LCTU vs TACU

LCTUAiShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF

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

In short

LCTU BlackRock's climate pick: an active Russell 1000 portfolio tilted toward companies it scores as transition-ready, at 0.15% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027. Launched in 2021 with the biggest first-day haul the ETF industry had seen.

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

LCTU LCTU pursues long-term capital growth through U.S. large- and mid-cap equities that BlackRock judges more capable of benefiting from the shift toward a low-carbon economy.

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

• LCTU Costs 0.15% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027, below the typical active US large-cap fund and level with Avantis' AVLC at 0.15%.
• The tilt is written down, not vibed: names come from Russell 1000 members, and the fund targets a carbon-transition-readiness score at least 10% better than that index at purchase.sec.gov
• One of the stronger builds in a crowded field of active US equity ETFs: roughly 300 large- and mid-cap names, quarterly distributions, a multi-billion-dollar asset base.

• 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

• LCTU That 0.15% rides on a waiver. The gross fee is 0.30%, and the discount is committed only through June 30, 2027.
• The screen is BlackRock's own research, not a public index rulebook, and the fund can drift from its 10% uplift target as markets move or data changes.sec.gov
• Fully invested US stocks, no downside cushion, and because the names are drawn from the Russell 1000 the portfolio can look a lot like the broad market.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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