AOTG vs JUSA

AOTGDAOT Growth and Innovation ETF

JUSAAJPMorgan U.S. Research Enhanced Large Cap ETF

In short

AOTG Most growth funds buy "tech." AOTG buys an economic trait: businesses that can sell the next unit for almost nothing. A concentrated, actively run book built on low marginal cost, growth and quality screens.

JUSA Active stock picking in index clothing: J.P. Morgan analysts tilt roughly 300 large caps while sector weights and risk stay close to the S&P 500, for 0.18% a year with no waiver attached.

Stated mandate

AOTG The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through active investment in U.S.-listed equities with high growth potential, emphasizing companies whose low marginal-cost business models can support expanding profits and growth.

JUSA The fund seeks capital appreciation through active, fundamental, bottom-up selection of large-cap U.S. equities. It targets companies with strong long-term earnings potential and attractive valuations relative to peers.

Why people hold it

• AOTG The filter is an economics test, not a sector label: companies that can deliver more goods or services without materially raising their costs.sec.gov
• Genuinely active, not a closet index. A boutique specialist recommends the names and the adviser places the trades, inside a plain 1940 Act ETF wrapper.sec.gov
• A focused book rather than a sprawling index, so the manager's best ideas actually move the needle.

• JUSA 0.18% a year with no waiver propping it up, below its category median. GUSE charges 0.30% and LRGC 0.39% for similar enhanced-index work; FELG ties it at 0.18%.
• Active where it counts, plain where it doesn't: bottom-up stock picks across roughly 300 large caps, with sector mix and risk profile kept close to the S&P 500.jpmorgan.com
• Stands among the strongest implementations in a 90-fund peer group of active large-cap funds, helped by a low fee and tightly managed risk.

Worth knowing

• AOTG Fees run 0.75% a year against a 0.54% peer median, and several top-ranked rivals in the group (JUSA at 0.12%, FELG at 0.18%) cost a fraction of that.
• Small and thinly traded next to the giants of its category, so spreads can be wider. Limit orders matter more here than on a megafund.
• A capital-appreciation mandate with no payouts in the last year, and concentration cuts both ways: a few names drive the outcome.

• JUSA Launched in March 2025, so there is only a short live record on this ticker to judge.
• Moderately traded rather than a volume monster, so spreads can run wider than the giant index funds', especially in fast markets.
• Tracking the S&P 500's sector weights limits how far results can stray from the benchmark in either direction. This is a nudge on the index, not a different bet.jpmorgan.com

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