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What grade does DNLAX 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

BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund

#102 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

DNLAX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 68% 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 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

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.

DNLAX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

13.4%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

23.2%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

98.7%

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
XOM 4.2%ADM 2.5%PSX 2.1%+1 locked
Consensus
NEM 4.1%COP 3.9%OXY 3.1%+3 locked
Crowded
FCX 4.5%FANG 4%MT 2.7%+3 locked
Fading
IP 4.3%SLB 4%CTVA 3.4%+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

DNLAX earns an A grade and ranks 102 of 500, with specialists at Early Conviction on FCX and ADM and an Emerging signal on IP. The concern is a combined 14.3% sitting in Crowded or Fading names like FANG, CTVA, and WFRD, where specialist money is heading for the exits.

→ Watch CTVA, NRG, and WFRD closely, three Fading positions totaling roughly 7.6% where specialists are already leaving.

→ FCX and IP together represent early specialist interest, worth monitoring as the primary reason the grade holds at A.

Support leaving these positions

FCX 4.5% of the fund · Crowded

IP 4.3% of the fund · Fading

SLB 4% of the fund · Fading

FANG 4% of the fund · Crowded

CTVA 3.4% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

XOM 4.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

ADM 2.5% of the fund · Early Conviction

PSX 2.1% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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