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GCOW vs JIRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

GCOW and JIRE hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and GCOW returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF, and $10.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF.

JIRE costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; JIRE is 3.2 times larger.

GCOWJIRE
Expense ratio0.60%0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$3.4bn$11.0bn
Total return, 1 year+19.6%+13.8%
What it tracksPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.5%16.6%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 25, 20264.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
+13.8%
JIRE total return, 1 year
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio
0.24%
JIRE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCOW and JIRE hold 12% 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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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GCOW JIRE
Nestle SA 1.99% 1.26%
Novartis AG 2.02% 1.16%
TotalEnergies SE 1.90% 1.03%
Sanofi SA 1.83% 0.72%
British American Tobacco PLC 2.01% 0.66%
Deutsche Telekom AG 1.86% 0.66%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 1.34% 0.64%
Deutsche Post AG 1.50% 0.56%
Unilever PLC 2.19% 0.55%
BP PLC 1.96% 0.52%
Orange SA 1.21% 0.52%
Vinci SA 1.75% 0.51%
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%
Only in JIRE
ASML HOLDING NV COMMON 3.81%
SIEMENS AG COMMON STOCK 1.71%
ASTRAZENECA PLC COMMON 1.64%
ALLIANZ SE COMMON STOCK 1.46%
SHELL PLC 1.39%
BANCO SANTANDER SA 1.38%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC COMMON 1.38%
ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON 1.35%

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On the same fields

GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
JIRE
JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer JPMorgan
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.6% +13.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.3 pts −3.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 21.5% 0.0%
Holdings 100 207
Net assets, GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and JIRE as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.4bn $10.9bn

GCOW and JIRE 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.

JIRE in plain words

JIRE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 207 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GCOW or JIRE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and JIRE +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, GCOW or JIRE?
JIRE is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GCOW and JIRE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 0% of JIRE 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 ↗JIRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JIRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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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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