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GCOW vs ICOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

GCOW and ICOW hold 26% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 2, 2026: $3.4bn for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF and $1.7bn for Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF.

GCOW costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; GCOW is 2.0 times larger.

GCOWICOW
Expense ratio0.60%0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$3.4bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+19.6%+19.3%
What it tracksPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Indexnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.5%21.2%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 25, 20266.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
+19.3%
ICOW total return, 1 year
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio
0.65%
ICOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCOW and ICOW hold 26% 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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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GCOW ICOW
BP PLC 1.96% 2.02%
Deutsche Telekom AG 1.86% 1.92%
Sanofi SA 1.83% 1.89%
Vinci SA 1.75% 1.95%
Deutsche Post AG 1.50% 2.19%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 1.34% 2.22%
KDDI Corp 1.24% 2.20%
Fortescue Ltd 1.23% 1.65%
Imperial Brands PLC 1.00% 1.71%
Kia Corp 0.93% 1.03%
Swisscom AG 0.87% 1.64%
Vodafone Group PLC 0.76% 2.13%
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%
British American Tobacco PLC 2.01%
Medtronic PLC 2.01%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.00%
Only in ICOW
Suncor Energy Inc 2.14%
Sony Group Corp 2.12%
Shell PLC 2.09%
Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 1.86%
Barrick Mining Corp 1.84%
Aeon Co Ltd 1.84%
Telefonica SA 1.83%
LY Corp 1.76%

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On the same fields

GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
ICOW
Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer Pacer
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +19.6% +19.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.3 pts +2.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.65%
Already in the S&P 500 21.5% 0.0%
Holdings 100 100
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026 $3.4bn $1.7bn

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

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.

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, GCOW or ICOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and ICOW +19.3%.
Which is cheaper, GCOW or ICOW?
GCOW is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GCOW and ICOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 0% of ICOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
GCOW and ICOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GCOW and 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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