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T. Rowe Price funds have delivered more return. More often.
T. Rowe Price funds beat comparable passive funds more frequently—and with higher returns—than the average of all active managers, including the largest ones. This has meant more money for investors. That’s the T. Rowe Price difference.
Better returns than passive peers, across more periods.
10-year trailing periods, rolling monthly. Period analyzed is 20 years ended 12/31/23.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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View standardized returns and other information about the T. Rowe Price funds in this analysis (PDF).
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For more information on the methodology of this analysis, please visit troweprice.com/complete-performance-study.
The performance data shown is past performance and is no guarantee of future results. All investments are subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. Results from other time periods may differ. Active investing may have higher costs than passive investing and may underperform the broad market or passive peers with similar objectives. Passive investing may lag the performance of actively managed peers as holdings are not reallocated based on changes in market conditions or outlooks on specific securities.
Analysis by T. Rowe Price. Comparable passive funds are (1) mutual funds and exchange traded funds classified as an “index fund” in the Morningstar Direct database and (2) in the same Morningstar category as the active funds being analyzed. All Active Managers represents the actively managed (non-“index fund”) mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the Morningstar Direct database, excluding those managed by T. Rowe Price. The performance of the T. Rowe Price active funds and the All Active Managers funds were compared against the comparable passive funds using 10-year rolling monthly periods from 1/1/04 to 12/31/23. The analysis was conducted at the Morningstar category level analyzing all open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) within U.S. Morningstar categories where passive funds are present. Oldest share class returns are used for analysis. Money market funds are excluded from the analysis.
187 funds covering 7,603 rolling 10-year periods.
2509 funds covering 41,596 rolling 10-year periods. The active assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all funds considered in the analysis are aggregated and those funds offered at any point in the analysis period by the largest five active fund managers by AUM, identified by Morningstar, other than T. Rowe Price are grouped together here. Source: Morningstar.
35,134 funds covering 356,117 rolling 10-year periods, excluding T. Rowe Price.
All data as of December 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
The above graphic features three circular charts and three bar charts that demonstrate how T. Rowe Price funds delivered better returns than passive peer funds and did so more often than competitors. The graphic shows how T. Rowe Price funds beat their passive peer funds in 71% of periods analyzed and delivered an average of 0.85% return above passive peer funds during the same periods. Additionally, it shows how funds from the five largest active managers beat their passive peer funds in 63% of periods and delivered an average of 0.51% return above passive peer funds. Finally, the graphic shows how funds from all active managers beat their passive peer funds in 50% of periods and delivered an average of 0.05% return below passive peer funds.
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