Baron Global Advantage Fund Retail Shares (BGAFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
42.54
+0.28 (0.66%)
Jun 27, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
34.75%
Fund Assets 579.91M
Expense Ratio 1.16%
Min. Investment $2,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) n/a
Dividend Yield n/a
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 42.26
YTD Return 8.71%
1-Year Return 33.29%
5-Year Return 11.44%
52-Week Low 30.47
52-Week High 43.18
Beta (5Y) 1.20
Holdings 44
Inception Date Apr 30, 2012

About BGAFX

The fund is a diversified fund that, under normal circumstances, invests primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of established and emerging markets companies located throughout the world, with capitalizations within the range of companies included in the MSCI ACWI Index Net USD. At all times, it will have investments in equity securities of companies in at least three countries outside of the U.S. Under normal conditions, at least 40% of the fund's net assets will be invested in stocks of companies outside the U.S. (at least 30% if foreign market conditions are not favorable).

Fund Family Baron Funds
Category World Large-Stock Growth
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BGAFX
Share Class Retail Shares
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

BGAFX had a total return of 33.29% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 11.73%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
VHGEX Vanguard Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares 0.43%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
BGLUX R6 Shares 0.91%
BGAIX Institutional Shares 0.91%

Top 10 Holdings

60.81% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES n/a 9.14%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 8.90%
Shopify Inc. SHOP 8.85%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 7.65%
Cloudflare, Inc. NET 6.21%
Coupang, Inc. CPNG 5.08%
Argenx SE n/a 4.43%
Bajaj Finance Limited BAJFINANCE 4.15%
Snowflake Inc. SNOW 3.35%
Eternal Limited ETERNAL 3.04%
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