BGRFX — Baron Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
BGRFX — Baron Growth Fund. United States Mid Cap Growth Equity · $2.11B AUM · 1.60% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BGRFX Fund Overview
BGRFX — Baron Growth 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: $2.11B
- 1-year return: -24.0%
- Ticker: BGRFX
- SEC CIK: 0000810902
- SEC series ID: S000000583
- Share class ID: C000001636
BGRFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Baron Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Arch Capital Group Ltd | 21.80% |
| MSCI Inc | 19.46% |
| Kinsale Capital Group Inc | 13.53% |
| Choice Hotels International Inc | 13.38% |
| Red Rock Resorts Inc | 7.25% |
| FactSet Research Systems Inc | 6.53% |
| Primerica Inc | 6.11% |
| Gartner Inc | 6.11% |
| Figs Inc | 6.01% |
| IDEXX Laboratories Inc | 4.91% |
BGRFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Baron Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 119.7% |
BGRFX Performance
Total returns for BGRFX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -14.4% |
| 1 year | -24.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -7.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -5.6% |
BGRFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BGRFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.9%
BGRFX Costs and Fees
BGRFX costs about $160 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.60%
- Portfolio turnover: 1%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.70 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BGRFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Baron Growth Fund had net outflows of $1.98B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$168.63M |
| 2026-05 | −$119.81M |
| 2026-04 | −$167.58M |
| 2026-03 | −$364.10M |
| 2026-02 | −$201.08M |
| 2026-01 | −$315.97M |
BGRFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BGRFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Growth Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-02-26
- 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.