Baron Asset Fund Retail Class (BARAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
96.92
+0.74 (0.77%)
Jul 28, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
0.77%
Fund Assets4.11B
Expense Ratio1.29%
Min. Investment$2,000
Turnover4.00%
Dividend (ttm)17.55
Dividend Yield18.11%
Dividend Growth414.05%
Payout Frequencyn/a
Ex-Dividend DateDec 17, 2024
Previous Close96.18
YTD Return6.18%
1-Year Return13.16%
5-Year Return37.37%
52-Week Low79.65
52-Week High114.43
Beta (5Y)1.09
Holdings56
Inception DateJun 12, 1987

About BARAX

The fund invests for the long term primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of U.S. mid-sized growth companies. BAMCO, Inc. ("BAMCO" or the "Adviser") defines mid-sized companies as those, at the time of purchase, with market capitalizations above $2.5 billion or the smallest market cap stock in the Russell Midcap Growth Index at reconstitution, whichever is larger, and below the largest market cap stock in the Russell Midcap Growth Index at reconstitution.

Fund Family Baron Capital Group, Inc.
Category Mid-Cap Growth
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BARAX
Index Russell MidCap Growth TR

Performance

BARAX had a total return of 13.16% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.93%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

SymbolProviderNameExpense Ratio
VMGRXVanguardVanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund Investor Shares0.33%
FMDGXFidelityFidelity Mid Cap Growth Index Fund0.05%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
BARUXR6 Shares1.04%
BARIXInstitutional Shares1.04%

Top 10 Holdings

48.33% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Gartner, Inc.IT7.17%
Guidewire Software, Inc.GWRE6.45%
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.IDXX6.36%
Verisk Analytics, Inc.VRSK5.46%
Space Exploration Tech Corp Series N Preferred Sharesn/a4.33%
CoStar Group, Inc.CSGP4.21%
Arch Capital Group Ltd.ACGL4.17%
Amphenol CorporationAPH3.92%
Roper Technologies, Inc.ROP3.14%
Fair Isaac CorporationFICO3.11%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 17, 2024$17.5523Dec 18, 2024
Dec 7, 2023$3.4145Dec 8, 2023
Jul 26, 2022$0.006Jul 27, 2022
Nov 24, 2020$3.3941Nov 25, 2020
Nov 26, 2019$1.5044Nov 27, 2019
Jul 25, 2019$0.0285Jul 26, 2019
Full Dividend History