One area of strength is the firm’s favorable fees for open-end and exchange-traded funds, demonstrating a firm-wide commitment to minimizing costs and maximizing investors’ returns. Fees for funds are, on average, within the lowest quintile of similarly distributed strategies. Looking at the firm's risk-adjusted performance, the product lineup compares similarly to competitors. Across its open-end and exchange-traded funds, the firm's average five-year Morningstar Rating is 3.0 stars. Motley Fool Asset Management strategies have failed to have lengthy success. In particular, the firm's five-year risk-adjusted success ratio demonstrates that only 25% have both survived and beaten their respective category median on a risk-adjusted basis. A low success ratio indicates poor performance and raises questions about a firm’s discipline around investment strategy and product development.
Motley Fool Asset Management has some investor-friendly attributes, but other attributes warrant caution, leading to an Average Parent Pillar rating.