Which returned more over the last year, GCOW or IVLU?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and IVLU +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, GCOW or IVLU?

IVLU 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 GCOW and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 0% of IVLU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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GCOW vs IVLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

GCOW and IVLU hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and IVLU returned +23.8% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF, and $4.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF.

IVLU costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; IVLU is 1.3 times larger.

	GCOW	IVLU
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.31%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026	$3.4bn	$4.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.6%	+23.8%
What it tracks	Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Index	MSCI World ex USA Enhanced Value Index
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.5%	16.2%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026	6.0%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+19.6%

GCOW total return, 1 year

+23.8%

IVLU total return, 1 year

0.60%

GCOW expense ratio

0.31%

IVLU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCOW and IVLU hold 20% 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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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding GCOW IVLU

Sanofi SA 1.83% 1.70%

British American Tobacco PLC 2.01% 1.54%

Novartis AG 2.02% 1.28%

TotalEnergies SE 1.90% 1.18%

Deutsche Telekom AG 1.86% 0.86%

GSK PLC 1.93% 0.85%

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 0.69% 0.77%

Vinci SA 1.75% 0.67%

Deutsche Post AG 1.50% 0.63%

Vodafone Group PLC 0.76% 0.63%

BP PLC 1.96% 0.59%

Komatsu Ltd 0.72% 0.59%

Only in GCOW

Unilever PLC 2.19%

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%

Nestle SA 1.99%

Verizon Communications Inc 1.98%

Only in IVLU

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.05%

SHELL 1.95%

TOYOTA MOTOR 1.89%

BNP PARIBAS SA 1.59%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.46%

SIEMENS N AG 1.43%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.27%

SANOFI SA 1.19%

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On the same fields

GCOW

Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF

IVLU

iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Pacer iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +19.6% +23.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.3 pts +6.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.31%

Already in the S&P 500 21.5% 0.0%

Holdings 100 344

Net assets, GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and IVLU as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.4bn $4.4bn

GCOW and IVLU 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.

IVLU in plain words

IVLU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% 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 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 344 positions, with the top ten at 16.2%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GCOW or IVLU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and IVLU +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, GCOW or IVLU?: IVLU 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 GCOW and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 0% of IVLU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

GCOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GCOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗IVLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVLU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVLU ↗

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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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