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What grade does PRUAX 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.

A

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

PGIM Jennison Utility Fund Class A

#7 of 440 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

PRUAX 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

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

20.3%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

51.8%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

97.1%

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 2026-09-09

Early Conviction
XEL 4.3%
Consensus
ETR 6.4%CEG 6.2%CNP 5.1%+8 locked
Emerging
LNT 2.9%PPL 2.6%
Crowded
NEE 12.1%PCG 4.1%
Fading
SRE 5.3%VST 5.3%SO 4.9%+6 locked

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

PGIM Jennison Utility Fund ranks 7th out of 440 graded funds with an A grade, supported by 20.3% specialist ownership. The fund shows genuine early positioning in CEG at 6.2% and PPL at 2.6%, but over half the portfolio sits in late-stage trades, with top holding NEE crowded and SRE, VST, SO, and AEP all seeing specialists exit.

Watch the combined 19.9% weight in fading positions NEE, SRE, VST, SO, and AEP closely for further specialist outflows.

The early conviction in CEG at 6.2% is the fund's strongest differentiated bet; monitor whether specialist ownership there grows.

Support leaving these positions

NEE 12.1% of the fund · Crowded

SRE 5.3% of the fund · Fading

VST 5.3% of the fund · Fading

SO 4.9% of the fund · Fading

PCG 4.1% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

XEL 4.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

LNT 2.9% of the fund · Emerging

PPL 2.6% of the fund · Emerging

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

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