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CGXU vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and VSGX hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points.

CGXUVSGX
Expense ratio0.54%0.10%
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$6.8bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+19.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.4%17.1%
Below its high5.1%, high on Sep 8, 20263.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.6%
CGXU total return, 1 year
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGXU expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and VSGX hold 20% 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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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGXU VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83% 5.37%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10% 2.56%
SK hynix Inc 3.27% 1.98%
ASML Holding NV 2.44% 1.93%
Nestle SA 1.05% 0.74%
Siemens AG 0.74% 0.72%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.48%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.45%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.45%
Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46% 0.42%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.46% 0.37%
SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.36%
Only in CGXU
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00%
Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%
Airbus SE 2.11%
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%
Anglo American PLC 1.68%
Hitachi Ltd 1.62%
ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%
Only in VSGX
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Roche Holding AG 0.90%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%
Novartis AG 0.84%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.73%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.71%
SAP SE 0.67%

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On the same fields

CGXU
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 6631
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $6.8bn $6.7bn

CGXU and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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