Which is cheaper, ACBE or DACL?

ACBE charges 0.60% a year and DACL charges 0.65%, so ACBE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACBE and DACL both write options for income. Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF and REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF.

0.6%

ACBE cash paid, since launch

0.6%

DACL cash paid, since launch

+0.7%

ACBE total return, since launch

+0.5%

DACL 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%

0.6% as cash

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.

DACL · since launch to Sep 30, 20262.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL

+0.5%

SPY

−1.7%

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

SPY

−1.7%

DACL

+0.5%

0.6% as cash

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

SPY

−1.7%

DACL

+0.5%

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

0.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +0.9%. DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACBE	DACL	ACBE	DACL	ACBE	DACL
Since launch ACBE Sep 2026 · DACL Aug 2026	+0.7%	+0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	−0.2 pts	+2.2 pts

ACBE and DACL 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

DACL

REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY

Issuer Pacer REX

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% 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.6% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) 0.6% (since launch on Aug 13, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.1% −0.1%

Total return, 1 year +0.7% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) +0.5% (since launch on Aug 13, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +0.9% −1.7%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +2.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 20 days 48 days

Net assets $3m $4m

ACBE and DACL 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.

DACL in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 13, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, DACL paid 0.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned −1.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.2 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACBE or DACL?: ACBE charges 0.60% a year and DACL charges 0.65%, 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 ↗DACL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DACL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗REX page for DACL ↗

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

Open data

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