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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 4, 2025 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 4.5% | -6.6% | ADMA, ALAB, ALHC, BJ, BMI, BOOT, BRBR, BWXT, CASY, CAVA, CHDN, COCO, CWAN, DKNG, DSGX, ELF, EQH, EXLS, FDS, FND, FOUR, FSS, GLOB, HLI, HQY, INSM, INSP, KAI, KNSL, LII, MANH, MKTX, MNDY, MTSI, NBIX, ONTO, PODD, PSTG, SPSC, SRPT, SSD, TARS, TECH, TREX, ULS, VERX, WAY, WSC, WSO, XPEL | AI, Biotech, growth, healthcare, semiconductors, small cap, technology, underperformance | The benchmark's rally was led by companies with AI-exposure that drove rapid multiple expansion. The portfolio underperformed due to underexposure to more speculative AI areas including small cap semiconductors and AI-hardware. Defensive positions with minimal AI-exposure were the largest detractors to relative performance. | View | |
| 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 | Jul 5, 2025 | Torre Financial | 6.9% | 4.9% | ADC, ANET, CRCL, FDS, INTU, MA, MELI, META, PEP, TMO, UNH, V, VEEV | diversification, long-term, Quality, Resilience, technology, value | The AI boom continues to drive market performance, particularly benefiting technology companies. AI represents an ongoing catalyst supporting the tech sector's strong performance in Q2. | MA V UNH |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | Apr 29, 2026 | Jensen Investment | -2.5% | -2.5% | AON, BR, CDNS, FDS, G, HOLX, KEYS, KR, LH, LULU, ON, ROST, SHW, TTC | AI, competitive advantages, energy, mid cap, Quality, ROE, value | View | ||
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 20, 2026 | Pelican Bay Capital Management | 4.3% | 4.3% | BLDR, ELV, EOG, FANG, FDS, FIS, MU, SLB, ULTA, ZM | Concentration, energy, oil, Quality, software, value | ZM |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 16, 2026 | Ariel Focus Fund | 7.3% | 7.3% | APA, BAC, BIO, CVX, FDS, FISV, GS, ORCL, SLB | Banking, energy, Geopolitical, large cap, oil, technology, value | 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 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 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 | Apr 12, 2025 | Torre Financial | -2.0% | -2.0% | ABT, ADBE, ADC, AMZN, CRM, EW, FDS, GOOGL, ICE, INTU, MCO, MELI, META, MSCI, PYPL, SPGI, TMO, UNH, V, WDAY | AI, healthcare, payments, Quality, technology, Trade Policy, volatility | AI is driving significant changes in how people work, automating functions across sales, marketing, customer service, and software development. There is opportunity for new leaders in this space, though concerns exist about potential disruption to companies like Adobe and Alphabet. However, both companies are at the leading edge of AI solutions within enterprise contexts. | View | |
| 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 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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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | ValueWorks Capital | - | - | ADBE, AMD, AMZN, ANET, ASML, CRM, CSCO, FDS, GOOGL, INTU, MELI, META, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, TMO, TSM | AI, growth, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, US | AI-related capex spend is boosting the stock market with hyperscalers spending nearly $450 billion in 2025. The AI economy including semiconductors, energy, and data center construction have been clear winners. Many large AI infrastructure deals have been announced, benefiting companies like Nvidia, OpenAI, Oracle, and AMD. | View | |
| 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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| 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 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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| 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 | ||
| 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 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | -3.2% | -9.6% | AAON, ADMA, AFRM, ALAB, BMI, BOOT, BRBR, BROS, BURL, BWXT, CASY, CAVA, CLWD, COCO, DKNG, ELF, EXAS, FDS, FOUR, FSS, HLI, INSM, INSP, IONQ, LII, MASI, MKTX, MTSI, NBIX, PEN, PODD, QBTS, RGTI, SOFI, TARS, TTAN, TWLO, TXRH, WAY, WING, WSO | AI, growth, healthcare, momentum, Quality, semiconductors, small cap, software | AI enthusiasm drove significant benchmark outperformance through semiconductor and infrastructure plays, with quantum computing stocks adding over 2% to benchmark weight despite extreme valuations. The market's insatiable desire for AI beneficiaries created meaningful factor headwinds for the portfolio. | View | |
