UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
Certified Shareholder Report of
Registered Management Investment Companies
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-23737
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 975-5000
Date of fiscal year end: May 31
Date of reporting period: May 31, 2023
Troy S. Tanner
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
ITEM 1 – Reports to Stockholders
Capital Group Growth ETF Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF Capital Group Core Equity ETF Capital Group Dividend Value ETF | |
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Annual report for the year ended May 31, 2023 | |
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These five Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds pursue a variety of objectives for investors and are offered by Capital Group, home of American Funds®. For over 90 years, Capital Group has invested with a long-term focus based on thorough research and attention to risk.
Figures shown are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. For current information and month-end results, refer to capitalgroup.com. Market price returns are determined using the official closing price of the fund’s shares and do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times.
Here are the total returns on a $1,000 investment with all distributions reinvested for periods ended June 30, 2023 (the most recent calendar quarter-end):
| | 1 year | | Since fund inception (2/22/22) | | 30-day SEC yield | | Expense ratio* |
Capital Group Growth ETF | | | | | | | | | | | 0.39 | % | | | 0.39 | % |
Net asset value | | | 26.98 | % | | | 2.89 | % | | | | | | | | |
Market price | | | 26.97 | | | | 2.92 | | | | | | | | | |
S&P 500 Index | | | 19.59 | | | | 4.24 | | | | | | | | | |
Russell 1000 Growth Index | | | 27.11 | | | | 5.25 | | | | | | | | | |
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Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | 0.47 | |
Net asset value | | | 22.12 | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | | | | |
Market price | | | 22.00 | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | | | | |
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) | | | 16.53 | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | | | | |
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Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | 0.54 | |
Net asset value | | | 15.39 | | | | –2.22 | | | | | | | | | |
Market price | | | 15.25 | | | | –1.88 | | | | | | | | | |
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA | | | 12.72 | | | | –2.95 | | | | | | | | | |
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Capital Group Core Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | 0.33 | |
Net asset value | | | 19.94 | | | | 4.42 | | | | | | | | | |
Market price | | | 20.02 | | | | 4.51 | | | | | | | | | |
S&P 500 Index | | | 19.59 | | | | 4.24 | | | | | | | | | |
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Capital Group Dividend Value ETF | | | | | | | | | | | 1.81 | | | | 0.33 | |
Net asset value | | | 23.38 | | | | 8.64 | | | | | | | | | |
Market price | | | 23.43 | | | | 8.67 | | | | | | | | | |
S&P 500 Index | | | 19.59 | | | | 4.24 | | | | | | | | | |
Russell 1000 Value Index | | | 11.54 | | | | 1.37 | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are actively managed and do not seek to replicate a specific index. ETFs are bought and sold through an exchange at the then current market price, not net asset value (NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV when traded on an exchange. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. There can be no guarantee that an active market for ETFs will develop or be maintained, or that the ETF’s listing will continue or remain unchanged.
ETF market price returns since inception are calculated using NAV for the period until market price became available (generally a few days after inception).
As nondiversified funds, Capital Group ETFs have the ability to invest a larger percentage of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, a single issuer could adversely affect a fund’s results more than if the fund invested a smaller percentage of assets in securities of that issuer. Refer to the applicable prospectus for details.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
* | The total annual fund operating expense ratios are as of each fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). |
Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.
Contents
Fellow investors:
We are pleased to present you with the annual report for Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF. For the funds’ fiscal year ending May 31, 2023, the funds’ results, which include dividends reinvested, were as follows:
Capital Group Growth ETF (ticker: CGGR) rose 5.33% on a net asset value (NAV) basis and 5.42% on a market price basis, outpacing the fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which increased 2.92%. CGGR distributions included dividends totaling approximately 7 cents a share. The fund did not distribute any long-term capital gain payments for the fiscal year.
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (ticker: CGGO) climbed 7.80% on a NAV basis and 8.02% on a market price basis, surpassing the return of MSCI All Country World Index, which returned 0.85%. CGGO distributions included dividends totaling approximately 12 cents a share. The fund did not distribute any long-term capital gain payments for the fiscal year.
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (ticker: CGXU) slipped –0.68% on a NAV basis and –0.42% on a market price basis, while the fund’s primary benchmark, MSCI All Country World Index excluding USA, fell –1.41%. CGXU distributions included dividends totaling approximately 20 cents a share. The fund did not distribute any long-term capital gain payments for the fiscal year.
Capital Group Core Equity ETF (ticker: CGUS) increased 3.96% on a NAV basis and 4.09% on a market price basis, which was greater than the S&P 500 Index, which returned 2.92% over the period. CGUS distributions included regular quarterly dividends totaling approximately 30 cents a share. The fund did not distribute any long-term capital gain payments for the fiscal year.
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (ticker: CGDV) rose 5.12% on a NAV basis and 5.11% on a market price basis, while its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index registered a more modest 2.92% gain. CGDV distributions included regular quarterly dividends totaling 38 cents a share. The fund did not distribute any long-term capital gain payments for the fiscal year.
Market overview
Despite a tumultuous, volatile market environment, equity markets rose in the 12 months ending May 31, 2023. The S&P 500 Index, a broad measure of the U.S. equity market, rose 2.92%, while the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), a broad measure of the global equity market, rose 0.85%, and a measure of the non-U.S. equity market, the MSCI ACWI excluding USA, declined –1.41%.
The equity market appreciation came as investors shrugged off a wall of worry that included high inflation, tighter monetary policy, geopolitical conflict and economic growth concerns. Worries over central bank rate increases led to a market sell-off in June 2022, especially as economic data suggested growth was softening. Some of these concerns were allayed in July as notable megacap companies such as Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft reported strong second quarter earnings, which boosted investor confidence and propelled the broader equity market higher. July 2022’s 9.22% total return for the S&P 500 Index, a broad measure of the U.S. equity market, was the highest monthly rise in more than a year.
This momentum was short-lived, however, as persistently high inflation and strong labor markets roiled investors who saw an increasing likelihood of further monetary policy tightening, as well as elevated concerns that central bankers would not be able to tame inflation without pushing the global economy into recession. Major global indices registered their largest drops in over two
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 1 |
years in September including a –9.21% decline in the S&P 500 and a –9.99% decline in MSCI ACWI excluding U.S.A.
After reaching multi-year lows in October, equity markets found more solid footing on better-than-expected company earnings, signs that high inflation was easing and optimism that central banks were approaching the end of their policy tightening. Equity markets continued to generally rise — with periods of short, modest declines — through the remainder of the fiscal year.
Inside the funds
Capital Group ETFs’ portfolios are carefully constructed using bottom-up, fundamental investment research that allows the funds to maintain high-conviction, generally well-diversified investments across a variety of industries.
Among the largest sector overrepresentations relative to their benchmark indexes across the funds at the end of the fiscal year included industrials companies for CGDV, CGUS and CGXU (+12.1%, +8.1% and +4.6%, respectively), health care for CGGO (+10.0%) and communication services for CGGR (+9.5%). The U.S.-focused funds CGGR, CGUS and CGDV have notably less investment in the information technology sector (–8.2%, –8.0% and –7.8%, respectively). Meanwhile, CGXU and CGGO have their greatest underinvestment relative to their benchmarks in the financial sector (–12.7% and –6.9%, respectively).
While recent market volatility was difficult for many investors, Capital Group’s long-term approach to investing helped highlight the opportunities that declining asset prices may offer to shareholders. Portfolio managers across the ETFs took advantage of lower valuations to invest in companies they believe will provide long-term value to the funds’ shareholders. Cash levels across the funds were lower than at the end of the previous fiscal year. In particular, CGXU cash levels dropped by more than 9% and CGGO cash levels decreased nearly 6%.
Looking forward
After a decade — the 2010s — that was marked by tempered market volatility, record low interest rates and years of outsized equity returns, a new era has seemingly taken hold. Portfolio managers believe the dramatic shift in market dynamics highlighted the value of a long-term, fundamentals-driven approach and the need for selectivity when investing.
Amid tight financial conditions, elevated geopolitical tensions, and potentially cautious businesses and consumers that just dealt with 40-year highs in inflation, managers are optimistic there will be a renewed, yet broader focus by the market on the merits of individual companies for investment opportunities.
Higher interest rates have seemingly brought an end to what could loosely be described as a “free money” era that began following the Great Recession, where some companies deftly employed financial engineering and took advantage of ultra-low interest rates to finance activities that returned value to shareholders and/or grew their business. As central bank monetary policy tightening continues to impact liquidity in the market, there may be a premium on strong balance sheets and traditional earnings growth.
In this environment, we believe Capital Group ETFs’ flexible, research-driven approaches will be beneficial to pursue their respective investment objectives.
Thank you for your support and investment in Capital Group’s equity ETFs.
Cordially,
Irfan Furniturewala
Co-President, Capital Group Growth ETF
Alan J. Wilson
Co-President, Capital Group Growth ETF
Patrice Collette
President, Capital Group
Global Growth Equity ETF
Sung Lee
President, Capital Group
International Focus Equity ETF
Keiko McKibben
Co-President, Capital Group
Core Equity ETF
Carlos A. Schonfeld
Co-President, Capital Group
Core Equity ETF
Christopher D. Buchbinder
President, Capital Group
Dividend Value ETF
July 12, 2023
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
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Capital Group Growth ETF — CGGR
Capital Group Growth ETF seeks to provide growth of capital.
CGGR registered a total return of 5.33% on a NAV basis and 5.42% on a market price basis, surpassing the 2.92% return of the S&P 500 Index, its primary benchmark. CGGR lagged the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a common benchmark for growth investing, which returned 9.55% for the year ended May 31, 2023.
Investment selection in communication services and health care were the largest contributors to results relative to the S&P 500 Index. The largest individual contributions to relative results came from communication services companies Netflix and Meta, which were also top-10 holdings.
Meanwhile, the fund’s smaller position in the information technology sector, along with weaker stock selection, resulted in the sector being the largest detractor from returns compared to the index. The fund’s smaller-than-index positions in Apple and Nvidia were among the largest individual detractors from results relative to the S&P 500 Index. The fund’s significant investment in Tesla relative to the benchmark proved to be a headwind as the automaker grappled with worries over consumer demand and concerns surrounding its leadership.
Given the uncertainty over the future of interest rates and recent turmoil in the banking sector, CGGR’s portfolio managers remain selective, focusing on opportunities in individual companies to pursue growth of capital. This includes companies that may have fallen out of favor because of the current market cycle, those with above-average growth prospects, companies that are undervalued relative to the quality of their business, as well as those that have the potential for structural change as a result of improving management. As dynamics within equity markets shift and there’s potential for a more diversified group of companies and industries to drive market returns, managers believe the fund’s flexible approach can benefit investors seeking capital appreciation.
How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown
Average annual total returns based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment
For periods ended May 31, 2023 |
| | 1 year | | Lifetime2 (since February 22, 2022) | | Expense ratio |
Net asset value | | | 5.33 | % | | | –3.02 | % | | | 0.39 | % |
Market price | | | 5.42 | | | | –2.93 | | | | — | |
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com/etf for more information. Expense ratios are as of the fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). Refer to the Financial Highlights table in this report for details.
Any market index shown is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
1 | Source: Standard & Poor’s. |
2 | Periods greater than one year are annualized. |
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Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF — CGGO
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF seeks to provide growth of capital.
CGGO registered a total return of 7.80% on a NAV basis and 8.02% on a market price basis, outpacing the 0.85% return of the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), its primary benchmark.
The largest contributions to relative returns came from the consumer discretionary and health care sectors on strong investment selection. This included significant contributions from top-10 holdings fast casual restaurant Chipotle Mexican Grill, pharmaceutical leader Novo Nordisk and luxury goods retailer LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
In contrast, investment selection in consumer staples and energy sectors were the largest detractors from returns. Within the consumer staples sector, the fund’s investment in select tobacco stocks — particularly British American Tobacco and Philip Morris — hurt relative results as the industry fell out of favor toward the latter half of the fiscal year in a risk-on environment. Investment in oil, gas & consumable fuels companies also struggled amid macroeconomic and demand concerns.
Despite the recent market volatility associated with rising interest rates, inflation, geopolitical tensions and bank stability, CGGO’s portfolio managers continue to leverage the fund’s broad geographical and market capitalization flexibility to invest for the long term in what they believe are attractive companies across the globe to deliver growth of capital. Managers believe the fund’s bottom-up portfolio construction may deliver for shareholders in an environment where individual investment selection is seemingly becoming more important with markets (and investors) navigating an uncertain economic and geopolitical climate.
How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown
Average annual total returns based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment
For periods ended May 31, 2023
| | 1 year | | Lifetime2 (since February 22, 2022) | | Expense ratio |
Net asset value | | | 7.80 | % | | | –3.60 | % | | | 0.47 | % |
Market price | | | 8.02 | | | | –3.33 | | | | — | |
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com/etf for more information. Expense ratios are as of the fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). Refer to the Financial Highlights table in this report for details.
Any market index shown is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
1 | Source: MSCI. |
2 | Periods greater than one year are annualized. |
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4 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF — CGXU
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF seeks to provide growth of capital.
CGXU registered a total return of –0.68% on a NAV basis and –0.42% on a market price basis, besting the –1.41% return of the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex US, its primary benchmark.
Investment selection in the consumer discretionary and financials sectors were the largest contributors to relative results. In the consumer discretionary sector, investments in MercadoLibre, an e-commerce company, and Evolution, a Swedish online casino solutions provider, were among the fund’s largest contributors versus the index. Managers’ selectivity in the banking industry within the financials sector added to results by owning one of Latin America’s largest financial technology companies.
Greater investment and stock selection in the materials sector hurt relative results; the fund’s sizable investment in Canada-based First Quantum Minerals was a particular drag on results. Similarly, CGXU’s greater investment in the energy sector was a notable detractor from returns compared to the index as companies within the sector fell out of favor.
