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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGXU vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and VEA hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points.

	CGXU	VEA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.03%
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$6.8bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	13.0%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and VEA 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10% 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 3.27% 2.01%

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 1.96%

Nestle SA 1.05% 0.75%

Siemens AG 0.74% 0.73%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.51%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.49%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.46%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.46%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.45%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46% 0.43%

Airbus SE 2.11% 0.40%

Only in CGXU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%

ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.44%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.27%

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.25%

Bharti Airtel Ltd 1.20%

Only in VEA

SLBBH1142 1.25%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.92%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%

Novartis AG 0.85%

Shell PLC 0.77%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.74%

AstraZeneca PLC 0.72%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 3898

Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $6.8bn $231.6bn

CGXU and VEA 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.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of VEA 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 ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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