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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and JIRE +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, ICOW or JIRE?

JIRE is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ICOW vs JIRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ICOW and JIRE hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and ICOW returned +19.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF, and $10.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF.

JIRE costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.5 points; JIRE is 6.4 times larger.

	ICOW	JIRE
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026	$1.7bn	$11.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.3%	+13.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.2%	16.6%
Below its high	6.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+19.3%

ICOW total return, 1 year

+13.8%

JIRE total return, 1 year

0.65%

ICOW expense ratio

0.24%

JIRE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ICOW and JIRE hold 8% 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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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ICOW JIRE

Shell PLC 2.09% 1.39%

Sony Group Corp 2.12% 0.97%

Sanofi SA 1.89% 0.72%

Deutsche Telekom AG 1.92% 0.66%

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 2.22% 0.64%

Deutsche Post AG 2.19% 0.56%

BP PLC 2.02% 0.52%

Vinci SA 1.95% 0.51%

Capgemini SE 1.12% 0.43%

KDDI Corp 2.20% 0.43%

Tesco PLC 1.63% 0.40%

Continental AG 0.72% 0.26%

Only in ICOW

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd 2.14%

Suncor Energy Inc 2.14%

Vodafone Group PLC 2.13%

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 1.86%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.84%

Aeon Co Ltd 1.84%

Telefonica SA 1.83%

LY Corp 1.76%

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%

BANCO SANTANDER SA 1.38%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC COMMON 1.38%

ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON 1.35%

NESTLE SA COMMON STOCK 1.26%

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On the same fields

ICOW

Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 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 +19.3% +13.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.0 pts −3.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 100 207

Net assets, ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and JIRE as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $10.9bn

ICOW and JIRE 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.

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, ICOW or JIRE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and JIRE +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, ICOW or JIRE?: JIRE is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ICOW and JIRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ICOW and 0% of JIRE 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 ↗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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