Looking ahead, managers continue to seek attractively valued investments in companies that are well-positioned in their industries and have long runways for growth. Managers found opportunities to employ the fund’s cash holdings throughout the fiscal year. The fund’s cash holdings at the end of the fiscal year were 2.7% of the fund’s total assets, approximately 9% less than last year. Managers have sought to position the portfolio to benefit as the market broadens out to favor those companies offering tangible products while continuing to pursue high growth opportunities when they have been selling at more attractive valuations.
How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown
Average annual total returns based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment
For periods ended May 31, 2023
| | 1 year | | Lifetime2 (since February 22, 2022) | | Expense ratio |
Net asset value | | | –0.68 | % | | | –5.98 | % | | | 0.54 | % |
Market price | | | –0.42 | | | | –5.89 | | | | — | |
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com/etf for more information. Expense ratios are as of the fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). Refer to the Financial Highlights table in this report for details.
Any market index shown is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
1 | Source: MSCI. |
2 | Periods greater than one year are annualized. |
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Capital Group Core Equity ETF — CGUS
Capital Group Core Equity ETF seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital and income.
CGUS recorded a total return of 3.96% on a NAV basis and 4.09% on a market price basis, outpacing the S&P 500 Index’s 2.92% return.
Managers’ choice of investments in the industrials, financials and utilities sectors were among the largest contributors to results compared to the index. Industrial conglomerate General Electric was among the largest individual contributors. The fund’s lower-than-index investment in some of the larger financial companies in particular several of the regional banks that were at the center of the recent banking crisis, helped relative results.
The fund’s lower investment in the information technologies sector, as well as investment selection among consumer staples companies were the largest detractors from relative returns. Less-than-index investment in Apple and out-of-index investment in British American Tobacco were two of the largest detractors compared to the index.
CGUS seeks to pursue a balance of growth of capital and income with a portfolio that is well-diversified across sectors and industries that blends blue chip dividend-paying companies with non-dividend-payers that show strong growth potential. The fund’s portfolio managers maintain a broad exposure to a wide range of well-established companies that they feel may do well in a changing market environment, especially as economic growth concerns persist.
How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown
Average annual total returns based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment
For periods ended May 31, 2023
| | 1 year | | Lifetime2 (since February 22, 2022) | | Gross expense ratio |
Net asset value | | | 3.96 | % | | | 0.18 | % | | | .33 | % |
Market price | | | 4.09 | | | | 0.31 | | | | — | |
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com/etf for more information. Expense ratios are as of the fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). Refer to the Financial Highlights table in this report for details.
Any market index shown is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
1 | Source: Standard & Poor’s. |
2 | Periods greater than one year are annualized. |
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6 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF — CGDV
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF’s objectives are to produce income exceeding the average yield on U.S. stocks generally and to provide an opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common stock investing.
CGDV recorded a total return of 5.12% on a NAV basis and 5.11% on a market price basis, besting the 2.92% return of the S&P 500 Index, its primary benchmark. CGDV also considerably outpaced the Russell 1000 Value Index, a common benchmark for value investing, which returned –4.55%.
Investment selection in the industrial and consumer discretionary sectors were the largest contributors to relative results during the fiscal year. Top-20 holdings General Electric and homebuilder D.R. Horton were two of the largest contributors compared to the index. The absence of some larger consumer discretionary companies in the portfolio also helped relative results.
Greater investment and choice of investments in the energy sector, and individual investment decisions within consumer staples were notable detractors compared to the index. The fund’s sizable investments in British American Tobacco and oilfield product and services provider Baker Hughes were among the largest individual detractors.
CGDV strives to provide above average income while also generating long-term capital appreciation through an emphasis on companies trading below intrinsic value. The fund has a primary focus on U.S. large cap investment grade rated companies that pay dividends with limited flexibility to invest in companies that don’t yet pay dividends but may do so in the future. Managers also focus on the quality of a company’s balance sheet — the resilience of a company’s business model, and the quality of its leadership team in assembling the portfolio.
How a hypothetical $10,000 investment has grown
Average annual total returns based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment
For periods ended May 31, 2023
| | 1 year | | Lifetime2 (since February 22, 2022) | | Expense ratio |
Net asset value | | | 5.12 | % | | | 3.64 | % | | | .33 | % |
Market price | | | 5.11 | | | | 3.70 | | | | — | |
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Refer to capitalgroup.com/etf for more information. Expense ratios are as of the fund’s prospectus dated August 1, 2023 (unaudited). Refer to the Financial Highlights table in this report for details.
Any market index shown is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
1 | Source: Standard & Poor’s. |
2 | Periods greater than one year are annualized. |
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Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 7 |
Capital Group Growth ETF
Investment portfolio May 31, 2023
Sector diversification | Percent of net assets |
Largest equity holdings | | Percent of net assets |
Meta Platforms | | | 7.60 | % |
Microsoft | | | 5.96 | |
Tesla | | | 4.69 | |
Netflix | | | 4.32 | |
Alphabet | | | 3.82 | |
Broadcom | | | 2.51 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | | | 2.42 | |
ASML Holding | | | 2.10 | |
Intuitive Surgical | | | 2.01 | |
UnitedHealth Group | | | 1.98 | |
Common stocks 97.86% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Information technology 19.83% | | | | | | | | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 374,361 | | | $ | 122,936 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 64,108 | | | | 51,797 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 41,460 | | | | 29,759 | |
ASML Holding NV (New York registered) (ADR) | | | 18,674 | | | | 13,500 | |
Salesforce, Inc.1 | | | 88,767 | | | | 19,829 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 108,805 | | | | 19,286 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 50,083 | | | | 18,948 | |
Synopsys, Inc.1 | | | 38,982 | | | | 17,735 | |
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares1 | | | 296,765 | | | | 16,972 | |
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A1 | | | 186,647 | | | | 12,909 | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | 45,230 | | | | 12,751 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (ADR) | | | 126,460 | | | | 12,468 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.1 | | | 17,039 | | | | 9,282 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | | 128,804 | | | | 8,784 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 64,572 | | | | 8,607 | |
Constellation Software, Inc. | | | 3,398 | | | | 6,929 | |
Wolfspeed, Inc.1 | | | 137,769 | | | | 6,618 | |
DocuSign, Inc.1 | | | 86,241 | | | | 4,864 | |
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A1 | | | 15,459 | | | | 4,663 | |
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A1 | | | 60,872 | | | | 4,467 | |
Trimble, Inc.1 | | | 74,913 | | | | 3,496 | |
MongoDB, Inc., Class A1 | | | 9,536 | | | | 2,802 | |
| | | | | | | 409,402 | |
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Communication services 18.29% | | | | | | | | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1 | | | 592,854 | | | | 156,940 | |
Netflix, Inc.1 | | | 225,672 | | | | 89,192 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C1 | | | 405,716 | | | | 50,053 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1 | | | 233,374 | | | | 28,675 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 337,934 | | | | 12,041 | |
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A1 | | | 31,555 | | | | 10,292 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.1 | | | 72,100 | | | | 9,930 | |
Snap, Inc., Class A, nonvoting shares1 | | | 682,503 | | | | 6,962 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 166,388 | | | | 6,547 | |
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.1 | | | 259,722 | | | | 3,865 | |
Pinterest, Inc., Class A1 | | | 123,934 | | | | 2,967 | |
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Health care 15.40% | | | | | | | | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | | | 68,033 | | | | 50,042 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1 | | | 135,006 | | | | 41,560 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 83,886 | | | | 40,873 | |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | | | 138,359 | | | | 25,598 | |
Seagen, Inc.1 | | | 119,823 | | | | 23,449 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 38,507 | | | | 19,579 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | | | 57,193 | | | | 18,506 | |
Eli Lilly and Company | | | 34,609 | | | | 14,863 | |
Centene Corp.1 | | | 237,423 | | | | 14,818 | |
8 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Health care (continued) | | | | | | | | |
NovoCure, Ltd.1 | | | 153,984 | | | $ | 11,058 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.1 | | | 118,152 | | | | 9,952 | |
Moderna, Inc.1 | | | 76,049 | | | | 9,712 | |
AstraZeneca PLC | | | 49,024 | | | | 7,111 | |
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.1 | | | 25,186 | | | | 5,706 | |
Novo Nordisk AS, Class B | | | 32,860 | | | | 5,265 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 22,043 | | | | 5,061 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1 | | | 18,210 | | | | 4,988 | |
R1 RCM, Inc.1 | | | 224,306 | | | | 3,645 | |
Guardant Health, Inc.1 | | | 110,367 | | | | 3,236 | |
Ascendis Pharma AS (ADR)1 | | | 31,485 | | | | 2,738 | |
| | | | | | | 317,760 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary 14.89% | | | | | | | | |
Tesla, Inc.1 | | | 475,059 | | | | 96,879 | |
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | | | 213,374 | | | | 25,729 | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 208,820 | | | | 22,310 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 78,381 | | | | 22,217 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.1 | | | 8,670 | | | | 18,003 | |
Las Vegas Sands Corp.1 | | | 246,382 | | | | 13,583 | |
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE | | | 14,927 | | | | 12,986 | |
Airbnb, Inc., Class A1 | | | 106,470 | | | | 11,687 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.1 | | | 141,629 | | | | 11,468 | |
Hermès International | | | 5,022 | | | | 10,209 | |
Amadeus IT Group SA, Class A, non-registered shares1 | | | 130,400 | | | | 9,325 | |
DoorDash, Inc., Class A1 | | | 142,723 | | | | 9,318 | |
Aramark | | | 217,542 | | | | 8,588 | |
adidas AG | | | 38,162 | | | | 6,180 | |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.1 | | | 391,491 | | | | 5,814 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 35,132 | | | | 5,569 | |
Toll Brothers, Inc. | | | 64,196 | | | | 4,346 | |
NVR, Inc.1 | | | 745 | | | | 4,138 | |
Etsy, Inc.1 | | | 39,393 | | | | 3,193 | |
VF Corp. | | | 177,183 | | | | 3,051 | |
Burlington Stores, Inc.1 | | | 18,853 | | | | 2,837 | |
| | | | | | | 307,430 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials 12.33% | | | | | | | | |
Uber Technologies, Inc.1 | | | 922,534 | | | | 34,992 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | 38,343 | | | | 29,664 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc.1 | | | 626,214 | | | | 22,750 | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | 506,895 | | | | 20,732 | |
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | | | 177,828 | | | | 19,490 | |
United Rentals, Inc. | | | 37,809 | | | | 12,620 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 54,012 | | | | 11,113 | |
Ryanair Holdings PLC (ADR)1 | | | 102,426 | | | | 10,763 | |
General Electric Co. | | | 102,301 | | | | 10,386 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 75,929 | | | | 10,376 | |
Airbus SE, non-registered shares | | | 67,848 | | | | 8,887 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | 28,596 | | | | 8,877 | |
MTU Aero Engines AG | | | 37,503 | | | | 8,651 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 119,902 | | | | 7,796 | |
Boeing Company1 | | | 33,830 | | | | 6,959 | |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.1 | | | 132,764 | | | | 6,301 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 26,528 | | | | 5,534 | |
Genpact, Ltd. | | | 139,224 | | | | 5,121 | |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.1 | | | 80,641 | | | | 4,988 | |
Axon Enterprise, Inc.1 | | | 17,624 | | | | 3,400 | |
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. | | | 288,979 | | | | 2,890 | |
Concentrix Corp. | | | 25,416 | | | | 2,229 | |
| | | | | | | 254,519 | |
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 9 |
Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Financials 6.16% | | | | | | | | |
Visa, Inc., Class A | | | 154,330 | | | $ | 34,112 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 682,133 | | | | 18,956 | |
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | | | 46,926 | | | | 17,129 | |
Fiserv, Inc.1 | | | 136,512 | | | | 15,315 | |
Apollo Asset Management, Inc. | | | 123,048 | | | | 8,226 | |
KKR & Co., Inc. | | | 150,310 | | | | 7,739 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 70,646 | | | | 7,362 | |
MSCI, Inc. | | | 13,117 | | | | 6,172 | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 82,565 | | | | 4,506 | |
Toast, Inc., Class A1 | | | 214,171 | | | | 4,491 | |
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | | | 47,201 | | | | 3,160 | |
| | | | | | | 127,168 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy 4.29% | | | | | | | | |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated) | | | 443,268 | | | | 23,879 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 832,808 | | | | 23,860 | |
Schlumberger NV | | | 241,898 | | | | 10,361 | |
EQT Corp. | | | 210,565 | | | | 7,321 | |
Tourmaline Oil Corp. | | | 173,694 | | | | 7,261 | |
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | | | 444,693 | | | | 7,105 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 43,839 | | | | 4,704 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 41,246 | | | | 4,096 | |
| | | | | | | 88,587 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer staples 3.89% | | | | | | | | |
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.1 | | | 158,765 | | | | 21,414 | |
Target Corp. | | | 140,043 | | | | 18,336 | |
Performance Food Group Co.1 | | | 258,730 | | | | 14,305 | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 22,338 | | | | 11,427 | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | 173,132 | | | | 7,691 | |
Dollar General Corp. | | | 34,865 | | | | 7,011 | |
| | | | | | | 80,184 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials 1.96% | | | | | | | | |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | | | 293,313 | | | | 13,272 | |
Linde PLC | | | 22,195 | | | | 7,850 | |
Grupo México, SAB de CV, Series B | | | 1,688,965 | | | | 7,496 | |
ATI, Inc.1 | | | 153,361 | | | | 5,303 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 72,824 | | | | 4,479 | |
Nutrien, Ltd. | | | 40,591 | | | | 2,139 | |
| | | | | | | 40,539 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities 0.55% | | | | | | | | |
PG&E Corp.1 | | | 671,255 | | | | 11,371 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real estate 0.27% | | | | | | | | |
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, nonvoting shares1 | | | 121,797 | | | | 5,555 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total common stocks (cost: $1,783,211,000) | | | | | | | 2,019,979 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Short-term securities 1.94% | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 1.94% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2,3 | | | 400,326 | | | | 40,029 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total short-term securities (cost: $40,027,000) | | | | | | | 40,029 | |
Total investment securities 99.80% (cost: $1,823,238,000) | | | | | | | 2,060,008 | |
