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What grade does FELCX 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 2026-09-01

Fidelity Advisor Semiconductors Fund Class C

#46 of 440 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

FELCX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 93% of graded funds.

Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

Middle

Top 40%

● Top 20%

beat the S&P in 22% of quarters+3.8 pts/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 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

49.3%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

23%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

90.3%

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

Early Conviction
ASML 3.8%AMAT 0.2%
Consensus
NVDA 21.4%MRVL 8.9%ALAB 3.5%+11 locked
Crowded
MPWR 6.5%NXPI 6.3%GFS 4.1%+1 locked
Fading
AVGO 12.6%ON 5.4%ALGM 1.7%+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

FELCX earns an A grade and ranks 46 out of 440 funds, with specialists representing nearly half the portfolio and a top 20% footprint versus peers. The fund holds early conviction positions in NVDA at 21.4% and ALAB at 3.5%, suggesting genuine early-stage insight, though crowded holdings like MPWR and NXPI and fading positions in ALGM and KLAC add meaningful late-stage weight.

Watch ALGM and KLAC closely, as specialists are actively leaving both positions, signaling potential downside ahead.

Note that ALAB at 3.5% is an Early Conviction stage holding, meaning proven specialists are still building a relatively early position.

Support leaving these positions

AVGO 12.6% of the fund · Fading

MPWR 6.5% of the fund · Crowded

NXPI 6.3% of the fund · Crowded

ON 5.4% of the fund · Fading

GFS 4.1% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

ASML 3.8% of the fund · Early Conviction

AMAT 0.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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