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COWZ vs MDYV: how they differ

COWZ and MDYV hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and COWZ returned +22.9% over the year. Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF and State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF.

MDYV costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points; COWZ is 6.9 times larger.

COWZMDYV
Expense ratio0.49%0.15%
Net assets, COWZ as of Jul 31, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026$18.7bn$2.7bn
Total return, 1 year+22.9%+10.4%
Holdings in common1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.4%11.0%
Below its high5.1%, high on Sep 3, 20267.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+22.9%
COWZ total return, 1 year
+10.4%
MDYV total return, 1 year
0.49%
COWZ expense ratio
0.15%
MDYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COWZ and MDYV hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding COWZ MDYV
Ovintiv Inc 0.56% 1.06%
TD SYNNEX Corp 0.35% 1.30%
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%
Only in MDYV
US FOODS HOLDING CORP 1.27%
RELIANCE INC 1.23%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 1.16%
HF SINCLAIR CORP 1.13%
WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC 1.05%
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%
SHARKNINJA INC 0.93%
PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP CO 0.90%

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On the same fields

COWZ
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF
MDYV
State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer State Street
What it is Tracks an index of US Cash Cows 100 Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +22.9% +10.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +5.6 pts −6.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.49% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 94.7% 0.0%
Holdings 100 296
Net assets, COWZ as of Jul 31, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $18.7bn $2.7bn

COWZ and MDYV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

COWZ in plain words

COWZ tracks an index of US Cash Cows 100. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. 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%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

MDYV in plain words

MDYV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 296 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, COWZ or MDYV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COWZ returned +22.9% and MDYV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, COWZ or MDYV?
MDYV is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $34. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do COWZ and MDYV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of COWZ and 0% of MDYV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
COWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗COWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗MDYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MDYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, COWZ against MDYV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cowz-vs-mdyv

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