Other assets less liabilities 0.20% | | | | | | | 4,112 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net assets 100.00% | | | | | | $ | 2,064,120 | |
10 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Growth ETF (continued)
Investments in affiliates3
| | Value of affiliate at 6/1/2022 (000) | | | Additions (000) | | | Reductions (000) | | | Net realized gain (000) | | | Net unrealized appreciation (000) | | | Value of affiliate at 5/31/2023 (000) | | | Dividend income (000) | |
Short-term securities 1.94% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 1.94% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2 | | $ | 8,056 | | | $ | 178,787 | | | $ | 146,818 | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 40,029 | | | $ | 1,079 | |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2023. |
3 | Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CAD = Canadian dollars
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 11 |
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF
Investment portfolio May 31, 2023
Sector diversification | Percent of net assets |
Country diversification by domicile | | Percent of net assets |
United States | | | 53.95 | % |
Eurozone* | | | 17.55 | |
Denmark | | | 5.05 | |
Taiwan | | | 2.92 | |
United Kingdom | | | 2.79 | |
Hong Kong | | | 2.62 | |
Switzerland | | | 2.40 | |
Canada | | | 2.26 | |
Sweden | | | 1.94 | |
Other countries | | | 5.52 | |
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities | | | 3.00 | |
* | Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are France, Germany and the Netherlands. |
Common stocks 94.63% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Information technology 24.77% | | | | | | | | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 386,821 | | | $ | 127,028 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 154,703 | | | | 111,041 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (ADR) | | | 479,757 | | | | 47,299 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 225,150 | | | | 30,012 | |
TE Connectivity, Ltd. | | | 143,936 | | | | 17,629 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 20,191 | | | | 16,314 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 42,887 | | | | 16,226 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 78,405 | | | | 13,897 | |
Keyence Corp. | | | 22,900 | | | | 11,144 | |
Hexagon AB, Class B | | | 958,526 | | | | 11,112 | |
| | | | | | | 401,702 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Health care 20.84% | | | | | | | | |
Novo Nordisk AS, Class B | | | 434,127 | | | | 69,556 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 86,414 | | | | 42,104 | |
ResMed, Inc. | | | 135,868 | | | | 28,640 | |
DexCom, Inc.1 | | | 239,225 | | | | 28,051 | |
AstraZeneca PLC | | | 171,064 | | | | 24,812 | |
Eli Lilly and Company | | | 47,265 | | | | 20,298 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 180,787 | | | | 19,961 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 | | | 26,087 | | | | 19,189 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 474,216 | | | | 18,030 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.1 | | | 10,395 | | | | 13,741 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 158,254 | | | | 12,176 | |
Centene Corp.1 | | | 184,171 | | | | 11,494 | |
Seagen, Inc.1 | | | 56,732 | | | | 11,102 | |
EssilorLuxottica SA | | | 58,723 | | | | 10,573 | |
The Cigna Group | | | 33,296 | | | | 8,238 | |
| | | | | | | 337,965 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary 17.05% | | | | | | | | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.1 | | | 33,546 | | | | 69,658 | |
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE | | | 64,300 | | | | 55,940 | |
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A1 | | | 242,461 | | | | 22,139 | |
Cie. Financière Richemont SA, Class A | | | 130,935 | | | | 20,781 | |
Renault SA | | | 456,358 | | | | 15,261 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc.1 | | | 5,381 | | | | 13,500 | |
Evolution AB | | | 100,130 | | | | 13,154 | |
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | | | 105,781 | | | | 12,755 | |
Prosus NV, Class N | | | 184,897 | | | | 12,168 | |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | | | 102,136 | | | | 10,751 | |
MercadoLibre, Inc.1 | | | 6,794 | | | | 8,418 | |
MGM China Holdings, Ltd.1 | | | 7,453,388 | | | | 7,662 | |
12 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Consumer discretionary (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Wynn Macau, Ltd.1 | | | 6,000,000 | | | $ | 5,134 | |
IDP Education, Ltd. | | | 343,609 | | | | 4,877 | |
Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Ltd. (ADR)1 | | | 392,151 | | | | 4,333 | |
| | | | | | | 276,531 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Financials 8.52% | | | | | | | | |
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | | | 414,157 | | | | 27,728 | |
AIA Group, Ltd. | | | 2,639,400 | | | | 25,314 | |
Fiserv, Inc.1 | | | 158,859 | | | | 17,822 | |
AXA SA | | | 586,073 | | | | 16,548 | |
Prudential PLC | | | 761,491 | | | | 10,003 | |
Blackstone, Inc. | | | 107,852 | | | | 9,236 | |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., Class H | | | 1,410,500 | | | | 8,953 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 197,228 | | | | 8,741 | |
Société Générale | | | 362,924 | | | | 8,391 | |
Network International Holdings PLC1 | | | 1,201,715 | | | | 5,471 | |
| | | | | | | 138,207 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials 6.67% | | | | | | | | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | 445,303 | | | | 18,213 | |
Boeing Company1 | | | 79,796 | | | | 16,414 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 64,939 | | | | 13,361 | |
MTU Aero Engines AG | | | 55,174 | | | | 12,727 | |
DSV A/S | | | 64,223 | | | | 12,376 | |
Airbus SE, non-registered shares | | | 81,390 | | | | 10,661 | |
Alliance Global Group, Inc. | | | 41,536,400 | | | | 9,807 | |
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B | | | 764,926 | | | | 7,299 | |
GT Capital Holdings, Inc. | | | 793,600 | | | | 7,292 | |
| | | | | | | 108,150 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer staples 6.61% | | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 335,625 | | | | 30,210 | |
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | | | 719,816 | | | | 22,401 | |
Nestlé SA | | | 153,502 | | | | 18,186 | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | 387,534 | | | | 17,214 | |
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A | | | 62,000 | | | | 14,215 | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | 156,372 | | | | 4,969 | |
| | | | | | | 107,195 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy 3.85% | | | | | | | | |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated) | | | 421,060 | | | | 22,683 | |
Reliance Industries, Ltd. | | | 540,411 | | | | 16,134 | |
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | | | 876,347 | | | | 14,002 | |
TotalEnergies SE | | | 170,963 | | | | 9,700 | |
Gazprom PJSC1,2 | | | 36,932 | | | | — | 3 |
| | | | | | | 62,519 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Communication services 3.57% | | | | | | | | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1 | | | 333,816 | | | | 41,016 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1 | | | 64,004 | | | | 16,943 | |
| | | | | | | 57,959 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials 2.75% | | | | | | | | |
Sherwin-Williams Company | | | 104,471 | | | | 23,796 | |
Linde PLC | | | 58,797 | | | | 20,794 | |
| | | | | | | 44,590 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total common stocks (cost: $1,374,037,000) | | | | | | | 1,534,818 | |
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 13 |
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (continued)
Preferred securities 2.37% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Health care 1.32% | | | | | | | | |
Sartorius AG, nonvoting non-registered preferred shares | | | 63,889 | | | $ | 21,409 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information technology 1.05% | | | | | | | | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., nonvoting preferred shares | | | 386,976 | | | | 17,086 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total preferred securities (cost: $40,789,000) | | | | | | | 38,495 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Short-term securities 2.79% | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 2.79% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%4,5 | | | 453,327 | | | | 45,328 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total short-term securities (cost: $45,329,000) | | | | | | | 45,328 | |
Total investment securities 99.79% (cost: $1,460,155,000) | | | | | | | 1,618,641 | |
Other assets less liabilities 0.21% | | | | | | | 3,370 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net assets 100.00% | | | | | | $ | 1,622,011 | |
Investments in affiliates5
| | Value of affiliate at 6/1/2022 (000) | | | Additions (000) | | | Reductions (000) | | | Net realized gain (000) | | | Net unrealized depreciation (000) | | | Value of affiliate at 5/31/2023 (000) | | | Dividend income (000) | |
Short-term securities 2.79% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 2.79% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%4 | | $ | 22,127 | | | $ | 234,031 | | | $ | 210,830 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | 45,328 | | | $ | 1,215 | |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Value determined using significant unobservable inputs. |
3 | Amount less than one thousand. |
4 | Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2023. |
5 | Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CAD = Canadian dollars
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
14 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
Investment portfolio May 31, 2023
Sector diversification | Percent of net assets |
Country diversification by domicile | | Percent of net assets |
Eurozone* | | | 24.23 | % |
Japan | | | 15.53 | |
India | | | 10.62 | |
Canada | | | 10.36 | |
Denmark | | | 4.39 | |
South Korea | | | 4.23 | |
Australia | | | 4.21 | |
Singapore | | | 3.38 | |
United Kingdom | | | 3.35 | |
Other countries | | | 16.98 | |
Short-term securities & other assets less liabilities | | | 2.72 | |
* | Countries using the euro as a common currency; those represented in the fund’s portfolio are Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. |
Common stocks 97.28% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Industrials 17.62% | | | | | | | | |
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 1,468,100 | | | $ | 45,205 | |
Airbus SE, non-registered shares | | | 319,826 | | | | 41,892 | |
Safran SA | | | 149,587 | | | | 21,656 | |
Siemens AG | | | 102,509 | | | | 16,802 | |
Melrose Industries PLC | | | 2,803,888 | | | | 16,449 | |
DSV A/S | | | 71,339 | | | | 13,747 | |
Legrand SA | | | 132,007 | | | | 12,482 | |
MTU Aero Engines AG | | | 53,110 | | | | 12,251 | |
Ashtead Group PLC | | | 184,325 | | | | 11,235 | |
Thales SA | | | 67,870 | | | | 9,453 | |
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. | | | 2,397,940 | | | | 8,326 | |
NIBE Industrier AB, Class B | | | 840,706 | | | | 8,022 | |
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. | | | 796,000 | | | | 7,385 | |
Grab Holdings, Ltd., Class A1 | | | 1,268,598 | | | | 3,780 | |
| | | | | | | 228,685 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information technology 14.09% | | | | | | | | |
SK hynix, Inc. | | | 617,934 | | | | 50,561 | |
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares1 | | | 818,821 | | | | 46,828 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | | | 1,520,000 | | | | 27,603 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 38,030 | | | | 27,297 | |
NICE, Ltd. (ADR)1 | | | 99,236 | | | | 20,437 | |
Fujitsu, Ltd. | | | 80,200 | | | | 10,200 | |
| | | | | | | 182,926 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary 12.87% | | | | | | | | |
MercadoLibre, Inc.1 | | | 23,608 | | | | 29,250 | |
Sony Group Corp. | | | 238,200 | | | | 22,499 | |
Evolution AB | | | 167,816 | | | | 22,046 | |
LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE | | | 22,384 | | | | 19,474 | |
Flutter Entertainment PLC1 | | | 88,537 | | | | 17,285 | |
Entain PLC | | | 952,828 | | | | 15,634 | |
Ferrari NV | | | 47,785 | | | | 13,617 | |
Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd. | | | 114,942 | | | | 13,015 | |
adidas AG | | | 59,956 | | | | 9,709 | |
Coupang, Inc., Class A1 | | | 285,050 | | | | 4,447 | |
| | | | | | | 166,976 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Health care 12.54% | | | | | | | | |
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. | | | 1,931,600 | | | | 62,943 | |
Novo Nordisk AS, Class B | | | 269,433 | | | | 43,169 | |
Bayer AG | | | 254,058 | | | | 14,159 | |
Siemens Healthineers AG | | | 245,075 | | | | 13,858 | |
Eurofins Scientific SE, non-registered shares | | | 149,864 | | | | 9,874 | |
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 15 |
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Health care (continued) | | | | | | | | |
M3, Inc. | | | 321,000 | | | $ | 7,161 | |
Grifols, SA, Class A, non-registered shares1 | | | 537,469 | | | | 6,230 | |
Olympus Corp. | | | 352,300 | | | | 5,354 | |
| | | | | | | 162,748 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials 10.72% | | | | | | | | |
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. | | | 2,202,048 | | | | 46,134 | |
Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd. | | | 2,532,089 | | | | 31,655 | |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 800,900 | | | | 24,701 | |
Vale SA (ADR), ordinary nominative shares | | | 1,137,866 | | | | 14,428 | |
JSR Corp. | | | 471,500 | | | | 11,388 | |
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A1 | | | 785,040 | | | | 5,748 | |
Wacker Chemie AG | | | 38,093 | | | | 5,057 | |
| | | | | | | 139,111 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy 9.48% | | | | | | | | |
Reliance Industries, Ltd. | | | 1,666,223 | | | | 49,744 | |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated) | | | 467,620 | | | | 25,191 | |
Woodside Energy Group, Ltd. | | | 635,633 | | | | 14,181 | |
TotalEnergies SE | | | 241,064 | | | | 13,677 | |
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | | | 656,658 | | | | 10,492 | |
Neste OYJ | | | 256,661 | | | | 9,704 | |
| | | | | | | 122,989 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Financials 7.83% | | | | | | | | |
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd. | | | 1,151,792 | | | | 28,044 | |
AIA Group, Ltd. | | | 2,832,200 | | | | 27,163 | |
HDFC Bank, Ltd. (ADR) | | | 253,934 | | | | 16,353 | |
Aegon NV | | | 3,468,357 | | | | 15,256 | |
Nu Holdings, Ltd., Class A1 | | | 2,203,740 | | | | 14,853 | |
| | | | | | | 101,669 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Communication services 6.21% | | | | | | | | |
Sea, Ltd., Class A (ADR)1 | | | 698,177 | | | | 40,082 | |
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. | | | 2,992,278 | | | | 30,740 | |
Universal Music Group NV | | | 494,418 | | | | 9,777 | |
| | | | | | | 80,599 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer staples 3.84% | | | | | | | | |
Danone SA | | | 253,233 | | | | 14,979 | |
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A | | | 60,400 | | | | 13,849 | |
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 291,700 | | | | 12,238 | |
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd. | | | 1,163,647 | | | | 8,795 | |
| | | | | | | 49,861 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities 1.51% | | | | | | | | |
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd. | | | 1,689,700 | | | | 19,637 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real estate 0.57% | | | | | | | | |
ESR Group, Ltd. | | | 5,021,000 | | | | 7,412 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total common stocks (cost: $1,178,154,000) | | | | | | | 1,262,613 | |
16 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (continued)
Short-term securities 2.55% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Money market investments 2.55% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2,3 | | | 330,934 | | | $ | 33,090 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total short-term securities (cost: $33,085,000) | | | | | | | 33,090 | |
Total investment securities 99.83% (cost: $1,211,239,000) | | | | | | | 1,295,703 | |
Other assets less liabilities 0.17% | | | | | | | 2,227 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net assets 100.00% | | | | | | $ | 1,297,930 | |
Investments in affiliates3
| | Value of affiliate at 6/1/2022 (000) | | | Additions (000) | | | Reductions (000) | | | Net realized loss (000) | | | Net unrealized appreciation (000) | | | Value of affiliate at 5/31/2023 (000) | | | Dividend income (000) | |
Short-term securities 2.55% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 2.55% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2 | | $ | 24,123 | | | $ | 295,206 | | | $ | 286,242 | | | $ | (2 | ) | | $ | 5 | | | $ | 33,090 | | | $ | 1,273 | |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2023. |
3 | Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CAD = Canadian dollars
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 17 |
Capital Group Core Equity ETF
Investment portfolio May 31, 2023
