Investment objective & strategy
As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectusObjective. The Pacer Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (the Fund) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders 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 (the Index Provider), an affiliate of Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser). The Index The Index uses a rules-based methodology that seeks to provide exposure to large- and mid-capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada, with above average free cash flow margins. Companies with above average free cash flow margins are commonly referred to as cash cows. The initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the MSCI EAFE Index. The initial universe … 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 (the Index Provider), an affiliate of Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser). The Index The Index uses a rules-based methodology that seeks to provide exposure to large- and mid-capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada, with above average free cash flow margins. Companies with above average free cash flow margins are commonly referred to as cash cows. The initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the MSCI EAFE 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. A companys projected free cash flows and earnings are determined by the Index Provider. 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, companies in the financial or real estate sectors are excluded from the Index universe. Free Cash Flow (FCF): A companys cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures. Sales: The value of what a company sold to its customers during a given period; also known as revenue. Free Cash Flow Margin: FCF / Sales The remaining companies are ranked by their free cash flow margin (defined as a companys free cash flow divided by sales) for the trailing twelve month period. The equity securities of the 100 companies with the highest free cash flow margin are included in the Index. Companies included in the Index are weighted by their price momentum score and a companys price momentum score is calculated on each of the reconstitution dates. Price momentum is a speed of price changes in a security and shows the rate of price change over time to determine the extent of a trend. The effect of the price momentum score is to seek to overweight companies with relative positive price momentum, while seeking to underweight companies with relative negative price momentum over a period of approximately the prior twelve months. The weight of any individual company included in the Index is capped at 5%. Weight above the 5% limitation is redistributed among the other Index constituents in proportion to their weights. As of October 31, 2025 the companies included in the Index had a market capitalization of $7.21 billion to $410.72 billion. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually as of the close of business on the third Friday of March and September based on data as of the first Friday of the applicable rebalance month. The Funds Investment Strategy Under normal circumstances, the Fund will seek to invest at least 80% of the Funds total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the component securities of the Index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities (e.g., depositary receipts). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JX ADVANCED META | — | $124.56K | 4.89% |
| LASERTEC CORP | — | $85.35K | 3.35% |
| VAT GROUP AG | — | $84.31K | 3.31% |
| ADVANTEST CORP | — | $81.41K | 3.19% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | — | $78.80K | 3.09% |
| BE SEMICONDUCTOR | — | $74.85K | 2.94% |
| TOKYO ELECTRON | — | $69.47K | 2.72% |
| ASML Holding NV | — | $67.43K | 2.64% |
| ASM INTL NV | — | $64.34K | 2.52% |
| EVOLUTION MINING LTD | — | $57.31K | 2.25% |
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Pacer International Export Leaders ETF · PIEL | 35% | 0.60% |
| Fidelity SAI International Quality Index Fund · FQITX | 29% | 0.17% |
| Franklin International Equity Fund · LGFEX, LMIRX, LGIEX, LIESX, LMEAX, LMGEX | 26% | 0.85% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of February 27, 2026, 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. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.
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