Pacer Trendpilot European Index ETF
$33.23−0.36 (−1.09%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $37M
- 1Y return
- +15.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.76%
- Holdings
- 272
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $33.52
- 52W range
The ETF.net PTEU Grade
Score 38 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 39Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 0Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 74Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 58Category rank
Our read on PTEU
DA Eurozone stock fund with an exit ramp built in. Three trend indicators decide whether it holds Eurozone equities, a blended equity and T-bill position, or 3-month U.S. Treasury bills. Buy-and-hold this is not.
The Fund seeks to track the total return of the Pacer Trendpilot European Index before fees and expenses. Its rules-based trend-following process uses three indicators to rotate among Eurozone equities, a mixed equity/T-bill position, and 3-month U.S. Treasury bills.
Why people hold it
- The exit is written into the rules: three trend indicators, not a manager's mood, decide when Eurozone stocks give way to 3-month U.S. Treasury bills.paceretfs.com
- Under the trend switch sits a broad Eurozone base of roughly 300 stocks, so the equity sleeve is index exposure rather than a stock-picking bet.
- Live since 2015, so the rulebook has run through real European markets and not just a backtest.
Worth knowing
- At 0.65% a year it sits above the median for its index-tracking group (0.45%). The trend machinery is what the premium buys.
- Small and thinly traded next to plain-vanilla giants like VT, which can mean wider bid/ask spreads and more care needed on entry and exit.
- Trend rules act after the move: a sharp drop can shift it toward T-bills and a fast rebound can find it still there. Whipsaw is the cost of the switch.
PTEU Holdings
- Stocks
- 272
- 29%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials27.5%
- Industrials19.8%
- Technology15.4%
- Consumer Discr.8.0%
- Utilities6.5%
- Health Care5.7%
- Cons. Staples4.8%
- Materials4.1%
- Energy3.8%
- Communication3.3%
- Real Estate1.1%
Geography
- Germany24.93%
- France24.39%
- Netherlands17.55%
- Spain11.51%
- Italy10.03%
- Finland3.44%
- Belgium2.63%
- Austria1.19%
- 4.33%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
PTEU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | PTEU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.1% |
| 1 month | −3.1% |
| 3 months | +0.3% |
| 1 year | +15.4% |
| 3 years | +13.0% |
| 5 years | +8.1% |
| 10 years | +5.1% |
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 | PTEU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.1% | |
| 2025 | +30.8% | |
| 2024 | −0.5% | |
| 2023 | +12.4% | |
| 2022 | −7.4% | |
| 2021 | +13.4% | |
| 2020 | −19.4% |
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PTEU Dividends
- 1.76%
- $0.59
- $0.59 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.59 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.83 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | $0.16 |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | $0.38 |
| Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | $0.94 |
| Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | $0.47 |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.19 |
PTEU Risk
- 13.0%
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.
- 0.58
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.
- −15.0%
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.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PTEU Cost
- The middle half of Trend-Following / Tactical Index funds
- Median 0.60%
11 of the 20 Trend-Following / Tactical Index funds charge less.