Baron Fifth Avenue Growth R6 (BFTUX)

Fund Assets	761.02M
Expense Ratio	0.75%
Min. Investment	$5,000,000
Turnover	19.00%
Dividend (ttm)	n/a
Dividend Yield	n/a
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 16, 2025

Previous Close	75.61
YTD Return	12.11%
1-Year Return	21.23%
5-Year Return	34.74%
52-Week Low	57.92
52-Week High	78.66
Beta (5Y)	0.91
Holdings	28
Inception Date	Jan 29, 2016

About BFTUX

Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund Class R6 is a mutual fund focused on achieving capital appreciation by investing primarily in large-cap U.S. growth companies. Its objective is to identify businesses with compelling growth prospects, sustainable competitive advantages, high-quality management, and attractive valuations. The fund maintains a concentrated portfolio, typically holding around 32–34 equity positions across sectors, and targets firms with market capitalizations typically exceeding $5 billion at the time of purchase. Portfolio characteristics reflect a strong emphasis on large, established growth companies, with a median market capitalization of $71.5 billion and a weighted average market capitalization exceeding $740 billion. Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund Class R6 is actively managed, differentiating itself through a relatively high active share and a moderate portfolio turnover. Its investment process particularly appeals to investors seeking exposure to growth-oriented equities with the potential for long-term expansion. The fund is benchmarked against the Russell 1000 Growth Index and is positioned as a vehicle for those looking to participate in the performance of leading growth companies, primarily within the U.S. market. The fund’s expense ratio is competitive among actively managed peers, supporting its role as a large-cap growth fund within diversified portfolios.

• Fund Family: Baron Capital Group, Inc.
• Category: Large Growth
• Performance Rating: Below Average
• Risk Rating: High
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: BFTUX
• Share Class: R6 Shares
• Index: Russell 1000 Growth TR

Performance

BFTUX had a total return of 21.23% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 16.97%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
VRGWX	Vanguard	Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund Institutional Shares	0.06%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
BFTIX	Institutional Shares	0.75%

Top 10 Holdings

67.47% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	12.82%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	SPCX	10.18%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	8.43%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	TSM	8.30%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOGL	6.86%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	5.00%
Datadog, Inc.	DDOG	4.24%
Cloudflare, Inc.	NET	3.95%
Tesla, Inc.	TSLA	3.89%
Shopify Inc.	SHOP	3.79%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 16, 2025	$2.6643	Dec 17, 2025
Dec 17, 2024	$0.4529	Dec 18, 2024
Nov 23, 2021	$1.722	Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2020	$0.1804	Nov 25, 2020
Jul 30, 2020	$0.0363	Jul 31, 2020
Nov 26, 2019	$0.9879	Nov 27, 2019

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

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Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

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