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GCOW vs WCMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

GCOW and WCMI hold 4% 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 $2.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust WCM International Equity ETF.

GCOW costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; GCOW is 1.6 times larger.

GCOWWCMI
Expense ratio0.60%0.85%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$3.4bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+19.6%+12.4%
What it tracksPacer Global Cash Cows Dividend IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.5%42.9%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 25, 20265.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+19.6%
GCOW total return, 1 year
+12.4%
WCMI total return, 1 year
0.60%
GCOW expense ratio
0.85%
WCMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCOW and WCMI hold 4% 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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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding GCOW WCMI
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.00% 2.57%
British American Tobacco PLC 2.01% 1.46%
Tesco PLC 0.76% 3.02%
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%
Medtronic PLC 2.01%
Nestle SA 1.99%
Verizon Communications Inc 1.98%
Only in WCMI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 7.69%
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc 6.30%
Nebius Group N.V. 5.19%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 3.81%
Constellation Software Inc. 3.80%
Kioxia Holdings Corporation 3.46%
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 3.31%
Babcock International Group Plc 3.26%

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On the same fields

GCOW
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF
WCMI
First Trust WCM International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.6% +12.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.3 pts −4.8 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.85%
Already in the S&P 500 21.5% 4.7%
Holdings 100 42
Net assets, GCOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and WCMI as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.4bn $2.1bn

GCOW and WCMI 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.

WCMI in plain words

WCMI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 5% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 42 positions, with the top ten at 42.9%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GCOW or WCMI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GCOW returned +19.6% and WCMI +12.4%.
Which is cheaper, GCOW or WCMI?
GCOW is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GCOW and WCMI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 22% of GCOW and 5% of WCMI 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 ↗WCMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WCMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for WCMI ↗

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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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