The Fund Grade · free · no account needed
What grade does JVMAX 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
John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A
#289 of 440 graded active funds · value · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
JVMAX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 84% 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
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
1.4%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
23.5%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
88.3%
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
JVMAX earns a C grade, ranking 289 of 440 graded funds, with specialist investors holding just 1.4% of the portfolio. Over 23% sits in late-stage or fading positions, including AZO, TXT, and MKL where specialists are actively leaving. The early bright spots are LPLA, SPG, and NTAP, but that is a thin foundation for a fund with better-graded peers available in the same segment.
→ Watch AZO, TXT, and MKL closely, as specialist investors are already reducing exposure to all three positions.
→ Compare JVMAX against the three higher-graded mid-cap peers and the higher-graded funds within John Hancock's own lineup.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.
The evidence base updates this week.
The specialists — not the whales — are already positioned for what comes next. Stop finding out last.
Create your free accountNo card required · open the feed in 30 seconds