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What grade does AMLP 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 2026-10-01
Alerian MLP ETF
#404 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
AMLP puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 93% of graded funds.
● Bottom 20%
Bottom 40%
Middle
Top 40%
Top 20%
That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds with this little specialist backing trailed top-rung funds by about 3.8% per quarter and beat the S&P in only 22% of fund-quarters. If it also charges an active fee, the higher-graded alternatives deserve a look.
10,000+ funds tracked · the graded specialists among them drive every read
You pay 1.01% a year for a F.
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.
AMLP vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
0%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
33%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
99.4%
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 2026-10-20
We email you the day it crosses 50% crowded, and where you stand every month.
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
AMLP earns an F grade, ranking 404 out of 500 funds, with zero specialist backing and a 1.01% annual fee that is hard to justify at that level. Its two largest holdings, WES and EPD, are both Fading, meaning specialists are actively leaving those positions. PAA and MPLX offer some early-stage interest, but they sit inside a fund that is broadly working against you.
→ Watch WES and EPD closely. Together they are nearly 25% of the fund and specialists are leaving both positions now.
→ Compare the 1.01% fee against the F grade. Three higher graded peers in this segment exist and may cost less.
Support leaving these positions
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.