Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or FTEC?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and FTEC returned +35.7%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, COWZ or FTEC?

COWZ charges 0.49% a year and FTEC charges 0.08%, so FTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do COWZ and FTEC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 86% of FTEC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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COWZ vs FTEC: how they differ

COWZ and FTEC hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and FTEC returned more over the year.

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and FTEC hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions COWZ and FTEC both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	COWZ	FTEC
QUALCOMM Inc	2.67%	0.92%
Salesforce Inc	1.76%	0.77%
Intuit Inc	1.63%	0.51%
Adobe Inc	1.75%	0.50%
ON Semiconductor Corp	0.84%	0.28%
Autodesk Inc	0.72%	0.28%
Jabil Inc	0.55%	0.25%
Roper Technologies Inc	0.78%	0.21%
Twilio Inc	0.36%	0.20%
Zoom Communications Inc	0.80%	0.19%
VeriSign Inc	0.39%	0.17%
Cognizant Technology Solutions	0.69%	0.16%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in COWZ	Only in FTEC
Altria Group Inc 2.21%	NVIDIA Corp 18.00%
ConocoPhillips 2.17%	Apple Inc 14.38%
CVS Health Corp 2.16%	Microsoft Corp 9.54%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.03%	Broadcom Inc 5.01%
Ford Motor Co 2.01%	Micron Technology Inc 2.64%
Uber Technologies Inc 2.01%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.60%
Pfizer Inc 2.00%	Intel Corp 1.99%
Diamondback Energy Inc 1.99%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.66%

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 and FTEC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF	FTEC Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Pacer	Fidelity
What it is	US Cash Cows 100	MSCI Information Technology
Total return, 1 year	+23.4%	+35.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5.9 pts	+18.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.08%
Already in the S&P 500	95.8%	86.2%
Holdings	100	282

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.

FTEC in plain words

FTEC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Information Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or FTEC?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and FTEC returned +35.7%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, COWZ or FTEC?: COWZ charges 0.49% a year and FTEC charges 0.08%, so FTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do COWZ and FTEC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 86% of FTEC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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