ACVF vs TACU

ACVFBAmerican Conservative Values ETF

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

In short

ACVF A fund that puts its convictions in its name. American Conservative Values runs an actively managed, all-US stock portfolio chasing long-term growth, with capital preservation written into the mandate as the secondary goal. Small, hands-on, unapologetically domestic.

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

ACVF The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation, with capital preservation as a secondary objective.

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

• ACVF Its filings name capital preservation as a secondary objective alongside long-term capital appreciation, a defensive tilt most US stock funds never put in writing.
• No structural gimmicks: a standard 1940 Act ETF holding shares of US companies, with cash distributed quarterly.
• Lands in the upper half of the actively managed US equity funds we review, with the portfolio itself its strongest element.

• 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

• ACVF 0.75% a year is real money next to plain active core rivals like DFAU and DFAC. The values overlay comes with a price tag.
• A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads can widen at the open and close. Limit orders are the standard defense.
• Launched in 2020, so the track record covers a short stretch of market history.

• 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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