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What grade does PBFDX 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
Payson Total Return Fund
#37 of 440 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
PBFDX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 95% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
Bottom 40%
Middle
Top 40%
● Top 20%
That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds on this rung beat bottom-rung funds by about 3.8 points per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.
2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice
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
51.3%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
17.9%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
82.7%
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
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
Payson Total Return Fund earns an A grade and ranks 37th out of 440 graded funds, with specialists backing over half the portfolio. The most striking detail is its early conviction in NVDA at 8.6% and AMZN at 5.5%, while META at 4.6% is the largest position where specialists are actively leaving.
→ Watch META closely: at 4.6% it is the fund's biggest fading position and specialist exits there warrant monitoring.
→ The NVDA and AMZN early conviction weighting argues this fund is genuinely ahead of consensus in its two largest growth bets.
Support leaving these positions
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.
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