ACLC vs TACU

ACLCBAmerican Century Large Cap Equity ETF

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

In short

ACLC An active large-cap fund that blends growth and value names and folds material sustainability factors into the stock picking, at a fee well below what the typical active US equity fund charges.

TACU T. Rowe Price's quant-plus-fundamental take on core large-cap U.S. stock, benchmarked to the Russell 1000. Gross fee 0.14%, fully waived to zero through January 30, 2027.

Stated mandate

ACLC The fund seeks long-term financial returns through an actively managed U.S. large-cap portfolio combining growth and value companies while incorporating material sustainability factors into the investment process.

TACU 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

• ACLC Costs 0.39% a year against a 0.65% median for active US equity funds. Active management here doesn't start in a fee hole.
• One mandate, two jobs: a growth-and-value blend of US large caps, with material sustainability factors written into the research process rather than bolted on as a screen.americancentury.com
• Roughly 100 stocks. Small enough that the managers' picks actually show up in results, not an index wearing an active label.
• Running since 2020 and pays quarterly. Sits in the top quartile of a crowded active US equity field on our review.

• TACU Fee fully waived: 0.14% gross, zero net through January 30, 2027. That sits below every top-scoring peer in the category, including DFAU at 0.12% with no waiver.troweprice.com
• Quant models feed bottom-up stock picking with tilts to profitability, quality and value, chasing excess return over the Russell 1000 while holding tracking error tight.troweprice.com
• Several hundred large-cap names, so no single position runs the show. One of the stronger profiles in a crowded active U.S. equity field.troweprice.com

Worth knowing

• ACLC Thinly traded for an ETF, so the bid-ask spread can be a bigger part of your cost than the expense ratio, especially on larger orders.
• Cheap it is, cheapest it isn't. Broad systematic rivals like DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) run at roughly a third of the fee.
• A concentrated book plus sustainability inputs means the portfolio can look meaningfully different from the broad large-cap market in either direction.

• TACU Launched in December 2025, so the live record is short and the risk read rests on limited history.
• Still a small fund that trades lightly, which can mean wider spreads than the category's giants.
• Distributions are annual at most, with no declared income target. This is a growth mandate, not a cash-flow one.

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