| 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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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| 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 | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 6, 2025 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | AAPL, ABG, BURL, CGNX, CHE, CIGI, COP, DECK, DINO, EXPO, FIX, GPN, IESC, PRI, RLI, TSLA, TSM, WH, WMT, WSM | AI, fundamentals, Long/Short, momentum, Overvaluation, Systematic, value | Manager criticizes momentum-driven markets where fundamentals have been ignored for three years. Value factor declined 17% in 2024 while momentum returned 57%. The fund maintains a fundamentals-based approach despite challenging environment for value investing. | 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 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 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | FMI International Equity | -7.4% | 2.7% | BJ, BKNG, BMEB.PA, CSL, DG, FBIN, GOOGL, HOWG.L, NSIT, PLXS, PRI, RXL.PA, SCHW, SKX, SLB, SONY, SW.PA, ULVR.L, UNH, ZION | Banking, growth, Housing, international, Quality, Travel, value | The firm discusses the global banking crisis including failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Capital, along with Credit Suisse's rescue. They maintain positions in Zions Bancorporation and Charles Schwab despite volatility, believing both have sticky deposit bases and conservative balance sheets. The crisis highlights banking sector fragility and will likely lead to lower profitability and multiples going forward. | BKNG AEO|ASH|ASUR|AZZ|DCO|FA|FBIN|GHM|LEU|NSP|RRR|UTZ AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH SCHW ZBRA |
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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | FMI Large Cap Equity | -4.0% | 10.5% | BJ, BKNG, BME.L, CSL, DG, FBIN, GOOGL, HWDN.L, INSG, PLXS, PRI, RXL.PA, SCHW, SKX, SLB, SONY, SW.PA, ULVR.L, UNH, ZION | Banking, Housing, international, Quality, technology, value | The banking crisis highlighted the fragility of the sector, with three bank failures including Silicon Valley Bank. FMI maintains selective exposure to high-quality banks with sticky deposit bases like Zions and Schwab, viewing recent declines as overly punitive and adding to positions. | BKNG AEO|ASH|ASUR|AZZ|DCO|FA|FBIN|GHM|LEU|NSP|RRR|UTZ AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH SCHW ZBRA |
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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | FMI Small Cap Equity | -0.8% | 10.7% | BJ, BKNG, BME.L, CSL, D05.SI, DG, FBIN, GOOGL, HWDN.L, LLOY.L, NSIT, PLXS, PRI, ROG.SW, RXL.PA, SCHW, SKX, SLB, SONY, SW.PA, ULVR.L, UNH, ZION | Banking, contrarian, Crisis, Housing, international, Quality, value | The firm discusses the global banking crisis of Q1 2023, including failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Capital. They maintain selective exposure to banks with sticky deposit bases like Zions and Schwab, viewing recent declines as overly punitive given their conservative balance sheets and quality management teams. | BKNG AEO|ASH|ASUR|AZZ|DCO|FA|FBIN|GHM|LEU|NSP|RRR|UTZ AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH SCHW ZBRA |
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| 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 |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Baron FinTech Fund | Primerica, Inc. | Financials | Life & Health Insurance | Bull | NYSE | asset-light, financial planning, Independent Contractors, life insurance, Middle Income, Multi-level Marketing, ROE, Share Buybacks, Term Life | View Pitch |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Short Thesis | Bear Cave | Primerica Inc | Financials | Life & Health Insurance | Bear | NYSE | Churn, Distribution, MLM, Regulation | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Profits | Primerica, Inc. | Financials | Insurance - Life | Bull | NYSE | — | 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 |
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