Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
COWZ vs VYM: how they differ
COWZ and VYM hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and COWZ returned more over the year.
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and VYM hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | COWZ | VYM |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon Communications Inc | 1.90% | 0.85% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 2.67% | 0.80% |
| AT&T Inc | 1.84% | 0.76% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc | 1.84% | 0.68% |
| ConocoPhillips | 2.17% | 0.65% |
| Pfizer Inc | 2.00% | 0.64% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 2.03% | 0.52% |
| Altria Group Inc | 2.21% | 0.51% |
| Newmont Corp | 1.93% | 0.51% |
| CVS Health Corp | 2.16% | 0.44% |
| Comcast Corp | 1.71% | 0.41% |
| T-Mobile US Inc | 1.78% | 0.39% |
| Only in COWZ | Only in VYM |
|---|---|
| Uber Technologies Inc 2.01% | Broadcom Inc 8.07% |
| Booking Holdings Inc 1.87% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36% |
| McKesson Corp 1.79% | Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73% |
| Salesforce Inc 1.76% | Johnson & Johnson 2.31% |
| Adobe Inc 1.75% | Caterpillar Inc 1.73% |
| Accenture PLC 1.68% | AbbVie Inc 1.57% |
| HCA Healthcare Inc 1.65% | Cisco Systems Inc 1.52% |
| Intuit Inc 1.63% | Chevron Corp 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 Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Pacer | Vanguard |
| What it is | US Cash Cows 100 | US high dividend |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.4% | +17.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.9 pts | +0.1 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.04% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 95.8% | 92.2% |
| Holdings | 100 | 608 |
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.
VYM in plain words
VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or VYM?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +23.4% and VYM returned +17.6%, so COWZ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, COWZ or VYM?
- COWZ charges 0.49% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do COWZ and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 96% of COWZ and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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