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What grade does WASMX 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.

D

Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

#369 of 440 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group

The point · specialist footprint

WASMX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 88% 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 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

0%

of the book in specialist-converged names

Late-stage weight

23.9%

of the book in Crowded or Fading names

Active share

94.5%

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
NTAP 1.6%PAYC 1.2%FDS 1%
Consensus
IEX 2.5%AIT 2.3%CINF 2.2%+32 locked
Emerging
HUBB 2.4%JKHY 2.2%
Crowded
CFR 2.4%AOS 2.2%ALLE 2%+8 locked
Fading
BJ 2.2%GMED 2%STE 1.9%+10 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

WASMX grades D, ranking 369 out of 440 funds, with zero specialist backing and nearly a quarter of the portfolio in late-stage positions. CFR, AOS, and ALLE are Crowded while BJ and GMED show specialists actively leaving. The one bright spot is early-stage exposure in HUBB, JKHY, and NTAP, which is not enough to offset the broader picture.

Watch BJ and GMED closely, as specialist exits from Fading positions often signal further price pressure ahead.

Higher graded funds exist in the same segment and within the same fund family, making a direct comparison worth your time.

Support leaving these positions

CFR 2.4% of the fund · Crowded

AOS 2.2% of the fund · Crowded

BJ 2.2% of the fund · Fading

GMED 2% of the fund · Fading

ALLE 2% of the fund · Crowded

Where it's genuinely early

HUBB 2.4% of the fund · Emerging

JKHY 2.2% of the fund · Emerging

NTAP 1.6% of the fund · Early Conviction

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

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