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What grade does DRLL 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.

B

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01

Strive U.S. Energy ETF

#129 of 500 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

DRLL puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 81% 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 0.41% a year for a B.

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.

DRLL vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

46.4%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

7.4%

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 21.7%CVX 21.7%PSX 4.5%+8 locked
Consensus
VLO 4.8%MPC 4.7%COP 4.6%+7 locked
Emerging
TPL 2.4%
Crowded
EQT 3.4%FANG 3.2%AR 1.1%+3 locked
Fading
VNOM 0.7%MGY 0.5%

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

DRLL earns a B grade, ranking 129 of 500 graded funds, with 46% specialist backing and a reasonable 0.41% fee. The early story here is TPL, where specialists are building a position in the Emerging stage. The concern is the crowded weight in EQT and FANG, plus specialists actively leaving AR, RRC, and VNOM.

→ Watch the combined 7.6% weight in EQT and FANG closely, as specialists have marked both Crowded.

→ Note TPL at 2.4% as a genuine early position where proven specialists are still building conviction.

Support leaving these positions

EQT 3.4% of the fund · Crowded

FANG 3.2% of the fund · Crowded

AR 1.1% of the fund · Crowded

VNOM 0.7% of the fund · Fading

MGY 0.5% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

XOM 21.7% of the fund · Early Conviction

CVX 21.7% of the fund · Early Conviction

PSX 4.5% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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