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What grade does BTBFX 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.

C

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

#225 of 440 graded active funds · blend · large segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

BTBFX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 61% 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

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.

Conviction exposure

25.5%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

45.9%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

80%

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 1.3%VZ 0%
Consensus
MSFT 5.6%JPM 4.1%XOM 3.2%+28 locked
Emerging
BRK-B 1.9%HUBB 1.8%AXP 1.2%+4 locked
Crowded
GOOG 4.3%T 3.1%T 2.8%+13 locked
Fading
SYK 1.6%EW 1.5%ORLY 1.3%+17 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

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund grades a C, ranking 225 of 440, with specialists backing only about a quarter of the portfolio. Nearly half the weight sits in late-stage positions, and AT&T appears multiple times among crowded or fading trades. The early bright spots are BRK-B, Hubbell, and a small Amazon position where specialists are still building.

Watch the repeated AT&T positions closely, as specialists are already treating that trade as crowded and may be exiting.

Compare this C grade against three higher graded funds in the same segment before deciding to hold or add.

Support leaving these positions

GOOG 4.3% of the fund · Crowded

T 3.1% of the fund · Crowded

T 2.8% of the fund · Crowded

SYK 1.6% of the fund · Fading

T 1.5% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

BRK-B 1.9% of the fund · Emerging

HUBB 1.8% of the fund · Emerging

AMZN 1.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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