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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGXU vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and IEFA 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 $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; IEFA is far larger, $188.1bn against $6.8bn.

	CGXU	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$188.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+13.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	12.2%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.8%, 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

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and IEFA 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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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU IEFA

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 2.87%

Nestle SA 1.05% 0.95%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.69%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.63%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.61%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.58%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.58%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.57%

Airbus SE 2.11% 0.50%

Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.46% 0.50%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.44% 0.45%

AIA Group Ltd 1.10% 0.37%

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%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46%

Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%

Only in IEFA

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.26%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20%

SHELL 1.17%

NOVARTIS AG 1.05%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.96%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.88%

SIEMENS N AG 0.87%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 2628

Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $189.5bn

CGXU and IEFA 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.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of IEFA 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 ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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