Sector diversification | Percent of net assets |
Largest equity holdings | | Percent of net assets |
Microsoft | | | 7.43 | % |
Broadcom | | | 5.75 | |
Alphabet | | | 4.16 | |
Amazon.com | | | 2.58 | |
General Electric | | | 2.44 | |
UnitedHealth Group | | | 2.42 | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 2.22 | |
Philip Morris International | | | 2.07 | |
Mastercard | | | 1.98 | |
Raytheon Technologies | | | 1.92 | |
Common stocks 94.90% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Information technology 20.01% | | | | | | | | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 201,861 | | | $ | 66,289 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 63,538 | | | | 51,336 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 56,107 | | | | 9,945 | |
Accenture PLC, Class A | | | 25,847 | | | | 7,907 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 10,490 | | | | 7,529 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | | 96,571 | | | | 6,586 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 46,531 | | | | 6,203 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | | | 335,000 | | | | 6,084 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.1 | | | 7,110 | | | | 3,874 | |
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A1 | | | 46,432 | | | | 3,407 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 14,133 | | | | 2,511 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 22,047 | | | | 2,500 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 6,574 | | | | 2,487 | |
Adobe, Inc.1 | | | 4,760 | | | | 1,989 | |
| | | | | | | 178,647 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials 16.34% | | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 214,913 | | | | 21,820 | |
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | 186,273 | | | | 17,163 | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | 260,534 | | | | 10,656 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | 13,169 | | | | 10,188 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 17,029 | | | | 7,416 | |
TFI International, Inc. | | | 69,241 | | | | 7,290 | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | | 33,502 | | | | 6,841 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 27,810 | | | | 5,812 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 40,637 | | | | 5,553 | |
GFL Environmental, Inc., subordinate voting shares | | | 143,862 | | | | 5,199 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | 16,374 | | | | 5,083 | |
BWX Technologies, Inc. | | | 79,244 | | | | 4,780 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 19,101 | | | | 3,985 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | | | 25,641 | | | | 3,762 | |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | 19,639 | | | | 3,455 | |
Airbus SE, non-registered shares | | | 25,194 | | | | 3,300 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | 20,164 | | | | 3,265 | |
Woodward, Inc. | | | 30,320 | | | | 3,196 | |
Air Lease Corp., Class A | | | 80,652 | | | | 3,066 | |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.1 | | | 61,969 | | | | 2,941 | |
United Rentals, Inc. | | | 8,752 | | | | 2,921 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 13,065 | | | | 2,720 | |
Safran SA | | | 16,783 | | | | 2,430 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 3,893 | | | | 1,729 | |
ITT, Inc. | | | 18,306 | | | | 1,394 | |
| | | | | | | 145,965 | |
18 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Health care 13.40% | | | | | | | | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 44,395 | | | $ | 21,631 | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 194,271 | | | | 19,816 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 106,260 | | | | 14,660 | |
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.1 | | | 127,347 | | | | 10,125 | |
Novo Nordisk AS, Class B | | | 54,569 | | | | 8,743 | |
Eli Lilly and Company | | | 17,769 | | | | 7,631 | |
AstraZeneca PLC | | | 43,822 | | | | 6,356 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 25,052 | | | | 5,752 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 11,199 | | | | 5,694 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | 10,710 | | | | 5,375 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | | | 72,699 | | | | 4,685 | |
Revvity, Inc. | | | 28,663 | | | | 3,305 | |
Seagen, Inc.1 | | | 16,298 | | | | 3,190 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 70,010 | | | | 2,662 | |
| | | | | | | 119,625 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Financials 10.09% | | | | | | | | |
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | | | 48,411 | | | | 17,671 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 101,180 | | | | 13,731 | |
Visa, Inc., Class A | | | 38,208 | | | | 8,445 | |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | | 45,127 | | | | 7,815 | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | 34,364 | | | | 6,884 | |
Chubb, Ltd. | | | 26,494 | | | | 4,922 | |
BlackRock, Inc. | | | 7,249 | | | | 4,766 | |
B3 SA - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | | | 1,529,887 | | | | 4,017 | |
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.1 | | | 16,204 | | | | 3,671 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 39,967 | | | | 3,268 | |
Wells Fargo & Company | | | 80,714 | | | | 3,213 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | | | 31,568 | | | | 3,084 | |
State Street Corp. | | | 40,277 | | | | 2,740 | |
Webster Financial Corp. | | | 64,602 | | | | 2,297 | |
Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A | | | 175,982 | | | | 1,804 | |
Aon PLC, Class A | | | 5,815 | | | | 1,793 | |
| | | | | | | 90,121 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Communication services 9.98% | | | | | | | | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1 | | | 169,494 | | | | 20,826 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C1 | | | 132,267 | | | | 16,318 | |
Netflix, Inc.1 | | | 40,150 | | | | 15,868 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1 | | | 51,427 | | | | 13,614 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 335,673 | | | | 13,209 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | | | 28,457 | | | | 3,642 | |
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A1 | | | 10,302 | | | | 3,360 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.1 | | | 16,388 | | | | 2,257 | |
| | | | | | | 89,094 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary 8.49% | | | | | | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | | | 190,953 | | | | 23,025 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.1 | | | 99,269 | | | | 8,038 | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | | 43,359 | | | | 5,902 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 54,852 | | | | 5,356 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 16,501 | | | | 4,677 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.1 | | | 2,196 | | | | 4,560 | |
General Motors Company | | | 137,337 | | | | 4,451 | |
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 64,804 | | | | 4,423 | |
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | | | 55,113 | | | | 3,612 | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 27,203 | | | | 2,906 | |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | | | 24,164 | | | | 2,544 | |
Entain PLC | | | 141,883 | | | | 2,328 | |
Burlington Stores, Inc.1 | | | 12,124 | | | | 1,824 | |
Kering SA | | | 3,340 | | | | 1,779 | |
Lear Corp. | | | 3,074 | | | | 377 | |
| | | | | | | 75,802 | |
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 19 |
Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Consumer staples 5.30% | | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 204,896 | | | $ | 18,443 | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | 317,987 | | | | 10,105 | |
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.1 | | | 36,846 | | | | 4,970 | |
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B, restricted voting shares | | | 79,911 | | | | 4,942 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 48,551 | | | | 4,086 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | | | 46,979 | | | | 2,506 | |
Dollar General Corp. | | | 11,224 | | | | 2,257 | |
| | | | | | | 47,309 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy 4.06% | | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 67,218 | | | | 10,125 | |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated) | | | 143,104 | | | | 7,709 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 73,056 | | | | 7,255 | |
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | | | 228,778 | | | | 6,234 | |
TC Energy Corp. (CAD denominated) | | | 73,542 | | | | 2,862 | |
TC Energy Corp. | | | 52,817 | | | | 2,057 | |
| | | | | | | 36,242 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities 3.34% | | | | | | | | |
PG&E Corp.1 | | | 514,180 | | | | 8,710 | |
Edison International | | | 93,114 | | | | 6,287 | |
Sempra Energy | | | 26,895 | | | | 3,860 | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | | 41,538 | | | | 3,490 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 112,663 | | | | 3,178 | |
AES Corp. | | | 118,655 | | | | 2,343 | |
Engie SA | | | 133,254 | | | | 2,000 | |
| | | | | | | 29,868 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials 2.19% | | | | | | | | |
Linde PLC | | | 23,699 | | | | 8,381 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV | | | 55,269 | | | | 4,728 | |
Corteva, Inc. | | | 52,153 | | | | 2,790 | |
ATI, Inc.1 | | | 53,030 | | | | 1,834 | |
Vale SA (ADR), ordinary nominative shares | | | 127,384 | | | | 1,615 | |
Albemarle Corp. | | | 1,004 | | | | 194 | |
| | | | | | | 19,542 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real estate 1.70% | | | | | | | | |
VICI Properties, Inc. REIT | | | 253,180 | | | | 7,831 | |
Equinix, Inc. REIT | | | 9,902 | | | | 7,382 | |
| | | | | | | 15,213 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total common stocks (cost: $779,837,000) | | | | | | | 847,428 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Short-term securities 4.93% | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 4.93% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2,3 | | | 440,055 | | | | 44,001 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total short-term securities (cost: $43,999,000) | | | | | | | 44,001 | |
Total investment securities 99.83% (cost: $823,836,000) | | | | | | | 891,429 | |
Other assets less liabilities 0.17% | | | | | | | 1,486 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net assets 100.00% | | | | | | $ | 892,915 | |
20 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Core Equity ETF (continued)
Investments in affiliates3
| | Value of affiliate at 6/1/2022 (000) | | | Additions (000) | | | Reductions (000) | | | Net realized loss (000) | | | Net unrealized appreciation (000) | | | Value of affiliate at 5/31/2023 (000) | | | Dividend income (000) | |
Short-term securities 4.93% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 4.93% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2 | | $ | 8,939 | | | $ | 96,391 | | | $ | 61,328 | | | $ | (3 | ) | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 44,001 | | | $ | 1,261 | |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2023. |
3 | Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CAD = Canadian dollars
REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 21 |
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF
Investment portfolio May 31, 2023
Sector diversification | Percent of net assets |
Largest equity holdings | | Percent of net assets |
Broadcom | | | 7.27 | % |
Microsoft | | | 6.01 | |
General Electric | | | 5.90 | |
Raytheon Technologies | | | 4.41 | |
Carrier Global | | | 3.70 | |
American International Group | | | 3.21 | |
Comcast | | | 3.15 | |
Linde | | | 2.80 | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 2.73 | |
British American Tobacco | | | 2.69 | |
Common stocks 96.64% | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Industrials 20.24% | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 1,273,896 | | | $ | 129,339 | |
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | 1,048,701 | | | | 96,627 | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | 1,983,633 | | | | 81,130 | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | | 223,972 | | | | 45,731 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 137,769 | | | | 30,134 | |
TFI International, Inc. | | | 224,415 | | | | 23,626 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 109,292 | | | | 21,041 | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | 214,442 | | | | 16,077 | |
| | | | | | | 443,705 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information technology 20.18% | | | | | | | | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 197,332 | | | | 159,436 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 401,110 | | | | 131,721 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | | 721,890 | | | | 49,233 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 236,231 | | | | 41,872 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 1,184,843 | | | | 37,251 | |
Marvell Technology, Inc. | | | 389,865 | | | | 22,803 | |
| | | | | | | 442,316 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Health care 13.20% | | | | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 587,196 | | | | 59,894 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 274,875 | | | | 37,922 | |
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.1 | | | 434,044 | | | | 34,511 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 428,783 | | | | 32,990 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 148,680 | | | | 32,806 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 58,599 | | | | 28,552 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 111,326 | | | | 25,563 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 264,458 | | | | 21,886 | |
Stryker Corp. | | | 55,108 | | | | 15,187 | |
| | | | | | | 289,311 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy 7.64% | | | | | | | | |
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | | | 1,929,185 | | | | 52,570 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 361,372 | | | | 38,772 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 253,866 | | | | 38,237 | |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. | | | 701,459 | | | | 37,795 | |
| | | | | | | 167,374 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Communication services 7.62% | | | | | | | | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 1,753,159 | | | | 68,987 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A1 | | | 139,192 | | | | 36,847 | |
Netflix, Inc.1 | | | 90,296 | | | | 35,687 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A1 | | | 207,634 | | | | 25,512 | |
| | | | | | | 167,033 | |
22 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (continued)
Common stocks (continued) | | Shares | | | Value (000) | |
Consumer staples 7.58% | | | | | | | | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | 1,857,452 | | | $ | 59,024 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 487,263 | | | | 43,858 | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | 934,897 | | | | 41,528 | |
Coca-Cola Company | | | 364,864 | | | | 21,768 | |
| | | | | | | 166,178 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary 7.49% | | | | | | | | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 433,286 | | | | 46,292 | |
McDonald’s Corp. | | | 122,217 | | | | 34,845 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 244,601 | | | | 23,883 | |
TopBuild Corp.1 | | | 110,070 | | | | 22,197 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.1 | | | 250,413 | | | | 20,276 | |
Amazon.com, Inc.1 | | | 137,362 | | | | 16,563 | |
| | | | | | | 164,056 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities 4.67% | | | | | | | | |
Edison International | | | 695,139 | | | | 46,936 | |
PG&E Corp.1 | | | 1,217,818 | | | | 20,630 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 291,084 | | | | 17,392 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 236,376 | | | | 17,364 | |
| | | | | | | 102,322 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Financials 4.53% | | | | | | | | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 1,332,152 | | | | 70,378 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 212,954 | | | | 28,900 | |
| | | | | | | 99,278 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials 2.80% | | | | | | | | |
Linde PLC | | | 173,606 | | | | 61,398 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real estate 0.69% | | | | | | | | |
Prologis, Inc. REIT | | | 121,229 | | | | 15,099 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total common stocks (cost: $1,960,289,000) | | | | | | | 2,118,070 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Short-term securities 4.01% | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 4.01% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2,3 | | | 879,305 | | | | 87,922 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total short-term securities (cost: $87,917,000) | | | | | | | 87,922 | |
Total investment securities 100.65% (cost: $2,048,206,000) | | | | | | | 2,205,992 | |
Other assets less liabilities (0.65)% | | | | | | | (14,339 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net assets 100.00% | | | | | | $ | 2,191,653 | |
Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds | 23 |
