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CGXU vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and VXUS 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 $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points.

CGXUVXUS
Expense ratio0.54%0.05%
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026$6.8bn$163.2bn
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+17.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.4%14.1%
Below its high5.1%, high on Sep 8, 20263.9%, 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
+17.8%
VXUS total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGXU expense ratio
0.05%
VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

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

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGXU VXUS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83% 3.98%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10% 1.90%
SK hynix Inc 3.27% 1.46%
ASML Holding NV 2.44% 1.43%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.27% 0.78%
Nestle SA 1.05% 0.55%
Siemens AG 0.74% 0.53%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.37%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.35%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.34%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.33%
Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.33%
Only in CGXU
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%
ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.44%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 1.15%
Gulf Development PCL 0.78%
MercadoLibre Inc 0.69%
Sea Ltd 0.61%
JBS NV 0.42%
Only in VXUS
SLCMT1142 1.83%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.77%
Roche Holding AG 0.67%
MKTLIQ 0.65%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%
Novartis AG 0.62%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.59%
Shell PLC 0.56%

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On the same fields

CGXU
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 8802
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $6.8bn $163.2bn

CGXU and VXUS 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.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or VXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or VXUS?
VXUS is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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