Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF
$69.09+0.41 (+0.60%)
- 0.49%
- $19.0B
- +26.1%
- 1.98%
- 1M sh
- $68.51
- low $55.69high $72.52
The ETF.net COWZ Grade
C
Score 50 out of 100
- 28 of 40
Score 50 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F18 out of 100Rank 32 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A70 out of 100Rank 31 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C44 out of 100Rank 23 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A90 out of 100Rank 3 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C45 out of 100Rank 28 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C53 out of 100Rank 23 of 40
Our read on COWZ
CValue measured in cash, not accounting bargains. COWZ ranks Russell 1000 large and mid caps by trailing free-cash-flow yield and holds the top 100, with financial companies screened out entirely.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index. Its rules-based index targets 100 U.S. large- and mid-cap companies selected from the Russell 1000 for high trailing free-cash-flow yield after screens for projected cash flow, earnings, and financial companies.
Why people hold it
- The screen is concrete: high trailing free-cash-flow yield, plus tests on projected cash flow and earnings. Cash a company actually throws off, not a cheap-looking book value.
- Rules-based index, about 100 large and mid cap names, quarterly distributions, and a live track record dating to its 2016 launch.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
Worth knowing
- 0.49% a year buys the cash-flow screen. Plain-vanilla value funds sit far below that: VTV at 0.03%, SCHV at 0.04%.
- No financials, by design. Ranking on cash yield also piles weight into whichever sectors are gushing cash, so the sector map can look nothing like a broad value index.
- Against the US value ETFs we track, it lands in the bottom quartile of our review, with the fee the biggest weight on the scale.
COWZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 22%
- MPC
Sectors
- Technology23.7%
- Energy19.3%
- Health Care14.9%
- Industrials12.1%
- Consumer Discretionary9.7%
- Communication8.2%
- Consumer Staples7.7%
- Materials4.4%
Geography
- United States96.98%
- Ireland2.33%
- Netherlands0.36%
- United Kingdom0.33%
COWZ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
COWZ$12,607
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | COWZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.4% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | +7.8% |
| 1 year | +26.1% |
| 3 years | +14.1% |
| 5 years | +11.3% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | COWZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | +9.0% | |
| 2024 | +10.6% | |
| 2023 | +14.7% | |
| 2022 | +0.2% | |
| 2021 | +42.6% | |
| 2020 | +11.7% |
COWZ in the news
Category Review
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COWZ Dividends
- 1.98%
- $1.36
- $0.43 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
COWZ Risk
- 14.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.59
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −22.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.76
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
COWZ Cost
0.49%
COWZ0.49%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
31 of the 40 US Value Index funds charge less.
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