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The Cash Cows ETF Series

COWZ

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

A strategy driven exchange traded fund that aims to provide capital appreciation over time by screening the Russell 1000 for the top 100 companies based on free cash flow yield.

Cash Cows Index Strategy

  • Free cash flow is the cash remaining after a company has paid expenses, interest, taxes, and long-term investments. It can be used to buy back stock, pay dividends, or participate in mergers and acquisitions.
  • The ability to generate a high free cash flow yield indicates a company is producing more cash than it needs to run the business and can invest in growth opportunities.
  • Watch to learn more about how Pacer Cash Cows Index ETFs work.




Free Cash Flow Yield Comparison

as of 12/31/2023

1. High Quality US Equities
The strategy targets US companies with strong cash flows and healthy balance sheets.

2. Trading at a Discount
Exposure to opportunities in the market where high quality stocks are trading at a discount.


3. Long-Term Growth and Income
Companies with a high free cash flow yield have the ability to grow dividends over time, but there is no guarantee dividends will be paid.





 


 


Definitions
Free Cash Flow (FCF): A company’s cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures (expenses, interest, taxes, and long-term investments)
Enterprise Value (EV): A company’s market capitalization adjusted to eliminate any capital structure bias (i.e. by adding debt and subtracting cash or cash equivalents)
Free Cash Flow Yield: FCF/EV. Measures a company’s total free cash flow relative to its enterprise value. This is an internal statistic and does not constitute investor yield.


Pacer US Cash Cows Strategy Overview

An objective rules-based methodology that uses a quality screen to select top companies in the index universe.
All data as of December 2023 quarterly rebalance.

Top 100 large-cap companies with the highest free cash flow yield.

  • Weighted by free cash flow (highest trailing twelve month)
  • Holdings capped at 2% for each company at time of rebalance
  • Reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly

Source: FactSet
(1)The individual components of the index are weighted by their total market capitalization. Market capitalization is determined by multiplying each company’s market price by their total outstanding shares. Companies are ranked in descending order based on their market cap in dollars.
(2)Financial companies, other than real estate investment trusts (REITs), are excluded from the index universe. In addition, companies with negative free cash flow are excluded based on FactSet analyst consensus estimates using average projected FCF and earnings over the next two years.
(3)Remaining 100 companies are weighted by their trailing twelve month free cash flow. Free cash flow weighting is calculated as a company’s operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Companies are ranked in descending order based on their free cash flow in dollars.

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Performance (%)

as of 12/31/2023

  Since Fund Inception (12/16/16) YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF NAV 13.32 14.78 14.78 17.91 17.65
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF Market Price 13.28 14.72 14.72 17.89 17.66
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index 13.80 15.39 15.39 18.50 18.15
Russell 1000 Value Index1 8.17 11.46 11.46 8.86 10.91
Russell 1000 Index 13.01 26.53 26.53 8.97 15.52

Monthly Performance

Source: US Bank and FTSE.

(1)The Russell 1000 Value Index listed above is being included to provide a performance comparison of a value index, which the Adviser believes is a more suitable comparison based on the investment strategy of the Fund.

Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so shares may be worth more or less when redeemed or sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Visit www.paceretfs.com for the most recent month-end performance. Index returns are for illustrative purposes only. Index performance does not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Total return is the actual rate of return of an investment over a given evaluation period. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends and distributions realized over a given period of time.

Top 10 Holdings (%)

as of 6/30/17

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Daily Holdings

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Sector Breakdown (%)

as of 6/30/2022

To view a sector's breakdown, please select a slice. To return to the total breakdown, select 'Sector Breakdown' below. Please note, the sector table below only shows total sector weights.

Sector Weight

Index Characteristics

as of 12/31/2023

  Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index Russell 1000 Index Russell 1000 Value Index
Weighted Average Market Cap ($mil) 60,225.10 660,273.62 139,026.12
Dividend Yield (%) 2.07 1.23 1.93
Free Cash Flow Yield (%) 8.54 3.09 3.46
Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio 10.85 23.33 16.70

Weighted average market cap is the sum of each company’s weight multiplied by its market cap.
Russell 1000 Value Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing approximately 1000 large- and mid cap value stocks in the Russell 3000 Index.
Russell 1000 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing the top 1000 large-cap stocks in the Russell 3000 Index.
Dividend yield is calculated using the gross dividend of a security (i.e., before any applicable withholding tax). Special cash dividends, unless they are paid for three consecutive years, and capital repayments are excluded from the dividend yield calculation. There is no guarantee dividends will be paid.

Source: FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") © FTSE 2016. “FTSE®” is a trade mark of the London Stock Exchange Group companies and is used by FTSE International Limited under license. All rights in the FTSE indices and / or FTSE ratings vest in FTSE and/or its licensors. Neither FTSE nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the FTSE indices and / or FTSE ratings or underlying data and no party may rely on any FTSE indices, ratings and / or data underlying data contained in this communication. No further distribution of FTSE Data is permitted without FTSE’s express written consent. FTSE does not promote, sponsor or endorse the content of this communication.

Distributions

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Distribution Schedule.

Past distributions are not indicative of future distributions.
*Ordinary income is composed mainly of wages, salaries, commissions and interest income from bonds, and it is taxable using ordinary income rates.

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