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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron FinTech Fund | 12.5% | 16.8% | ACGL, APO, BLK, EFX, ENDV, FICO, FIS, GWRE, INTU, KKR, LPLA, MA, MELI, PGR, PRI, RPAY, SCHW, SPGI, TRU, TWFG, V | Capital markets, Financial Services, Fintech, growth, insurance, payments, software, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. Sixteen holdings have risen more than 30% this year, representing 42% of net assets, operating across consumer credit, enterprise software, insurance, asset management, payments, and brokerage sectors. | PRI TWFG GWRE MELI FICO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron FinTech Fund | 1.1% | 11.5% | ACGL, ACN, ADYEY, APO, CME, EFX, FICO, FIS, GPN, HLI, IBKR, INTU, LPLA, MA, MELI, MKTX, MORN, MSCI, NCNO, PGR, SPGI, SQ, TW, V | Capital markets, Fintech, growth, payments, software, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. Many fintech stocks have already gone through their own version of a recession with multiples near decade lows, but outlooks are more promising due to cost restructuring and focus on profitability. | ACGL MORN CARTRADE.NS INTU APO |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 18, 2025 | Baron Growth Fund | 0.8% | -3.5% | ACGL, ANSYS, BFAM, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH | Casinos, growth, insurance, Long Term, Quality, small cap, Veterinary | The fund focuses on owning competitively advantaged businesses with superior financial attributes including higher margins, cash flow, and returns on capital. The portfolio generates 28.5% operating margins and 30.7% free cash flow margins, significantly above historical averages and benchmarks. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Aug 18, 2025 | Baron Partners Fund | 12.1% | -7.5% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, Leverage, mid cap, technology | Tesla remains the Fund's largest position at 30.5% after meaningful rebound. The company completed limited commercial rollout of robotaxi business in Austin, introduced refreshed Model Y globally with design and performance upgrades, and is progressing toward scaling humanoid robot production. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Aug 18, 2025 | Baron Durable Advantage Fund | 15.6% | 7.4% | ACGL, ACN, AMZN, APH, AVGO, CME, DHR, GOOGL, LPLA, META, MPWR, MSFT, NVDA, SPGI, TMO, TSM, TXN, TXRH, UNH, V, WELL | AI, growth, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology | AI infrastructure buildout is proving durable with NVIDIA maintaining leadership position. The company disclosed line of sight to projects requiring tens of gigawatts of AI infrastructure, with every gigawatt representing $40-50 billion opportunity. Scaling laws have expanded beyond pre-training to post-training and time-test scaling, all driving GPU demand. | CME APH UNH META NVDA AVGO |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 11, 2025 | Baron FinTech Fund | 9.2% | 7.7% | ACGL, ACN, ALKT, CME, CWAN, FICO, FIS, GLOB, GWRE, HOOD, IBKR, INTA, INTU, KKR, KNSL, LPLA, MA, MCO, MELI, MORN, MSCI, PGR, SCHW, SPGI, TW, V, VRSK | Capital markets, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Fintech, payments, technology, volatility | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. The portfolio is segmented into seven investment themes including Tech-Enabled Financials, Information Services, Enterprise Software, Capital Markets, Payments, E-Commerce, and Digital IT Services. The manager expects fintech companies to outperform over time due to their competitive advantages and growth prospects. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 31, 2025 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 12.7% | 3.7% | ABNB, ACGL, ANSYS, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, IOT, IRDM, JEF, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TOL, TSLA, VRSK | Balance Sheets, consumer discretionary, growth, small caps, tariffs, technology | Tesla continues to benefit from sequential acceleration in automotive segment and new lower-cost models expected in 2025. The company's energy storage business is growing and becoming a significant contributor to earnings and margins. Tesla should benefit from its eight-year, $10 billion investment in AI training for autonomous technology. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 29, 2025 | Baron Asset Fund | 7.8% | 4.6% | ACGL, APH, COO, CSGP, DKNG, FICO, GRMN, GWRE, IDXX, IOT, LPLA, MSCI, MT, PCOR, PWR, ROP, SCHW, TECH, VRSK, WST | growth, healthcare, industrials, Long Term, mid cap, Quality, software, technology | AI-related investments drove significant market momentum during the quarter, with data center infrastructure and AI-enabled software platforms benefiting from increased capital spending. The Fund's holdings like Amphenol gained from AI-driven data center demand, while Samsara leverages AI to help companies optimize operations and prevent accidents. | LPLA SAMS |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Madison Investors Fund | 3.1% | 2.3% | A, ABNB, ACGL, ACN, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BN, CDW, CHTR, CPRT, DE, DHR, ELV, FERG, FI, GOOGL, IT, KEYS, LBRDA, LOW, MMC, MSCI, NKE, PCAR, PGR, PH, SBUX, SCHW, TJX, TXN, V | consumer, financials, industrials, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund focuses on high-quality, durable businesses across a wide range of industries selling for reasonable or cheap prices. This philosophy emphasizes proven businesses over short-term promises and momentum. The managers believe this approach has worked for decades and will continue to deliver solid long-term performance. | MSCI CDW ABNB ACGL FI ADI FERG |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 19, 2025 | Appalaches Capital | 7.4% | 6.9% | ACGL, ASML, AZO, CNI, CSX, EFX, EXP, GOOG, LRCX, MLM, SGOV, VMC | Barriers, Building Materials, durability, Quality, Railroads, semiconductors, Trade Policy, value | Manager discusses how tariff threats caused market panic in Q2, leading to 20%+ drawdowns in some indices. While tariffs were subsequently reduced or delayed, the threat remains though investors seem less reactive now. Trade policy uncertainty continues to affect businesses assessing supply chain impacts. | EXP ASML US LRCX US EXP US |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 15, 2025 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 5.3% | 0.9% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BRO, CDW, CHTR, CPRT, CSL, FND, IT, LBRDA, LH, MCHP, MEDP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, WAT, WRB | AI, mid cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Technology stocks continued strong performance driven by AI-related data center spending. Amphenol and Arista Networks are capitalizing on the surge in AI-related data center spending with outstanding revenue growth. The Information Technology sector is benefiting from widespread exuberance around AI. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Baron FinTech Fund | -2.3% | 3.8% | ACGL, APO, EFX, FI, FICO, GPN, GWRE, HLI, IBKR, INTU, KKR, MA, MCO, MELI, PGR, SPGI, SQ, TW, V, VRSK, WISE.L | AI, Capital markets, Financial Services, Fintech, growth, private credit, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across seven investment themes including Tech-Enabled Financials, Information Services, Payments, Enterprise Software, Capital Markets, E-Commerce, and Digital IT Services. Despite sector underperformance relative to broader markets, fintech fundamentals remain strong with mid-teens earnings growth across the fund. | View | |
| 2026 Q1 | May 7, 2026 | Baron Partners Fund | -5.4% | -5.4% | ACGL, CHH, CSGP, FDS, IT, TSLA | AI, Concentration, Electric Vehicles, growth, real estate, Space, technology | View | ||
