Baron Small Cap Fund

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Performance

Trailing returns

1 day   +0.10%
   
1 week   +1.91%
   
4 week   +8.54%
   
3 month   +9.73%
   
YTD   +17.85%
   
1 year   +34.92%
   
3 years*   +18.98%
   
5 years*   +8.04%
   
*annualized
Best 3 month return+34.63%  
Worst 3 month return-35.41%  

Morningstar statistics

Morningstar category: Small Growth
  Return Risk Rating
3 years Above Average Below Average
5 years 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 assets4.86B 
Front load-  
Deferred load-  
Expense ratio1.31%  
Management fee-  
Fund familyBaron Capital Group 

Asset allocation

Cash2.90%  
Stocks95.22%  
Bonds0.00%  
Other1.89%  

Purchase information

Initial$2,000  
Additional$0  
IRA Initial$2,000  
AIP Initial$500  
AIP Additional$50  
30.42-0.09(-0.29%)
May 23, 4:00PM EDT Overall Morningstar RatingTM

Description

The investment seeks capital appreciation through investments primarily in securities of small-sized growth companies. The fund invests 80% of its net assets in equity securities in the form of common stock of small-sized growth companies with market capitalizations of less than $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.
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Asset manager:
Clifford Greenberg (Started: Sep 30, 1997)
Advisor Company:
BAMCO Inc
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Risk

  1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years  
Alpha* -2.75 -0.93 2.21 2.42
Beta* 1.14 1.14 1.09 1.10
Mean annual return 1.31 1.17 0.81 0.99
R-squared* 75.54 88.07 88.84 80.11
Standard deviation 13.41 18.20 21.75 18.05
Sharpe ratio 1.16 0.77 0.43 0.56
* Against standard index

Top 10 holdings

Security Net Assets  
SBA Communications Corp (SBAC) 3.71%  
Penn National Gaming (PENN) 3.44%  
TransDigm Group Inc (TDG) 3.15%  
Equinix, Inc. (EQIX) 2.56%  
Gartner, Inc. Class A (IT) 2.52%  
Liberty Media Corporation (LMCA) 2.30%  
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) 1.85%  
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (ULTI) 1.72%  
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (BKD) 1.72%  
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) 1.66%