| 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 | Nov 18, 2025 | Baron Growth Fund | -8.7% | -12.0% | ARCH, CG, CHH, CNS, CSGP, CWAN, FDS, FIGS, GLPI, GWRE, HLI, IDXX, IRDM, IT, KNSL, MC, MORN, MSCI, MTD, MTN, NEOG, PRI, RRR, TECH | AI, Buybacks, financials, growth, Quality, small cap, technology, underperformance | The fund exclusively invests in high-quality stocks as defined by MSCI Barra, focusing on competitively advantaged businesses with exceptional management teams. The manager notes this has been the worst six-month period for high-quality stocks since 1975, as investors have rotated to more volatile, riskier stocks. The portfolio's operating margin has improved to 27.6%, which is 640bps above historical average and 1,880bps above benchmark. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 13, 2025 | Baron FinTech Fund | -4.4% | 3.0% | COF, FDS, FICO, GWRE, HLI, HOOD, IBKR, INTU, KKR, LPLA, MA, MELI, MORN, NU, PGR, SHOP, SPGI, TW, V, VRSK | AI, Capital markets, credit, financials, Fintech, payments, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. Tech-Enabled Financials represented 29.3% of net assets, with the fund maintaining overweight positions in this category relative to the benchmark. | COF FICO SHOP CN IBKR HOOD |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 30, 2024 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 6.9% | 2.7% | AAON, ACLS, ALAB, APPF, BMI, BOOT, BROS, BSY, BURL, BWXT, CACI, CASY, CWA, CYBR, EXLS, FANG, FDS, FIVE, FND, FOUR, IEX, INSP, IRTC, JKHY, KAI, KNSL, LFUS, LGIH, LSCC, LW, MANH, MEDP, MNDY, NBIX, ONTO, PCOR, PODD, POOL, PRCT, RXST, SITM, SMPL, TARS, TREX, TYL, ULS, VNOM, WSC | financials, growth, healthcare, industrials, semiconductors, small caps, software, technology | The fund initiated a position in Astera Labs, a fast-growing and profitable developer of semiconductor products known as retimers that are key enablers of AI workloads and help prevent GPU bottlenecks. The manager believes this business adds further profitable AI-exposure to the portfolio. | View | |
| 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 16, 2025 | Platinum Global Fund (Long Only) | 10.0% | - | AAPL, ABBV, ADBE, AMD, ASML, AVGO, BABA, FDS, GOOGL, ICE, INTC, IQV, IT, JNJ, LRCX, MU, NVDA, NVS, TSM, UL | AI, China, global, healthcare, semiconductors, technology | Investment plans for artificial intelligence expansion grew consistently over the quarter, with massive investment spreading through the ecosystem. Technology stocks have been trading on consistent multiples of profits over the past five years, and while investment plans keep rising, so do reported and expected profits from the sector. The focus will be on earnings season with company management updating on profits earned and expected. | IQV UN |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 12, 2024 | Torre Financial | 8.0% | 16.5% | ABNB, ABT, ADBE, ADC, AMT, AMZN, CRWD, DHR, EW, FDS, GOOGL, ICE, MCO, MELI, PYPL, SPGI, TMO, TTD, UNH, ZS | diversification, healthcare, Quality, REITs, Resilience, technology, value | Manager has systematically diversified portfolio beyond technology into healthcare, real estate, and risk management companies over the past two years. This diversification has helped decrease volatility and provided better downside protection when markets declined. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 11, 2025 | Torre Financial | 1.7% | 6.5% | ADBE, AMD, AMZN, ANET, ASML, CRM, FDS, GOOGL, INTU, MELI, META, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, TMO, TSM | AI, growth, healthcare, Quality, semiconductors, technology, Valuations | AI-related capex spend is boosting the stock market with hyperscalers spending nearly $450 billion in 2025. The AI economy including semiconductors, energy, and data center construction have been clear winners while the rest of the market has struggled. Many large AI infrastructure deals have been announced, benefiting companies like Nvidia, OpenAI, Oracle, and AMD. | View | |
| 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 3, 2026 | Torre Financial | 1.9% | 8.5% | ADBE, AMZN, ANET, ASML, CRM, FDS, GOOGL, LLY, META, MSFT, NVDA, PYPL, TSM, UBER, UNH | AI, competition, growth, healthcare, Quality, technology, value | The race for AI has drawn in technology companies and nation states, with massive capital spending from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI driving Nvidia to become the first 5 trillion market cap company. The US has launched the Genesis Mission to ensure America wins the AI race, while China has shown innovation with DeepSeek. The portfolio focuses on strong, proven businesses with attractive business models, exhibiting strong returns on capital, competitive advantages, and durable growth. High quality, cash-flowing companies were not particularly sought after in 2025, with many high quality compounders selling off significantly. Eli Lilly's performance was propelled by their GLP-1 offerings and promising pipeline, contributing to the portfolio's top performers in 2025. