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What grade does VALSX 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 2026-10-01
Value Line Select Growth Fund
#157 of 500 graded active funds · growth · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
VALSX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 73% 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% 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.
10,000+ funds tracked · the graded specialists among them drive every read
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.
VALSX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
9.3%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
13.9%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
97%
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 2026-10-20
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
Value Line Select Growth Fund earns a B grade and ranks 157 of 500, with specialist investors holding just 9.3% of shares. The real story is the early positioning in CDNS and TT, which together make up over 16% of the fund, while crowded names like RSG and TDG weigh on the picture.
→ Watch RSG, TDG, NOW, and ROP closely, as specialists are leaving all four crowded positions totaling roughly 17% of the fund.
→ Note that a higher graded fund exists in the same family, which may be worth comparing against this fund's specialist backing.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.