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What grade does JPPEX 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
JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity R6
#326 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
JPPEX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 87% 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.
JPPEX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
2.6%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
29.6%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
84.1%
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
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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
JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity R6 grades D, ranking 326 of 500, with specialist ownership at just 2.6% and nearly 30% of the portfolio in late-stage or fading positions. MKSI, NI, REG, and DOV are all Fading, meaning proven specialists are already walking away. XEL, AME, and FIS show some early specialist interest, but that is a thin bright spot in an otherwise crowded picture.
→ Watch the combined 4.4% weight in Fading positions like MKSI, NI, REG, and DOV, as specialist exits there signal weakening conviction.
→ Three higher graded funds exist in this same mid cap segment, and JPMorgan's own family has better graded options worth comparing directly.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.