Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
COWZ vs PVAL: how they differ
COWZ and PVAL hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and PVAL returned more over the year.
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and PVAL hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | COWZ | PVAL |
|---|---|---|
| QUALCOMM Inc | 2.67% | 2.15% |
| ConocoPhillips | 2.17% | 1.88% |
| McKesson Corp | 1.79% | 2.44% |
| Valero Energy Corp | 1.48% | 1.88% |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1.17% | 1.34% |
| T-Mobile US Inc | 1.78% | 1.03% |
| Corteva Inc | 0.98% | 1.71% |
| PulteGroup Inc | 0.58% | 1.68% |
| Only in COWZ | Only in PVAL |
|---|---|
| Altria Group Inc 2.21% | CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06% |
| CVS Health Corp 2.16% | CITIGROUP INC 4.68% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.03% | EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66% |
| Ford Motor Co 2.01% | ALPHABET INC 3.33% |
| Uber Technologies Inc 2.01% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09% |
| Pfizer Inc 2.00% | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc 1.99% | AMAZON.COM INC 2.96% |
| Newmont Corp 1.93% | MICROSOFT CORP 2.96% |
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 29, 2026.
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Pacer | Putnam |
| What it is | US Cash Cows 100 | Putnam Focused Large Cap Value |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.4% | +28.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.9 pts | +10.8 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | not published |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 95.8% | 94.9% |
| Holdings | 100 | 45 |
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.
PVAL in plain words
PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or PVAL?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and PVAL returned +28.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- How much do COWZ and PVAL overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 95% of PVAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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