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What grade does EVUAX 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 2026-09-01
Allspring Utility and Telecommunications Fund Class A
#2 of 440 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
EVUAX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 74% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
Bottom 40%
Middle
● Top 40%
Top 20%
That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds on this rung beat bottom-rung funds by about 3.8 points per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.
2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice
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.
Conviction exposure
30.3%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
48.7%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
96.6%
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 2026-09-09
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
EVUAX earns a top-2-of-440 grade with 30% specialist backing, a genuinely strong signal in a crowded utilities space. The most striking tension is that nearly half the portfolio sits in late-stage positions, including NEE as a crowded 13.4% anchor and SO, AEP, and VST all fading, while early conviction names like CEG and ATO represent a much smaller slice.
→ Watch the combined 31.6% weight in fading positions NEE, SO, AEP, VST, and SRE closely as specialist exits may pressure returns.
→ Note that CEG and ATO are Emerging stage positions where the fund appears genuinely early, warranting attention as potential future drivers.
Support leaving these positions
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