEF +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or DBEF?: DBEF is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and DBEF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of DBEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGXU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGXU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGXU ↗DBEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DBEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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