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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and IVLU +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, ICOW or IVLU?

IVLU is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ICOW and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ICOW vs IVLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

ICOW and IVLU hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and IVLU returned +23.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF, and $4.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF.

IVLU costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; IVLU is 2.6 times larger.

	ICOW	IVLU
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.31%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026	$1.7bn	$4.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.3%	+23.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI World ex USA Enhanced Value Index
Holdings in common	16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.2%	16.2%
Below its high	6.7%, 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.

+19.3%

ICOW total return, 1 year

+23.8%

IVLU total return, 1 year

0.65%

ICOW expense ratio

0.31%

IVLU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ICOW and IVLU hold 16% 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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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ICOW IVLU

Shell PLC 2.09% 1.95%

Sanofi SA 1.89% 1.70%

Deutsche Telekom AG 1.92% 0.86%

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 2.14% 0.77%

Vinci SA 1.95% 0.67%

Deutsche Post AG 2.19% 0.63%

Vodafone Group PLC 2.13% 0.63%

BP PLC 2.02% 0.59%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.84% 0.49%

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 1.86% 0.47%

KDDI Corp 2.20% 0.47%

Capgemini SE 1.12% 0.46%

Only in ICOW

Suncor Energy Inc 2.14%

Sony Group Corp 2.12%

Aeon Co Ltd 1.84%

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 1.76%

Swisscom AG 1.64%

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offsho 1.47%

Rakuten Group Inc 1.25%

ACS Actividades de Construccio 1.06%

Only in IVLU

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.05%

TOYOTA MOTOR 1.89%

BNP PARIBAS SA 1.59%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 1.54%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.46%

SIEMENS N AG 1.43%

NOVARTIS AG 1.28%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.27%

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On the same fields

ICOW

Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 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 +19.3% +23.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.0 pts +6.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.31%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 100 344

Net assets, ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and IVLU as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $4.4bn

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

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.

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, ICOW or IVLU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and IVLU +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, ICOW or IVLU?: IVLU is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ICOW and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ICOW and 0% of IVLU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ICOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ICOW 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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