The fund aims to capture the growth potential of midstream energy infrastructure supporting U.S. energy independence
MALVERN, Pa., January 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacer ETFs, the leading U.S. issuer in free cash flow ETFs*, today announced a dividend increase for the Pacer American Energy Independence ETF (NYSE Arca: USAI). USAI’s monthly distribution is increasing by $0.04, from $0.12 to $0.16, effective January 2025.
USAI is a rules-based strategy that offers investors exposure to the growth opportunity of U.S. energy independence. The fund targets U.S. and Canadian midstream energy companies benefiting from the increasing demand for reliable domestic energy processing, transportation, storage and distribution. USAI focuses specifically on midstream energy companies with a contract-based business model, which can potentially better generate steady and predictable cash flow compared to the risk associated with upstream and downstream models.
US energy infrastructure is seeing robust demand from AI-driven data centers to meet the exceptional power demand they require domestically. This trend further underpins the strategic positioning of the fund to capitalize on increased domestic energy demands.
The fund’s strategic focus on midstream energy infrastructure reduces the fund’s correlation to oil price volatility and supports its ability to deliver consistent income, even when broader energy markets face disruption. In 2024, USAI achieved an impressive return of over 43%, significantly outperforming the energy sector within the S&P 500, which delivered just 5.72%.
Pacer American
Energy
Independence ETF
Total
Expense
Fund
Inception
Performance (%)
as of 12/31/2024
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
Performance
since
inception
(12/12/17)
0.75%
12/12/17
NAV
43.92%
25.39%
18.06%
13.21%
Market Price
43.98%
25.36%
18.08%
13.23%
American Energy Independence Index
45.52%
27.11%
19.41%
14.49%
S&P 500
25.02%
8.85%
14.53%
13.79%
Source: US Bank. 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.
*Source: Bloomberg. Number one in net flows across free cash flow based ETFs in the U.S. from 12/31/23-12/31/24.
About Pacer ETFs
Pacer ETFs is a strategy-driven exchange-traded fund provider with 51 ETFs and over $47 billion in assets under management (as of 1/24/2025). Pacer ETFs is focused on addressing investors’ needs through its multiple fund families including, the Pacer Trendpilot® Series, Pacer Cash Cows ETF™ Series, Pacer Custom ETF Series, Pacer Leaders ETF Series, Pacer Factor ETF Series and Pacer Swan SOS ETF Series.
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