| 2026 Q1 | May 5, 2026 | Baron Asset Fund | -7.9% | -7.9% | ACGL, CSGP, GWRE, IDXX, IT, MORN, QDEL, TECH, VEEV, VMC, VRT | AI, Data centers, industrials, infrastructure, mid cap, software, Space, technology | GWRE IT CSGP VRT |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 2, 2024 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BF.B, BN, BRO, CDW, CFR, CPRT, CSL, DLTR, FND, GBCI, IT, KMX, LBRDA, LH, MC, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TTWO | insurance, Manufacturing, mid cap, Quality, Regional Banks, technology | Insurance companies benefited from attractive industry conditions with boosted underwriting profits and high growth in investment income. Arch Capital rolled over their fixed income portfolio at more favorable coupon rates. Insurance broker Brown & Brown advanced on solid organic revenue growth as insurance market pricing remains sound. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 2, 2024 | Madison Investors Fund | 7.8% | 17.0% | A, ACGL, ACN, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BDX, BRK.B, CHTR, CPRT, DLTR, FI, GOOGL, LBRDK, LOW, PCAR, PGR, PH, TJX, V | financials, growth, industrials, large cap, Quality, technology, value | Two insurers, Arch Capital and Progressive, were large contributors during the quarter. Both are benefiting from attractive market conditions which has boosted underwriting profits. Investment income should continue to rise as they roll over fixed income portfolios at more favorable coupon rates. | PH FISV PGR ACGL PCAR |
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| 2026 Q1 | May 1, 2026 | Baron Growth Fund | -12.1% | -12.1% | ACGL, CHH, CSGP, FIGS, GWRE, IT, KNSL | AI, growth, insurance, small cap, software, technology, valuation | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FMI Small Cap Equity | -0.8% | 10.7% | ACGL, BRK.B, CNM, CSL, DLTR, ETN, G, GTES, MU, NOFCY, NVT, PGR, PHG, PLXS, RHI, SAFRY, SMIN, SONY, UNH, YOKOY | Balance Sheet, Construction, international, Quality, small cap, Valuations, value | FMI emphasizes investing in advantaged companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value for temporary reasons. Small Cap and International stocks continue to trade at meaningful discounts with relative valuations around two standard deviations below historical levels. The setup appears favorable for value-oriented investing. | WEIR.L SCHW GTES |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FMI All Cap Equity | -1.8% | 11.2% | ACGL, BRK.B, CARR, CNM, CSL, DLTR, ETN, FERG, G, GTES, MAS, MU, NVT, PGR, PHG, PLXS, RHI, SCHW, SONY, UNH | Construction, financials, international, Quality, small caps, value | FMI emphasizes investing in advantaged companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value for temporary reasons. All portfolios trade at sizeable discounts to core benchmarks while owning well-run, durable businesses. The firm focuses on finding opportunities outside the Magnificent Seven where valuations and expectations are far less lofty. | WEIR.L SCHW GTES |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FMI Large Cap Equity | -4.0% | 10.5% | 6841.T, ACGL, BRK.B, CNM, CSL, DLTR, ETN, G, GTES, MU, NVT, PGR, PHG, PLXS, RHI, SAF.PA, SMIN.L, SN.L, SONY, UNH | active management, Construction, Finance, Quality, small caps, Valuations, value | FMI emphasizes investing in advantaged companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value for temporary reasons. All portfolios trade at sizeable discounts to core benchmarks while owning well-run, durable businesses. The firm focuses on finding opportunities where valuations and expectations are far less lofty than mega cap technology. | WEIR.L SCHW GTES |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FMI International Equity | -7.4% | 2.7% | 4403.T, 6841.T, ACGL, ATR, BECN, BRK.B, CSL, DCI, FBIN, GTES, MU, NVT, PHG, RHI, SAFRY, SCHW, SMIN.L, SN.L, SONY, SSD, WEIR.L | Construction, discount, international, Quality, small caps, Valuations, value | FMI emphasizes investing in advantaged companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value for temporary reasons. All portfolios trade at sizeable discounts to core benchmarks while owning well-run, durable businesses. The firm targets companies with attractive risk/reward profiles through full cycles. | WEIR.L SCHW GTES |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Baron Growth Fund | 11.1% | 7.4% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, BYD, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DEI, DNUT, ESNT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, LFUS, MC, MORN, MSCI, MSTR, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PENN, PRI, RRR, SMCI, TECH, TREX, VAC, WST | financials, growth, insurance, Long Term, real estate, small caps | Specialty insurers Kinsale Capital and Arch Capital both contributed significantly to performance with strong financial results. Market conditions remain favorable with rising premium rates and more business shifting to the excess and surplus lines market where Kinsale operates. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, insurance, Leverage, mid cap, technology, Tesla | Tesla remains the fund's largest position despite Q1 underperformance. Management believes investor concerns about Chinese competition and pricing pressure are overblown, citing Tesla's superior technology and manufacturing expertise. The fund maintains conviction in Tesla's mission to accelerate sustainable energy transition. | TSLA |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, ANSYS, BIRK, BNTX, CHH, CSGP, DNUT, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, ILMN, IRDM, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA, VRSK | consumer discretionary, financials, growth, long-term, technology | Tesla remains a core holding despite 29% decline in Q1. The company continues to generate sufficient gross profit to support robust product development including the refreshed Model 3 and Y. Tesla should benefit from its eight-year $10 billion investment in AI training for autonomous technology. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, ANSYS, CSGP, DAY, FDS, FICO, GWRE, HLT, IDXX, IT, MTD, PCOR, ROP, SPOT, TECH, TTD, VEEV, VRSK, VRSN | growth, healthcare, industrials, Long Term, mid cap, software, technology | The market has been focused on a narrow group of companies perceived to be AI beneficiaries. Many of Baron's holdings are well positioned to utilize AI to expand their product offerings and competitive differentiation, increase their growth rate and reduce their cost structure. Gartner is expected to emerge as a key decision support resource for every company evaluating AI opportunities and risks. | SPOT PCOR |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | -8.0% | -8.0% | ABNB, ACGL, AMH, ANSS, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, ILMN, IRDM, JEF, KKD, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA, VRSK | AI, consumer discretionary, Electric Vehicles, financials, growth, real estate, software, technology | X.AI Holdings Corp. is developing an AI model to understand the true nature of the universe, launching Grok 3 which demonstrated top scores ahead of other industry-leading AI models. The company opened the Colossus data center with over 100,000 GPUs and recently acquired X (formerly Twitter) to access vast real-time multimodal data from 600 million users. Tesla's AI ambitions include a robotaxi service launching this year and a fast-growing humanoid program that could transform its growth story. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Baron Partners Fund | -17.4% | -17.4% | ACGL, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, Leverage, mid cap, technology, volatility | Tesla faces near-term headwinds from Model Y refresh, political controversy around Elon Musk, and regulatory changes, but the manager remains confident in long-term growth driven by secular EV adoption trends, compelling product line, leading cost structure, and cutting-edge technology including robotaxi service and humanoid programs. