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TACU

GradeANew York Stock Exchange Arca

T. Rowe Price Active Core U.S. Equity ETF

Active Equity · T. Rowe · Inception 2025-12-10 · SEC filings

$28.18−0.18 (−0.65%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:02 PM EDT

History starts Dec 11, 2025.History starts Dec 11, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 4 prints from 28.36 to 28.18. Range 28.13 to 28.36. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$28.15$28.25$28.30$28.3510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.14%
Fund size
$16M
1Y return
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Yield · Last 12 months
—
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$28.34
52W range
low $23.11high $28.56

The ETF.net TACU Grade

A

73/ 100

Rank 17 of 127 in US Active Equity⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for TACU. Scores out of 100: Cost 97, Risk 67, Mission 81, Tradability 37, Holdings 82, Durability 45. Strongest: Cost (97). Weakest: Tradability (37). Leans toward Cost.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 73 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    AScore 97
    Category rank5/127 · top 4%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 81
    Category rank12/48 · top 25%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 67
    Category rank23/126 · top 18%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 37
    Category rank87/127 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 82
    Category rank14/124 · top 11%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 45
    Category rank85/127 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on TACU

ETF.net Research

AT. Rowe Price's stock pickers at index-fund pricing: 0.14% for a quant-plus-fundamental portfolio measured against the Russell 1000. Active management without the usual active markup.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks long-term capital growth through a primarily U.S. equity portfolio. It combines quantitative models with fundamental, bottom-up analysis and seeks excess returns relative to the Russell 1000 Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 010.14% a year, a fraction of the typical active US equity fund's fee, and cheaper than same-benchmark rivals AVLC, LCTU and BLCR.
  2. 02Two engines, one portfolio: quantitative models rank the universe, then analysts do bottom-up work, leaning on profitability, quality and value.
  3. 03No leverage, no options overlay, no exotic wrapper. A standard 1940 Act fund holding US stocks and aiming to out-earn the Russell 1000.
  4. 04Lands in the upper tier of a crowded active US equity field, largely on cost discipline and how the portfolio is built.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Launched in December 2025, so there is no long record to judge the models on. Every active fund's edge is a claim until years of data test it.
  2. 02A young, lightly traded fund. Bid-ask spreads can run wider than on mega-cap index ETFs, which matters most on large or hurried orders.
  3. 03Built for growth of capital, not cash flow: distributions are declared on an annual schedule with no stated income target.

TACU Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 7:24 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
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Top-10 weight
36%
Largest holding
NVDA.NE7.5%

Geography

  • United States96.79%
  • Ireland1.08%
  • United Kingdom0.47%
  • Switzerland0.47%
  • Canada0.29%
  • Israel0.23%
  • Sweden0.10%
  • Bermuda0.09%
  • Other countries (8)0.47%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 40.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDA.NENVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.0017.47%5,464$1M8
002AAPL.MXAPPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.000016.85%3,264$1M8
003MSFT.NEMICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.000006255.40%1,740$866K9
004GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.0013.51%1,623$564K704
005AMZN.NEAMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.013.43%2,192$551K8
006AVGOBROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK2.38%1,098$381K732
007META.NEMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.0000062.14%503$343K9
008GOOG.NEALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.0011.73%806$277K6
009MU.TOMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.11.54%253$247K7
010TSLA.NETESLA INC COMMON STOCK USD.0011.36%595$218K4
011LLY.TOELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK1.33%185$213K6
012JPM.NEJPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.01.27%583$204K6
013BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COMMON STOCK USD.00331.22%384$196K359
014AMD.BAADVANCED MICRO DEVICES COMMON STOCK USD.011.17%344$188K9
015V.BAVISA INC CLASS A SHARES COMMON STOCK USD.00011.00%434$161K10

Showing 1–15 of 593 holdings

TACU Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

TACU$11,386
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,430
Dec 31, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. TACU $11,386. SPY $11,430. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,110$10,376$11,643Dec 2025May 2026Sep 2026

Dec 31, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for TACU. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTACU
Year to date+13.9%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+4.3%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for TACU
YearReturn barTACU
2026 YTD+13.9%
2025−0.6%

History from Dec 11, 2025

TACU in the news

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TACU Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

Listed Dec 2025. No distributions yet.

TACU Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.97
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

TACU Cost

Expense ratio0.14%
  • The middle half of US Active Equity funds
  • Median 0.70%

4 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.

TACU costs $14.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Equity fund costs $70.00.