COWZ vs VLUE overlap - what they share and where they differ

COWZ and VLUE share 31.3% of their weight across 51 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

COWZ and VLUE

31.3%

51 shared positions

COWZ

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 100 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 20.4%·Holdings of COWZ

VLUE

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 150 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 42.5%·Holdings of VLUE

Reported positions cover COWZ 100%, VLUE 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

VLUE vs COWZ side by side

COWZPacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

100

stock positions reported to the SEC

47.6% of its weight is in 49 names VLUE does not hold

VLUEiShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

150

stock positions reported to the SEC

65.8% of its weight is in 99 names COWZ does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

COWZ
VLUE
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
21.5%
36.1%
Healthcare
21.4%
9.0%
Consumer Cyclical
13.2%
11.0%
Energy
11.8%
0.0%
Financial Services
0.0%
11.3%
Consumer Defensive
10.0%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: VLUE has 14.6 points more of it.

The figures side by side

COWZVLUE
Filing dateJul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported100150
Weight of the ten largest20.4%42.5%
Largest positionBKNG 2.2%MU 19.0%
Held alone49 positions, 47.6%99 positions, 65.8%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn COWZIn VLUECounted
VZVerizon Communications Inc1.97%2.97%1.97%
TAT&T Inc1.95%2.55%1.95%
FFord Motor Co1.88%2.14%1.88%
CMCSAComcast Corp1.92%1.78%1.78%
PFEPfizer Inc1.84%1.60%1.60%
QCOMQUALCOMM Inc1.31%1.42%1.31%
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Co2.18%1.24%1.24%
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Co1.16%1.57%1.16%
PCARPACCAR Inc1.05%1.05%1.05%
CRMSalesforce Inc1.90%0.99%0.99%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in COWZ

BKNGBooking Holdings Inc2.22%
HCAHCA Healthcare Inc2.07%
MPCMarathon Petroleum Corp2.06%
GDGeneral Dynamics Corp2.05%
INTUIntuit Inc2.04%
GILDGilead Sciences Inc1.93%
UBERUber Technologies Inc1.90%
LOWLowe's Cos Inc1.89%
TMUST-Mobile US Inc1.85%
MOAltria Group Inc1.81%

Only in VLUE

MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.18.98%
CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS, INC.4.65%
GMGENERAL MOTORS COMPANY3.99%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION2.21%
CCITIGROUP INC.1.62%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORPORATION1.54%
DISTHE WALT DISNEY COMPANY1.53%
DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.1.42%
FDXFEDEX CORPORATION1.27%
WFCWELLS FARGO & COMPANY1.25%

Questions people ask

Is COWZ the same as VLUE?

31.3% of their weight sits in the same 51 holdings. COWZ also reports BKNG, HCA, MPC, which the other does not. VLUE also reports MU, CSCO, GM, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between COWZ and VLUE measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of COWZ and 100% of VLUE, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, VLUE or COWZ?

COWZ reports 100 stock positions and VLUE reports 150. 47.6% of COWZ's weight sits in names VLUE does not hold, and 65.8% of VLUE's weight in names COWZ does not hold. The ten largest positions are 20.4% of COWZ and 42.5% of VLUE.

How do COWZ and VLUE differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: VLUE has 14.6 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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