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DFIV vs GCOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIV and GCOW hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and DFIV returned +24.2% over the year. Net assets: $21.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Value ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF.

DFIV costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; DFIV is 6.2 times larger.

DFIVGCOW
Expense ratio0.27%0.60%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$21.4bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+24.2%+19.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Index
Holdings in common14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund15.5%20.5%
Below its high5.7%, high on Sep 3, 20265.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+24.2%
DFIV total return, 1 year
+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
0.27%
DFIV expense ratio
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIV and GCOW hold 14% 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.

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14% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIV GCOW
TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05% 1.90%
BASF SE 1.21% 1.26%
ENI S.P.A. 0.86% 1.95%
ORANGE SA 0.78% 1.21%
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.67% 2.01%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. 0.75% 0.67%
Daimler Truck Holding AG 0.63% 1.11%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.58% 1.34%
Deutsche Post AG 0.56% 1.50%
Nutrien Ltd. 0.54% 0.61%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.49% 1.86%
VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39% 0.76%
Only in DFIV
SHELL PLC 3.17%
Banco Santander, S.A. 1.93%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.78%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
SOCIETE GENERALE SA 1.05%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.05%
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 1.01%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.01%
Only in GCOW
Unilever PLC 2.19%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.19%
Philip Morris International In 2.06%
Novartis AG 2.02%
Chevron Corp 2.02%
Medtronic PLC 2.01%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.00%
Nestle SA 1.99%

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On the same fields

DFIV
Dimensional International Value ETF
GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Pacer
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +24.2% +19.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.0 pts +2.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.27% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 21.5%
Holdings 623 100
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 $21.4bn $3.4bn

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

DFIV in plain words

DFIV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.27% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 623 positions, with the top ten at 15.5%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

GCOW in plain words

GCOW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 20.5%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIV or GCOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and GCOW +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFIV or GCOW?
DFIV is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIV and GCOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 22% of GCOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗GCOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GCOW 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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