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What grade does BDAFX 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
Baron Durable Advantage Fund Retail Shares
#73 of 500 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
BDAFX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 89% 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% per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.
10,000+ funds tracked · the graded specialists among them drive every read
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.
BDAFX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
55.6%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
28.4%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
82.9%
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
BDAFX earns an A grade and ranks 73rd out of 500 graded funds, with specialists making up 55.6% of its ownership, a strong signal of conviction. The most striking tension is that GOOG, its largest disclosed fading position at 6.9%, sits alongside early-stage bets on Welltower and Moody's where specialists are still building. That combination of fading heavyweights and fresh early positions is the story to watch.
→ Monitor GOOG, AVGO, MSCI, SPGI, and APO closely, as specialists are actively leaving all five positions.
→ Track WELL and MCO as early conviction holdings where specialist accumulation argues the fund may be genuinely ahead.
Support leaving these positions
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.