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Pacer Emerging Markets Cash Cows 100 ETF

ECOWNasdaqPacerD

$25.63+0.20 (+0.77%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

D37/ 100

Rank 8 of 10 in Emerging Markets Factor Index

D37/100Rank 8 of 10inEmerging Markets Factor Index
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 25.43 to 25.63. Range 25.61 to 25.79. Use the arrow keys to read each point.25.5025.7025.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.70%
Fund size
$194M
1Y total return
+7.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
5.95%
Holdings
107
Avg volume · 30D
36.8K sh
52W range
low $24.19high $29.53
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net ECOW Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

D

Score 37 out of 100

Category
Emerging Markets Factor Index⁠
Rank
8 of 10
Six-pillar profile for ECOW. Scores out of 100: Cost 23, Risk 56, Mission not scored, Tradability 39, Holdings 49, Durability 37. Strongest: Risk (56). Weakest: Cost (23). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 37 of 100 falls in the D 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.
    F23 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 10

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B56 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 10

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D39 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 10

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 10

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    D37 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 10

Our read on ECOW

ETF.net Research

In short

DThe emerging-markets arm of Pacer's Cash Cows family: rank the FTSE Emerging universe by free cash flow yield, keep the 100 best, then cap any single country or sector at 20 names. Cap-weighted EM this is not.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation by screening the FTSE Emerging Markets Index for 100 emerging-market companies with high free cash flow yield.

Why people hold it

  • Ranks the FTSE Emerging Markets universe on trailing free cash flow yield, holds the top 100, and weights them by the cash they actually generate, capped at 2% each.sec.gov
  • Caps of 20 companies per country and per sector loosen the China-and-Taiwan grip built into standard cap-weighted emerging-markets indexes.sec.gov
  • Size and liquidity screens apply before the ranking: no sub-$2B market caps, no names trading under $5M a day. Live since 2019, pays quarterly.sec.gov

Worth knowing

  • Costs 0.70% a year, above the typical emerging-markets factor fund. Low-vol peers EEMV (0.25%) and EELV (0.29%) run for a fraction of that.
  • Financials other than REITs are screened out entirely, so EM banks and insurers, a large slice of the asset class, never make the cut.sec.gov
  • A 100-stock, deep-value portfolio can move very differently from a broad EM index of hundreds of names, in both directions.sec.gov

ECOW Holdings

Holdings pillarC49 out of 100Rank 7 of 10 in Emerging Markets Factor IndexAs of
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
107
Top-10 weight
23%
Largest holding
PETR4.SA2.8%

Sectors

  • Communication19.0%
  • Energy16.4%
  • Consumer Discretionary14.8%
  • Materials13.2%
  • Consumer Staples11.2%
  • Industrials9.8%
  • Utilities7.9%
  • Health Care4.4%
  • Technology3.4%

Geography

  • China20.02%
  • Taiwan14.80%
  • Brazil13.35%
  • South Africa13.24%
  • Mexico8.42%
  • Turkey7.75%
  • Thailand5.52%
  • Indonesia3.80%
  • Other countries (5)13.11%

Developed 0% · Emerging 100% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 8.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1PETR4.SAPetroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras2.85%507,498$5.83M91
26505.TWFormosa Petrochemical Corp2.74%1,660,703$5.61M31
3TUPRS.ISTurkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS2.49%703,967$5.1M82
4AXIA3.SAAxia Energia SA2.32%408,067$4.76M92
5No dataEmirates Telecommunications Group Co PJSC2.22%794,924$4.55M9
6ABEV3.SAAmbev SA2.07%1,280,951$4.25M92
7FEMSAUBD.MXFomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV2.05%328,124$4.2M71
89999.HKNetEase Inc2.04%168,504$4.18M116
9DEWA.AEDubai Electricity & Water Authority PJSC2.01%5,695,768$4.12M62
10VIVT3.SATelefonica Brasil SA2.00%628,613$4.09M81
11GFI.JOGold Fields Ltd1.99%109,871$4.07M82
12PE&OLES.MXIndustrias Penoles SAB de CV1.93%83,593$3.96M89
13MOH.ATMotor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA1.93%52,524$3.96M64
14No dataAdnoc Gas PLC1.92%4,532,275$3.94M8
15PTTGC.BKPTT Global Chemical PCL1.89%2,586,367$3.88M18

Showing 1–15 of 107 holdings

ECOW Performance

Launched May 2, 2019

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.
ECOW$10,787
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. ECOW $10,787. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for ECOW. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodECOW
Year to date+6.7%
1 month−3.0%
3 months−5.6%
1 year+7.9%
3 yearsper year+18.4%
5 yearsper year+7.0%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for ECOW
YearReturn barECOW
2026 YTD+6.7%
2025+32.5%
2024+3.2%
2023+15.8%
2022−19.3%
2021+7.5%
2020−2.5%

ECOW in the news

ECOW Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
5.95%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.51Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.56 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2019–2026

One bar per payment. 28 payments from 2019 to 2026 YTD. Jun 25, 2019 $0.35; Sep 24, 2019 $0.26; Dec 24, 2019 $1.44; Mar 23, 2020 $0.03; Jun 22, 2020 $0.21; Sep 21, 2020 $0.55; Dec 21, 2020 $0.01; Mar 22, 2021 $0.08; Jun 21, 2021 $0.13; Sep 23, 2021 $0.61; Dec 23, 2021 $0.26; Mar 24, 2022 $0.14; Jun 23, 2022 $0.41; Sep 22, 2022 $0.69; Dec 22, 2022 $0.15; Mar 23, 2023 $0.06; Jun 22, 2023 $0.30; Sep 21, 2023 $0.56; Dec 27, 2023 $0.18; Mar 21, 2024 $0.03; Jun 27, 2024 $0.62; Sep 26, 2024 $0.23; Dec 27, 2024 $0.55; Jun 5, 2025 $0.14; Sep 4, 2025 $0.27; Dec 30, 2025 $0.86; Jun 4, 2026 $0.09; Sep 3, 2026 $0.56. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 3, 2026Sep 8, 2026$0.56
Jun 4, 2026Jun 8, 2026$0.09
Dec 30, 2025Jan 5, 2026$0.86
Sep 4, 2025Sep 10, 2025$0.27
Jun 5, 2025Jun 11, 2025$0.14
Dec 27, 2024Jan 2, 2025$0.55
Sep 26, 2024Oct 2, 2024$0.23
Jun 27, 2024Jul 3, 2024$0.62
Mar 21, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.03
Dec 27, 2023Jan 3, 2024$0.18
Sep 21, 2023Sep 27, 2023$0.56
Jun 22, 2023Jun 28, 2023$0.30

See all 28 payments⁠

$10,000 in ECOW 5 years ago paid $2,541 in dividends.⁠

ECOW Risk

Risk pillarB56 out of 100Rank 5 of 10 in Emerging Markets Factor Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.07
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−33.3%
Trough Sep 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.80
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

ECOW Cost

Compare ECOW and EEMV

Overpaying vs EEMV, cheapest in Emerging Markets Factor Index

$8,447

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • ECOW 0.70%

    $13,606

  • EEMV 0.25% Cheapest

    $5,159

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • ECOW 0.70%
  • EEMV 0.25%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530ECOW $13,606EEMV $5,159

Year by year

YearECOWEEMVOverpaying
10$1,250$455$795
20$4,760$1,769$2,991
30$13,606$5,159$8,447

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