Capital Group Core Equity ETF
$44.66−0.29 (−0.65%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.33%
- Fund size
- $12.0B
- 1Y return
- +14.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.82%
- Holdings
- 74
- Volume · 30D
- 1.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $45.05
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGUS Grade
Score 72 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 81Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 54Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 73Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 63Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 90Category rank
Our read on CGUS
ACapital Group's low-key answer to the index fund: an actively managed US core portfolio of roughly 70 stocks chasing both appreciation and dividends, priced at 0.33% while the typical active US equity ETF charges about double.
The fund seeks long-term capital growth and income by investing mainly in common stocks that the adviser believes offer appreciation potential or dividends. It is actively managed and emphasizes companies viewed as attractively valued long-term opportunities.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.33% a year against a roughly 0.65% median for active US equity ETFs. Rare pricing for a stock-picking mandate rather than an index tracker.
- Real active management, not closet indexing: about 70 names selected for appreciation potential or dividends, with a stated tilt toward companies the adviser views as attractively valued.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out is straightforward rather than a limit-order science project.
- Ranks among the strongest implementations in a crowded active US equity field on our review, and pays out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Cheap for active, not cheap outright. Systematic peers like DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) undercut it if you want core US equity at the lowest possible fee.
- A roughly 70-stock book means individual picks carry real weight, and the portfolio can look meaningfully different from the broad US market in either direction.
- Launched in 2022, so the ETF's own track record is short even though the manager behind it is not new to US equities.
CGUS Holdings
- Stocks
- 74
- 43%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology41.8%
- Consumer Discr.10.0%
- Communication9.9%
- Financials9.6%
- Health Care8.7%
- Industrials8.3%
- Cons. Staples3.2%
- Energy3.1%
- Materials2.4%
- Utilities2.3%
- Real Estate0.7%
Geography
- United States87.45%
- United Kingdom3.16%
- Canada2.99%
- Taiwan (Province of China)2.62%
- Singapore1.31%
- Netherlands1.25%
- Ireland0.63%
- Bermuda0.58%
CGUS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | CGUS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.2% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | +2.2% |
| 1 year | +14.2% |
| 3 years | +22.4% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | CGUS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.2% | |
| 2025 | +16.2% | |
| 2024 | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +27.7% | |
| 2022 | −7.9% |
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CGUS Dividends
- 0.82%
- $0.37
- $0.08 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.10 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.08 |
CGUS Risk
- 12.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.23
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −21.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGUS Cost
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
22 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.