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What grade does FAMEX 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.

C

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01

FAM Dividend Focus Fund Investor

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

The point · specialist footprint

FAMEX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 85% of graded funds.

● Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

Middle

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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

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.

FAMEX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

3.3%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

27.9%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

97.8%

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
TT 8.6%ENTG 4.6%JKHY 2.5%
Consensus
ROST 8%AJG 6.3%HEI-A 5.6%+9 locked
Emerging
MCHP 3.9%
Crowded
BR 4.6%STE 4.1%GEHC 1.1%
Fading
SYK 5.6%MLM 5.2%APH 3%+2 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

FAMEX grades out at C, ranked 304 of 500, with specialists holding only 3.3% of the fund. That thin specialist backing is a real concern when five of its larger positions, including Stryker and Martin Marietta, are either Fading or Crowded. The early bets on Entegris and Vulcan Materials are a bright spot but too small to move the needle.

→ Watch SYK, MLM, and STE closely as all three are Fading, together representing over 15% of the fund.

→ Compare FAMEX against the three higher graded peers in this segment before adding new money to this position.

Support leaving these positions

SYK 5.6% of the fund · Fading

MLM 5.2% of the fund · Fading

BR 4.6% of the fund · Crowded

STE 4.1% of the fund · Crowded

APH 3% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

TT 8.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

ENTG 4.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

MCHP 3.9% of the fund · Emerging

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

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