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What grade does BEGRX 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

Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund

#246 of 440 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

BEGRX 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

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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

24.3%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

26.6%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

93%

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

AMZN 3.9%

Consensus

JPM 4.6%PGR 4%PH 3.9%+10 locked

Emerging

FERG 4.1%ABT 2.9%PPL 1.8%

Crowded

ADBE 1.7%BRX 1.4%

Fading

HIG 4.4%CL 3.8%NVS 2.5%

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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

HIG 4.4% of the fund · Fading

CL 3.8% of the fund · Fading

NVS 2.5% of the fund · Fading

ADBE 1.7% of the fund · Crowded

BRX 1.4% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

FERG 4.1% of the fund · Emerging

AMZN 3.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

ABT 2.9% of the fund · Emerging

Same family, higher grade

FABZX · A — Franklin Alternative Strategies Adv FBLAX · B — Franklin Managed Income A FRDAX · C — Franklin Rising Dividends Fund

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

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