LRGC vs SXQG

LRGCAAB US Large Cap Strategic Equities ETF

SXQGCETC 6 Meridian Quality Growth ETF

In short

LRGC AB's stock pickers in an ETF wrapper: roughly 70 large-cap US names picked with fundamental research plus quant screens, measured against the S&P 500. Active conviction, priced under the typical active peer.

SXQG Born in 2021 as a Wichita advisor's in-house quant model: roughly 80 US stocks screened for profitability and balance-sheet discipline, micro-caps and illiquid laggards cut first. Costs 0.55%, near the going rate for active growth.

Stated mandate

LRGC The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. It is actively managed and normally invests at least 80% of net assets in equities of large-capitalization U.S. companies.

SXQG The Fund seeks capital appreciation through active investment primarily in equity securities, mainly common stocks. Its quantitative selection process emphasizes companies with comparatively high quality and growth characteristics.

Why people hold it

• LRGC Roughly 70 holdings against a 500-stock yardstick, with quality and value screens doing the filtering. Each name actually carries weight.
• 0.39% a year sits below the median fee in its active large-cap group, so the manager isn't digging out of a deep cost hole.
• One of the stronger implementations among the actively managed US large-cap funds we track, with a plain mandate: at least 80% of net assets in large-cap US equities.
• Launched in 2023 on one of AB's core US equity strategies, with Jane Street signed on as lead market maker from day one.prnewswire.com

• SXQG Quality here means numbers: high and improving profitability, low leverage and default risk, and companies funding dividends and buybacks without leaning on new stock or debt.sec.gov
• The model clears the deck first, cutting stocks under $500 million in size plus weak liquidity and poor 12-month momentum, then builds a concentrated book of about 80 names.sec.gov
• 0.55% a year, near the typical fee for active US growth funds, with no waiver propping that number up. The fund sits in the upper half of its peer group.
• Active and all-cap: the screen can reach into mid caps instead of stopping at the mega-cap growth names, which is where most of this category lives.sec.gov

Worth knowing

• LRGC At 0.39%, it costs more than cheaper enhanced-index rivals in the same group, such as JUSA at 0.12% and GUSE at 0.30%.
• Outcomes ride on the team's judgment, not an index rulebook, and about 70 positions concentrate those calls.
• It trades lightly next to the big index names, so spreads can run wider, especially in fast markets.

• SXQG Small fund, light volume. The spread you pay getting in and out can matter more here than the expense ratio.
• Cheaper competition measured against the same Russell 1000 Growth benchmark: FELG charges 0.18%.
• Non-diversified by design. With about 80 names and a top-heavy build, individual stocks swing the result more than in a broad index fund.sec.gov

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