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What grade does FFSIX 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

Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund

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

The point · specialist footprint

FFSIX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 86% of graded funds.

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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.

FFSIX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

3.2%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

16%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

97.9%

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
WFC 6.7%C 4.1%MCO 1.3%
Consensus
MA 8.2%RGA 3.5%SCHW 2.9%+27 locked
Emerging
FHB 0.6%
Crowded
BAC 6.6%STT 3.5%MTB 1.6%+4 locked
Fading
KKR 2.6%MS 2.6%APO 2.2%+6 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

FFSIX earns a C grade, ranking 307 of 500, with specialists making up just 3.2% of its backing. Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Moody's are early conviction positions worth watching, but KKR, Morgan Stanley, and Apollo are all fading, and Bank of America sits in crowded territory at 6.6% of the fund.

→ Monitor the combined fading weight in KKR, MS, and APO, totaling 7.4%, as specialist exits there could pressure returns.

→ Compare this fund against the 3 higher graded peers in the same segment, since the C grade suggests better options exist.

Support leaving these positions

BAC 6.6% of the fund · Crowded

STT 3.5% of the fund · Crowded

KKR 2.6% of the fund · Fading

MS 2.6% of the fund · Fading

APO 2.2% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

WFC 6.7% of the fund · Early Conviction

C 4.1% of the fund · Early Conviction

MCO 1.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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