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What grade does FIUIX 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 Utilities Fund

#1 of 440 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

FIUIX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 79% 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

33.3%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

47.5%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

97.7%

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 2026-09-09

Early Conviction
VZ 8.2%XEL 3.9%GEV 0.7%
Consensus
CEG 5.9%AEP 4.8%ETR 4.5%+10 locked
Emerging
PPL 2.7%LNT 2%
Crowded
NEE 10.9%T 5.8%PCG 2.7%+5 locked
Fading
NRG 5.4%SRE 4.2%TMUS 4%+7 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

Fidelity Utilities Fund ranks first out of 440 graded funds with an A grade, supported by a meaningful 33% specialist share. The most striking tension is that nearly half the portfolio sits in late-stage positions, including a 10.9% stake in NEE that specialists are crowding out of, while early conviction names like CEG and TMUS offer a genuine counterbalance.

Monitor the combined 27% weight in Fading and Crowded positions like NEE, NRG, AEP, and SRE as specialist exits could signal near-term headwinds.

Note that CEG and TMUS are Emerging-stage holdings where specialists are building early, suggesting the fund has real forward-looking conviction here.

Support leaving these positions

NEE 10.9% of the fund · Crowded

T 5.8% of the fund · Crowded

NRG 5.4% of the fund · Fading

SRE 4.2% of the fund · Fading

TMUS 4% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

VZ 8.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

XEL 3.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

PPL 2.7% of the fund · Emerging

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

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