Baron Asset Fund Retail Class (BARAX)

Fund Assets	3.90B
Expense Ratio	1.29%
Min. Investment	$2,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	17.55
Dividend Yield	18.92%
Dividend Growth	414.05%
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 17, 2024

Previous Close	92.71
YTD Return	1.61%
1-Year Return	7.03%
5-Year Return	49.09%
52-Week Low	79.65
52-Week High	114.43
Beta (5Y)	1.12
Holdings	55
Inception Date	Jun 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 Funds
• Category: Mid-Cap Growth
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: BARAX
• Index: Russell MidCap Growth TR

Performance

BARAX had a total return of 7.03% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.86%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
VMGRX	Vanguard	Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund Investor Shares	0.33%
FMDGX	Fidelity	Fidelity Mid Cap Growth Index Fund	0.05%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
BARUX	R6 Shares	1.04%
BARIX	Institutional Shares	1.04%

Top 10 Holdings

49.89% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Gartner, Inc.	IT	8.16%
Verisk Analytics, Inc.	VRSK	5.70%
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.	IDXX	5.52%
Guidewire Software, Inc.	GWRE	5.48%
Arch Capital Group Ltd.	ACGL	4.85%
Space Exploration Tech Corp Series N Preferred Shares	n/a	4.53%
Mettler-Toledo International Inc.	MTD	4.41%
CoStar Group, Inc.	CSGP	4.34%
Fair Isaac Corporation	FICO	3.47%
Roper Technologies, Inc.	ROP	3.42%

Dividend History

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