Buffalo Early Stage Growth Fund Institutional Class (BUIOX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
16.46
+0.07 (0.43%)
Aug 8, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
0.43%
Fund Assets67.65M
Expense Ratio1.35%
Min. Investment$250,000
Turnover18.00%
Dividend (ttm)n/a
Dividend Yieldn/a
Dividend Growthn/a
Payout Frequencyn/a
Ex-Dividend Daten/a
Previous Close16.39
YTD Return-1.50%
1-Year Return5.18%
5-Year Return12.08%
52-Week Low13.49
52-Week High17.90
Beta (5Y)n/a
Holdings57
Inception DateJul 1, 2019

About BUIOX

The Buffalo Early Stage Growth Fund Institutional Class is a mutual fund designed to pursue long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller, fast-growing companies. The fund targets businesses in the early stages of development, generally focusing on small- and micro-cap stocks across a diverse set of sectors including financials, health care, industrials, and consumer discretionary. Employing a combination of top-down and bottom-up investment strategies, the fund seeks to identify broad, secular growth trends while rigorously analyzing company fundamentals. Its managers maintain a disciplined, proprietary approach to portfolio construction, with the intention of balancing growth potential and risk. As of the latest data, the fund holds a concentrated portfolio of approximately 58 positions and emphasizes companies with strong free cash flow. The Buffalo Early Stage Growth Fund Institutional Class plays a significant role within the small-cap growth segment, offering institutional investors targeted access to emerging companies that are poised to benefit from sustained innovation and economic expansion.

Fund Family Buffalo
Category Small Growth
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BUIOX
Share Class Institutional Class
Index Russell 2000 Growth TR

Performance

BUIOX had a total return of 5.18% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.29%.

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
BUFOXInvestor Class1.45%

Top 10 Holdings

32.10% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Fidelity Government PortfolioFIGXX6.52%
HealthStream, Inc.HSTM3.57%
Willdan Group, Inc.WLDN3.05%
Compass DiversifiedCODI2.96%
Champion Homes, Inc.SKY2.83%
Option Care Health, Inc.OPCH2.82%
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.HALO2.76%
Hamilton Lane IncorporatedHLNE2.57%
Federal Signal CorporationFSS2.56%
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.BWMN2.47%