BARIX — Baron Asset Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
BARIX — Baron Asset Fund. United States Mid Cap Growth Equity · $4.02B AUM · 1.05% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BARIX Fund Overview
BARIX — 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: $4.02B
- 1-year return: 13.3%
- Ticker: BARIX
- SEC CIK: 0000810902
- SEC series ID: S000000582
- Share class ID: C000077818
BARIX 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 Technologies Corp | 34.06% |
| Amphenol Corp | 5.86% |
| Quanta Services Inc | 4.50% |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd | 3.61% |
| IDEXX Laboratories Inc | 3.39% |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc | 3.00% |
| Verisk Analytics Inc | 3.00% |
| Guidewire Software Inc | 2.64% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co | 2.41% |
| Hyatt Hotels Corp | 2.29% |
BARIX 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 | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
BARIX Performance
Total returns for BARIX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.7% |
| 1 year | 13.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.7% |
BARIX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BARIX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.5%
BARIX Costs and Fees
BARIX costs about $105 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.05%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.05%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.48 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BARIX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Baron Asset Fund had net outflows of $201.67M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$135.59M |
| 2026-05 | $191.80M |
| 2026-04 | −$23.41M |
| 2026-03 | −$62.09M |
| 2026-02 | −$69.40M |
| 2026-01 | −$47.76M |
BARIX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Asset Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BARIX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Asset Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-06
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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.