Pacer Emerging Markets Cash Cows 100 ETF
$27.04+0.11 (+0.41%)
- 0.70%
- $210M
- +21.4%
- 5.62%
- 0M sh
- $27.04
- low $23.71high $29.53
The ETF.net ECOW Grade
D
Score 38 out of 100
- 8 of 10
Score 38 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 100Rank 8 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B63 out of 100Rank 3 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D36 out of 100Rank 8 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C50 out of 100Rank 7 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D39 out of 100Rank 7 of 10
Our read on ECOW
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.
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
- Stocks
- 105
- 23%
- 6505.TW
Sectors
- Communication19.0%
- Energy16.4%
- Consumer Discretionary14.8%
- Materials13.2%
- Consumer Staples11.2%
- Industrials9.8%
- Utilities7.9%
- Health Care4.4%
- Technology3.4%
Geography
- China16.92%
- Brazil14.95%
- Taiwan (Province of China)14.23%
- South Africa12.04%
- Mexico8.08%
- Turkey7.40%
- Thailand5.41%
- Hong Kong4.52%
- 16.44%
Developed 5% · Emerging 95%
ECOW Performance
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ECOW$12,140
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 | ECOW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.0% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +21.4% |
| 3 years | +19.1% |
| 5 years | +7.9% |
| 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 | ECOW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.0% | |
| 2025 | +32.5% | |
| 2024 | +3.2% | |
| 2023 | +15.8% | |
| 2022 | −19.3% | |
| 2021 | +7.5% | |
| 2020 | −2.5% |
ECOW in the news
ECOW Dividends
- 5.62%
- $1.51
- $0.56 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ECOW Risk
- 13.1%
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.
- 0.92
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.
- −33.3%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ECOW Cost
0.70%
ECOW0.70%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Factor Index funds
- Median 0.45%
7 of the 10 Emerging Markets Factor Index funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Factor Index
- CBLESInspire Global Hope ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +16.7%
- CEEMOInvesco S&P Emerging Markets Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +32.4%
- CDEHPDimensional - Emerging Markets High Profitability ETFExpense ratio 0.44%1 year return +37.2%
- DPIEInvesco Dorsey Wright Emerging Markets Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return +56.1%
- DFLNFirst Trust Latin America AlphaDEX FundExpense ratio 0.80%1 year return +44.6%