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What grade does FMDE 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 Enhanced Mid Cap ETF

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

The point · specialist footprint

FMDE puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 85% 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

You pay 0.23% a year for a C.

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.

FMDE vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

3.6%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

27.8%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

82%

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
CAH 0.9%AME 0.9%DVN 0.8%+44 locked
Consensus
WDC 1.2%MPC 1.1%LNG 1%+138 locked
Emerging
BNY 1.2%LHX 0.7%EME 0.6%+13 locked
Crowded
STT 0.8%GWW 0.6%DOCU 0.6%+33 locked
Fading
HWM 1.2%KMI 1%CTVA 1%+64 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

FMDE grades a C, ranking 296 of 500, with specialist ownership at just 3.6% and nearly 28% of the book in late-stage trades. Five positions including HWM, KMI, and ALNY are actively fading, which is a lot of exits for a fund charging 0.23% annually. BNY and CAH offer early-stage bright spots, but the overall picture is thin specialist conviction.

→ Watch the combined 5% weight in fading positions like HWM and CTVA, as specialist exits often precede price pressure.

→ Compare FMDE against the 3 higher-graded segment peers and the better-graded Fidelity funds before adding more.

Support leaving these positions

HWM 1.2% of the fund · Fading

KMI 1% of the fund · Fading

CTVA 1% of the fund · Fading

FIX 0.9% of the fund · Fading

ALNY 0.9% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

BNY 1.2% of the fund · Emerging

CAH 0.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

AME 0.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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