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (continued)
Investments in affiliates3
| | Value of affiliate at 6/1/2022 (000) | | | Additions (000) | | | Reductions (000) | | | Net realized loss (000) | | | Net unrealized appreciation (000) | | | Value of affiliate at 5/31/2023 (000) | | | Dividend income (000) | |
Short-term securities 4.01% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market investments 4.01% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 5.11%2 | | $ | 10,077 | | | $ | 203,106 | | | $ | 125,260 | | | $ | (6 | ) | | $ | 5 | | | $ | 87,922 | | | $ | 2,456 | |
1 | Security did not produce income during the last 12 months. |
2 | Rate represents the seven-day yield at May 31, 2023. |
3 | Part of the same “group of investment companies” as the fund as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Key to abbreviation
REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
24 | Capital Group equity exchange-traded funds |
Financial statements | |
| |
Statements of assets and liabilities at May 31, 2023 | (dollars and shares in thousands, except per-share amounts) |
| | Growth ETF | | Global Growth Equity ETF | | International Focus Equity ETF | | Core Equity ETF | | Dividend Value ETF |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment securities, at value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | $ | 2,019,979 | | | $ | 1,573,313 | | | $ | 1,262,613 | | | $ | 847,428 | | | $ | 2,118,070 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 40,029 | | | | 45,328 | | | | 33,090 | | | | 44,001 | | | | 87,922 | |
Cash | | | 51 | | | | 50 | | | | 51 | | | | 2,013 | | | | 50 | |
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars | | | — | * | | | — | * | | | 92 | | | | — | * | | | — | * |
Receivables for: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of investments | | | 12,606 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 6,178 | | | | 9,802 | |
Sales of fund’s shares | | | 22,937 | | | | 29,728 | | | | 13,472 | | | | 13,175 | | | | 10,209 | |
Dividends and interest | | | 924 | | | | 2,052 | | | | 2,483 | | | | 815 | | | | 2,330 | |
| | | 2,096,526 | | | | 1,650,471 | | | | 1,311,801 | | | | 913,610 | | | | 2,228,383 | |
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Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payables for: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchases of investments | | | 31,759 | | | | 27,803 | | | | 12,527 | | | | 18,507 | | | | 36,135 | |
Repurchases of fund’s shares | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,946 | | | | — | |
Investment advisory services | | | 647 | | | | 626 | | | | 595 | | | | 242 | | | | 595 | |
Non-U.S. taxes | | | — | | | | 31 | | | | 749 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | 32,406 | | | | 28,460 | | | | 13,871 | | | | 20,695 | | | | 36,730 | |
Net assets at May 31, 2023 | | $ | 2,064,120 | | | $ | 1,622,011 | | | $ | 1,297,930 | | | $ | 892,915 | | | $ | 2,191,653 | |
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Net assets consist of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest | | | 1,911,261 | | | | 1,504,574 | | | | 1,257,208 | | | | 846,314 | | | | 2,070,767 | |
Total distributable earnings | | | 152,859 | | | | 117,437 | | | | 40,722 | | | | 46,601 | | | | 120,886 | |
Net assets at May 31, 2023 | | $ | 2,064,120 | | | $ | 1,622,011 | | | $ | 1,297,930 | | | $ | 892,915 | | | $ | 2,191,653 | |
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Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding (no stated par value) — unlimited shares authorized | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 2,064,120 | | | $ | 1,622,011 | | | $ | 1,297,930 | | | $ | 892,915 | | | $ | 2,191,653 | |
Shares outstanding | | | 88,244 | | | | 69,844 | | | | 57,804 | | | | 36,704 | | | | 86,304 | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 23.39 | | | $ | 23.22 | | | $ | 22.45 | | | $ | 24.33 | | | $ | 25.39 | |
Investment securities, at cost: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | $ | 1,783,211 | | | $ | 1,414,826 | | | $ | 1,178,154 | | | $ | 779,837 | | | $ | 1,960,289 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 40,027 | | | | 45,329 | | | | 33,085 | | | | 43,999 | | | | 87,917 | |
Cash denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, at cost | | | — | * | | | — | * | | | 92 | | | | — | * | | | — | * |
* | Amount less than one thousand. |
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
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Financial statements (continued) | |
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Statements of operations for the year ended May 31, 2023 | (dollars in thousands) |
| | | Growth ETF | | | | Global Growth Equity ETF | | | | International Focus Equity ETF | | | | Core Equity ETF | | | | Dividend Value ETF | |
Investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income (net of non-U.S. taxes*): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | $ | 10,376 | | | $ | 14,162 | | | $ | 15,951 | | | $ | 9,057 | | | $ | 27,391 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 1,079 | | | | 1,215 | | | | 1,273 | | | | 1,261 | | | | 2,456 | |
| | | 11,455 | | | | 15,377 | | | | 17,224 | | | | 10,318 | | | | 29,847 | |
Fees and expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment advisory services | | | 4,410 | | | | 4,143 | | | | 4,088 | | | | 1,681 | | | | 3,950 | |
Other | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total fees and expenses | | | 4,410 | | | | 4,143 | | | | 4,089 | | | | 1,681 | | | | 3,950 | |
Net investment income | | | 7,045 | | | | 11,234 | | | | 13,135 | | | | 8,637 | | | | 25,897 | |
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Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized (loss) gain* on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | | (86,347 | ) | | | (44,308 | ) | | | (48,222 | ) | | | (22,372 | ) | | | (44,014 | ) |
Affiliated issuers | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | (2 | ) | | | (3 | ) | | | (6 | ) |
In-kind redemptions | | | 12,767 | | | | 5,865 | | | | 9,721 | | | | 2,880 | | | | 19,567 | |
Currency transactions | | | 42 | | | | (155 | ) | | | (60 | ) | | | 16 | | | | 59 | |
| | | (73,536 | ) | | | (38,597 | ) | | | (38,563 | ) | | | (19,479 | ) | | | (24,394 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)* on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | | 250,329 | | | | 162,976 | | | | 84,027 | | | | 69,074 | | | | 160,971 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 2 | | | | (1 | ) | | | 5 | | | | 2 | | | | 5 | |
Currency translations | | | — | † | | | (9 | ) | | | (44 | ) | | | 2 | | | | 21 | |
| | | 250,331 | | | | 162,966 | | | | 83,988 | | | | 69,078 | | | | 160,997 | |
Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation | | | 176,795 | | | | 124,369 | | | | 45,425 | | | | 49,599 | | | | 136,603 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 183,840 | | | $ | 135,603 | | | $ | 58,560 | | | $ | 58,236 | | | $ | 162,500 | |
* | Additional information related to non-U.S. taxes, if any, is included in the notes to financial statements. |
† | Amount less than one thousand. |
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
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Financial statements (continued) | |
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Statements of changes in net assets | (dollars in thousands) |
| | Growth ETF | | Global Growth Equity ETF | | International Focus Equity ETF |
| | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* | | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* | | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 7,045 | | | $ | 187 | | | $ | 11,234 | | | $ | 403 | | | $ | 13,135 | | | $ | 963 | |
Net realized (loss) gain | | | (73,536 | ) | | | (1,442 | ) | | | (38,597 | ) | | | (3,699 | ) | | | (38,563 | ) | | | (2,915 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 250,331 | | | | (13,561 | ) | | | 162,966 | | | | (4,522 | ) | | | 83,988 | | | | (319 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 183,840 | | | | (14,816 | ) | | | 135,603 | | | | (7,818 | ) | | | 58,560 | | | | (2,271 | ) |
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Distributions paid to shareholders | | | (3,264 | ) | | | — | | | | (4,483 | ) | | | — | | | | (5,962 | ) | | | — | |
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Net capital share transactions | | | 1,598,275 | | | | 300,085 | | | | 1,270,648 | | | | 228,061 | | | | 1,057,236 | | | | 190,367 | |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 1,778,851 | | | | 285,269 | | | | 1,401,768 | | | | 220,243 | | | | 1,109,834 | | | | 188,096 | |
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Net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 285,269 | | | | — | | | | 220,243 | | | | — | | | | 188,096 | | | | — | |
End of period | | $ | 2,064,120 | | | $ | 285,269 | | | $ | 1,622,011 | | | $ | 220,243 | | | $ | 1,297,930 | | | $ | 188,096 | |
| | Core Equity ETF | | Dividend Value ETF |
| | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* | | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 8,637 | | | $ | 280 | | | $ | 25,897 | | | $ | 536 | |
Net realized (loss) gain | | | (19,479 | ) | | | (1,007 | ) | | | (24,394 | ) | | | 83 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 69,078 | | | | (1,483 | ) | | | 160,997 | | | | (3,190 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 58,236 | | | | (2,210 | ) | | | 162,500 | | | | (2,571 | ) |
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Distributions paid to shareholders | | | (6,470 | ) | | | (80 | ) | | | (19,113 | ) | | | (105 | ) |
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Net capital share transactions | | | 676,898 | | | | 166,541 | | | | 1,747,392 | | | | 303,550 | |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 728,664 | | | | 164,251 | | | | 1,890,779 | | | | 300,874 | |
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Net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 164,251 | | | | — | | | | 300,874 | | | | — | |
End of period | | $ | 892,915 | | | $ | 164,251 | | | $ | 2,191,653 | | | $ | 300,874 | |
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* | For the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022. |
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
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Notes to financial statements
1. Organization
Capital Group Growth ETF (“Growth ETF”), Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF (“Global Growth Equity ETF”), Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF (“International Focus Equity ETF”), Capital Group Core Equity ETF (“Core Equity ETF”), and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (“Dividend Value ETF”) (each a “fund”, or collectively the “funds”) each operate as an exchange-traded fund and are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as open-end, nondiversified management investment companies.
The funds’ investment objectives are as follows:
Growth ETF – To provide growth of capital.
Global Growth Equity ETF – To provide long-term growth of capital.
International Focus Equity ETF – To provide long-term growth of capital.
Core Equity ETF – To achieve long-term growth of capital and income.
Dividend Value ETF – To produce income exceeding the average yield on U.S. stocks generally and provide an opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common stock investing.
2. Significant accounting policies
Each fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. Each fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). These principles require the funds’ investment adviser to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, have been evaluated through the date of issuance in the preparation of the financial statements. The funds follow the significant accounting policies described in this section, as well as the valuation policies described in the next section on valuation.
Security transactions and related investment income — Security transactions are recorded by the funds as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are determined based on the specific identified cost of the securities. In the event a security is purchased with a delayed payment date, the funds will segregate liquid assets sufficient to meet their payment obligations. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Market discounts, premiums and original issue discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized daily over the expected life of the security.
Distributions paid to shareholders — Income dividends and capital gain distributions are recorded on each fund’s ex-dividend date.
Currency translation — Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in exchange rates on investment securities are included with the net realized gain or loss and net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments in each fund’s statement of operations. The realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation resulting from all other transactions denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are disclosed separately.
3. Valuation
Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the funds’ investment adviser, values each fund’s investments at fair value as defined by U.S. GAAP. The net asset value per share of each fund is calculated once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4 p.m. New York time, each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Security transactions are recorded by each fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date.
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Methods and inputs — The funds’ investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of each fund’s assets and liabilities. Use of particular methods and inputs may vary over time based on availability and relevance as market and economic conditions evolve.
Equity securities, including depositary receipts, are generally valued at the official closing price of, or the last reported sale price on, the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price. Prices for each security are taken from the principal exchange or market on which the security trades.
Fixed-income securities, including short-term securities, are generally valued at evaluated prices obtained from third-party pricing vendors. Vendors value such securities based on one or more of the inputs described in the following table. The table provides examples of inputs that are commonly relevant for valuing particular classes of fixed-income securities in which the funds are authorized to invest. However, these classifications are not exclusive, and any of the inputs may be used to value any other class of fixed-income security.
Fixed-income class | Examples of standard inputs |
All | Benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data (collectively referred to as “standard inputs”) |
Corporate bonds, notes & loans; convertible securities | Standard inputs and underlying equity of the issuer |
Bonds & notes of governments & government agencies | Standard inputs and interest rate volatilities |
Mortgage-backed; asset-backed obligations | Standard inputs and cash flows, prepayment information, default rates, delinquency and loss assumptions, collateral characteristics, credit enhancements and specific deal information |
Securities with both fixed-income and equity characteristics, or equity securities traded principally among fixed-income dealers, are generally valued in the manner described for either equity or fixed-income securities, depending on which method is deemed most appropriate by the funds’ investment adviser. The Capital Group Central Cash Fund (“CCF”), a fund within the Capital Group Central Fund Series (“Central Funds”), is valued based upon a floating net asset value, which fluctuates with changes in the value of CCF’s portfolio securities. The underlying securities are valued based on the policies and procedures in CCF’s statement of additional information.
Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the funds’ investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair valuation guidelines adopted by the funds’ investment adviser and approved by each fund’s board of trustees as further described. The investment adviser follows fair valuation guidelines, consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and guidance, to consider relevant principles and factors when making fair value determinations. The investment adviser considers relevant indications of value that are reasonably and timely available to it in determining the fair value to be assigned to a particular security, such as the type and cost of the security, contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security, relevant financial or business developments of the issuer, actively traded similar or related securities, dealer or broker quotes, conversion or exchange rights on the security, related corporate actions, significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security, and changes in overall market conditions. In addition, the closing prices of equity securities that trade in markets outside U.S. time zones may be adjusted to reflect significant events that occur after the close of local trading but before the net asset value of each fund is determined. Fair valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.
