Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
COWZ vs DFUS: how they differ
COWZ and DFUS hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and COWZ returned more over the year.
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and DFUS hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | COWZ | DFUS |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon Communications Inc | 1.90% | 0.30% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 2.67% | 0.29% |
| AT&T Inc | 1.84% | 0.27% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc | 1.84% | 0.24% |
| ConocoPhillips | 2.17% | 0.23% |
| Pfizer Inc | 2.00% | 0.23% |
| Uber Technologies Inc | 2.01% | 0.22% |
| Salesforce Inc | 1.76% | 0.21% |
| Booking Holdings Inc | 1.87% | 0.20% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 2.03% | 0.18% |
| Newmont Corp | 1.93% | 0.18% |
| Altria Group Inc | 2.21% | 0.18% |
| Only in COWZ | Only in DFUS |
|---|---|
| Accenture PLC 1.68% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97% |
| Flex Ltd 0.59% | APPLE INC. 5.86% |
| TechnipFMC PLC 0.58% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84% | |
| ALPHABET INC. 3.31% | |
| BROADCOM INC. 2.90% | |
| ALPHABET INC. 2.74% | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Pacer | Dimensional |
| What it is | US Cash Cows 100 | U.S. Equity Market |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.4% | +17.5% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.9 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.09% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 95.8% | 90.2% |
| Holdings | 100 | 2231 |
COWZ in plain words
COWZ is an index equity fund tracking the US Cash Cows 100. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +23.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 21.2%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
DFUS in plain words
DFUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2231 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or DFUS?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and DFUS returned +17.5%, so COWZ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, COWZ or DFUS?
- COWZ charges 0.49% a year and DFUS charges 0.09%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do COWZ and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 90% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 8% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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