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What grade does SYLD 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
Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF
#278 of 500 graded active funds · value · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
SYLD puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 84% 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
You pay 0.59% a year for a C.
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.
SYLD vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
4%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
26.5%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
95.3%
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
SYLD earns a C grade, ranking 278 of 500, with only 4% specialist ownership and five positions including HUN, YELP, and TFC where specialists are actively leaving. The 0.59% fee is not cheap for that level of conviction, and three higher graded peers exist in the same segment. GTX at 1.3% weight is one genuinely early spot worth watching.
→ Monitor HUN, YELP, TFC, FITB, and COLM closely, as specialist exit from all five is a concrete warning sign.
→ Compare SYLD's 0.59% fee against the three higher graded segment peers before adding to the position.
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Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.