Baron Emerging Markets Fund Retail Shares (BEXFX)

Fund Assets	3.59B
Expense Ratio	1.37%
Min. Investment	$2,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.08
Dividend Yield	0.49%
Dividend Growth	31.50%
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 17, 2024

Previous Close	15.65
YTD Return	4.56%
1-Year Return	10.32%
5-Year Return	36.32%
52-Week Low	13.73
52-Week High	16.53
Beta (5Y)	0.91
Holdings	113
Inception Date	Jan 4, 2011

About BEXFX

The fund normally invests 80% of its net assets in equity securities in the form of common stock of growth companies domiciled, headquartered or whose primary business activities or principal trading markets are in developing countries. A developing country is a country included in the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index and other countries determined by the Adviser to be developing countries based on classifications made by the International Monetary Fund or on country characteristics similar to those of the countries in the EM index.

• Fund Family: Baron Funds
• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: BEXFX
• Share Class: Retail Shares
• Index: MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

BEXFX had a total return of 10.32% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.52%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FGOMX	Fidelity	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund	0.36%
FPADX	Fidelity	Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund	0.08%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
BEXUX	R6 Shares	1.11%
BEXIX	Institutional Shares	1.11%

Top 10 Holdings

31.80% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	7.60%
Tencent Holdings Limited	0700	4.23%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited	BABA	4.20%
BYD Company Limited	BYDDF	2.50%
Bajaj Finance Limited	BAJFINANCE	2.49%
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.	YMM	2.39%
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd.	009540	2.36%
Bharti Airtel Limited	BHARTIARTL	2.16%
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited	300750	1.97%
Meituan	3690	1.90%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 17, 2024	$0.030	Dec 18, 2024
Sep 24, 2024	$0.0464	Sep 25, 2024
Dec 27, 2023	$0.0111	Dec 28, 2023
Dec 7, 2023	$0.047	Dec 8, 2023
Nov 23, 2021	$0.2791	Nov 24, 2021
Nov 26, 2019	$0.0273	Nov 27, 2019