Pacer American Energy Infrastructure ETF
$45.95+0.46 (+1.00%)
- 0.75%
- $122M
- +26.4%
- 4.22%
- 0M sh
- $45.02
- low $36.49high $49.14
The ETF.net USAI Grade
D
Score 39 out of 100
- 19 of 25
Score 39 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 19 of 25Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A86 out of 100Rank 2 of 7Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B67 out of 100Rank 8 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D28 out of 100Rank 19 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 12 of 25Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C52 out of 100Rank 13 of 25
Our read on USAI
DSkip the drillers. USAI owns the toll-booth end of energy: the pipelines, storage and processing assets that move hydrocarbons across the US and Canada, roughly 40 names, with cash paid out monthly.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the American Energy Infrastructure Index through a passive indexing strategy.
Why people hold it
- Infrastructure, not exploration. The index targets the midstream assets that get paid to move and store energy, a different business than pumping it out of the ground.
- The mandate reaches into Canada as well as the US, so it picks up the big Canadian pipeline operators that US-only energy funds leave out.paceretfs.com
- Pays monthly, and it is a 1940 Act registered fund rather than a partnership, which sidesteps the K-1 paperwork attached to partnership-structured MLP vehicles.
- Rules-based and passive: it tracks the American Energy Infrastructure Index rather than leaving pipeline picks to a manager's judgment.
Worth knowing
- At 0.75% a year, it costs well above the 0.45% typical for energy funds, and broad options like XLE and FENY run 0.08%. Narrow exposure carries a real price tag here.
- Thinly traded. Volume is light next to the big energy ETFs, so bid-ask spreads can widen, especially on large or fast orders.
- About 40 holdings in one slice of one sector. Pipeline economics, regulation and commodity swings drive the whole basket together.
USAI Holdings
- Stocks
- 37
- 61%
- WMB
Sectors
- Energy100.0%
Geography
- United States77.69%
- Canada22.31%
USAI Performance
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USAI$12,635
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 | USAI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +23.0% |
| 1 month | −3.7% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +26.4% |
| 3 years | +23.4% |
| 5 years | +17.7% |
| 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 | USAI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +23.0% | |
| 2025 | +0.7% | |
| 2024 | +44.0% | |
| 2023 | +14.2% | |
| 2022 | +19.8% | |
| 2021 | +37.1% | |
| 2020 | −15.0% |
USAI in the news
USAI Dividends
- 4.22%
- $1.92
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
USAI Risk
- 16.5%
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.
- 1.02
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.
- −20.7%
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.
- 0.28
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
USAI Cost
0.75%
USAI0.75%
- The middle half of Energy (Broad) funds
- Median 0.46%
17 of the 24 Energy (Broad) funds charge less.
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