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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and COWZ +24.4%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or COWZ?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and COWZ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 95% of COWZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs COWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to COWZ's +24.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $19.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+24.4%

COWZ total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.49%

COWZ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.6 points; COWZ is 5.0 times larger.

AOR vs COWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	COWZ
Return
Measure	AOR	COWZ
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+24.4%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	COWZ
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	COWZ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$19.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	COWZ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	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, AOR 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 AOR COWZ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

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

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Pacer

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of US Cash Cows 100

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +24.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.7%

Holdings 7 100

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and COWZ as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $19.5bn

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

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

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, AOR or COWZ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and COWZ +24.4%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or COWZ?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and COWZ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 95% of COWZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

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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