BDAFX — Baron Durable Advantage Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
BDAFX — Baron Durable Advantage Fund. United States Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BDAFX Fund Overview
BDAFX — Baron Durable Advantage Fund is a US mutual fund managed by BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), categorised as United States Large Cap Growth Information Technology 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 Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $524.08M
- 1-year return: 11.8%
- Ticker: BDAFX
- SEC CIK: 0000810902
- SEC series ID: S000060168
- Share class ID: C000196921
BDAFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Baron Durable Advantage Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 10.38% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.72% |
| Alphabet Inc | 7.83% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 7.37% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.56% |
| Monolithic Power Systems Inc | 5.37% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 4.67% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.53% |
| Visa Inc | 4.25% |
| Welltower Inc | 3.49% |
BDAFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Baron Durable Advantage Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.3% |
BDAFX Performance
Total returns for BDAFX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 3.3% |
| 1 year | 11.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 19.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.4% |
BDAFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BDAFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.9%
BDAFX Costs and Fees
BDAFX costs about $95 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.95%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 13%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.28 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BDAFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Baron Durable Advantage Fund had net outflows of $46.10M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.42M |
| 2026-05 | −$18.76M |
| 2026-04 | −$4.70M |
| 2026-03 | −$7.13M |
| 2026-02 | −$880.45K |
| 2026-01 | $12.13M |
BDAFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Durable Advantage Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BDAFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Durable Advantage 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.