---
ticker: "QFRD"
name: "Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QFRD"
grade: "C"
score: 40
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Quality Index"
category_rank: "21 of 26"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QFRD: Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF

Grade **C**, Score 40 of 100. Rank 21 of 26 in US Quality Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 32 | 16 of 26 |
| Mission | 79 | 8 of 19 |
| Risk | 47 | 14 of 26 |
| Tradability | 38 | 19 of 26 |
| Holdings | 55 | 15 of 26 |
| Durability | 13 | 25 of 26 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 50 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | DDOG | Datadog Inc | 6.72% |
| 2 | CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | 5.18% |
| 3 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 4.35% |
| 4 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 4.19% |
| 5 | WDAY | Workday Inc | 3.97% |
| 6 | CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc | 3.25% |
| 7 | SNPS | Synopsys Inc | 3.25% |
| 8 | INCY | Incyte Corp | 3.14% |
| 9 | VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2.93% |
| 10 | COIN | Coinbase Global Inc | 2.74% |
| 11 | NOW | ServiceNow Inc | 2.51% |
| 12 | NTAP | NetApp Inc | 2.48% |
| 13 | META | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.35% |
| 14 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | 2.24% |
| 15 | QCOM | QUALCOMM Inc | 2.16% |
| 16 | MRK | Merck & Co Inc | 2.14% |
| 17 | FFIV | F5 Inc | 2.10% |
| 18 | REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2.08% |
| 19 | BIIB | Biogen Inc | 1.97% |
| 20 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 1.97% |
| 21 | ABNB | Airbnb Inc | 1.76% |
| 22 | ADSK | Autodesk Inc | 1.72% |
| 23 | GDDY | GoDaddy Inc | 1.71% |
| 24 | PTC | PTC Inc | 1.71% |
| 25 | ANET | Arista Networks Inc | 1.64% |
| 26 | AMGN | Amgen Inc | 1.53% |
| 27 | BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 1.50% |
| 28 | GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc | 1.48% |
| 29 | KEYS | Keysight Technologies Inc | 1.47% |
| 30 | DXCM | Dexcom Inc | 1.47% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/QFRD. Please cite the page URL.