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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or IXUS?

IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CGXU vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and IXUS hold 18% 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 $58.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; IXUS is 8.6 times larger.

	CGXU	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$58.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	14.3%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and IXUS hold 18% 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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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU IXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83% 4.68%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10% 2.18%

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 1.68%

SK hynix Inc 3.27% 1.65%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.27% 0.76%

Nestle SA 1.05% 0.56%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.41%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.37%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.36%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.34%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.34%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.34%

Only in CGXU

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%

ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 1.17%

Techtronic Industries Co Ltd 1.16%

NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 1.15%

Vestas Wind Systems A/S 1.09%

Only in IXUS

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.75%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.71%

SHELL 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.63%

NOVARTIS AG 0.61%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.56%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.56%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 4586

Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $58.6bn

CGXU and IXUS 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.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% 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 4,586 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or IXUS?: IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of IXUS 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 ↗IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXUS ↗

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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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