BCHP vs TACU

BCHPCPrincipal Focused Blue Chip ETF

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

In short

BCHP Principal's stock-picker take on the blue chips: a focused, actively run basket of big US companies the manager thinks can keep compounding, priced below what the average active US equity ETF 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

BCHP The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in large-capitalization equity securities that the adviser considers blue-chip companies, with an emphasis on capital-growth potential.

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

• BCHP Charges 0.58% a year, under the median for actively managed US equity ETFs. Active stock picking without the premium price tag that usually comes with it.
• The mandate is specific, not mush: normally at least 80% of assets in large-cap names the adviser considers blue chip, with the emphasis on capital-growth potential rather than income.
• Lands in the upper half of a peer group of a couple hundred active US equity ETFs, and the data behind that read is complete rather than patchy.
• Backed by Principal, a long-established fund manager, with the fund itself trading since 2023.

• 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

• BCHP Trading is light compared with the giants of the category, so bid-ask spreads can be wider and bigger orders can nudge the price.
• A focused book of large-cap growth names concentrates both the wins and the drawdowns. Expect a bumpier path than a whole-market index fund.
• You are paying up for the manager's judgment: broad-market rivals like DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) run at a fraction of the cost.

• 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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