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Baron Asset Fund | -3.0% | -3.0% | ACGL, CSGP, DKNG, FICO, GWRE, H, IDEXX, IT, MTD, ONON, ROP, SAIL, SCHW, SPACEX, SPOT, TECH, TTD, VRSK, VRT, WST | AI, Data centers, growth, insurance, mid cap, tariffs, technology | The fund holds X.AI Holdings Corp., which is developing an AI model to understand the true nature of the universe. xAI launched Grok 3, demonstrating elevated user engagement and top scores in evaluation tests, surpassing other industry-leading AI models. The company operates the world's largest coherent training center with over 100,000 GPUs. | DKNG VRT VRSK GDWR |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Baron FinTech Fund | -1.4% | -1.4% | ACGL, APO, CME, FI, FICO, GLOB, GWRE, HOOD, KKR, LPLA, MA, MELI, MORN, PGR, PRI, SCHW, SPGI, SQ, TW, V | Capital markets, E-Commerce, Fintech, insurance, payments, software, trading | Strong performance from global payment networks Visa and Mastercard driven by accelerating payment volumes and defensive business models. Payment companies benefit from fee-based revenue tied to nominal payment volumes, providing protection against inflationary pressures. | TTAN HOOD SQ APO KKR TW PGR MELI |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Baron Growth Fund | -4.3% | -4.3% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DEI, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH, TREX | growth, insurance, Quality, real estate, small caps, software | The fund holds multiple specialty insurers including Kinsale Capital Group and Arch Capital Group. Kinsale continues gaining market share in the excess and surplus market with industry-leading margins and robust returns on equity. The E&S insurance market conditions remain favorable with continued double-digit growth due to share gains from the standard market. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Mar 31, 2024 | Baron FinTech Fund | 6.3% | 6.3% | ACGL, APO, BLK, ENDV, FDS, FI, FICO, GLOB, INTA, INTU, JKHY, KINS, MA, MELI, NU, PGR, SPGI, TW, V, WEX | digital transformation, Enterprise, Financial Services, Fintech, insurance, payments, software, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across seven investment themes including Tech-Enabled Financials, Payments, Capital Markets, and Information Services. Digital transformation of financial services remains a large, multi-decade growth opportunity despite near-term cyclical headwinds in IT spending. | GLOB ENDV APO NU PGR |
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| 2025 Q4 | Mar 1, 2026 | Baron Growth Fund | -2.8% | -14.4% | ACGL, CHH, CNS, CSGP, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH | AI, financials, growth, Quality, small caps, underperformance, valuation | The fund experienced significant underperformance due to market concerns about AI disruption affecting portfolio companies like Gartner, CoStar, Clearwater Analytics, FactSet, MSCI, and Guidewire. These AI-impacted stocks declined 15% despite 10% revenue growth and 15% EPS growth, representing 42% of the portfolio. The manager believes the market's assessment of AI risk differs from their own and expects valuations to recover as AI concerns moderate. The fund focuses exclusively on high-quality businesses with superior characteristics including competitive advantages, sustainable growth, and strong financial metrics. This quality-focused strategy was out of favor in 2025 as investors sold higher-quality investments to buy riskier stocks. The Earnings Quality factor performance was in the 100th percentile, demonstrating the fund's quality bias during a period when quality was penalized. The fund invests in a portfolio of competitively advantaged small and medium-sized businesses, which remained out of favor for most of the quarter. The strategy of owning leading small-cap businesses has been the foundation since inception, delivering 354 basis points of annual outperformance over the benchmark since inception despite recent headwinds. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 8, 2026 | Baron Partners Fund | 19.1% | 24.9% | ACGL, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, LLY, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | AI, Concentration, Disruptive Growth, Electric Vehicles, growth, mid cap, Space, technology | The fund holds X.AI Holdings Corp., formed through merger of X and xAI, which developed the Grok AI model. xAI rapidly deployed data centers with 100,000 GPUs and is pioneering a 1-gigawatt training facility. The company is positioned for enduring leadership in the competitive AI field. SpaceX is generating significant value through rapid expansion of Starlink broadband service and established itself as a leading launch provider with reusable technology. The company is making tremendous progress on Starship, the largest most powerful rocket ever flown, representing a significant leap in space exploration capabilities. Tesla remains the fund's largest position by average weight and a top holding despite trimming 30.5% of the position. The fund maintains extreme confidence in Tesla's prospects and ability to become significantly more valuable, with average cost basis of only $14.22 per share. Guidewire Software completed multi-year cloud migration and secured landmark 10-year agreement with Liberty Mutual to migrate to cloud. The company is positioned to be critical software vendor for the $2.5 trillion global P&C insurance industry with cloud as the sole path forward. Spotify continues double-digit user growth despite price hikes, with high engagement and sticky subscription model. The company is structurally increasing gross margins through high-margin artist promotions marketplace, growing podcast contribution, and ongoing advertising investments while expanding into video and developing Super Premium tier. | RRR IDXX SCHW FDS IT GWRE SPOT CSGP H |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Baron Asset Fund | 7.9% | 8.2% | ACGL, APH, AXON, BAH, BIRK, CSGP, DAY, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, IEX, IT, MTD, RPGN, SPOT, TTD, VEEV, VRSK, WELL | AI, Biotechnology, growth, healthcare, mid cap, software, Space, technology | The fund benefits from AI-related investments including SpaceX's Starlink expansion and xAI's rapid development of Grok AI model with massive GPU deployments. Amphenol maintains significant market share in interconnect solutions within NVIDIA's AI server racks with content expected to increase as speeds and system complexity rise. SpaceX represents the fund's largest position at 12.5% of net assets, generating significant value through rapid expansion of Starlink broadband service and establishing itself as a leading launch provider with reusable technology. The company is making tremendous progress on Starship, the largest most powerful rocket ever flown. Guidewire's cloud migration is largely complete with annual recurring revenue benefiting from new customer wins and migrations to InsuranceSuite Cloud product. The landmark 10-year agreement with Liberty Mutual should help drive adoption among other Tier 1 P&C carriers. Repligen operates in fast-growing end markets including monoclonal antibodies and cell and gene therapies, with strong track record of scientific innovation. The company has opportunity to embed differentiated systems into new drug manufacturing processes as biosimilars come to market. