Pacer Cash Cows Fund of Funds ETF
$49.89+0.35 (+0.71%)
- 0.15%
- $102M
- +25.0%
- 3.48%
- 0M sh
- $49.53
- low $41.28high $53.00
The ETF.net HERD Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 32 of 99
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B 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.A84 out of 100Rank 12 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A78 out of 100Rank 53 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B66 out of 100Rank 23 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C45 out of 100Rank 51 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F23 out of 100Rank 94 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D27 out of 100Rank 91 of 99
Our read on HERD
BPacer's whole Cash Cows family in one ticker. Rather than making you pick which free-cash-flow fund to own, HERD tracks an index built out of them, and charges 0.15% to do the sorting.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Pacer Cash Cows Fund of Funds Index. It is composed of Pacer Cash Cows ETFs, whose underlying indexes use rules-based cash-flow strategies.
Why people hold it
- One ticker, the whole herd: it holds Pacer's Cash Cows ETFs rather than individual stocks, so you skip the choose-your-flavor step.
- 0.15% a year, well under the typical fee in its multifactor peer group, which is a low sticker price for a wrapper that holds other funds.
- Runs on published rules, not hunches: the underlying indexes screen companies on cash flow, and the fund tracks the index that packages them.
- Trading since 2019, so the strategy has a live record instead of a backtest.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded. Spreads can run wider than on the household-name value ETFs, and that bites most on large or rushed orders.
- One idea applied everywhere: free cash flow. That is a value tilt, and it can look very different from a plain market-cap index.
- Cash lands once or twice a year, not monthly, so it is not wired as a steady income drip.
HERD Holdings
- Stocks
- 6
- 100%
- COWZ
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary16.5%
- Technology15.4%
- Health Care14.9%
- Industrials13.2%
- Energy12.2%
- Communication10.1%
- Consumer Staples10.0%
- Materials5.8%
- Utilities1.4%
- Real Estate0.4%
- Financials0.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
HERD Performance
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Not enough history yet.
HERD$12,503
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 | HERD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | −2.8% |
| 3 months | +4.3% |
| 1 year | +25.0% |
| 3 years | +16.1% |
| 5 years | +10.9% |
| 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 | HERD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | +19.1% | |
| 2024 | +2.9% | |
| 2023 | +20.7% | |
| 2022 | −7.0% | |
| 2021 | +28.6% | |
| 2020 | +10.6% |
HERD in the news
HERD Dividends
- 3.48%
- $1.72
- $0.55 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
HERD 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.
- 0.80
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.
- −21.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.71
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HERD Cost
0.15%
HERD0.15%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
11 of the 99 US Multifactor funds charge less.
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