ANSYS

ANSYS

ANSYS

Letters With This Ticker

Quarter	Letter Date	Fund Name	QTD	YTD	Tickers	Keywords/Themes	Theme Commentary	Pitches	Letter
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	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
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 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	View
2024 Q1	Apr 15, 2024	TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. FOCUS Growth Equity Strategy	3.7%	0.0%	ANSYS, COR, CRWD, JNJ, LEGN, LNG, NVDA, NVS, ORLY, RNR, SNPS, VEEV, VRSK	energy, growth, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, technology	GenAI fever dominated technology markets with NVIDIA's 82% gain driving returns. Capital expenditures for technology infrastructure should continue through 2024, with a gradual shift toward preparing corporate data for GenAI applications including data warehousing, real time streaming, cybersecurity, and search.	CRWD VRSK SNPS LEGN VEEV COR RNR LNG ORLY	View
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 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 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	View
2025 Q3	Oct 14, 2025	Aristotle Value Equity Fund	3.8%	8.7%	ADBE, AIG, ALC, AMP, ANSYS, CTVA, GD, MLM, MUFG, SNPS, SONY, WFC, XEL	Energy Transition, financials, materials, technology, Trade Policy, Utilities, value	The Trump Administration implemented various tariff measures including 25% on Indian imports due to Russian oil purchases and 40% on Brazil over data censorship concerns. However, trade tensions eased with EU and Japan agreements establishing 15% baseline tariffs and significant U.S. investment commitments. China relations stabilized with extended tariff suspension.	WFC US SNPS US	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
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	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
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	View
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
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
2024 Q4	Jan 30, 2025	Aristotle Value Equity Fund	-4.4%	7.2%	ADBE, AMGN, AMP, ANSYS, ATO, BX, CFR, COF, CTVA, LEN, MCHP, MLM, MSFT, MUFG, PH, SONY	Asset Management, financials, Homebuilders, semiconductors, technology, value	The fund follows a quality-oriented approach to intrinsic value investing focused on fundamentals and unfolding catalysts measured in years, not quarters. The manager believes value investors often seek to invest in companies that are not in vogue with investors, and their approach is best measured over a full market cycle of three to five years.	MCHP LEN AMP COF	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	View
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	View
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	View
2024 Q4	Jan 23, 2025	NZS Capital – Growth	-1.3%	20.5%	6367.T, AMT, ANSYS, ASML, AXON, DHR, FI, GOOGL, GTLS, LIN, MCHP, MRNA, NVDA, PGR, SHOP, SNOW, TEAM, TSM, TT, WDAY	AI, global, growth, innovation, Resilience, semiconductors, technology	NZS is positive about the long-term potential of AI while remaining cognizant of diverse range of outcomes at various layers. They continue to invest more heavily in the infrastructure layer, which benefits from ongoing spending tied to the AI buildout, regardless of who the end-game winners might be. The foundational model and application layers have the most open-ended trajectories.		View

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