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | FMI International Equity | -7.0% | 3.0% | ACGL, BKNG, BME.L, FERG, G, ICLR, ROG.SW, RXL.PA, SONY, SW.PA, UL, WEIR.L | healthcare, insurance, international, large cap, Travel, value | ICON is a global contract research organization providing outsourced clinical trial services to pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Following its merger with PRA Health Sciences in 2021, ICON is positioned as a high-quality contender with competitive differentiation. The firm has commercial relationships with 17 of the top 20 pharma companies and benefits from increasing trial complexity and sponsor efficiency needs. | ACGL ICLR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | -1.9% | 10.3% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BAM, BRO, CDW, CPRT, CSL, DLTR, FND, IT, LAD, LBRDK, LH, PCAR, ROST, TDY, THO, WAT, WRB | Autos, Cyclical, fundamentals, insurance, mid cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund holds positions in auto-related companies including Lithia Motors, which reported quarterly results suggesting some COVID-induced elevated profitability levels may be more sustainable than previously thought. The fund also sold CarMax during the quarter, believing it will be harder for the company to continue gaining market share due to changing industry dynamics. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Madison Investors Fund | -0.4% | 16.4% | A, ACGL, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BRK.B, CPRT, DLTR, ELV, FERG, FI, GOOGL, KEYS, LOW, PCAR, PGR, PH, SCHW, TXN, V | consumer, healthcare, industrials, payments, Quality, technology, value | Two payment companies, Fiserv and Visa, were contributors in the quarter. Both are benefiting from resilient consumer spending and the digitization of cash transactions, despite participating in different areas of the payments value chain. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 14.4% | 29.5% | ABNB, ACGL, AMH, ANSYS, BRKR, CHH, CSGP, DEI, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, ILMN, IRDM, JEF, KREM, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP.TO, SPOT, TSLA, VRSK | consumer discretionary, Electric Vehicles, financials, growth, Hotels, Space, Streaming, technology | Tesla continues to demonstrate strong performance with 54% quarterly gains, driven by core automotive acceleration and new lower-cost model releases expected in 2025. The company benefits from lower interest rates helping car sales and halting continuous price reductions, while energy storage business grew 60% sequentially. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Partners Fund | 27.0% | 32.7% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, Leverage, mid cap, SpaceX, technology, Tesla | Tesla appreciated more than 50% in the quarter driven by upcoming product launches, improvements in autonomous driving software, and expectations of regulatory approval under the new administration. The energy business continued to grow with higher margins, and new mass market vehicles are expected to launch in 2025. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron FinTech Fund | 5.2% | 22.9% | ACGL, APO, FI, FICO, GWRE, HOOD, IBKR, INTU, KKR, LPLA, MA, MELI, NU, PGR, PRI, SPGI, TTAN, TW, V, WISE.L | Capital markets, Digital Banking, Financial Services, Fintech, growth, payments, software, technology | The fund focuses on fintech companies at the intersection of financial services and technology, benefiting from secular trends including growing demand for data, electronification of capital markets, shift to electronic payments, rise of e-commerce, and digital transformation across financial institutions. These trends continue to drive digitization of the financial sector. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Growth Fund | 6.0% | 4.8% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DEI, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH, TREX | Compounding, growth, Long Term, Quality, small cap, underperformance | Fund focuses exclusively on high-quality durable growth assets with sustainable competitive advantages, sticky customer bases, and differentiated products. Manager emphasizes these businesses were out of favor during 2024 as investors preferred lower-quality, more volatile investments. The strategy prioritizes long-term compounding over short-term trends. | MTN CSGP IDXX |
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| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Auxier Asset Management | 7.4% | 0.0% | ABT, ACGL, AFL, AIG, AON, BAC, BK, BKNG, BRK-A, C, ELV, GOOGL, KR, MA, MCD, MDLZ, MMC, MRK, MSFT, PM, TRV, UNH, V, WFC | AI, Banking, energy, healthcare, insurance, small caps, technology, value | Artificial Intelligence drove significant investments in new AI programs and increased data center capacity. In a CNBC survey of top technology companies, 47% of respondents said that AI is their #1 budget item for the next 12 months. AI integration into cloud services benefited companies like Microsoft. | View | |
| 2022 Q4 | Dec 31, 2022 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, CSGP, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IRDM, MTN, PENN, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q4 | Dec 31, 2022 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, CSGP, FIGS, IDXX, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA, VLD, XFCH | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q2 | Dec 7, 2023 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ABG, ACGL, ANET, APH, BAM, BRO, CDW, CFR, CHTR, CPRT, CSL, EXPD, FND, FWONA, FWONK, GBCI, GCI, GGG, IT, KNSL, LAD, LBRDA, LH, MC, MCHP, MEDP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, TECH, THO, TREX, WAT, WRB | AI, mid cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | AI-related data center spending is driving strong performance in technology holdings like Amphenol and Arista Networks. The fund is participating in this surge while also noting strength in other business areas beyond AI for these companies. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.1% | 4.7% | ACGL, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, LLY, MSCI, MTN, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, Leverage, mid cap, technology, Tesla | Tesla remains the fund's largest position with strong quarterly performance driven by renewed automotive demand, improved manufacturing efficiencies, and expansion into robotaxi services. The company is transitioning from hardware sales to high-margin recurring software revenue through Full Self-Driving capabilities. | ANET |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baron Asset Fund | -4.3% | 0.1% | ACGL, ALNY, APH, CHH, COIN, COR, CSGP, DAY, DKNG, DUOL, FDS, FICO, FND, GWRE, IDXX, IT, LOAR, MORN, MPWR, MTD, NET, ONON, PLTR, PWR, RBLX, STUB, VRSK, VRT, VST | aerospace, AI, growth, mid cap, Quality, technology, underperformance, valuation | The Fund discusses AI as a primary driver of market strength and data center capital spending growth. AI is creating both opportunities and challenges, with companies seeking guidance on AI risks and opportunities. The Fund believes AI should provide a tailwind for research companies like Gartner as businesses need help understanding AI implications. | STUB |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 4.8% | 8.6% | ABNB, ACGL, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, DUOL, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, IOT, IRDM, JEF, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TOL, TSLA, VRSK | AI, consumer discretionary, Electric Vehicles, growth, portfolio construction, small caps, technology | AI concerns impacted several holdings including FactSet and Verisk, with investors fearing competitive threats to data moats. However, FactSet continues to benefit from AI through revenue enhancements and cost containments. Tesla's AI initiatives advance rapidly with robotaxi network expansion and Full Self-Driving development. