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What grade does FBLAX 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
Franklin Managed Income A
#106 of 440 graded active funds · value · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
FBLAX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 82% 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 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
35.6%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
26.8%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
87.2%
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
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
Franklin Managed Income A earns a B grade and ranks 106 of 440, with specialists holding 35.6% of the fund. Early positions in LMT, ABT, and CMCSA are promising, but fading trades in PG, PEP, HD, SO, and SRE make up a meaningful chunk of the book. Higher graded options exist within the Franklin family itself.
→ Watch the combined fading weight in PG, PEP, HD, SO, and SRE closely, as specialists are actively leaving those positions.
→ Compare this fund against higher graded Franklin family peers before adding new money, given the overlap and early exit signals.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.
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