Performance
Trailing returns
| 1 day | +1.21% |
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| 1 week | +0.51% |
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| 4 week |
| -1.49% | |||
| 3 month | +4.08% |
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| YTD | +16.87% |
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| 1 year | +29.78% |
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| 3 years* | +16.83% |
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| 5 years* | +7.44% |
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| *annualized | |||||
| Best 3 month return | +29.21% | |
| Worst 3 month return | -35.34% |
Morningstar statistics
Morningstar category: Mid-Cap Growth
| Return | Risk | Rating | |
| 3 years | Above Average | Below Average |
 
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| 5 years | Above Average | Below Average |
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| 10 years | Above Average | Below Average |
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| Overall | Above Average | Below Average |
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| Large | |||
| Mid | |||
| Small | |||
| Value | Blend | Growth |
Key statistics
| Total assets | 6.85B | |
| Front load | - | |
| Deferred load | - | |
| Expense ratio | 1.32% | |
| Management fee | - | |
| Fund family | Baron Capital Group |
Asset allocation
| Cash | 3.88% | |
| Stocks | 95.50% | |
| Bonds | 0.00% | |
| Other | 0.62% |
Purchase information
| Initial | $2,000 | |
| Additional | $0 | |
| IRA Initial | $2,000 | |
| AIP Initial | $500 | |
| AIP Additional | $50 |
63.11+0.40(0.64%)
Jun 18, 4:00PM EDT
Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Description
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.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset manager:
Ronald Baron (Started: Dec 30, 1994)
Ronald Baron (Started: Dec 30, 1994)
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Risk
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||
| Alpha* | 2.92 | 0.08 | 1.64 | 2.75 | |
| Beta* | 0.95 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.05 | |
| Mean annual return | 2.19 | 1.47 | 0.75 | 0.96 | |
| R-squared* | 66.33 | 86.82 | 89.32 | 82.89 | |
| Standard deviation | 7.43 | 15.87 | 20.79 | 16.83 | |
| Sharpe ratio | 3.53 | 1.10 | 0.42 | 0.58 | |
| * Against standard index | |||||
Top 10 holdings
| Security | Net Assets | |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd (ACGL) | 3.28% | |
| ITC Holdings Corp (ITC) | 3.04% | |
| Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (DKS) | 2.94% | |
| Community Health Systems Inc (CYH) | 2.87% | |
| Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A (GWR) | 2.82% | |
| LKQ Corporation (LKQ) | 2.76% | |
| Ansys, Inc. (ANSS) | 2.62% | |
| Gartner, Inc. Class A (IT) | 2.35% | |
| FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (FDS) | 2.24% | |
| Penn National Gaming (PENN) | 2.20% |