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 20, 2025 | Appalaches Capital | 7.0% | 14.4% | ACGL, AMZN, AZO, BRK-B, CME, COST, CP, CSX, GOOGL, LRCX, PGR | Concentration, insurance, long-term, Railroads, semiconductors, value | Progressive represents a scale economies shared model where the company maintains a 96% combined ratio target, passing scale efficiencies to customers through lower premiums. This creates a flywheel effect attracting more customers and enabling further cost reductions through better data and economies of scale. | LRCX CSX PGR LRCX CSX PGR |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 15, 2023 | Madison Investors Fund | 7.8% | 17.0% | A, ACGL, ADBE, ADI, ALC, DLTR, FI, GOOGL, J, LBRDK, LOW, TEL, TJX, TXN | growth, healthcare, insurance, retail, semiconductors, technology, value | Alphabet is rapidly incorporating artificial intelligence technology into its suite of products and services, which will drive additional opportunities for growth rather than threaten its existing market position. Early signs are positive, with Alphabet maintaining its global search engine market share and announcing new products. | 0A53LN TXN |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 15, 2023 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ACGL, ANET, CDW, DLTR, FND, FWONA, KMX, LBRDK, MKSI, PGR | insurance, mid cap, Quality, retail, technology, value | Arch Capital Group benefited from attractive market conditions in P&C and reinsurance markets where pricing has firmed up considerably over the last couple of years. The attractive market conditions are expected to continue for a couple more years. | TREE |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 14, 2025 | Madison Investors Fund | -2.2% | -0.1% | A, ABNB, ACGL, ACN, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BN, CDW, CHTR, CPRT, DE, DHR, ELV, FERG, FI, GOOGL, IT, KEYS, LBRDA, LOW, MMC, MSCI, NKE, PCAR, PGR, PH, SBUX, SCHW, TJX, TXN, V | financials, industrials, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund focuses on high-quality, durable businesses across a wide range of industries, selling for reasonable or cheap prices. This approach has historically delivered solid long-term performance, though these attributes have been unpopular recently as the market has favored short-term over long-term and momentum over durability. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 14, 2025 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 1.9% | 2.8% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BRO, CDW, CHTR, CPRT, CSL, FND, IT, LBRDA, LH, MCHP, MEDP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, WAT, WRB | AI, mid cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Information Technology sector benefiting from widespread exuberance around AI, with portfolio companies Amphenol and Arista Networks capitalizing on surge in AI-related data center spending. Technology stocks continued very strong performance driven by AI momentum. | ANET APH MEDP |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 12.3% | 22.3% | ABNB, ACGL, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, DUOL, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, IOT, JEF, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TOL, TSLA, VRSK | AI, consumer, Electric Vehicles, growth, healthcare, real estate, Space, technology | The fund discusses concerns about AI introduction into the economy and its impact on subscription-based software companies. AI competition has hurt valuations of platform investments like Spotify, CoStar, and Guidewire, though it hasn't impacted their financial performance. The fund holds X.AI Holdings Corp., formed through merger of X and xAI, which has developed competitive AI model Grok. The consumer remains quite resilient despite concerns about higher inflation, interest rates, and tighter labor market. Consumer-oriented investments including FIGS, Hyatt Hotels, and On Holding showed strength in the quarter. The fund sees continued resilience in consumer demand for health care apparel and premium products. SpaceX is generating significant value with rapid expansion of Starlink broadband service, deploying vast satellite constellation with substantial user growth. The company has established itself as leading launch provider with reusable technology and is making tremendous progress on Starship rocket. SpaceX represents the fund's largest position at 19.2% of net assets. Tesla remains a core holding representing 8.1% of net assets as an electric vehicle leader. The fund views Tesla as a disruptive growth company with large underpenetrated addressable markets, well financed with significant equity stakes by founder-led management giving further conviction in the investment. | DUOL CSGP SPOT ONON H FIGS GWRE |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Appalaches Capital | 1.7% | 16.5% | ACGL, ASML, AZO, EXP, GOOGL, PGR, PM, VMC | alpha, Concentration, large cap, long-term, Patience, Quality, value | The manager emphasizes investing in companies with steep competitive advantages and durable value propositions. Portfolio construction focuses on 12-15 concentrated investments in unique, independent businesses with barriers to entry that protect economic profitability for decades. Earning acceptable returns requires buying at acceptable prices, which requires patience. The manager focuses on finding quality companies that are undervalued at specific points in time, rebalancing toward those with more attractive prices when discounts appear. | ASML GOOG |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Large Cap Fund | 3.4% | 3.4% | A, ACGL, ADI, AMZN, BN, CDW, CPRT, DHR, FERG, FI, GOOGL, HON, KEYS, LOW, NKE, PCAR, PGR, PH, TXN, WDAY | AI, Automation, financials, industrials, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The portfolio is populated with high-quality, durable businesses across a wide range of industries, selling for reasonable prices. The fund invests in the proven over the promise, the long-term over the short-term, and durability over momentum. This focus on quality businesses has been a strong foundation for attractive long-term investment performance. Alphabet released new AI models that gave investors further confidence that the company is well positioned for growth. Workday is investing in commercializing AI agents, which should be additive to revenue growth. The fund acknowledges heightened concerns of AI-related disruption affecting some businesses. Honeywell is undergoing a portfolio transformation with the anticipated separation of the aerospace and automation businesses in the second half of 2026. This separation will further enhance the return on invested capital and growth opportunities for each business. | WDAY FISV |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | -1.2% | 1.8% | ACGL, ANET, AOS, APH, BRO, CDW, EXPD, FND, LBRDA, MCHP, MKSI, MSA, PCAR, ROST, TDY, TECH, TREX, TTAN, WAT, WRB | AI, financials, industrials, mid cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund focuses on high-quality, highly profitable, durable businesses with shareholder-oriented management teams selling below intrinsic value assessments. This quality-focused approach has historically provided strong long-term performance despite being temporarily out of favor in speculative market environments. Several portfolio companies are benefiting from AI-related applications and data center spending. MKS's Electronics and Packaging business shows accelerating growth partly due to AI applications, while Amphenol's IT/Datacom business produces spectacular organic growth driven by AI-related data center spending. | MCHP MSA AOS TTAN BIO ROST |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ABG, ACGL, APH, BRO, CDW, CPRT, CSL, DLTR, FND, GGG, IT, KMX, LAD, LBRDK, MC, MCHP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, WAT | Consolidation, consumer, financials, industrials, mid cap, Quality, technology, value | Added two new positions in Lithia Motors and Asbury Automotive, two of the largest auto franchise dealer groups. Dealers earn more profits from parts and service than new car sales, providing steady business throughout economic cycles. These businesses have a long runway to create value via consolidation of this fragmented industry. | ABG LAD GGG |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, COO, CSGP, DUOL, DXCM, FDS, FICO, GWRE, ICON, IDXX, IT, LPLA, MTD, ROP, SCHW, TRU, VMC, VRSK, WELL, WST | growth, healthcare, mid cap, rates, real estate, software, technology | Gartner positioned to emerge as key resource for companies evaluating AI opportunities and risks on their business. This should provide tailwind to Gartner's volume growth and pricing realization over time. Duolingo's AI tier (Max) allows users to have real-time conversations with AI-based characters. