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What grade does CRMMX 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.

D

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01

CRM Mid Cap Value Inv

#370 of 500 graded active funds · value · mid segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

CRMMX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 90% of graded funds.

● Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

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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 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.

CRMMX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

1.2%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

38%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

97.5%

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
AME 2.9%CIEN 2%FPS 1.1%
Consensus
SKY 3.3%VNT 2.8%ASH 2.6%+17 locked
Emerging
TDY 3.3%MCHP 3.2%ATO 3.1%+1 locked
Crowded
XYL 2.1%WMS 2%CPT 2%+1 locked
Fading
RRX 3.7%WWD 3%BKU 2.7%+11 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

CRM Mid Cap Value ranks 370 out of 500 graded funds, a D grade, with only 1.2% specialist ownership signaling very little conviction from proven active managers. Nearly 38% of the fund sits in late-stage or fading trades, including RRX, WWD, and BKU where specialists are actively leaving. TDY, MCHP, and ATO show early-stage promise but are not enough to offset the broader picture.

→ Watch the five fading positions, RRX, WWD, BKU, MKSI, and TFC, which together represent over 14% of the fund.

→ At least three higher-graded funds exist in this same mid cap value segment and are worth comparing directly against this D grade.

Support leaving these positions

RRX 3.7% of the fund · Fading

WWD 3% of the fund · Fading

BKU 2.7% of the fund · Fading

MKSI 2.5% of the fund · Fading

TFC 2.4% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

TDY 3.3% of the fund · Emerging

MCHP 3.2% of the fund · Emerging

ATO 3.1% of the fund · Emerging

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

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