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What grade does HQIYX 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
The Hartford Equity Income Fund Class Y
#465 of 500 graded active funds · value · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
HQIYX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 63% 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.
HQIYX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
17.3%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
28%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
92.8%
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
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
Hartford Equity Income Y earns an F, ranking 465 out of 500 graded funds, with only 17.3% specialist backing and 28% of the portfolio sitting in late-stage positions. FANG and UL are crowded, while GLPI, AVGO, and HBAN are actively being abandoned by specialists. CCI, MSFT, and PM offer some early-stage relief but cannot carry the weight.
→ Watch the Fading exits in GLPI, AVGO, and HBAN closely, as specialist selling at those weights signals real near-term pressure.
→ Compare this fund against the 3 higher-graded peers in the same segment and the better-graded options within Hartford's own family.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.