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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so COWZ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, COWZ or GOVT?

COWZ charges 0.49% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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COWZ vs GOVT: how they differ

COWZ and GOVT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and COWZ returned more over the year.

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and GOVT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in COWZ	Only in GOVT
QUALCOMM Inc 2.67%	United States of America 5.31%
Altria Group Inc 2.21%	United States of America 2.96%
ConocoPhillips 2.17%	United States of America 2.63%
CVS Health Corp 2.16%	United States of America 2.09%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.03%	United States of America 1.61%
Ford Motor Co 2.01%	United States of America 1.57%
Uber Technologies Inc 2.01%	United States of America 1.53%
Pfizer Inc 2.00%	United States of America 1.51%

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 GOVT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Pacer	iShares
What it is	US Cash Cows 100	U.S. Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+23.4%	−1.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5.9 pts	−18.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.05%
Holdings	100	223

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.

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or GOVT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so COWZ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, COWZ or GOVT?: COWZ charges 0.49% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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