Which is cheaper, ACBE or CAGE?

ACBE charges 0.60% a year and CAGE charges 0.74%, so ACBE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACBE and CAGE both write options for income. Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF and Calamos Autocallable Growth ETF.

0.6%

ACBE cash paid, since launch

0.0%

CAGE cash paid, since launch

+0.7%

ACBE total return, since launch

+14.4%

CAGE 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.

CAGE · since launch to Sep 30, 20265.2 pts ahead of SPY

CAGE

+14.4%

SPY

+9.2%

5.2 pts ahead of SPY

CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.

SPY

+9.2%

CAGE

+14.4%

5.2 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts ahead of SPY

CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.

SPY

+9.2%

CAGE

+14.4%

5.2 pts ahead of SPY

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.4%. CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACBE	CAGE	ACBE	CAGE	ACBE	CAGE
3 months	not published	+3.7%	not published	0.0%	not published	+1.1 pts
Since launch ACBE Sep 2026 · CAGE Apr 2026	+0.7%	+14.4%	0.6%	0.0%	−0.2 pts	+5.2 pts

ACBE and CAGE 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

CAGE

Calamos Autocallable Growth ETF · Autocallable on SPY

Issuer Pacer Calamos

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% not published

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.6% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Apr 16, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.1% +14.4%

Total return, 1 year +0.7% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) +14.4% (since launch on Apr 16, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +0.9% +9.2%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +5.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 20 days 167 days

Net assets $3m $14m

ACBE and CAGE 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.

CAGE in plain words

Over the period since launch on Apr 16, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, CAGE paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +9.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACBE or CAGE?: ACBE charges 0.60% a year and CAGE charges 0.74%, 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 ↗CAGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CAGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Calamos website ↗

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

Open data

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