Pacer WealthShield ETF
$32.44−0.31 (−0.95%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $24M
- 1Y return
- +3.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.08%
- Holdings
- 370
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.62
- 52W range
The ETF.net PWS Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B 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.AScore 72Category 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.DScore 39Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 31Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 83Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 61Category rank
Our read on PWS
BA tactical fund that takes its cue from the junk-bond market. When high-yield credit and sector momentum turn, PWS rotates between U.S. equity sectors and Treasuries, then re-checks the tape every month.
The Fund uses a rules-based trend-following strategy to shift exposure between U.S. equity sectors and U.S. Treasury securities. Its monthly evaluations consider high-yield credit conditions, Treasury rates, and momentum in equity sectors and long-term Treasuries.
Why people hold it
- Rules run it, not hunches: monthly signals from high-yield credit, Treasury rates and sector momentum decide the mix. It has tracked its own index tightly.paceretfs.com
- 0.60% a year, under the median for tactical multi-asset funds, which is unusual for a strategy that rotates whole asset classes on a schedule.
- Live since 2017, so the record spans real drawdowns, not just a backtest. It pays quarterly and holds roughly 300 stocks when the equity side is on.
- Rated among the stronger implementations in its tactical peer group on ETF.net's review.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded. Spreads can be wide and orders can move the price, so the trading experience differs from a mega-cap index fund.
- Trend rules can whipsaw. In choppy markets the fund may step out after a drop and step back in after a bounce, paying for the round trip.
- Cheaper tactical options exist: ENDW runs 0.22% and ONOF 0.39%, though neither uses the same credit-plus-momentum switch.
PWS Holdings
- Stocks
- 370
- 31%
- XOM
Sectors
- Technology22.1%
- Energy21.0%
- Health Care20.0%
- Real Estate19.1%
- Industrials17.6%
- Financials0.1%
- Materials0.1%
- Consumer Discr.0.0%
Geography
- United States97.53%
- Ireland1.57%
- United Kingdom0.30%
- Netherlands0.25%
- Switzerland0.20%
- Singapore0.15%
PWS 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 | PWS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.6% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| 3 months | +3.2% |
| 1 year | +3.9% |
| 3 years | +9.3% |
| 5 years | +2.1% |
| 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 | PWS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.6% | |
| 2025 | +8.0% | |
| 2024 | +14.0% | |
| 2023 | −3.6% | |
| 2022 | −12.1% | |
| 2021 | +14.4% | |
| 2020 | +22.2% |
PWS in the news
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PWS Dividends
- 2.08%
- $0.68
- $0.34 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | $0.02 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 10, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Jun 11, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Mar 12, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.19 |
PWS Risk
- 11.8%
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.
- 0.30
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.
- −24.9%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PWS Cost
- The middle half of Tactical Allocation funds
- Median 0.91%
12 of the 46 Tactical Allocation funds charge less.