Baron Growth Fund Institutional Shares

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Performance

Trailing returns

1 day
   
-1.46%  
1 week
   
-0.95%  
4 week   +5.24%
   
3 month   +7.18%
   
YTD   +17.06%
   
1 year   +30.96%
   
3 years*   +19.13%
   
5 years*   -  
*annualized
Best 3 month return+18.00%  
Worst 3 month return-17.95%  

Morningstar statistics

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

Key statistics

Total assets6.68B 
Front load-  
Deferred load-  
Expense ratio1.06%  
Management fee-  
Fund familyBaron Capital Group 

Asset allocation

Cash3.88%  
Stocks95.50%  
Bonds0.00%  
Other0.62%  

Purchase information

Initial$1,000,000  
Additional$0  
IRA Initial$1,000,000  
63.34-0.04(-0.06%)
May 24, 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) »
Asset manager:
Ronald Baron (Started: Dec 30, 1994)
Advisor Company:
BAMCO Inc
Fund family reports on Morningstar »
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Risk

  1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years  
Alpha* 5.02 1.55 2.21 2.97
Beta* 0.91 1.03 1.04 1.05
Mean annual return 1.65 1.26 0.78 1.00
R-squared* 82.51 87.44 89.32 83.11
Standard deviation 10.25 16.49 20.81 16.92
Sharpe ratio 1.92 0.91 0.44 0.61
* 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%