Baron Durable Advantage Fund Retail Shares (BDAFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
25.79
+0.19 (0.74%)
Apr 25, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
7.15%
Fund Assets 446.26M
Expense Ratio 0.95%
Min. Investment $2,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.00
Dividend Yield 0.01%
Dividend Growth 450.00%
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 17, 2024
Previous Close 25.60
YTD Return -8.68%
1-Year Return 7.16%
5-Year Return 115.24%
52-Week Low 23.32
52-Week High 29.83
Beta (5Y) 1.04
Holdings 34
Inception Date Dec 29, 2017

About BDAFX

The fund invests primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of U.S. large-sized companies. The Adviser seeks to invest primarily in what the adviser believes are unique, well-managed, competitively advantaged businesses that generate significant excess free cash flow that is consistently returned to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks and/or dividends.

Category Large Growth
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BDAFX
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

BDAFX had a total return of 7.16% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 16.27%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
FZANX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class Z 0.53%
FNICX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class C 1.65%
FFIDX Fidelity Fidelity Fund 0.43%
FDESX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund - Class O 0.41%
FNITX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class M 1.15%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
BDAUX R6 Shares 0.70%
BDAIX Institutional Shares 0.70%

Top 10 Holdings

50.57% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 7.37%
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 6.91%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 6.82%
Visa Inc. V 4.90%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 4.80%
S&P Global Inc. SPGI 4.42%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited TSM 4.24%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 3.86%
Alphabet Inc. GOOG 3.82%
Apollo Global Management, Inc. APO 3.43%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 17, 2024 $0.0022 Dec 18, 2024
Dec 7, 2023 $0.0004 Dec 8, 2023
Nov 23, 2021 $0.0605 Nov 24, 2021
Jul 29, 2021 $0.0079 Jul 29, 2021
Jul 30, 2020 $0.0182 Jul 31, 2020
Nov 29, 2018 $0.0346 Nov 30, 2018
Full Dividend History