BGAFX — Baron Global Advantage Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-22
BGAFX — Baron Global Advantage Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Global (incl. US) Information Technology Equity · $837.19M AUM · 1.15% expense ratio · 33.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
BGAFX Fund Overview
BGAFX — Baron Global Advantage Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Baron Select Funds, categorised as Global (incl. US) 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 Select Funds
- Category: Global (incl. US) Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $837.19M
- 1-year return: 33.9%
- Ticker: BGAFX
- SEC CIK: 0001217673
- SEC series ID: S000036767
- Share class ID: C000112440
BGAFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Baron Global Advantage Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies | 15.86% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.43% |
| Shopify Inc | 5.06% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 5.00% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.99% |
| MercadoLibre Inc | 4.83% |
| Space Exploration Technologies | 4.73% |
| Cloudflare Inc | 3.67% |
| Coupang Inc | 3.55% |
| NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands | 3.02% |
BGAFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Baron Global Advantage Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
BGAFX Performance
Total returns for BGAFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -4.9% |
| 1 year | 33.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -1.0% |
BGAFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BGAFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.0%
BGAFX Costs and Fees
BGAFX costs about $115 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.21%
- Portfolio turnover: 9%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.29 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BGAFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Baron Global Advantage Fund had net inflows of $164.12M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $23.10M |
| 2026-02 | $88.80M |
| 2026-01 | $31.25M |
| 2025-12 | $32.18M |
| 2025-11 | −$1.23M |
| 2025-10 | −$2.90M |
BGAFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Global Advantage Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BGAFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Global Advantage 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.