ROE vs TACU

ROEBAstoria US Equal Weight Quality Kings ETF

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

In short

ROE In most US quality funds, a few mega-caps run the show. Quality Kings screens American companies for quality and value, then weights what survives equally, so the screen picks the portfolio instead of market cap.

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

ROE The Fund seeks long-term 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

• ROE Costs 0.49% a year, under the median for active US equity funds. Active screening at a price closer to plain-vanilla strategy funds.
• Equal weighting gives every holding the same starting slug, so one giant name can't quietly become the whole fund.
• Pairs a quality screen with a value screen, which keeps a hunt for profitable companies from turning into a basket of expensive ones.
• The portfolio build is the strongest piece here, and the fund sits in the upper tier of a large field of active US stock funds.

• 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

• ROE Trades thinly next to the heavyweights in its category. Limit orders and avoiding the opening bell matter more here than in a mega-fund.
• Broad rivals cost far less: DFAU at 0.12% and AVLC at 0.15%. The extra fee buys the screen and the equal weighting, not broader coverage.
• Launched in 2023, so the live record is short. Equal weighting also means far less exposure to the largest US companies than a cap-weighted fund.

• 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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