Baron Growth Fund Institutional Shares (BGRIX)

63.66
Net Asset Value
+0.63%
1 Day
+17.76%
Year-to-Date
Overall Morningstar Rating
Mid-cap growth
Style or Category
No Load
Sales Expenses
1.06%
Expense Ratio
Below Average
Morningstar Risk Rating™
Investment Objective The investment seeks capital appreciation through long-term investments primarily in securities of small-sized growth companies. The fund invests for the long term primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of small-sized growth companies with market capitalizations of under $2.5 billion at the time of purchase selected for their capital appreciation potential. The Adviser selects securities that it believes have favorable price-to-value characteristics, are well managed, have significant long term growth prospects and have significant barriers to competition.

Performance

1 month-1.46% 3 years+17.13%
3 months+4.17% 5 years--
1 year+30.12% Since inception+20.33%
Data through --

Peer Comparisonvs. Mid-cap growth

 BGRIXCategory
Performance 5-yr return--+6.62%
Expense ratio1.06%1.37%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio0.430.32
Net assets$6.8B$1.1B
Average market cap$3.5B$7.1B
Average P/E24.919.0
Portfolio turnover14%14%

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Fund Management and Purchase Info

Fund familyBaron Capital Group
Fund manager & tenureRonald Baron / 18 Years
Minimal initial investment$1,000,000.00
Minimum IRA investment$1,000,000.00

Holdings

Other100.00%
U.S. stock--
International stock--
Fixed income--
Cash--
Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Business service 19.49%
Consumer service 17.04%
Healthcare 13.60%
Energy 12.16%
Financial service 9.61%
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd3.28%
ITC ITC Holdings Corp3.04%
DKS Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.2.94%
CYH Community Health Systems Inc2.87%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A2.82%
LKQ LKQ Corporation2.76%
ANSS Ansys, Inc.2.62%
IT Gartner, Inc. Class A2.35%
FDS FactSet Research Systems, Inc.2.24%
PENN Penn National Gaming2.20%

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