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EFV vs GCOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFV and GCOW hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and EFV returned +21.2% over the year. Net assets: $30.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF.

EFV costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

EFVGCOW
Expense ratio0.31%0.60%
Net assets, EFV as of Oct 9, 2026 and GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026$30.1bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+21.2%+19.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Index
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund19.8%20.5%
Below its high5.9%, high on Sep 3, 20265.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+21.2%
EFV total return, 1 year
+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
0.31%
EFV expense ratio
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFV and GCOW hold 21% 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 9, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFV GCOW
NESTLE SA 2.20% 1.99%
TOTALENERGIES 1.60% 1.90%
NOVARTIS AG 1.59% 2.02%
UNILEVER PLC 1.25% 2.19%
BANCO SANTANDER 1.17% 1.83%
BP PLC 1.13% 1.96%
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 1.04% 2.01%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 0.83% 1.66%
ENEL 0.71% 1.95%
CSL 0.57% 0.94%
DHL AG 0.54% 1.50%
KDDI 0.50% 1.24%
Only in EFV
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.96%
SHELL 2.71%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 2.18%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.83%
ALLIANZ 1.66%
TOYOTA MOTOR 1.63%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 1.40%
IBERDROLA 1.38%
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

EFV
iShares MSCI EAFE Value 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 +21.2% +19.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.9 pts +2.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.31% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 21.5%
Holdings 397 100
Net assets, EFV as of Oct 9, 2026 and GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 $30.1bn $3.4bn

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

EFV in plain words

EFV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.31% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 397 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 5.9% 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, EFV or GCOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFV returned +21.2% and GCOW +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, EFV or GCOW?
EFV is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFV and GCOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFV and 22% of GCOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EFV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFV ↗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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