JPMorgan Developed International Val Fd earns a High Process Pillar rating.
The leading factor in the rating is its parent firm's superior long-term risk-adjusted performance, as shown by the firm's average 10-year Morningstar Rating of 3.3 stars. Noteworthy risk-adjusted performance also influences the rating. This can be seen in the fund's 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 five-year risk-adjusted success ratio of 55% supports the process. The measure indicates the percentage of a firm's funds that survived and outperformed their respective category's median Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return for the period. Their noteworthy success ratio suggests that this firm does well for investors and that this fund may benefit from that.
This strategy leans toward smaller, deeper value companies than its average peer in the Foreign Large Value Morningstar Category. 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 has also exhibited a tilt toward high-volatility stocks over these years, meaning it has invested in companies that have a higher historical standard deviation of returns. This contributes to a higher-risk, higher-reward approach. Compared with category peers, the strategy also had more exposure to the Volatility factor in the most recent month. Additionally, this strategy's portfolio has held more stocks with high dividend or buyback yields than peers over recent years. Stocks with high yields can be more stable, mature companies, but at times extreme market pressure or fundamental deterioration may prompt them to cut their dividends, which tends to hurt stock performance. In this month, the strategy also had more exposure to the Yield factor over 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 energy relative to the category average by 11.6 and 3.0 percentage points, respectively. The sectors with low exposure compared to category peers are technology and consumer defensive, underweight the average by 6.8 and 6.3 percentage points of assets, respectively. The portfolio is positioned across 241 holdings and is relatively top-heavy. Of the strategy's assets, 18.2% are concentrated within the top 10 holdings, as opposed to the category’s 13.8% average. And finally, in terms of portfolio turnover, this fund trades more frequently than its average peer, potentially racking up additional expenses for investors and creating a drag on performance.