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What grade does BUFBX 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.

C

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01

Buffalo Flexible Income Fund

#184 of 500 graded active funds · value · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

BUFBX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 72% of graded funds.

Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

Middle

● Top 40%

Top 20%

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

That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds on this rung beat bottom-rung funds by about 3.8% per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.

10,000+ funds tracked · the graded specialists among them drive every read

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.

BUFBX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

40.2%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

18.8%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

92.1%

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 2026-10-20

Early Conviction
CVX 7.7%MSFT 7.3%XOM 4.6%+5 locked
Consensus
LLY 6.2%ALL 4.1%CSCO 4.1%+16 locked
Emerging
IBM 4.3%CAG 0.1%
Crowded
DKL 1.6%
Fading
KMI 3.9%DLR 3.3%PEP 2.2%+4 locked

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

Buffalo Flexible Income Fund sits at grade C, ranked 184 of 500, with specialists holding about 40% of the book. The early positions in Costco, JNJ, and WM show some genuine conviction, but IBM at 4.3% and KMI at 3.9% are both Fading, meaning proven specialists are already walking away from the fund's two largest individual bets.

→ Watch IBM and KMI closely, as specialists are actively leaving both positions that together represent over 8% of the fund.

→ Compare this C-grade fund against the three higher-graded peers in its segment and the stronger options within the Buffalo family itself.

Support leaving these positions

KMI 3.9% of the fund · Fading

DLR 3.3% of the fund · Fading

PEP 2.2% of the fund · Fading

TFC 2.2% of the fund · Fading

SLB 1.7% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

CVX 7.7% of the fund · Early Conviction

MSFT 7.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

XOM 4.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

Same family, higher grade

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