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What grade does CIPIX 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
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
#367 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
CIPIX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 90% 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
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.
CIPIX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
1.2%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
16.9%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
94.4%
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
Champlain Mid Cap Fund grades D, ranking 367 of 500, with specialist ownership at just 1.2 percent, a signal that informed money has largely moved on. Positions like AKAM and HLI are in Fading stage while VEEV and DPZ are Crowded, meaning the early edge is gone. SNPS and TPL offer some early conviction, but they are outweighed by the late and crowded holdings.
→ Watch AKAM and HLI closely, as specialists are actively leaving both positions and the evidence points to further deterioration.
→ Compare this fund against the 3 higher graded peers in the mid cap segment before deciding whether to stay in CIPIX.
Support leaving these positions
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.