Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
COWZ vs EWJ: how they differ
COWZ and EWJ hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWJ returned more over the year.
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and iShares MSCI Japan ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and EWJ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in COWZ | Only in EWJ |
|---|---|
| QUALCOMM Inc 2.67% | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.08% |
| Altria Group Inc 2.21% | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.45% |
| ConocoPhillips 2.17% | SoftBank Group Corp. 3.37% |
| CVS Health Corp 2.16% | Tokyo Electron Limited 2.90% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.03% | Hitachi, Ltd. 2.86% |
| Ford Motor Co 2.01% | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.58% |
| Uber Technologies Inc 2.01% | Sony Group Corporation 2.56% |
| Pfizer Inc 2.00% | ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.41% |
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 and May 31, 2026.
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Pacer | iShares |
| What it is | US Cash Cows 100 | MSCI Japan |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.4% | +26.5% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.9 pts | +9.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 95.8% | 0.0% |
| Holdings | 100 | 179 |
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.
EWJ in plain words
EWJ is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +26.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 179 positions, with the top ten at 28.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or EWJ?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and EWJ returned +26.5%, so EWJ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, COWZ or EWJ?
- COWZ charges 0.49% a year and EWJ charges 0.49%, so COWZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do COWZ and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 0% of EWJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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