BARAX — Baron Asset Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-22
BARAX — Baron Asset Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Mid Cap Growth Equity · $3.32B AUM · 1.31% expense ratio · 2.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
BARAX Fund Overview
BARAX — Baron Asset Fund is a US mutual fund managed by BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), categorised as United States Mid Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)
- Category: United States Mid Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $3.32B
- 1-year return: 2.5%
- Ticker: BARAX
- SEC CIK: 0000810902
- SEC series ID: S000000582
- Share class ID: C000001635
BARAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Baron Asset Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Space Exploration Tech Corp. | 15.29% |
| Space Exploration Technologies | 9.07% |
| Amphenol Corp | 5.33% |
| IDEXX Laboratories Inc | 4.56% |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd | 4.41% |
| Quanta Services Inc | 4.22% |
| Guidewire Software Inc | 3.89% |
| Verisk Analytics Inc | 3.56% |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc | 3.26% |
| Gartner Inc | 2.75% |
BARAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Baron Asset Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
BARAX Performance
Total returns for BARAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -7.9% |
| 1 year | 2.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.8% |
BARAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BARAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.2%
BARAX Costs and Fees
BARAX costs about $131 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.31%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.31%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.48 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BARAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Baron Asset Fund had net outflows of $360.79M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$62.09M |
| 2026-02 | −$69.40M |
| 2026-01 | −$47.76M |
| 2025-12 | $249.07M |
| 2025-11 | −$55.42M |
| 2025-10 | −$100.43M |
BARAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Asset Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BARAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Asset Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.