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What grade does PRBLX 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.

A

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

Parnassus Core Equity

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

The point · specialist footprint

PRBLX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 87% 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

41.4%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

31.1%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

81.9%

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 2026-09-09

Early Conviction
AMAT 5.9%AMZN 5%WM 3.3%+2 locked
Consensus
NVDA 5.8%MSFT 5.2%AMD 4.4%+8 locked
Emerging
DHR 2.4%FERG 2.1%ICE 2%+1 locked
Crowded
SPGI 1.7%VMC 1.6%ODFL 1.4%
Fading
KLAC 4.1%AVGO 2.5%O 2.3%+7 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

PRBLX earns an A grade and ranks 76 of 440 graded funds, with specialists making up 41% of its ownership base. The early conviction calls on AMAT and AMZN are the real story here, while positions like KLAC, AVGO, and COST show specialists already heading for the exit. That fading cluster covers over 10% of the fund combined, which is worth watching closely.

Monitor KLAC, AVGO, COST, O, and AZO together as fading positions totaling over 10% of the fund.

Note that AMAT at 5.9% and AMZN at 5.0% represent early specialist conviction, which supports the A grade today.

Support leaving these positions

KLAC 4.1% of the fund · Fading

AVGO 2.5% of the fund · Fading

O 2.3% of the fund · Fading

COST 2% of the fund · Fading

AZO 2% of the fund · Fading

Where it's genuinely early

AMAT 5.9% of the fund · Early Conviction

AMZN 5% of the fund · Early Conviction

WM 3.3% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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