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EFAV vs GCOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFAV and GCOW hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and GCOW returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets: $5.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF.

EFAV costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.3 points.

EFAVGCOW
Expense ratio0.20%0.60%
Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026$5.3bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+19.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Index
Holdings in common25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.8%20.5%
Below its high3.7%, high on Sep 3, 20265.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+12.3%
EFAV total return, 1 year
+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
0.20%
EFAV expense ratio
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFAV and GCOW hold 25% 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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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFAV GCOW
ENI 1.50% 1.95%
TOTALENERGIES 1.40% 1.90%
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL 1.56% 1.34%
NOVARTIS AG 1.31% 2.02%
SOFTBANK 1.17% 1.66%
UNILEVER PLC 1.16% 2.19%
KDDI 1.10% 1.24%
JAPAN TOBACCO 1.08% 1.88%
NESTLE SA 0.96% 1.99%
ORANGE SA 0.92% 1.21%
SWISSCOM AG 1.30% 0.87%
BP PLC 0.70% 1.96%
Only in EFAV
SHELL 1.66%
IBERDROLA 1.56%
EQUINOR 1.54%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.49%
SECOM 1.47%
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING 1.27%
ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.26%
SAMPO CLASS A 1.08%
Only in GCOW
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.19%
Philip Morris International In 2.06%
Chevron Corp 2.02%
Medtronic PLC 2.01%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.00%
Verizon Communications Inc 1.98%
AT&T Inc 1.96%
Comcast Corp 1.93%

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On the same fields

EFAV
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Pacer
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +19.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −4.9 pts +2.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 21.5%
Holdings 270 100
Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 $5.3bn $3.4bn

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

EFAV in plain words

EFAV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 270 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 3.7% 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, EFAV or GCOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and GCOW +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, EFAV or GCOW?
EFAV 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 EFAV and GCOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 22% of GCOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EFAV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFAV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFAV ↗GCOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GCOW 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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