CGGR vs TACU

CGGRBCapital Group Growth ETF

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

In short

CGGR Old-line active stock picking, delivered in an ETF shell. It hunts capital appreciation across roughly a hundred companies and charges 0.39% a year, undercutting most active US equity ETFs. Live since 2022 and already a multi-billion-dollar fund.

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

CGGR The fund seeks growth of capital by investing in a broad group of companies that appear to offer opportunities for capital appreciation.

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

• CGGR 0.39% a year for active management, well under the typical active US equity ETF fee.
• Roughly a hundred holdings: real stock picking, not an index in disguise, without betting the farm on a handful of names.
• The portfolio matches its stated growth-of-capital mandate closely, and it stands in the upper tier of a crowded active US equity field.
• Multi-billion-dollar asset base and steady trading volume, so spreads tend to stay manageable for everyday orders.

• 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

• CGGR Growth mandates swing harder than the broad market. Drawdowns here have historically run deeper than a plain total-market fund.
• Cheap for active, not cheap outright: systematic peers like DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) cost a fraction of it.
• Distributions come annually or semiannually, and the mandate allows international names alongside US stocks.

• 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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