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What grade does CHDEX 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

Cullen High Dividend Equity Fund Retail Class

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

The point · specialist footprint

CHDEX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 62% 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.

CHDEX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

32.8%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

30.3%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

91.8%

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
RTX 3.4%C 3.3%JCI 2.9%+5 locked
Consensus
JNJ 4.2%CSCO 3.3%TRV 3.2%+16 locked
Emerging
JPM 2.8%CCI 1.5%UPS 1.4%+1 locked
Crowded
GD 3%BAC 2.9%LOW 2.3%
Fading
NEE 3.4%NVS 3.2%MS 3.1%+3 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

CHDEX grades a C, ranking 263 of 500, with specialists making up only 32.8% of its backing and 30.3% of holdings in late-stage trades. Early positions in RTX, Citigroup, and JCI are bright spots, but NEE, NVS, and Morgan Stanley are all showing specialist exits. Three higher-graded peers exist in this segment.

→ Watch NEE, NVS, and MS closely, each above 3% weight and all showing specialist departure at the same time.

→ Compare CHDEX against the three higher-graded segment peers before adding to this position, given its C grade.

Support leaving these positions

NEE 3.4% of the fund · Fading

NVS 3.2% of the fund · Fading

MS 3.1% of the fund · Fading

GD 3% of the fund · Crowded

BAC 2.9% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

RTX 3.4% of the fund · Early Conviction

C 3.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

JCI 2.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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