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 22, 2026 | Pelican Bay Capital Management | 8.5% | 20.6% | ACM, BF.B, BLDR, CME, CSCO, FDS, GNRC, Gold, GOOG, MU, ODFL, ON, TOL, ZTS | AI, concentrated, healthcare, Homebuilders, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Portfolio benefited from strong performance in AI-related businesses, particularly Alphabet which established itself as a leading player with its Gemini Large Language Model alongside Claude and ChatGPT. The manager notes perception has improved significantly since initially purchasing GOOG in March 2023 when consensus was that Google missed the AI boom. Core investment philosophy centers on investing in high-quality companies with durable competitive advantages when they trade at steep discounts to intrinsic value. The manager emphasizes the importance of maintaining wide margins of safety and only investing when securities trade below the bottom end of their intrinsic value ranges. Homebuilding companies were weak performers due to elevated mortgage rates and slowdown in new home sales souring investor sentiment. However, the manager remains bullish on long-term prospects believing there is a housing shortage and these companies trade at large discounts to intrinsic values, adding to positions in both BLDR and TOL. | GOOGL ONON ZTS FDS ACM |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Fairlight Global Small & Mid Cap Fund | 0.0% | -7.9% | CPRT, DPLM.L, FDS, G24.DE, HLMA.L, IDXX, IT, MEDP, REC.MI, ULTA | AI, global, healthcare, Quality, small caps, technology, underperformance | Several portfolio companies experienced sharp multiple contractions due to perceived higher risk of disintermediation from expected widespread adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence. The manager estimates this was an 8% hit to returns, though believes the extent of recent derating is excessive given companies' successful track records of defending market leadership. The fund focuses exclusively on high-quality businesses with demonstrable track records of earning outsized returns on capital, stable management teams, conservative balance sheets, and avoiding single points of failure. Portfolio companies collectively grew revenues by 6% and EPS by 9% in 2025 despite challenging conditions. Healthcare represents 13% of portfolio exposure with holdings like IDEXX Laboratories in companion animal diagnostics and Medpace in clinical research. These companies benefit from recurring revenue models, market share gains, and structural industry growth tailwinds supporting improved diagnosis and drug development. | IT |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | 3.0% | 11.1% | CRL, FDS, FISV, GNRC, GNTX, IPG, MSGE, OMC, SPHR | Automotive, Biotechnology, Data centers, Entertainment, Financial Services, mid cap, technology, value | Artificial intelligence continues to drive structural trends contributing to productivity gains and shifting competitive positioning across industries. However, the benefits are unevenly distributed, reinforcing market leadership narrowness and raising questions about performance durability. Live entertainment shows strong consumer demand with Sphere Entertainment's success with The Wizard of Oz and Madison Square Garden Entertainment's robust concert and Christmas Spectacular performance. The sector benefits from continued demand for live experiences and valuable real estate assets. Charles River Laboratories maintains its leadership position in outsourced drug development services despite moderated biotech funding and big pharma budget pressures. The company's scale and capabilities position it well for recovery as nonclinical testing remains essential for pipeline replenishment. Generac Holdings sees significant long-term growth potential in the data center market, benefiting from rising energy needs and artificial intelligence infrastructure expansion. This represents a key growth driver alongside traditional backup power solutions. | OMC FDS GNRC FISV MSGE CRL SCHR |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Ariel Small Cap Value Strategy | 3.0% | 0.0% | AMG, FDS, GNRC, KMT, NCLH, PSKY, REZI, RLI, SPHR, ZBRA | AI, Entertainment, insurance, Manufacturing, small cap, technology, value | Artificial intelligence continues to drive structural trends and productivity gains across industries, though benefits are unevenly distributed. The technology is contributing to market concentration and shifting competitive positioning, while raising questions about the durability of recent performance patterns. Data center market shows significant long-term growth potential driven by rising energy needs and artificial intelligence infrastructure expansion. Management emphasized strong momentum in this sector as a key growth driver. Live entertainment sector demonstrates robust consumer demand with Sphere Entertainment showing strengthening business fundamentals. The success of productions like The Wizard of Oz is accelerating discussions for future venue expansion both domestically and internationally. Cruise industry faces renewed skepticism despite record bookings and robust customer deposits. Norwegian Cruise Line maintains confidence in long-term demand supported by strategic capacity expansion and private island enhancements. | ZBRA RLI FDS NCLH GNRC REZI KMT AMG SPHR |
