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What grade does BIAWX 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.

B

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fd Inv Shs

#147 of 440 graded active funds · growth · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

BIAWX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 75% of 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

That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds on this rung beat bottom-rung funds by about 3.8 points per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.

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

30.6%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

9.3%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

83.2%

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
AMZN 7.6%AJG 2.2%IOT 2%
Consensus
NVDA 9.4%MSFT 8%TSM 5.5%+14 locked
Emerging
DHR 2.7%
Crowded
MPWR 3.4%CARR 2.6%UBER 2.3%+3 locked
Fading
AVGO 4.4%INTU 3.1%ISRG 2.6%+1 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

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth earns a B grade with 30.6% specialist ownership, putting it in solid but not elite territory. The most striking detail is a 7.6% position in AMZN at Early Conviction stage, meaning proven specialists are still building there. Watch the cluster of fading names including AVGO, INTU, and ISRG, which together represent meaningful weight leaving specialist hands.

Monitor AVGO, INTU, and ISRG closely, as specialists are actively leaving all three positions simultaneously.

Note that AMZN and AJG are at early stages, suggesting the fund has some genuinely forward-leaning positioning worth tracking.

Support leaving these positions

AVGO 4.4% of the fund · Fading

MPWR 3.4% of the fund · Crowded

INTU 3.1% of the fund · Fading

ISRG 2.6% of the fund · Fading

CARR 2.6% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

AMZN 7.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

DHR 2.7% of the fund · Emerging

AJG 2.2% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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