Which returned more over the last year, COWG or FV?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWG returned +10.7% and FV +20.0%.

Which is cheaper, COWG or FV?

COWG is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do COWG and FV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 65% of COWG and 0% of FV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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COWG vs FV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, COWG returned +10.7% to FV's +20.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.3bn for Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF and $3.8bn for First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF.

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At a glance

+10.7%

COWG total return, 1 year

+20.0%

FV total return, 1 year

0.49%

COWG expense ratio

0.89%

FV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

COWG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; FV is 1.7 times larger.

COWG vs FV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	COWG	FV
Return
Measure	COWG	FV
Total return, 1 year	+10.7%	+20.0%
Drawdown
Measure	COWG	FV
Below its high	5.7%, high on Oct 9, 2026	4.1%, high on Oct 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	COWG	FV
What it tracks	Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders Index	Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index
Cost and size
Measure	COWG	FV
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.89%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.3bn	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	COWG	FV
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.4%	99.9%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, COWG and FV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first COWG FV

Only in one fund ↓

Only in COWG

Western Digital Corp 4.53%

Iridium Communications Inc 4.25%

Sandisk Corp 3.32%

Astera Labs Inc 3.03%

Lam Research Corp 2.71%

Fortinet Inc 2.36%

Okta Inc 2.12%

Datadog Inc 2.05%

Only in FV

First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF 22.02%

First Trust NYSE® Arca® Biotechnology Index Fund 21.16%

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF 20.98%

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund 18.53%

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund 17.19%

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Side by side

COWG Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Pacer First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.7% +20.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.5% (IWB) +14.8% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −3.8 pts vs IWB +5.2 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.89%

Already in the S&P 500 65.3% 0.0%

Holdings 100 5

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.3bn $3.8bn

COWG and FV on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

COWG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +10.7% with distributions reinvested, against +14.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

COWG tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 65% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 28.4%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Oct 9, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

FV tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.89% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 5 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 28, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, COWG or FV?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWG returned +10.7% and FV +20.0%.
Which is cheaper, COWG or FV?: COWG is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do COWG and FV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 65% of COWG and 0% of FV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

COWG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

COWG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Pacer website ↗

FV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FV ↗

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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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