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What grade does FMIHX 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

FMI Large Cap Fund Investor Class

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

The point · specialist footprint

FMIHX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 84% 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.

FMIHX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗

Conviction exposure

3.9%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

14.6%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

98.1%

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
ARMK 5.4%ACN 3.5%DGX 3.4%
Consensus
SCHW 6.9%BKNG 6.5%CDW 6.5%+13 locked
Emerging
CARR 4.6%PHG 3.1%
Crowded
ALLE 3.8%UL 3.5%
Fading
FMS 2.2%

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

FMIHX earns a C grade, ranking 288 of 500, with specialist investors holding only 3.9% of the fund. There are early signals in Aramark, Carrier Global, and Accenture, but crowded positions in Allegion and Unilever, plus a fading Fresenius Medical Care stake, weigh on the picture. Three higher graded peers exist in this segment.

→ Watch the Allegion, Unilever, and Fresenius Medical Care positions closely, as specialists are already crowded or leaving those trades.

→ Compare FMIHX against the three higher graded large cap peers before adding new money given the C grade.

Support leaving these positions

ALLE 3.8% of the fund · Crowded

UL 3.5% of the fund · Crowded

FMS 2.2% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

ARMK 5.4% of the fund · Early Conviction

CARR 4.6% of the fund · Emerging

ACN 3.5% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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