Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Val Fd earns an Above Average Process Pillar rating.
The leading factor in the rating is the fund's strong long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be seen in its five-year alpha calculated relative to the category index, which suggests that the managers have shown skill in their allocation of risk. The parent firm's excellent risk-adjusted performance, as shown by its average 10-year Morningstar Rating of 3.3 stars, also influences the rating. Lastly, the process is limited by being an actively managed strategy. Historical data, such as Morningstar's Active/Passive Barometer, finds that actively managed funds have generally underperformed their passive counterparts, especially over longer time horizons.
This strategy prefers more value-oriented stocks compared with the average fund in its peer group, the Small Value Morningstar Category. But in terms of market capitalization, it is on par with peers. Looking at additional factor exposure, this strategy tilts consistently toward stocks with lower quality or the shares of companies with more financial leverage and lower profitability, compared with Morningstar Category peers over the past few years. Such positions do not tend to provide much ballast for a portfolio. In the latest month, the strategy was also less exposed to the Quality factor compared with Morningstar Category peers. This strategy's portfolio also has had exposure to more stocks with high dividend or buyback yields over peers in these years. High-yield stocks tend to be associated with more mature, profitable businesses that can grow as well as provide a stream of income. Such stocks could suffer, however, if setbacks force them to cut their dividends. Compared with category peers, the strategy also had more exposure to the Yield factor in the most recent month. Moreover, this strategy has been underweighting momentum stocks during these years. Momentum tends to be a powerful force in asset markets, as stocks that have done well recently usually continue to do so in the short term. As top performers change, this can sometimes be hard to capture without higher trading costs. In recent months, the strategy also had less Momentum factor exposure than its peers. More information on a fund and its respective category's factor exposure can be found in the Factor Profile module within the Portfolio section.
The portfolio is overweight in financial services and utilities relative to the category average by 13.1 and 5.4 percentage points, respectively. The sectors with low exposure compared to category peers are technology and industrials, underweight the average by 7.7 and 4.2 percentage points of assets, respectively. The portfolio is composed of 100 holdings and invests 30.3% of assets in its top 10 holdings, similar to the category average. And finally, in terms of portfolio turnover, this fund trades less regularly than the typical peer in its category, which may result in a lower cost to investors.