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What grade does JSVAX 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 2026-09-01

Janus Henderson Contrarian Fund - T Shares

#306 of 440 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

JSVAX sits mid pack for specialist backing among graded funds.

Bottom 20%

Bottom 40%

● Middle

Top 40%

Top 20%

beat the S&P in 22% of quarters+3.8 pts/qtr better · 43% beat rate

The middle rungs sat between the extremes, and the pattern was monotonic: every step up in specialist backing came with better subsequent results. Not damning, not compelling. The fee decides whether it is worth it.

2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice

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.

Conviction exposure

20.4%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

34.8%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

94%

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 2026-09-09

Early Conviction

AMZN 4.8%VRT 4.6%FPS 2.3%+3 locked

Consensus

TSM 5.6%COF 4.7%PNC 4.7%+9 locked

Emerging

ICE 2.4%WAL 2.2%MDLN 1.2%

Crowded

HWM 4.1%CFR 2%LGN 1.4%

Fading

ORCL 6.4%SGRY 3.6%NXST 2.6%+7 locked

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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

Support leaving these positions

ORCL 6.4% of the fund · Fading

HWM 4.1% of the fund · Crowded

SGRY 3.6% of the fund · Fading

NXST 2.6% of the fund · Fading

MDGL 2.3% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

AMZN 4.8% of the fund · Early Conviction

VRT 4.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

ICE 2.4% of the fund · Emerging

Same family, higher grade

JMGRX · B — Janus Henderson Enterprise Fund JORIX · C — Janus Henderson Global Select Fund JMCVX · C — Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund - T Shares

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

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