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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IDEV +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or IDEV?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGXU vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and IDEV hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and CGXU returned +18.6% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $33.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

IDEV costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; IDEV is 4.8 times larger.

	CGXU	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$32.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+14.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	10.8%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

+14.5%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and IDEV hold 13% 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 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU IDEV

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 2.52%

Nestle SA 1.05% 0.83%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.61%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.55%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.53%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.51%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.51%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.50%

Airbus SE 2.11% 0.44%

Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.46% 0.44%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.44% 0.39%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00% 0.36%

Only in CGXU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%

SK hynix Inc 3.27%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%

ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.27%

Only in IDEV

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.11%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.05%

SHELL 1.02%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.93%

NOVARTIS AG 0.92%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.84%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.84%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.77%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +14.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts −2.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 2287

Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and IDEV as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $33.1bn

CGXU and IDEV 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.

IDEV in plain words

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,287 positions, with the top ten at 10.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IDEV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or IDEV?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of IDEV 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 ↗IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IDEV ↗

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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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