Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
$35.13−0.69 (−1.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.54%
- Fund size
- $6.8B
- 1Y return
- +28.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.71%
- Holdings
- 81
- Volume · 30D
- 0.9M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.73
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGXU Grade
Score 69 of 100 sits in the B 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 84Category 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 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 59Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 91Category rank
Our read on CGXU
BLaunched in 2022, CGXU runs international growth on a short leash: roughly 80 developed- and emerging-market stocks picked bottom-up, at a fee below the typical active rival in its lane.
The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in international equities, including companies in developed and emerging markets. It uses active, bottom-up stock selection to pursue companies with attractive growth opportunities.
Why people hold it
- At 0.54%, the fee sits under the median for its active international growth cohort and well under rivals like BKCI (0.75%).
- About 80 stocks spanning developed and emerging markets: conviction-sized picks in one ticket, no separate EM sleeve to bolt on.capitalgroup.com
- Rates among the strongest implementations in its ten-fund group of active international growth funds.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which counts when the underlying stocks sit in markets that close before New York opens.
Worth knowing
- Emerging markets ride alongside developed ones here, so currency moves and local politics are part of the package.capitalgroup.com
- With roughly 80 names, each pick carries real weight; results track the managers' stock selection rather than broad index math.
- Built around long-term capital growth, not cash flow: distributions land once or twice a year.
CGXU Holdings
- Stocks
- 81
- 35%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology22.0%
- Industrials16.4%
- Materials14.4%
- Financials13.4%
- Communication11.9%
- Consumer Discr.8.4%
- Health Care3.7%
- Cons. Staples3.5%
- Energy3.3%
- Utilities3.0%
Geography
- Japan19.45%
- Canada10.89%
- United Kingdom10.52%
- South Korea9.88%
- Taiwan6.90%
- Netherlands5.58%
- Germany4.18%
- Denmark3.38%
- 29.23%
Developed 70% · Emerging 30%
CGXU 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 | CGXU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +22.6% |
| 1 month | +1.9% |
| 3 months | +0.6% |
| 1 year | +28.2% |
| 3 years | +21.2% |
| 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 | CGXU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +22.6% | |
| 2025 | +26.3% | |
| 2024 | +4.4% | |
| 2023 | +15.8% | |
| 2022 | −14.3% |
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CGXU Dividends
- 4.71%
- $1.69
- $0.41 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $1.27 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.10 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 | $0.14 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 | $0.12 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 | $0.08 |
CGXU Risk
- 14.9%
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.
- 0.88
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.
- −25.6%
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.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGXU Cost
- The middle half of International Active Growth funds
- Median 0.55%
1 of the 14 International Active Growth funds charge less.