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What grade does CARK 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.

A

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01

CastleArk Large Growth ETF

#18 of 500 graded active funds · growth · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

CARK puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 98% 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

You pay 0.54% a year for a A.

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.

CARK vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

67.6%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

12.2%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

86.2%

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
NVDA 17%MSFT 7.2%AAPL 6.9%+5 locked
Consensus
LLY 4.4%V 3.2%MA 3.1%+10 locked
Crowded
GOOGL 10.9%
Fading
AVGO 4.7%GEV 2.9%VRT 2.4%+2 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

CARK earns an A grade, ranking 18 of 500, with specialists holding 67.6% of the fund. The 0.54% fee is worth watching given that grade. Specialists are building early positions in BKNG and MCO, but AVGO at 4.7% is fading, which is the single most striking tension in the book right now.

→ Watch AVGO closely. At 4.7% of the fund with specialists fading, it is the largest single risk to monitor.

→ BKNG and MCO are Early Conviction positions. The evidence suggests specialists see something others do not yet.

Support leaving these positions

GOOGL 10.9% of the fund · Crowded

AVGO 4.7% of the fund · Fading

GEV 2.9% of the fund · Fading

VRT 2.4% of the fund · Fading

TPR 1.8% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

NVDA 17% of the fund · Early Conviction

MSFT 7.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

AAPL 6.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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