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What grade does AVEMX 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
Ave Maria Value Fund
#230 of 440 graded active funds · value · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
AVEMX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 78% 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 points 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.
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
2.8%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
12.1%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
99%
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
Ave Maria Value Fund earns a B grade with very thin specialist backing at 2.8%. The standout is TPL, a nearly 18% position in the Emerging stage, meaning proven specialists are just beginning to build there. Five holdings including MIR and WINA show specialists already leaving, which is worth watching against that otherwise early-conviction anchor.
→ Monitor MIR and WINA closely, as specialist money is actively leaving both positions right now.
→ Note that higher graded funds exist within the Ave Maria family, worth comparing before adding new money.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
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