Which is cheaper, ACBE or ACYS?

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

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

ACBE and ACYS both write options for income. Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF and FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF.

0.6%

ACBE cash paid, since launch

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

+0.7%

ACBE total return, since launch

+4.4%

ACYS 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.

ACYS · since launch to Sep 30, 20263.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS

+4.4%

SPY

+8.2%

3.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

SPY

+8.2%

ACYS

+4.4%

1.9% as cash

3.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

SPY

+8.2%

ACYS

+4.4%

3.8 pts behind SPY

1.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +8.2%. ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACBE	ACYS	ACBE	ACYS	ACBE	ACYS
3 months	not published	+2.4%	not published	1.3%	not published	−0.1 pts
Since launch ACBE Sep 2026 · ACYS Apr 2026	+0.7%	+4.4%	0.6%	1.9%	−0.2 pts	−3.8 pts

ACBE and ACYS 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

ACYS

FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

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 monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.9% 7.7%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.6% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.1% +2.4%

Total return, 1 year +0.7% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +0.9% +8.2%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −3.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 20 days 160 days

Net assets $3m $502m

ACBE and ACYS 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.

ACYS in plain words

Over the period since launch on Apr 23, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACYS paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +8.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

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

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S&P 500 (SPY) →ACBE on its own →ACYS on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

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

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

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.