ACGR vs LRGC

ACGRCAmerican Century Large Cap Growth ETF

LRGCAAB US Large Cap Strategic Equities ETF

In short

ACGR A disciplined take on US growth: roughly 80 stocks chosen by a model that weighs growth, momentum and value together, with sustainability factors built in, at 0.39% (cheap for active).

LRGC AB's stock pickers in an ETF wrapper: roughly 70 large-cap US names picked with fundamental research plus quant screens, measured against the S&P 500. Active conviction, priced under the typical active peer.

Stated mandate

ACGR Seeks capital appreciation and aims to exceed its benchmark over a market cycle through a U.S. growth-equity strategy that incorporates sustainability factors.

LRGC The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. It is actively managed and normally invests at least 80% of net assets in equities of large-capitalization U.S. companies.

Why people hold it

• ACGR 0.39% for an actively managed growth portfolio, below the going rate in its peer group and under same-benchmark rivals like FFOG (0.41%) and PGRO (0.50%).
• The model blends growth, momentum and value instead of buying momentum alone, with the Russell 1000 Growth Index as the bar it aims to clear over a market cycle.americancentury.com
• Roughly 80 US stocks: tight enough for the manager's picks to show up in results, wide enough that no single name runs the whole portfolio. Distributions come quarterly.

• LRGC Roughly 70 holdings against a 500-stock yardstick, with quality and value screens doing the filtering. Each name actually carries weight.
• 0.39% a year sits below the median fee in its active large-cap group, so the manager isn't digging out of a deep cost hole.
• One of the stronger implementations among the actively managed US large-cap funds we track, with a plain mandate: at least 80% of net assets in large-cap US equities.
• Launched in 2023 on one of AB's core US equity strategies, with Jane Street signed on as lead market maker from day one.prnewswire.com

Worth knowing

• ACGR A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads tend to be wider than on giant growth ETFs and the fill you get can depend on using limit orders.
• Active stock picking plus sustainability inputs means the portfolio can look quite different from the Russell 1000 Growth, and diverge from it in either direction.americancentury.com
• Launched in 2021, so its live record covers a short window rather than multiple full market cycles.

• LRGC At 0.39%, it costs more than cheaper enhanced-index rivals in the same group, such as JUSA at 0.12% and GUSE at 0.30%.
• Outcomes ride on the team's judgment, not an index rulebook, and about 70 positions concentrate those calls.
• It trades lightly next to the big index names, so spreads can run wider, especially in fast markets.

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