Processes and structure — Each fund’s board of trustees has designated the funds’ investment adviser to make fair value determinations, subject to board oversight. The investment adviser has established a Joint Fair Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process and to make fair value decisions. The Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation team. The Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period, pricing vendor information and market data, and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. Pricing decisions, processes and controls over security valuation are also subject to additional internal reviews facilitated by the investment adviser’s global risk management group. The Committee reports changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of trustees. Each fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.
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Classifications — The funds’ investment adviser classifies each fund’s assets and liabilities into three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets or liabilities. Level 1 values are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 values are based on significant observable market inputs, such as quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in inactive markets. Certain securities trading outside the U.S. may transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 due to valuation adjustments resulting from significant market movements following the close of local trading. Level 3 values are based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. For example, U.S. government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market. The following tables present the funds’ valuation levels as of May 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
Growth ETF
At May 31, 2023, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.
Global Growth Equity ETF
| | Investment securities | |
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stocks: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Information technology | | $ | 401,702 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 401,702 | |
Health care | | | 337,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 337,965 | |
Consumer discretionary | | | 276,531 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 276,531 | |
Financials | | | 138,207 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 138,207 | |
Industrials | | | 108,150 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 108,150 | |
Consumer staples | | | 107,195 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 107,195 | |
Energy | | | 62,519 | | | | — | | | | — | * | | | 62,519 | |
Communication services | | | 57,959 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 57,959 | |
Materials | | | 44,590 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 44,590 | |
Preferred securities | | | 38,495 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 38,495 | |
Short-term securities | | | 45,328 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 45,328 | |
Total | | $ | 1,618,641 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | * | | $ | 1,618,641 | |
* | Amount less than one thousand. |
International Focus Equity ETF
At May 31, 2023, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.
Core Equity ETF
At May 31, 2023, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.
Dividend Value ETF
At May 31, 2023, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1.
4. Risk factors
Investing in each fund may involve certain risks including, but not limited to, those described below.
Market conditions — The prices of, and the income generated by, the common stocks and other securities held by a fund may decline due to various factors, including events or conditions affecting the general economy or particular industries or companies; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental, governmental agency or central bank responses to economic conditions; changes in inflation rates; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are highly interconnected. Events (including public health emergencies, such as the spread of infectious disease), bank failures and other circumstances in one country or region could have impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not a fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may be negatively affected by developments in other countries and regions.
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Issuer risks — The prices of, and the income generated by, securities held by a fund may decline in response to various factors directly related to the issuers of such securities, including reduced demand for an issuer’s goods or services, poor management performance, major litigation, investigations or other controversies related to the issuer, changes in the issuer’s financial condition or credit rating, changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its competitive environment and strategic initiatives and the market response to any such initiatives.
Investing in growth-oriented stocks — Growth-oriented common stocks may involve larger price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.
Investing in income-oriented stocks — The value of a fund’s securities and income provided by the fund may be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources available for dividend payments at, the companies in which the fund invests.
Investing outside the U.S. — Securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S. or with significant operations or revenues outside the U.S., and securities tied economically to countries outside the U.S. may lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments in the countries or regions in which the issuers are domiciled, operate or generate revenue or to which the securities are tied economically. These securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Issuers of these securities may be more susceptible to actions of foreign governments, which could adversely impact the value of these securities. Securities markets in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the U.S. Investments outside the U.S. may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the U.S. In addition, the value of investments outside the U.S. may be reduced by foreign taxes. Further, there may be increased risks of delayed settlement of securities purchased or sold by the fund, which could impact the liquidity of the fund’s portfolio.
Investing in emerging markets — Investing in emerging markets may involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in the securities markets of developed countries. For instance, emerging market countries tend to have less developed political, economic and legal systems than those in developed countries. Accordingly, the governments of these countries may be less stable and more likely to intervene in the market economy in a manner that could adversely affect the prices of securities. Information regarding issuers in emerging markets may be limited, incomplete or inaccurate, and such issuers may not be subject to regulatory, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards comparable to those to which issuers in more developed markets are subject. The fund’s rights with respect to its investments in emerging markets, if any, will generally be governed by local law, which may make it difficult or impossible for the fund to pursue legal remedies or to obtain and enforce judgments in local courts. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on relatively few industries, may have limited access to capital and may be more susceptible to changes in local and global trade conditions and downturns in the world economy. Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or markets. Less certainty with respect to security valuations may lead to additional challenges and risks in calculating the fund’s net asset value. Additionally, emerging markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by banks, agents and depositories that are less established than those in developed countries.
Market trading — Each fund’s shares are listed for trading on an exchange and are bought and sold on the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of each fund’s shares are expected to fluctuate, in some cases materially, in response to changes in the fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), the intraday value of each fund’s holdings, and supply and demand for each fund’s shares. The existence of significant market volatility, disruptions to creations and redemptions, or potential lack of an active trading market for fund shares (including through a trading halt), among other factors, may result in the shares of each fund trading significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) to NAV and bid-ask spreads may widen. If you buy fund shares when their market price is at a premium or sell the fund shares when their market price is at a discount, you may pay more than, or receive less than, NAV, respectively.
Foreign securities held by the funds may be traded in markets that close at a different time than the exchange on which the fund’s shares are listed. Liquidity in those securities may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the fund’s exchange is open but after the applicable market closing, fixing or settlement times, bid-ask spreads on the fund’s exchange and the corresponding premium or discount to the fund’s NAV may widen.
Authorized participant concentration — Only authorized participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with each of the funds, and none of them is obligated to do so. Each fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as authorized participants. If authorized participants exit the business or are unable to or elect not to engage in creation or redemption transactions, and no other authorized participant engages in such function, fund shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask spreads and possibly face trading halts or delisting.
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Nondiversification — As nondiversified funds, each fund has the ability to invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, poor performance by a single issuer could adversely affect fund performance more than if each fund were invested in a larger number of issuers. Each fund’s share price can be expected to fluctuate more than might be the case if each fund were more broadly diversified.
Management — The investment adviser to the funds actively manages the funds’ investments. Consequently, the funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses, including models, tools and data, employed by the investment adviser in this process may be flawed or incorrect and may not produce the desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
5. Taxation and distributions
Federal income taxation — Each fund complies with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and intends to distribute substantially all of its net taxable income and net capital gains each year. The funds are not subject to income taxes to the extent such distributions are made. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
As of and during the year ended May 31, 2023, none of the funds had a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. Each fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in their respective statements of operations. During the year, none of the funds incurred any significant interest or penalties.
Each fund’s tax returns are generally not subject to examination by federal, state and, if applicable, non-U.S. tax authorities after the expiration of each jurisdiction’s statute of limitations, which is typically three years after the date of filing but can be extended in certain jurisdictions.
Non-U.S. taxation — Dividend and interest income, if any, are recorded net of non-U.S. taxes paid. The funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. These reclaims are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Gains realized by the funds on the sale of securities in certain countries, if any, may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. The funds generally record an estimated deferred tax liability based on unrealized gains to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities.
Distributions — Distributions determined on a tax basis may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences are due primarily to different treatment for items such as currency gains and losses; short-term capital gains and losses; capital losses related to sales of certain securities within 30 days of purchase; cost of investments sold; net capital losses; non-U.S. taxes on capital gains and income on certain investments. The fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the net investment income and net realized gains are recorded by the funds for financial reporting purposes.
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Additional tax basis disclosures for each fund as of May 31, 2023, were as follows (dollars in thousands):
| | Growth ETF | | Global Growth Equity ETF | | International Focus Equity ETF | | Core Equity ETF | | | Dividend Value ETF | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 4,008 | | | $ | 6,942 | | | $ | 8,167 | | | $ | 2,382 | | | $ | 7,273 | |
Capital loss carryforward* | | | (83,417 | ) | | | (41,965 | ) | | | (45,073 | ) | | | (22,437 | ) | | | (42,890 | ) |
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 299,493 | | | | 189,132 | | | | 117,434 | | | | 92,308 | | | | 223,338 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments | | | (67,226 | ) | | | (36,630 | ) | | | (39,013 | ) | | | (25,653 | ) | | | (66,854 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 232,267 | | | | 152,502 | | | | 78,421 | | | | 66,655 | | | | 156,484 | |
Cost of investments | | | 1,827,741 | | | | 1,466,139 | | | | 1,217,282 | | | | 824,774 | | | | 2,049,508 | |
Reclassification from total accumulated loss to capital paid in on shares of beneficial interest | | | 12,754 | | | | 5,865 | | | | 9,605 | | | | 2,875 | | | | 19,563 | |
* | Each fund’s capital loss carryforward will be used to offset any capital gains realized by the fund in future years. Funds with a capital loss carryforward will not make distributions from capital gains while a capital loss carryforward remains. |
Distributions paid by each fund were characterized for tax purposes as follows (dollars in thousands):
| | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 2022* | |
Fund | | Ordinary income | | Long-term capital gains | | Total distributions paid | | Ordinary income | | Long-term capital gains | | Total distributions paid | |
Growth ETF | | $ | 3,264 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,264 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 4,483 | | | | — | | | | 4,483 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
International Focus Equity ETF | | | 5,962 | | | | — | | | | 5,962 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Core Equity ETF | | | 6,470 | | | | — | | | | 6,470 | | | | 80 | | | | — | | | | 80 | |
Dividend Value ETF | | | 19,113 | | | | — | | | | 19,113 | | | | 105 | | | | — | | | | 105 | |
* | For the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, to May 31, 2022. |
6. Fees and transactions
CRMC, the funds’ investment adviser, is the parent company of American Funds Distributors, Inc.® (“AFD”), the principal underwriter of the fund’s’ shares. CRMC and AFD are considered related parties to the funds.
Investment advisory services – Each fund has an investment advisory and service agreement with CRMC that provides for monthly fees, accrued daily. These fees are based on an annual rate of daily net assets as follows:
| Fund | | Annual rate | |
| Growth ETF | | | 0.39 | % | |
| Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 0.47 | | |
| International Focus Equity ETF | | | 0.54 | | |
| Core Equity ETF | | | 0.33 | | |
| Dividend Value ETF | | | 0.33 | | |
Under the terms of the agreements, in addition to providing investment advisory services, the investment adviser and its affiliates provide certain administrative services to help assist third parties providing non-distribution services to the funds’ shareholders. These services include providing in-depth information on each fund and market developments that impact each fund’s investments. The agreement provides that the investment adviser will pay all ordinary operating expenses of each fund other than management fees, interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, costs of holding shareholder meetings, legal fees and expenses relating to arbitration or litigation, payments under each fund’s plan of distribution (if any) and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses. Additionally, each fund will be responsible for its non-operating expenses, including brokerage commissions and fees and expenses associated with the fund’s securities lending program, if applicable.
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Transfer agency and administration services – Each fund has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement and an administration agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Under the terms of the transfer agency agreement, State Street (or an agent, including an affiliate) acts as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for each fund. Under the terms of the administration agreement, State Street provides necessary administrative, legal, tax and accounting, regulatory and financial reporting services for the maintenance and operations of each fund. The investment adviser bears the costs of services under these agreements.
Affiliated officers and trustees – Officers and certain trustees of each fund are or may be considered to be affiliated with CRMC and AFD. No affiliated officers or trustees received any compensation directly from any of the funds.
Investment in CCF — Each fund holds shares of CCF, an institutional prime money market fund managed by CRMC. CCF invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments. CCF is used as the primary investment vehicle for each fund’s short-term investments. CCF shares are only available for purchase by CRMC, its affiliates, and other funds managed by CRMC. CCF shares are not available to the public. CRMC does not receive an investment advisory services fee from CCF.
Security transactions with related funds — Each fund may purchase from, or sell securities to, other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC) under procedures adopted by each fund’s board of trustees. The funds involved in such transactions are considered related by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common trustees and/or common officers. When such transactions occur, each transaction is executed at the current market price of the security and no brokerage commissions or fees are paid in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. None of the funds engaged in any such purchase or sale transactions with any related funds during the year ended May 31, 2023.
Interfund lending — Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the funds, along with other CRMC-managed funds (or funds managed by certain affiliates of CRMC), may participate in an interfund lending program. The program provides an alternate credit facility that permits the funds to lend or borrow cash for temporary purposes directly to or from one another, subject to the conditions of the exemptive order. None of the funds lent or borrowed cash through the interfund lending program at any time during the year ended May 31, 2023.
7. Indemnifications
Each fund’s organizational documents provide board members and officers with indemnification against certain liabilities or expenses in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, each fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. Each fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since it is dependent on future claims that may be made against each fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. Insurance policies are also available to each fund’s board members and officers.
8. Capital share transactions
Each fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only with certain authorized participants in large increments known as creation units. Purchases of creation units are made by tendering a basket of designated securities and cash to a fund, and redemption proceeds are paid with a basket of securities from a fund’s portfolio with a balancing cash component to equate the market value of the basket of securities delivered or redeemed to the NAV per creation unit on the transaction date. The funds may issue creation units to authorized participants in advance of the delivery and settlement of all or a portion of the designated securities. When this occurs, the authorized participant provides cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the daily marked to market value of the securities that have not yet been delivered to the fund. Cash may be substituted equivalent to the value of certain securities generally when they are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery. Realized gains or losses resulting from redemptions of shares in-kind are reflected separately in each fund’s statement of operations.
Each fund’s shares are available in smaller increments to investors in the secondary market at market prices and may be subject to commissions. Authorized participants pay a transaction fee to the shareholder servicing agent when purchasing and redeeming creation units of a fund. The transaction fee is used to defray the costs associated with the issuance and redemption of creation units. In addition, for cash creation unit transactions, a variable fee for creation transactions and redemption transactions may be charged to the authorized participant to cover certain brokerage, tax, foreign exchange, execution, market impact and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades. Variable fees, if any, are included in capital share transactions in each fund’s statement of changes in net assets.
