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GCOW vs PXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

GCOW and PXF hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and PXF returned +27.9% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF, and $2.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF.

PXF costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points.

GCOWPXF
Expense ratio0.60%0.43%
Net assets, GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and PXF as of Oct 9, 2026$3.4bn$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year+19.6%+27.9%
What it tracksPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend Indexnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common17%
Holdings datedJul 31, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.5%14.1%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 25, 20265.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
+27.9%
PXF total return, 1 year
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio
0.43%
PXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCOW and PXF hold 17% 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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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GCOW PXF
TotalEnergies SE 1.90% 1.48%
BP PLC 1.96% 0.96%
Novartis AG 2.02% 0.71%
Nestle SA 1.99% 0.70%
Sanofi SA 1.83% 0.60%
British American Tobacco PLC 2.01% 0.59%
BASF SE 1.26% 0.55%
Mercedes-Benz Group AG 1.87% 0.54%
Deutsche Telekom AG 1.86% 0.48%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.00% 0.45%
Eni SpA 1.95% 0.44%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 1.34% 0.44%
Only in GCOW
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.19%
Philip Morris International In 2.06%
Chevron Corp 2.02%
Verizon Communications Inc 1.98%
AT&T Inc 1.96%
Comcast Corp 1.93%
PepsiCo Inc 1.89%
Pfizer Inc 1.84%
Only in PXF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.54%
Shell PLC 2.40%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.20%
Roche Holding AG 1.09%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.99%
BHP Group Ltd 0.98%
Glencore PLC 0.79%
Banco Santander SA 0.67%

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On the same fields

GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
PXF
Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +19.6% +27.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.3 pts +10.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.43%
Already in the S&P 500 21.5% 0.6%
Holdings 100 1026
Net assets, GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and PXF as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.4bn $2.9bn

GCOW and PXF 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.

PXF in plain words

PXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.43% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,026 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GCOW or PXF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and PXF +27.9%.
Which is cheaper, GCOW or PXF?
PXF is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GCOW and PXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 1% of PXF 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 ↗PXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PXF ↗

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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