The Fund Grade · free · no account needed
What grade does VIMCX 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
Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Core Fund Class I
#418 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
VIMCX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 93% 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.
VIMCX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
0%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
38.2%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
97%
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
VIMCX ranks 431 out of 500 graded funds, with zero specialist backing and 38 percent of the portfolio sitting in late-stage or fading positions like VRSK, WMS, and COO where proven specialists are already leaving. TDY is the one genuinely early position at 5.8 percent weight. Higher graded funds exist in both this family and this segment.
→ Watch the combined 10 percent weight in VRSK, WMS, and COO closely, as specialists are actively exiting all three.
→ Compare VIMCX against the three higher graded funds in this segment before adding new money, given the F grade and zero specialist support.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.