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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 | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Conestoga Mid Cap Composite | 8.4% | 9.4% | BALL, CGNX, CPRT, CSGP, FDS, FTNT, GGG, GNRC, GWRE, HEI.A, IDXX, POOL, RGEN, ROL, ROP, VEEV, VRSK, WCN, WST | growth, healthcare, interest rates, mid cap, Quality, technology | Conestoga emphasizes higher-quality companies with positive earnings, higher margins, higher returns on equity, and lower debt levels. This quality focus is positioned to outperform in an environment facing higher interest rates and potential recession. | OMCL CSWI |
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| 2022 Q3 | Sep 30, 2022 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | DNUT, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IRDM, SHOP, 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 | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Conestoga Mid Cap Composite | 8.4% | 9.4% | AAPL, ANSS, CPRT, CSGP, FDS, GGG, GWRE, HEI.A, IDXX, MSFT, MTD, RGEN, ROL, ROP, TSCO, VRSK, WCN, WST | consumer discretionary, growth, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, technology | The manager focuses on high quality conservative growth companies with sustainable earnings growth and strong balance sheets. They employ a time horizon arbitrage approach by identifying higher quality companies capable of growing through multiple business cycles. | 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 | |
| 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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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 24, 2025 | Tsai Capital | - | 23.0% | AAPL, ABNB, ACN, AMZN, ANSS, COST, CPRT, CSGP, DHR, FDS, GOOG, IDXX, MA, MKL, MSCI, MSFT, NKE, QXO, TSLA, TYL, V, ZTS | AI, Compounding, disruption, growth, long-term, technology, Tesla, value | The manager believes they are particularly well-positioned to benefit from the AI revolution, which represents the most transformative technological advancement since the advent of the internet. Many of the companies they own are leading the charge in the AI revolution, with others set to reap substantial benefits as they integrate these transformative technologies into their operations. Autonomy—embodied in self-driving vehicles and humanoid robots—will be one of the earliest large-scale applications of AI. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Feb 21, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ronald Baron | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | Financials | Financial Exchanges & Data | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, analytics, buybacks, Data, Margins, monetization, Recurring, Retention, Workflow | View Pitch |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Fund Letters | Tyler Hardt | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | Financials | Financial Data & Exchanges | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | compounder, Data, Margins, Subscriptions, valuation | View Pitch |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Fund Letters | John Rogers | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | Information Technology | Data Processing & Outsourced Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, analytics, Financialdata, Margins, Switchingcosts | View Pitch |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Fund Letters | John W. Rogers | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | Information Technology | Data Processing & Outsourced Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, analytics, financial data, Scalability, switching costs | View Pitch |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Substack | Toff Cap Monday Monitor | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | Financials | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | Neutral | analytics, cash generation, financial data, growth challenges, insider buying, investment potential, market conditions, profitability, strategic initiatives, undervaluation | View Pitch |
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