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ABNB, ACGL, AMH, ANSYS, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDEXX, ILMN, IRDM, JEF, KKD, LVS, MRNA, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA, VRSK | concentrated, consumer discretionary, financials, growth, long-term, small caps, technology | Tesla represents the fund's largest position at 9.8% of assets, with the stock contributing 274 bps to quarterly performance. The manager believes lower interest rates should help Tesla sell more cars and halt continuous price reductions, while the energy storage business continues to grow rapidly. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron Growth Fund | 11.1% | 7.4% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, CG, CHH, CLRO, CNS, CSGP, DEI, DNUT, ESNT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, SMCI, TECH, TREX, WST | financials, growth, long-term, Outperformance, Quality, small caps, technology | The fund focuses on businesses with high barriers to entry, sustainable competitive advantages, recurring revenue, attractive margins, and strong cash generation. Management emphasizes investing in competitively advantaged companies with exceptional management teams that consistently reinvest to raise barriers to entry. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, Electric Vehicles, financials, growth, long-term, mid cap, technology | Tesla appreciated 32% in the quarter as investors focused on the company's potential rather than near-term macro impacts. The company has improved vehicle deliveries, particularly in China, and is expected to launch new models next year. Tesla has also made significant advances in autonomous driving, robotics, and energy storage products. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, ANSYS, AXON, AZPN, BAH, CSGP, FDS, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, ILMN, IT, MKTX, MORN, MTD, MTN, ONON, PWR, SBAC, VRSK, ZI | analytics, growth, insurance, mid cap, software, technology | The fund benefits from cloud-based software implementations, particularly through Guidewire's 17 deals for cloud software with Tier 1 insurance carriers. Cloud adoption continues to drive growth for portfolio companies. | ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ONON ACGL ACGL|CHH|FDS|GWRE|IBKR|IDXX|MTN|SPOT|TSLA ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, CHH, CSGP, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IRDM, MANU, MGM, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SPOT, TSLA, VAC | Concentration, consumer discretionary, financials, growth, long-term, technology | Portfolio companies continue to generate strong results despite macroeconomic concerns. Most businesses have yet to experience changes in customer demographics or spending levels and have been able to offset cost increases with higher prices without impacting demand. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Growth Fund | 11.1% | 7.4% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, BFAM, BIO, CHH, CSGP, DNUT, FDS, FIGS, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, LFUS, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, TREX, VLD, WEST | financials, growth, Long Term, small cap, technology | Management teams are allocating time and capital to develop AI capabilities, with product development roadmaps coming into focus. FactSet Research Systems outlined its vision for AI with multiple product enhancements including conversational user interfaces, next best action capabilities, and AI-derived presentation tools. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, CSGP, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MRNA, MSCI, MTN, NVDA, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA, VAC | diversification, financials, growth, Leverage, mid cap, technology, Tesla | Tesla remains the Fund's largest holding at 41% despite quarterly decline due to macroeconomic pressures and price reductions. The manager expects Tesla to benefit from Cybertruck deliveries, next platform development, and AI investments in Dojo supercomputer for full self-driving capabilities. | View | |
| 2022 Q3 | Sep 30, 2022 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, CSGP, DEI, FIGS, GWRE, H, IRDM, SCHW, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MSCI, MTN, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA | Concentration, growth, Leverage, Long Term, mid cap, technology, Tesla | Tesla demonstrated better-than-expected margins despite operational complexities and manufacturing shutdowns. The company continued to drive manufacturing costs lower, accelerate new model launches, and invest heavily in AI initiatives. Tesla expects to launch a lower cost model as soon as late 2024, which should result in accelerated revenue growth and increased factory utilization. | CSGP SPACEX TSLA |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, AMH, ANSYS, ARE, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, ILMN, IRDM, JEF, KKD, LVS, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA, VRSK | concentrated, consumer discretionary, Disruptive Growth, growth, Long/Short, rates, technology | Tesla continues to drive manufacturing costs lower and invest heavily in AI initiatives. The company expects to launch a lower cost model as soon as late 2024, which should result in accelerated revenue growth and increased factory utilization. Tesla's energy storage business almost doubled in Q2 from Q1 levels. | COST GWW IBKR TSLA SPOT |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | AAPL, ACGL, AMZN, BAH, CSGP, DDAY, FDS, FICO, GOOGL, GWRE, IDXX, IT, META, MSFT, MTD, MTN, NVDA, PCOR, RGEN, ROP, SPOT, TROW, TSLA, VMC, VRSK, VRSN | AI, growth, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, insurance, mid cap, technology | The Fund participated in X.AI Corp's Series B fundraising round, founded by Elon Musk to develop AI to understand the true nature of the universe. X.AI has unique access to X.com's data representing one of the largest repositories of real-time, multimodal human interaction data with nearly 600 million monthly users. The company plans to deploy one of the world's largest computing clusters with 100,000 GPUs and aims for 300,000 stronger GPUs by summer 2025. | VMC XAI FICO GWRE VRSK |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Growth Fund | 11.1% | 7.4% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, BYD, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DEI, DNUT, ESNT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MT, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH, TREX, WST | growth, insurance, Long Term, real estate, small cap, software | The fund holds multiple specialty insurance positions including Kinsale Capital Group and Arch Capital Group. Kinsale operates in the excess and surplus market with continued share gains despite slower premium growth. Arch Capital reported strong operating ROE of 21% and book value growth of 40%. