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What grade does AAGPX get?

Morningstar rates funds on what they returned. We grade them on where their money sits today: how much of the book overlaps with the converged buys of the top specialist stock pickers.

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Investor Class

#375 of 440 graded active funds · value · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

AAGPX sits mid pack for specialist backing among graded funds.

Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

● Middle

Top 40%

Top 20%

beat the S&P in 22% of quarters+3.8 pts/qtr better · 43% beat rate

The middle rungs sat between the extremes, and the pattern was monotonic: every step up in specialist backing came with better subsequent results. Not damning, not compelling. The fee decides whether it is worth it.

2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice

3 funds in the same segment carry an A — members see the names and what they charge. See the alternatives →

The grade scores this fund's specialist share — the slice that overlaps what the top 1% of proven funds are building. We ignore index ballast and names outside our edge on purpose: that slice is small, and it's what decides the outcome.

Conviction exposure

18.1%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

21.4%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

86.1%

how far it strays from the index

The best grades have beaten the worst by about +5% a year since we began grading. The gap held in 9 out of 10 months. Measured on filings as they were published, no hindsight.

Inside the book — top names by stage · as of 2026-09-09

Early Conviction

XEL 1.2%LPLA 0.7%PSA 0.6%+9 locked

Consensus

XOM 1.8%ELV 1.7%C 1.6%+73 locked

Emerging

AXP 1.2%BA 1.1%BRK-B 0.9%+10 locked

Crowded

WDAY 1.5%NXPI 1.1%PCG 0.9%+13 locked

Fading

GEHC 1.7%CCL 1.2%CI 1.1%+24 locked

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Graded monthly from point-in-time filings. A description of where the money sits, not a recommendation. Evidence, not advice.

The read · what to do with it

Support leaving these positions

GEHC 1.7% of the fund · Fading

WDAY 1.5% of the fund · Crowded

CCL 1.2% of the fund · Fading

CI 1.1% of the fund · Fading

NXPI 1.1% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

XEL 1.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

AXP 1.2% of the fund · Emerging

BA 1.1% of the fund · Emerging

Same family, higher grade

BULIX · A · 0.65% fee — American Century Utilities Fund Investor Class ACFOX · A · 0.85% fee — American Century Inv, Focused Dynamic Growth Fund - Investor Class VALQ · B · 0.29% fee — American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF

Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.

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