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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and VYMI +24.1%.

Which is cheaper, ICOW or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.58 percentage points a year. That is about $58 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ICOW vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ICOW and VYMI hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and VYMI returned +24.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYMI costs 0.58 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points.

	ICOW	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.07%
Net assets, ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.7bn	$21.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.3%	+24.1%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.2%	13.6%
Below its high	6.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.3%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+19.3%

ICOW total return, 1 year

+24.1%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.65%

ICOW expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ICOW and VYMI 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ICOW VYMI

Shell PLC 2.09% 1.32%

Deutsche Telekom AG 1.92% 0.58%

BP PLC 2.02% 0.57%

Sanofi SA 1.89% 0.49%

Suncor Energy Inc 2.14% 0.41%

Vinci SA 1.95% 0.33%

Deutsche Post AG 2.19% 0.31%

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 2.22% 0.29%

KDDI Corp 2.20% 0.27%

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 1.86% 0.21%

Tesco PLC 1.63% 0.20%

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV 1.89% 0.16%

Only in ICOW

Sony Group Corp 2.12%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.84%

Aeon Co Ltd 1.84%

LY Corp 1.76%

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 1.76%

International Consolidated Air 1.69%

Rakuten Group Inc 1.25%

Kinross Gold Corp 1.17%

Only in VYMI

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.80%

Roche Holding AG 1.57%

Royal Bank of Canada 1.46%

Novartis AG 1.45%

Nestle SA 1.28%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.27%

BHP Group Ltd 1.23%

Banco Santander SA 1.11%

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On the same fields

ICOW

Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF

VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Pacer Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +19.3% +24.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.0 pts +6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 100 1574

Net assets, ICOW as of Oct 2, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.7bn $21.4bn

ICOW and VYMI 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.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,574 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ICOW or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ICOW returned +19.3% and VYMI +24.1%.
Which is cheaper, ICOW or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.58 percentage points a year. That is about $58 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ICOW and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ICOW and 0% of VYMI 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 ↗VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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