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DFIV vs ICOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIV and ICOW hold 13% 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 $1.7bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF.

DFIV costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points.

DFIVICOW
Expense ratio0.27%0.65%
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026$21.4bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+24.2%+19.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund15.5%21.2%
Below its high5.7%, high on Sep 3, 20266.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+24.2%
DFIV total return, 1 year
+19.3%
ICOW total return, 1 year
0.27%
DFIV expense ratio
0.65%
ICOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIV and ICOW hold 13% 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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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIV ICOW
COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN SA 0.85% 1.86%
Suncor Energy Inc. 0.84% 2.14%
SHELL PLC 0.79% 2.09%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. 0.75% 1.89%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.58% 2.22%
Deutsche Post AG 0.56% 2.19%
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN SCA 0.52% 1.00%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.49% 1.92%
ENEOS Holdings, Inc. 0.46% 1.35%
BARRICK MINING CORPORATION 0.43% 1.84%
INPEX CORPORATION 0.40% 1.20%
VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39% 2.13%
Only in DFIV
SHELL PLC 3.17%
TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05%
Banco Santander, S.A. 1.93%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.78%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
BASF SE 1.21%
SOCIETE GENERALE SA 1.05%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.05%
Only in ICOW
KDDI Corp 2.20%
Sony Group Corp 2.12%
Aeon Co Ltd 1.84%
Imperial Brands PLC 1.71%
International Consolidated Air 1.69%
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offsho 1.47%
Rakuten Group Inc 1.25%
Astellas Pharma Inc 1.20%

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On the same fields

DFIV
Dimensional International Value ETF
ICOW
Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 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% +19.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.0 pts +2.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.27% 0.65%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%
Holdings 623 100
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026 $21.4bn $1.7bn

DFIV and ICOW 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.

ICOW in plain words

ICOW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% 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 100 positions, with the top ten at 21.2%. It sat 6.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIV or ICOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and ICOW +19.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFIV or ICOW?
DFIV is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIV and ICOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 0% of ICOW 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 ↗ICOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ICOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

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