Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
COWZ vs IYW: how they differ
COWZ and IYW hold 6% of their weight in the same names, and IYW returned more over the year.
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and iShares U.S. Technology ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and IYW hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | COWZ | IYW |
|---|---|---|
| QUALCOMM Inc | 2.67% | 1.18% |
| Salesforce Inc | 1.76% | 0.99% |
| Intuit Inc | 1.63% | 0.65% |
| Adobe Inc | 1.75% | 0.62% |
| Autodesk Inc | 0.72% | 0.31% |
| ON Semiconductor Corp | 0.84% | 0.25% |
| Roper Technologies Inc | 0.78% | 0.23% |
| Jabil Inc | 0.55% | 0.21% |
| Workday Inc | 0.75% | 0.16% |
| Zoom Communications Inc | 0.80% | 0.16% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions | 0.69% | 0.16% |
| VeriSign Inc | 0.39% | 0.14% |
| Only in COWZ | Only in IYW |
|---|---|
| Altria Group Inc 2.21% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 16.25% |
| ConocoPhillips 2.17% | APPLE INC. 13.65% |
| CVS Health Corp 2.16% | ALPHABET INC. 7.84% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.03% | ALPHABET INC. 6.34% |
| Ford Motor Co 2.01% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.99% |
| Uber Technologies Inc 2.01% | BROADCOM INC. 3.78% |
| Pfizer Inc 2.00% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.50% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc 1.99% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.98% |
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 | IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Pacer | iShares |
| What it is | US Cash Cows 100 | U.S. Technology |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.4% | +34.9% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.9 pts | +17.4 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.37% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 95.8% | 95.5% |
| Holdings | 100 | 139 |
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.
IYW in plain words
IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% 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 139 positions, with the top ten at 63.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or IYW?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and IYW returned +34.9%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, COWZ or IYW?
- COWZ charges 0.49% a year and IYW charges 0.37%, so IYW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do COWZ and IYW overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 96% of IYW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 6% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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