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What grade does FNARX 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.
Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01
Fidelity Natural Resources Fund
#491 of 500 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
FNARX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 76% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
● Bottom 40%
Middle
Top 40%
Top 20%
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.
FNARX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
7.5%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
11.6%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
99%
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
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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
FNARX ranks 491 out of 500 graded funds, and only 7.5% of its assets sit with specialist investors, a very thin base of conviction. Five positions including MLM, CRH, SLB, ALB, and AA are all in the Fading stage, meaning proven specialists are already leaving. SHEL, PSX, and FCX show early specialist interest, but that is a slim bright spot in an otherwise weak picture.
→ Watch the five Fading positions closely, specialists exiting MLM, CRH, SLB, ALB, and AA is a concrete warning sign worth tracking.
→ Compare this F-grade fund against the three higher-graded peers in the same segment and the better-graded options within Fidelity's own lineup.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.