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Capital share transactions in each fund were as follows (dollars and shares in thousands):
Growth ETF | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | Sales | | Reinvestments of distributions | | Repurchases | | Net increase |
| | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | |
Year ended May 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 1,640,870 | | | | 77,320 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (42,595 | ) | | | (1,880 | ) | | $ | 1,598,275 | | | | 75,440 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 301,946 | | | | 12,884 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (1,861 | ) | | | (80 | ) | | $ | 300,085 | | | | 12,804 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Global Growth Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sales | | | Reinvestments of distributions | | | Repurchases | | | Net increase | |
| | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | |
Year ended May 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 1,296,939 | | | | 60,840 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (26,291 | ) | | | (1,160 | ) | | $ | 1,270,648 | | | | 59,680 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 228,061 | | | | 10,164 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | 228,061 | | | | 10,164 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
International Focus Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sales | | | Reinvestments of distributions | | | Repurchases | | | Net increase | |
| | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | |
Year ended May 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 1,117,811 | | | | 52,320 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (60,575 | ) | | | (2,760 | ) | | $ | 1,057,236 | | | | 49,560 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022 |
| | $ | 190,367 | | | | 8,244 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | 190,367 | | | | 8,244 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Core Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sales | | | Reinvestments of distributions | | | Repurchases | | | Net increase | |
| | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | |
Year ended May 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 698,131 | | | | 30,700 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (21,233 | ) | | | (920 | ) | | $ | 676,898 | | | | 29,780 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022 |
| | $ | 166,541 | | | | 6,924 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | 166,541 | | | | 6,924 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend Value ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sales | | | Reinvestments of distributions | | | Repurchases | | | Net increase | |
| | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | |
Year ended May 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 1,822,959 | | | | 77,100 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (75,567 | ) | | | (3,040 | ) | | $ | 1,747,392 | | | | 74,060 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the period February 22, 2022*, through May 31, 2022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 311,566 | | | | 12,584 | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | (8,016 | ) | | | (340 | ) | | $ | 303,550 | | | | 12,244 | |
* | Commencement of operations. |
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9. Investment transactions and other disclosures
The following table presents purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions, short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, if any, during the year ended May 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
| Fund | | Purchases | | Sales | | |
| Growth ETF | | $ | 431,482 | | $ | 366,342 | | |
| Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 505,917 | | | 332,676 | | |
| International Focus Equity ETF | | | 704,623 | | | 310,898 | | |
| Core Equity ETF | | | 210,533 | | | 163,912 | | |
| Dividend Value ETF | | | 482,137 | | | 349,400 | | |
The following table presents the value of securities received and delivered in-kind from the authorized participants to support creation and redemption transactions, if any, during the year ended May 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
| Fund | | In-kind creations | | In-kind redemptions | | |
| Growth ETF | | $ | 1,542,177 | | $ | 41,460 | | |
| Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 1,099,489 | | | 24,858 | | |
| International Focus Equity ETF | | | 716,844 | | | 59,516 | | |
| Core Equity ETF | | | 616,386 | | | 20,113 | | |
| Dividend Value ETF | | | 1,632,685 | | | 74,088 | | |
The following table presents additional information for each fund for the year ended May 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
| Fund | | Non-U.S. taxes paid on dividend income | | | Non-U.S. taxes paid on realized gains | | | Non-U.S. taxes provided on unrealized appreciation | | |
| Growth ETF | | $ | 437 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | |
| Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 1,222 | | | | 45 | | | | 31 | | |
| International Focus Equity ETF | | | 1,623 | | | | 27 | | | | 749 | | |
| Core Equity ETF | | | 182 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| Dividend Value ETF | | | 179 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
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Financial highlights
| | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations1 | | | Dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Year ended | | Net asset value, beginning of year | | | Net investment income | | | Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from investment operations | | | Dividends (from net investment income) | | | Distributions (from capital gains) | | | Total dividends and distributions | | | Net asset value, end of year | | | Total return | | | Net assets, end of year (in millions) | | | Ratio of expenses to average net assets2 | | | Ratio of net income to average net assets | |
Growth ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2023 | | $ | 22.28 | | | $ | .13 | | | $ | 1.05 | | | $ | 1.18 | | | $ | (.07 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (.07 | ) | | $ | 23.39 | | | | 5.33 | % | | $ | 2,064 | | | | .39 | % | | | .62 | % |
5/31/20223,4 | | | 24.40 | | | | .03 | | | | (2.15 | ) | | | (2.12 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 22.28 | | | | (8.69 | )5 | | | 285 | | | | .10 | 5 | | | .13 | 5 |
Global Growth Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2023 | | $ | 21.67 | | | $ | .28 | | | $ | 1.39 | | | $ | 1.67 | | | $ | (.12 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (.12 | ) | | $ | 23.22 | | | | 7.80 | % | | $ | 1,622 | | | | .47 | % | | | 1.27 | % |
5/31/20223,4 | | | 24.47 | | | | .08 | | | | (2.88 | ) | | | (2.80 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 21.67 | | | | (11.44 | )5 | | | 220 | | | | .13 | 5 | | | .38 | 5 |
International Focus Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2023 | | $ | 22.82 | | | $ | .38 | | | $ | (.55 | ) | | $ | (.17 | ) | | $ | (.20 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (.20 | ) | | $ | 22.45 | | | | (.68 | )% | | $ | 1,298 | | | | .54 | % | | | 1.74 | % |
5/31/20223,4 | | | 24.51 | | | | .24 | | | | (1.93 | ) | | | (1.69 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 22.82 | | | | (6.90 | )5 | | | 188 | | | | .14 | 5 | | | 1.07 | 5 |
Core Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2023 | | $ | 23.72 | | | $ | .39 | | | $ | .52 | | | $ | .91 | | | $ | (.30 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (.30 | ) | | $ | 24.33 | | | | 3.96 | % | | $ | 893 | | | | .33 | % | | | 1.70 | % |
5/31/20223,4 | | | 24.63 | | | | .08 | | | | (.96 | ) | | | (.88 | ) | | | (.03 | ) | | | — | | | | (.03 | ) | | | 23.72 | | | | (3.59 | )5 | | | 164 | | | | .09 | 5 | | | .34 | 5 |
Dividend Value ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2023 | | $ | 24.57 | | | $ | .52 | | | $ | .68 | | | $ | 1.20 | | | $ | (.38 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (.38 | ) | | $ | 25.39 | | | | 5.12 | % | | $ | 2,192 | | | | .33 | % | | | 2.16 | % |
5/31/20223,4 | | | 24.71 | | | | .10 | | | | (.21 | ) | | | (.11 | ) | | | (.03 | ) | | | — | | | | (.03 | ) | | | 24.57 | | | | (.46 | )5 | | | 301 | | | | .09 | 5 | | | .41 | 5 |
Portfolio turnover rate6 | | Year ended May 31, 2023 | | Period ended May 31, 20223,4,5 |
Growth ETF | | | 33 | % | | | 9 | % |
Global Growth Equity ETF | | | 39 | | | | 17 | |
International Focus Equity ETF | | | 43 | | | | 21 | |
Core Equity ETF | | | 34 | | | | 8 | |
Dividend Value ETF | | | 30 | | | | 3 | |
1 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
2 | Ratios do not include expenses of any Central Funds. Each fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any Central Funds. |
3 | Based on operations for a period that is less than a full year. |
4 | For the period February 22, 2022, commencement of operations, through May 31, 2022. |
5 | Not annualized. |
6 | Rates do not include each fund’s portfolio activity with respect to any Central Funds. |
Refer to the notes to financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the investment portfolio, of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of May 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended May 31, 2023 and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended May 31, 2023 and for the period February 22, 2022 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2022, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of May 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations, for the year ended May 31, 2023, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended May 31, 2023 and for the period February 22, 2022 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 12, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in The Capital Group Companies Investment Company Complex since 1934.
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As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as initial sales charges on purchase payments and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions (loads), and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period (December 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023).
Actual expenses:
The first line of each fund in the tables below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading titled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes:
The second line of each fund in the tables below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio for the share class and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of the share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5.00% hypothetical example with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Notes:
Note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second line of each share class in the tables is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | Beginning account value 12/1/2022 | | | Ending account value 5/31/2023 | | | Expenses paid during period* | | | Annualized expense ratio | |
Growth ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual return | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,089.50 | | | $ | 2.03 | | | | .39 | % |
Assumed 5% return | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,022.99 | | | | 1.97 | | | | .39 | |
Global Growth Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual return | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,070.20 | | | $ | 2.43 | | | | .47 | % |
Assumed 5% return | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,022.59 | | | | 2.37 | | | | .47 | |
International Focus Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual return | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,031.60 | | | $ | 2.74 | | | | .54 | % |
Assumed 5% return | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,022.24 | | | | 2.72 | | | | .54 | |
Core Equity ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual return | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,043.50 | | | $ | 1.68 | | | | .33 | % |
Assumed 5% return | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,023.29 | | | | 1.66 | | | | .33 | |
Dividend Value ETF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual return | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,056.20 | | | $ | 1.69 | | | | .33 | % |
Assumed 5% return | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,023.29 | | | | 1.66 | | | | .33 | |
* | The “expenses paid during period” are equal to the “annualized expense ratio,” multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period, and divided by 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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We are required to advise you of the federal tax status of certain distributions received by shareholders during the fiscal year. Each fund hereby designates the following amounts for the funds’ fiscal year ended May 31, 2023:
| | Capital Group Growth ETF | | | Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF | | | Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF | | | Capital Group Core Equity ETF | | | Capital Group Dividend Value ETF | |
Foreign taxes (per share) | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 0.03 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Foreign source income (per share) | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 0.29 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Qualified dividend income | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % |
Corporate dividends received deduction | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % | | | — | % | | | 100 | % | | | 100 | % |
Individual shareholders should refer to their Form 1099 or other tax information, which will be mailed in January 2024, to determine the calendar year amounts to be included on their 2023 tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Service Agreement
Capital Group Growth ETF
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
Capital Group Core Equity ETF
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF
The boards of Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, Capital Group Core Equity ETF and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF have approved the continuation of each fund’s Investment Advisory and Service Agreement (the “agreement”) with Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) for an additional one-year term through July 31, 2024. The board approved the agreement following the recommendation of each fund’s Contracts Committee (the “committee”), which is composed of all of each fund’s independent board members. The board and the committee determined in the exercise of their business judgment that each fund’s contractual fee rate was fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided, and that approving the agreement was in the best interests of each fund and its shareholders.
In reaching this decision, the board and the committee took into account their interactions with CRMC in addition to information furnished to them throughout the year and otherwise provided to them, as well as information prepared specifically in connection with their review of the agreement, and they were advised by their independent counsel with respect to the matters considered. They considered the following factors, among others, but did not identify any single issue or particular piece of information that, in isolation, was the controlling factor, and each board and committee member did not necessarily attribute the same weight to each factor.
1. Nature, extent and quality of services
The board and the committee considered the depth and quality of CRMC’s investment management process, including its global research capabilities; the experience, capability and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; the low turnover rates of its key personnel; the overall financial strength and stability of CRMC and the Capital Group organization; the resources and systems CRMC devotes to investment management (the manner in which each fund’s assets are managed, including liquidity management), financial, investment operations, compliance, trading, proxy voting, and other services; and the ongoing evolution of CRMC’s organizational structure designed to maintain and strengthen these qualities. The board and the committee also considered the nature, extent and quality of administrative services provided by CRMC to each fund under the agreement and other agreements. The board and the committee considered the risks assumed by CRMC in providing services to each fund, including operational, business, financial, reputational, regulatory and litigation risks. The board and the committee concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CRMC have benefited and should continue to benefit each fund and its shareholders.
2. Investment results
The board and the committee considered the investment results of each fund in light of its objective and strategy. They compared each fund’s investment results with those of other funds (including funds that currently form the basis of the Lipper index for the category in which each fund is included) and data such as relevant market and fund indexes through December 31, 2022, while recognizing each fund’s short operational history. On the basis of this evaluation and the board’s and the committee’s ongoing review of investment operations and results, and considering the relative market conditions during certain reporting periods, the board and the committee concluded that each fund’s investment results have been satisfactory for renewal of the agreement, and that CRMC’s continued management should benefit each fund and its shareholders.
3. Advisory fees and total expenses
The board and the committee compared the advisory fees and total expense levels of each fund to those of other relevant funds, noting that each fund has a unitary fee structure. They observed that each fund’s advisory fees and expenses generally compared favorably to those of other similar active exchange-traded funds and institutional share classes for comparable open-end funds included in the applicable Lipper categories. The board and the committee also reviewed information regarding the effective advisory fees charged to other funds and accounts managed by CRMC and its affiliates. They noted that, to the extent there were differences between the advisory fees paid by each fund and the advisory fees paid by those clients, the differences appropriately reflected the investment, operational, regulatory and market differences between advising each fund and the other clients. The board and the committee concluded that each fund’s contractual fee rate was fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided, as well as in relation to the risks assumed by the adviser in sponsoring and managing each fund, and that each fund’s shareholders receive reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to CRMC by each fund.
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4. Ancillary benefits
The board and the committee considered a variety of other benefits that CRMC and its affiliates receive as a result of CRMC’s relationship with each fund and other funds it sponsors, including fees for administrative services; and possible ancillary benefits to CRMC and its institutional management affiliates in managing other investment vehicles. The board and the committee reviewed CRMC’s portfolio trading practices, noting that CRMC bears the cost of third-party research. The board and committee also noted that CRMC benefited from the use of commissions from portfolio transactions made on behalf of each fund to facilitate payment to certain broker-dealers for research to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to these firms, with all such amounts reimbursed by CRMC. The board and the committee took these ancillary benefits into account in evaluating the reasonableness of the fees paid to CRMC by each fund.
