Investment objective & strategy
As of Aug. 28, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer US Cash Cows Growth Index (the Index).
Strategy. The Fund employs a passive management (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by Index Design Group, an affiliate of Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser). The Index The Index uses an objective, rules-based methodology to provide exposure to mid- and large-capitalization U.S. companies with high free cash flow yields. Companies with high free cash flow yields are commonly referred to as cash cows. The initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the S&P 900 Pure Growth Index. The initial universe of companies is screened based on their average projected free cash … The Fund employs a passive management (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by Index Design Group, an affiliate of Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser). The Index The Index uses an objective, rules-based methodology to provide exposure to mid- and large-capitalization U.S. companies with high free cash flow yields. Companies with high free cash flow yields are commonly referred to as cash cows. The initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the S&P 900 Pure Growth Index. The initial universe of companies is screened based on their average projected free cash flows and earnings (if available) over each of the next two fiscal years. Companies for which information on their projected free cash flows or earnings is not available will remain in the Index universe. Companies with negative average projected free cash flows or earnings are removed from the Index universe. Additionally, financial companies, other than real estate investment trusts (REITs), are excluded from the Index universe. Free Cash Flow (FCF): A companys cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures. Enterprise Value (EV): A companys market capitalization plus its debt and minus its cash and cash equivalents. Free Cash Flow Yield: FCF / EV The remaining companies are ranked by their free cash flow yield for the trailing twelve month period. The equity securities of the 50 companies with the highest free cash flow yield are included in the Index. As of June 30, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to companies in the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors. At the time of each rebalance of the Index, the companies included in the Index are weighted in proportion to their current market capitalization, and weightings are capped at 5% of the weight of the Index for any individual company. Weight above the 5% limitation is redistributed among the other Index constituents in proportion to their weights. As of June 30, 2025, the Index had a market capitalization range of $3.4 billion to $261 billion. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly as of the close of business on the 3 nd Friday of March, June, September, and December based on data as of the 2 nd Friday of the applicable rebalance month. The Funds Investment Strategy Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in the component securities of the Index. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Funds performance and that of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. The Fund will generally use a replication strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same approximate proportion as in the Index. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund.
Top holdings
As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMCOR GROUP INC | — | $6.34M | 4.99% |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC | — | $6.20M | 4.88% |
| Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC | — | $6.20M | 4.88% |
| NEWMONT CORP | — | $6.18M | 4.86% |
| CARNIVAL CORP | — | $6.05M | 4.76% |
| THE BOOKING HOLDINGS INC | — | $6.05M | 4.76% |
| FLEX LTD | — | $5.38M | 4.23% |
| HCA HEALTHCARE INC | — | $4.97M | 3.91% |
| EXPEDIA INC | — | $4.86M | 3.83% |
| TECHNIPFMC PLC | — | $4.83M | 3.80% |
Portfolio moves
Jan 31, 2026 → Apr 30, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund · RYBHX, RYMGX, RYCKX | 31% | 1.53% |
| S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund | 31% | 1.64% |
| Invesco S&P Midcap 400 Pure Growth ETF · RFG | 25% | 0.35% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of August 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of April 30, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).
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