BLCR vs TACU

BLCRBiShares Large Cap Core Active ETF

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

In short

BLCR BlackRock's answer to closet indexing: a concentrated book of roughly 25 to 60 US large caps, measured against the Russell 1000 but built on conviction, at 0.36% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027.

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

BLCR The Fund seeks to maximize total return by investing in large-cap U.S. equities selected through fundamental and quantitative insights. It is presented as a high-conviction, actively managed core equity allocation.

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

• BLCR Actually active. The manager runs about 25 to 60 names against a thousand-stock benchmark, so individual stock calls carry real weight instead of being diluted into index beta.ishares.com
• 0.36% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027 (0.38% gross) sits below the median for active US equity funds, lean pricing for a high-conviction stock-picking mandate.
• Scale and plumbing are already sorted: a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund on the biggest ETF platform in the business, not a thin launch hunting for assets.ishares.com

• 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

• BLCR Concentration cuts both ways. With roughly 50 holdings, a few positions drive the outcome, and results can sit far from the Russell 1000 in either direction.
• Cheap for active, not cheap outright: AVLC targets the same Russell 1000 universe at 0.15%. The gap is what the stock picking costs you.
• Young fund, short live record. It launched in 2023 as BlackRock Large Cap Core ETF before moving under the iShares brand, and pays quarterly.sec.gov

• 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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