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 18, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments Mid Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | ACGL, APP, ATKR, AVTR, CASY, CHWY, CLH, CSGP, DT, FRSH, HIG, MHK, PINS, RBRK, RRX, WK, WSC | AI, financials, industrials, mid cap, software, technology | The letter discusses how AI integration is affecting client spending patterns and software companies. Management notes that AI development and rollout will create tailwinds for companies like Freshworks, and Rubrik has introduced new AI data security products as an additional revenue source. | RBK CHWY |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 17, 2024 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BF.B, BRO, CDW, CPRT, CSL, DLTR, FND, FWONA, IT, KMX, LH, MC, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, THO, WAT | insurance, mid cap, Quality, technology, value | Amphenol and Arista Networks each have exposure to growing AI infrastructure spending, which is benefitting both their businesses and investor sentiment on their stock prices. | TDY |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 17, 2024 | Madison Investors Fund | 7.8% | 17.0% | A, ACGL, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BDX, BRK.B, CPRT, DE, DLTR, FI, GOOGL, LOW, PCAR, PGR, PH, SBUX, TJX, TXN, V | consumer, industrials, insurance, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Semiconductor manufacturers Analog Devices and Texas Instruments continue to see declining sales and profits due to weak demand and inventory reduction by customers and distributors. However, the cycle appears to be bottoming, setting conditions for a profit rebound over the coming years as investors better appreciate the industry's secular demand characteristics. | DE SBUX |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 21, 2025 | Appalaches Capital | 0.5% | 0.5% | ACGL, ASML, AZO, CME, CNI, CSX, GOOG, LAD, LRCX, SGOV | Cyclical, insurance, Quality, Railroads, semiconductors, tariffs, Trade Policy, value | New tariff policies announced in February and March have created market volatility, with reciprocal tariffs causing the S&P 500 to drop 20% below recent highs. The manager draws parallels to historical trade restrictions but believes current policies will not end American hegemony due to strong institutional foundations. | LRCX ASML ACGL |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 14, 2023 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ACGL, ANET, APH, BRO, CDW, CHTR, CPRT, CSL, FND, IT, LBRDA, LH, MEDP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, TREX, WAT, WRB | AI, mid cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Technology stocks continued strong performance driven by AI-related data center spending. Amphenol and Arista Networks capitalized on the surge in AI-related data center spending, though managers note strength in other business areas as well. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Apr 10, 2023 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ACGL, ALGN, AZPN, BALL, CCI, CHE, DINO, ELS, EME, FIX, JKHY, NOC, RLI, SSD, TPL, TSM, URI, WH, WSM | Hedging, Long/Short, Quality, SMID Cap, Systematic | The fund focuses on high quality, diversified, and liquid companies with economic moats. The strategy emphasizes businesses with strong competitive dynamics that are unlikely to be meaningfully affected by small changes in interest rates. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | -4.2% | -4.2% | ACGL, ANET, AWI, BF.B, BRO, CSL, DLTR, EXPD, IT, KNSL, LBRDA, MCHP, MKSI, PCAR, ROST, TDY, THO, TREX, WAT, WRB | industrials, insurance, mid cap, semiconductors, technology, value | Three insurance companies topped the contributor list during the quarter. Industry fundamentals remain sound with defensive demand profiles and limited tariff exposure. Brown & Brown benefits from strong organic growth and margin expansion, while Arch Capital and W.R. Berkley showed solid premium growth and better-than-expected reserve development. | TREX KNSL |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Madison Investors Fund | -0.9% | -0.9% | A, ACGL, ACN, ADI, ALC, AMZN, BN, BRK-B, DHR, ELV, FERG, FI, GOOGL, LOW, NKE, PACR, PGR, TXN, USB, V | concentrated, insurance, large cap, payments, Quality, tariffs, value | Three insurance companies topped the contributor list during the quarter's negative market returns. Industry fundamentals remain sound with defensive demand profiles and limited tariff exposure. Progressive continues benefiting from robust premium growth and strong underwriting margins. | View | |
| 2022 Q1 | Mar 31, 2022 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, CSGP, GWRE, H, IRDM, MTN, SPOT, TSLA, VLD, WRBY | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q1 | Mar 31, 2022 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, CSGP, IDXX, IRDM, MTN, SCHW, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Feb 20, 2024 | Baron Growth Fund | 11.1% | 7.4% | ACGL, ALTR, ANSYS, ARE, BFAM, BYD, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, DEI, ESNT, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, LFUS, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PENN, PRI, RRR, TECH, TREX, VAC, WST | growth, insurance, Long Term, Quality, real estate, small cap, technology, Travel | The fund holds significant positions in specialty insurers Kinsale Capital Group and Arch Capital Group. Both companies operate in the hard market for property and casualty insurance, with Kinsale showing 33% growth in gross written premiums and Arch demonstrating strong fundamentals with 23% growth in net premiums written. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Feb 20, 2024 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.9% | 4.5% | ACGL, BIRK, CSGP, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, H, HEI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, MRNA, MSCI, MTN, NVDA, RRR, SCHW, SPOT, TSLA, VAC | diversification, growth, Leverage, technology, Tesla, volatility | Tesla remains the largest position at 38.1% of assets despite near-term automotive pressures from macroeconomic headwinds and price reductions. The company delivered its highly anticipated Cybertruck and refreshed Model 3 while continuing robust product development. Management anticipates introducing a new lower-priced vehicle next year to address a much larger market segment. