Baron Asset Fund Retail Class

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Performance

Trailing returns

1 day   +0.96%
   
1 week   +1.47%
   
4 week   +6.81%
   
3 month   +8.18%
   
YTD   +18.74%
   
1 year   +30.55%
   
3 years*   +14.65%
   
5 years*   +5.42%
   
*annualized
Best 3 month return+29.07%  
Worst 3 month return-35.86%  

Morningstar statistics

Morningstar category: Mid-Cap Growth
  Return Risk Rating
3 years Average Average
5 years Average Average
10 years Above Average Below Average
Overall Above Average Average
Morningstar style  Learn more
      Large
      Mid
      Small
Value Blend Growth  

Key statistics

Total assets2.35B 
Front load-  
Deferred load-  
Expense ratio1.33%  
Management fee-  
Fund familyBaron Capital Group 

Asset allocation

Cash1.43%  
Stocks98.20%  
Bonds0.00%  
Other0.36%  

Purchase information

Initial$2,000  
Additional$0  
IRA Initial$2,000  
AIP Initial$500  
AIP Additional$50  
58.04+0.55(0.96%)
May 17, 4:00PM EDT Overall Morningstar RatingTM

Description

The investment seeks capital appreciation through long-term investments primarily in securities of medium-sized companies with undervalued assets or favorable growth prospects. The fund invests for the long term primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of medium-sized growth companies with market capitalizations of between $1.5 billion and $12 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.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset manager:
Andrew Peck (Started: Jul 23, 2003)
Advisor Company:
BAMCO Inc
Fund family reports on Morningstar »
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Risk

  1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years  
Alpha* -3.71 -1.91 -0.05 2.37
Beta* 1.17 1.10 1.10 1.10
Mean annual return 1.26 1.05 0.62 0.98
R-squared* 81.61 90.78 91.16 86.77
Standard deviation 13.20 17.39 21.69 17.34
Sharpe ratio 1.14 0.72 0.33 0.58
* Against standard index

Top 10 holdings

Security Net Assets  
Gartner, Inc. Class A (IT) 4.10%  
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) 3.92%  
SBA Communications Corp (SBAC) 3.36%  
Arch Capital Group Ltd (ACGL) 3.34%  
Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 3.17%  
Fastenal Company (FAST) 3.05%  
Ralph Lauren Corp (RL) 2.98%  
Discovery Communications Inc Class A (DISCA) 2.92%  
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) 2.81%  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (MTD) 2.71%