5. Adviser financial information
The board and the committee reviewed information regarding CRMC’s costs of providing services to its U.S. registered fund business, including personnel, systems and resources of investment, compliance, trading, accounting and other administrative operations. They considered CRMC’s costs and related cost allocation methodology, as well as its track record of investing in technology, infrastructure and staff to maintain and expand services and capabilities, respond to industry and regulatory developments, and attract and retain qualified personnel. They noted information regarding the compensation structure for CRMC’s investment professionals. They reviewed information on the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates. The board and the committee also compared CRMC’s profitability and compensation data to the reported results and data of a number of large, publicly held investment management companies. The board and the committee noted the competitiveness and cyclicality of both the registered fund industry and the capital markets, and the importance in that environment of CRMC’s long-term profitability for maintaining its independence, company culture and management continuity. They further considered that shareholders benefited from the unitary fee structure because expenses were limited. The board and the committee also considered the fact that increases in assets would not lead to fee decreases, even if economies of scale are achieved, because the unitary fee structure does not contain breakpoints. The board and the committee concluded that each fund’s contractual fee rate reflected a reasonable sharing of benefits between CRMC and each fund’s shareholders.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program | unaudited |
The funds have adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). Each fund’s board has designated Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of CRMC or its affiliates conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to policies and procedures administered by the Capital Group Liquidity Risk Management Committee.
Under the program, CRMC manages each fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of each fund’s investments, limiting the amount of each fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to each fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. CRMC’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of each fund’s investments is supported by one or more third-party liquidity assessment vendors.
Each fund’s board reviewed a report prepared by CRMC regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. No significant liquidity events impacting any of the funds were noted in the report. In addition, CRMC provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing each fund’s liquidity risk.
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Board of trustees and other officers
Independent trustees1
Name and year of birth | | Year first elected a trustee of the fund2 | | Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by trustee | | Other directorships3 held by trustee |
Vanessa C. L. Chang, 1952 Chair of the Board (Independent and Non-Executive) | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Former Director, EL & EL Investments (real estate) | | 16 | | Edison International/Southern California Edison; Transocean Ltd. (offshore drilling contractor) |
Jennifer C. Feikin, 1968 | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Business Advisor; previously held positions at Google, AOL, 20th Century Fox and McKinsey & Company; Trustee, The Nature Conservancy of Utah; former Trustee, The Nature Conservancy of California | | 97 | | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. |
Pablo R. González Guajardo, 1967 | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | CEO, Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV | | 18 | | América Móvil, SAB de CV (telecommunications company); Grupo Sanborns, SAB de CV (retail stores and restaurants); Kimberly-Clark de México, SAB de CV (consumer staples) |
Leslie Stone Heisz, 1961 | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Former Managing Director, Lazard (retired, 2010); Director, Kaiser Permanente (California public benefit corporation); former Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management | | 97 | | Edwards Lifesciences; Public Storage |
William D. Jones, 1955 | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Managing Member, CityLink LLC (investing and consulting); former President and CEO, CityLink Investment Corporation (acquires, develops and manages real estate ventures in urban communities) | | 19 | | Biogen Inc. |
Interested trustees4,5
Name, year of birth and position with fund | | Year first elected a trustee or officer of the fund2 | | Principal occupation(s) during past five years and positions held with affiliated entities or the principal underwriter of the fund | | Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by trustee | | Other directorships3 held by trustee |
William L. Robbins, 1968 Trustee: CGGR, CGGO, CGXU, CGDV Senior Vice President and Trustee: CGUS | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6; Chair and Director, Capital Group International, Inc.6 | | 15 | | None |
The fund’s statement of additional information includes further details about fund trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225 or by referring to the American Funds website at americanfunds.com. The address for all trustees and officers of the fund is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attention: Secretary.
Refer to page 54 for footnotes.
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Other officers5
Name, year of birth and position with fund | | Year first elected an officer of the fund2 | | Principal occupation(s) during past five years and positions held with affiliated entities or the principal underwriter of the fund |
Irfan M. Furniturewala, 1971 Co-President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
Alan J. Wilson, 1961 Co-President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research and Management Company |
Patrice Collette, 1967 President | | CGGO | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.6 |
Sung Lee, 1966 President | | CGXU | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Group Investment Management Pte. Ltd.6; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6 |
Keiko McKibben, 1969 Co-President Senior Vice President | | CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
Carlos A. Schonfeld, 1971 Co-President | | CGUS | | 2021 | | Partner – Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital International Limited6 |
Christopher D. Buchbinder, 1971 President | | CGDV | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6 |
Walt Burkley, 1966 Principal Executive Officer | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research Company6; Director, Capital Research and Management Company |
Michael W. Stockton, 1967 Executive Vice President | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Senior Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company |
Erik A. Vayntrub, 1984 Senior Vice President | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company; Secretary, Capital Management Services, Inc.6 |
Paul Benjamin, 1979 Senior Vice President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Strategy Research, Inc.6 |
Mark L. Casey, 1970 Senior Vice President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6; Chairman of the Board, President and Director, Capital Management Services, Inc.6 |
Anne-Marie Peterson, 1972 Senior Vice President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
Andraz Razen, 1975 Senior Vice President | | CGGR | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research Company6 |
Paul Flynn, 1966 Senior Vice President | | CGGO | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital International, Inc.6 |
Roz Hongsaranagon, 1979 Senior Vice President | | CGGO | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
Jonathan Knowles, PhD,1961 Senior Vice President | | CGGO | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital World Investors, Capital Group Investment Management Pte. Ltd.6 |
Nicholas J. Grace, 1966 Senior Vice President | | CGXU | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company6 |
Renaud H. Samyn, 1974 Senior Vice President | | CGXU | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Group Investment Management Pte. Ltd.6 |
Christopher Thomsen, 1970 Senior Vice President | | CGXU | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research Company6 |
Charles E. Ellwein, 1968 Senior Vice President | | CGUS | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, Capital Research and Management Company |
J. Blair Frank, 1966 Senior Vice President | | CGUS | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
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Other officers5 (continued)
Name, year of birth and position with fund | | Year first elected an officer of the fund2 | | Principal occupation(s) during past five years and positions held with affiliated entities or the principal underwriter of the fund |
Donald D. O’Neal, 1960 Senior Vice President | | CGUS | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner — Capital International Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6 |
Martin Jacobs, 1962 Senior Vice President | | CGDV | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Director, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.6 |
James B. Lovelace, 1956 Senior Vice President | | CGDV | | 2021 | | Partner — Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company |
James Terrile, 1965 Senior Vice President | | CGDV | | 2021 | | Partner – Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Research and Management Company; Partner – Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Bank and Trust Company6 |
Michael R. Tom, 1988 Secretary | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Associate — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company |
Troy S. Tanner, 1983 Treasurer | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company |
Jennifer L. Butler, 1966 Assistant Secretary | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Assistant Vice President — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company |
Susan K. Countess, 1966 Assistant Secretary | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Associate — Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company |
Sandra Chuon, 1972 Assistant Treasurer | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company |
Gregory F. Niland, 1971 Assistant Treasurer | | CGGR CGGO CGXU CGUS CGDV | | 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 | | Vice President — Investment Operations, Capital Research and Management Company |
1 | The term independent trustee refers to a trustee who is not an “interested person” of the fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
2 | Trustees and officers of the fund serve until their resignation, removal or retirement. |
3 | This includes all directorships/trusteeships (other than those in the American Funds or other funds managed by Capital Research and Management Company or its affiliates) that are held by each trustee as a trustee or director of a public company or a registered investment company. |
4 | The term interested trustee refers to a trustee who is an “interested person” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, on the basis of their affiliation with the fund’s investment adviser, Capital Research and Management Company, or affiliated entities (including the fund’s principal underwriter). |
5 | All of the trustees and/or officers listed are officers and/or directors/trustees of one or more of the other funds for which Capital Research and Management Company serves as investment adviser. |
6 | Company affiliated with Capital Research and Management Company. |
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Office of the fund
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-4518
Investment adviser
Capital Research and Management Company
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406
Transfer agent for shareholder accounts
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
Custodian of assets
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
Counsel
Dechert LLP
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446
Independent registered public accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
601 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3874
Principal underwriter
American Funds Distributors, Inc.
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406
Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call (800) 421-4225 or refer to the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com.
“Proxy Voting Procedures and Principles” — which describes our procedures and principles for voting portfolio securities — is available at capitalgroup.com/etf. Each fund files its proxy voting record with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the 12 months ended June 30 by August 31. The proxy voting record is available free of charge on the SEC website at sec.gov and on our website.
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Past results are not predictive of results in future periods.
For Capital Group Growth ETF, Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF, Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF and Capital Group Core Equity ETF, investing outside the United States involves risks, such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity and price volatility, as more fully described in each fund’s prospectus. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries.
ETF market price returns since inception are calculated using NAV for the period until market price became available (generally a few days after inception).
This report is for the information of shareholders of Capital Group equity ETFs, but it also may be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus or summary prospectus, which gives details about charges, expenses, investment objectives and operating policies of the funds. If used as sales material after September 30, 2023, this report must be accompanied by an Capital Group ETFs statistical update for the most recently completed calendar quarter.
S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization-weighted index based on the results of approximately 500 widely held common stocks. This index is unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes.
MSCI All Country World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market results in the global developed and emerging markets, consisting of more than 40 developed and emerging market country indexes. Results reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter. This index is unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes.
MSCI All Country World ex USA Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market results in the global developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. The index consists of more than 40 developed and emerging market country indexes. Results reflect dividends gross of withholding taxes through December 31, 2000, and dividends net of withholding taxes thereafter. This index is unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes.
American Funds Distributors, Inc.
This content, developed by Capital Group, home of American Funds, should not be used as a primary basis for investment decisions and is not intended to serve as impartial investment or fiduciary advice.
ITEM 2 – Code of Ethics
The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer. The Registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of the Code of Ethics. Such request can be made by calling 800/421-4225 or to the Secretary of the Registrant, 6455 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California 92618.
ITEM 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Registrant’s board has determined that Leslie Stone Heisz, a member of the Registrant’s audit committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” and "independent," as such terms are defined in this Item. This designation will not increase the designee’s duties, obligations or liability as compared to his or her duties, obligations and liability as a member of the audit committee and of the board, nor will it reduce the responsibility of the other audit committee members. There may be other individuals who, through education or experience, would qualify as "audit committee financial experts" if the board had designated them as such. Most importantly, the board believes each member of the audit committee contributes significantly to the effective oversight of the Registrant’s financial statements and condition.
ITEM 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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Registrant: | | |
a) Audit Fees: | | |
Audit | 2022 | None |
| 2023 | 11,000 |
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b) Audit-Related Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
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c) Tax Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
| The tax fees consist of professional services relating to the preparation of the Registrant’s tax returns. | |
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d) All Other Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
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| Adviser and affiliates (includes only fees for non-audit services billed to the adviser and affiliates for engagements that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant and were subject to the pre-approval policies described below): | |
a) Audit Fees: | | |
| Not Applicable | |
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b) Audit-Related Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
| The audit-related fees consist of assurance and related services relating to the examination of the Registrant’s transfer agent, principal underwriter and investment adviser conducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements Number 18 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. | |
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c) Tax Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
| The tax fees consist of consulting services relating to the Registrant’s investments. | |
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d) All Other Fees: | | |
| 2022 | None |
| 2023 | None |
| The other fees consist of subscription services related to an accounting research tool. | |
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| All audit and permissible non-audit services that the Registrant’s audit committee considers compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence are required to be pre-approved by the committee. The pre-approval requirement will extend to all non-audit services provided to the Registrant, the investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. The committee will not delegate its responsibility to pre-approve these services to the investment adviser. The committee may delegate to one or more committee members the authority to review and pre-approve audit and permissible non-audit services. Actions taken under any such delegation will be reported to the full committee at its next meeting. The pre-approval requirement is waived with respect to non-audit services if certain conditions are met. The pre-approval requirement was not waived for any of the non-audit services listed above provided to the Registrant, adviser and affiliates. | |
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| Aggregate non-audit fees paid to the Registrant’s auditors, including fees for all services billed to the Registrant, adviser and affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, were $0 for fiscal year 2022 and $0 for fiscal year 2023. The non-audit services represented by these amounts were brought to the attention of the committee and considered to be compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence. | |
ITEM 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
ITEM 6 – Schedule of Investments
Not applicable, insofar as the schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
ITEM 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.
ITEM 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.
ITEM 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable to this Registrant, insofar as the Registrant is not a closed-end management investment company.
ITEM 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees since the Registrant last submitted a proxy statement to its shareholders. The procedures are as follows. The Registrant has a nominating and governance committee comprised solely of persons who are not considered ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Registrant within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The committee periodically reviews such issues as the board’s composition, responsibilities, committees, compensation and other relevant issues, and recommends any appropriate changes to the full board of trustees. While the committee normally is able to identify from its own resources an ample number of qualified candidates, it will consider shareholder suggestions of persons to be considered as nominees to fill future vacancies on the board. Such suggestions must be sent in writing to the nominating and governance committee of the Registrant, c/o the Registrant’s Secretary, and must be accompanied by complete biographical and occupational data on the prospective nominee, along with a written consent of the prospective nominee for consideration of his or her name by the nominating and governance committee.
ITEM 11 – Controls and Procedures
(a) | The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 30a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940), that such controls and procedures are adequate and reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in paragraph (c) of such rule. |
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(b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 12 – Exhibits
(a)(1) | The Code of Ethics that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 is attached as an exhibit hereto. |
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(a)(2) | The certifications required by Rule 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as exhibits hereto. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL GROWTH EQUITY ETF |
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| By __/s/ Walter R. Burkley________________ |
| Walter R. Burkley, Principal Executive Officer |
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| Date: July 31, 2023 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By _ /s/ Walter R. Burkley_____________ |
Walter R. Burkley, Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: July 31, 2023 |
By ___/s/ Troy S. Tanner__________________ |
Troy S. Tanner, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: July 31, 2023 |