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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and COWZ +24.4%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or COWZ?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs COWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to COWZ's +24.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $19.5bn for Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+24.4%

COWZ total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.49%

COWZ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.8 points; AGG is 7.1 times larger.

AGG vs COWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	COWZ
Return
Measure	AGG	COWZ
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+24.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	COWZ
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	COWZ
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	COWZ
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$19.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	COWZ
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		20.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and COWZ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG COWZ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in COWZ

Booking Holdings Inc 2.23%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.18%

HCA Healthcare Inc 2.07%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 2.06%

General Dynamics Corp 2.05%

Intuit Inc 2.04%

Verizon Communications Inc 1.97%

AT&T Inc 1.95%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Pacer

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of US Cash Cows 100

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +24.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.49%

Holdings 13469 100

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $19.5bn

AGG and COWZ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

COWZ

COWZ tracks an index of US Cash Cows 100. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or COWZ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and COWZ +24.4%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or COWZ?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

COWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

COWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Pacer website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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