Which is cheaper, ACBE or ACYQ?

ACBE charges 0.60% a year and ACYQ charges 0.75%, so ACBE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

ACBE vs ACYQ: which paid, and which earned it?

ACBE and ACYQ both write options for income. Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF and FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF.

0.6%

ACBE cash paid, since launch

1.9%

ACYQ cash paid, since launch

+0.7%

ACBE total return, since launch

+8.0%

ACYQ total return, since launch

ACBE · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with SPY

ACBE

+0.7%

SPY

+0.9%

About even with SPY

ACBE since launch: paid 0.6%, price +0.1%, total +0.7%, SPY +0.9%, −0.2 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

ACBE

+0.7%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

ACBE since launch: paid 0.6%, price +0.1%, total +0.7%, SPY +0.9%, −0.2 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

ACBE

+0.7%

about even with SPY

0.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACBE since launch: paid 0.6%, price +0.1%, total +0.7%, SPY +0.9%, −0.2 pts.

ACYQ · since launch to Sep 30, 20263.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ

+8.0%

SPY

+4.3%

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

SPY

+4.3%

ACYQ

+8.0%

1.9% as cash

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

SPY

+4.3%

ACYQ

+8.0%

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

1.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +8.0%. ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACBE	ACYQ	ACBE	ACYQ	ACBE	ACYQ
3 months	not published	+6.0%	not published	1.8%	not published	+3.5 pts
Since launch ACBE Sep 2026 · ACYQ Jun 2026	+0.7%	+8.0%	0.6%	1.9%	−0.2 pts	+3.7 pts

ACBE and ACYQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ACBE

Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF · Autocallable on SPY

ACYQ

FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY

Issuer Pacer First Trust

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy

Pays not established not established

Payout rate, annualized 6.9% 21.0%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.6% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) 1.9% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.1% +6.0%

Total return, 1 year +0.7% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) +8.0% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +0.9% +4.3%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +3.7 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 20 days 98 days

Net assets $3m $78m

ACBE and ACYQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACBE in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACBE paid 0.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +0.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.9%, paid periodically.

ACYQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jun 24, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACYQ paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +4.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.7 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.0%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACBE or ACYQ?: ACBE charges 0.60% a year and ACYQ charges 0.75%, so ACBE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ACBE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACBE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗ACYQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACYQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for ACYQ ↗

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ETFIQ, ACBE against ACYQ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acbe-vs-acyq

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