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 29, 2025 | Baron Asset Fund | -0.1% | 10.5% | ACGL, ANSYS, AXON, AZPN, CDW, CSGP, DAY, FICO, GWRE, ICLR, IDXX, IT, MTD, MTN, PCOR, ROP, SCHW, TTAN, VRSK, WELL | growth, healthcare, industrials, Long Term, mid cap, Quality, technology | The fund discusses AI through its investment in X.AI Corp, founded by Elon Musk, which has developed the Grok AI model that has achieved impressive results compared to established AI models. The company operates the Colossus data center with over 100,000 GPUs, making it the largest coherent training center globally. The upcoming Grok 3 release is expected to significantly improve capabilities and expand monetization strategies. | STTN |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 27, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, ANSYS, BNTX, CHH, CSGP, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IDXX, ILMN, IRDM, MSCI, RIVN, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA, VAC, VRSK | Casinos, consumer discretionary, Electric Vehicles, financials, growth, Hotels, Space, technology | Tesla remains the Fund's largest position at 11.4% despite modest quarterly decline. The manager views Tesla as benefiting from AI investments through autonomous driving technology, Dojo training computer, and humanoid robotics. The Cybertruck launch and refreshed Model 3 are generating strong demand while improving unit economics. | ARGX BB|DAVA|DDOG|GLOB|ILMN|LOAR|MELI|NET|NU|NVDA|TSM ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK CHRS ACGL|CHH|FDS|GWRE|IBKR|IDXX|MTN|SPOT|TSLA BNTX |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 27, 2024 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, ANSYS, AXON, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DXCM, FDS, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, IT, MTD, MTN, PWR, TRU, VEEV, VRSK, WST | Diagnostics, growth, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, software, technology | Gartner positioned to emerge as critical decision support resource for companies contemplating AI opportunities and risks. Expected to provide tailwind to volume growth and pricing realization over time. | BIRK |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 14, 2024 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ACGL, ANET, BAM, BF.B, BRO, CDW, CPRT, CSL, DLTR, FWONA, GBCI, IT, KMX, LBRDA, LH, MKL, PCAR, PGR, ROST, WAT | Banking, insurance, mid cap, retail, technology, value | The fund holds multiple insurance positions including Arch Capital Group, Markel Group, and Brown & Brown. Arch Capital benefits from attractive market conditions boosting underwriting profits, with favorable supply-demand dynamics in both reinsurance and primary insurance expected to keep profits elevated. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 14, 2024 | Madison Investors Fund | 7.8% | 17.0% | A, ACGL, ALC, BDX, BN, CHTR, DHR, DLTR, GOOGL, LBRDK, SCHW, TXN, USB, VEEV | financials, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund added to Texas Instruments following share price weakness amid investor wariness of the analog semiconductor downcycle and negative margin impact from capital investment programs. Management expects end markets to grow above GDP rates long-term and capital investments to generate attractive returns. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 14, 2024 | FMI Large Cap Equity | -4.0% | 10.5% | 005930.KS, ACGL, ARW, BJ, BME.L, CARR, DG, G, HSIC, KMX, MAS, MU, RHI, RYAAY, SAP, SCHW, SKX, SLB, SSD, UL | Concentration, Debt, international, Quality, small cap, technology, Valuations, value | FMI emphasizes value investing discipline amid speculative market behavior. The firm focuses on quality businesses trading at discount valuations with solid management teams and balance sheets, contrasting with expensive growth stocks that dominated 2023 performance. | DGE.L CARR BJ |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 14, 2024 | FMI International Equity | -7.4% | 2.7% | 005930.KS, ACGL, ARW, BJ, CARR, DG, DGE.L, G, HEI, KMX, MAS, MU, RHI, RYAAY, SAP, SCHW, SKX, SLB, SSD, UL | Concentration, Debt, international, Quality, technology, Travel, value | FMI emphasizes value investing discipline amid elevated U.S. market valuations. The firm focuses on quality businesses trading at discount valuations with solid management teams and balance sheets, particularly in international markets where valuations are more reasonable than U.S. Large Cap. | DGE.L CARR BJ |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 13, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments Mid Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | ACGL, APIO, APTV, ARGX, CAE, CDW, COTY, ENTG, EVBG, EXPE, HAS, ICLR, KKR, MRVI, NATL, PFGC, PINS, SXT, VYX | consumer discretionary, growth, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, Quality, technology | Expedia was the top performing holding as negative investor sentiment and recession fears gave way to soft landing optimism. The company's completion of integrating multiple brands under the same technology and marketing infrastructure has helped bolster its ability to capture additional market share. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ariel Appreciation Fund | Carlyle Group Inc. | Financials | Asset Management & Custody Banks | Bull | NASDAQ | Advisory Revenues, Alternative Asset Manager, cost savings, earnings beat, margin expansion, private equity, Transaction Revenues | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Baron Asset Fund | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Property & Casualty Insurance | Bull | NASDAQ | book value growth, investment income, premium growth, ROE, specialty insurance, underwriting | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Baron FinTech Fund | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Property & Casualty Insurance | Bull | NASDAQ | book value growth, Cycle Management, Data Analytics, Hard Market, Property & Casualty Insurance, ROE, underwriting discipline | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Appalaches Capital | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Property & Casualty Insurance | Bull | NASDAQ | Agency Costs, Bermuda, combined ratio, E&s, Insurance, PMI, Reinsurance, underwriting, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Madison Investors Fund | Arch Capital Group Ltd | Insurance | Property & Casualty Insurance | Bull | NASDAQ | Commercial Insurance, fixed income, Insurance Cycle, investment income, Property & Casualty, Underwriting Profits | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | FMI International Equity | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Property & Casualty Insurance | Neutral | NASDAQ | capital allocation, Cycle Management, Insurance, Mortgage Insurance, P&C insurance, profit-taking, Reinsurance, specialty insurance | View Pitch |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Fund Letters | Alex Umansky | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Property & Casualty Insurance | Bull | NASDAQ | capital allocation, Cyclicality, Discipline, Insurance, underwriting | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letters | Rich Eisinger | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Financials | Reinsurance | Bull | NASDAQ | Insurance, Pricingcycle, profitability, Reinsurance, underwriting | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Tudor Jones | Tudor Investment Corp | $53.4B | $10.5M | 0.02% | 109,866 | -101,310 | -47.97% | 0.0296% |
| Ray Dalio | Bridgewater Associates | $27.4B | $36.7M | 0.13% | 383,022 | +65,328 | +20.56% | 0.1033% |
| Dmitry Balyasny | Balyasny Asset Management | $76.6B | $518,352 | 0.00% | 5,404 | -144,596 | -96.40% | 0.0015% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $68.3M | 0.03% | 712,237 | -209,701 | -22.75% | 0.1920% |
| Jeremy Grantham | GMO LLC | $39.1B | $15.3M | 0.04% | 159,546 | -16,071 | -9.15% | 0.0430% |
| Terrence Murphy | Clearbridge Investments | $124.9B | $37.8M | 0.03% | 394,381 | -12,936 | -3.18% | 0.1063% |
| David Siegel & John Overdeck | Two Sigma Investments | $67.5B | $169.1M | 0.25% | 1,762,575 | -132,647 | -7.00% | 0.4752% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $256.2M | 0.13% | 2,670,628 | +1,730,487 | +184.07% | 0.7200% |
| Oliver Murray | Brandes Investment | $13.1B | $164.1M | 1.25% | 1,710,565 | +204,082 | +13.55% | 0.4612% |
| Brian Ashford-Russell | Polar Capital Holdings | $25.8B | $319.4M | 1.23% | 3,330,000 | -50,500 | -1.49% | 0.8978% |
| Arnold Van Den Berg | Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | $436.5M | $7.7M | 1.77% | 80,439 | +1,952 | +2.49% | 0.0217% |
| Rich Handler | Jefferies | $19.3B | $6.5M | 0.03% | 68,005 | -4,714 | -6.48% | 0.0183% |
| Richard Kayne & John Anderson | Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management | $37.3B | $2,494 | 0.00% | 26 | +0 | +0.00% | 0.0000% |