| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 18, 2025 | Baron Growth Fund | 0.8% | -3.5% | ACGL, CHH, GLPI, GWRE, IDXX, RRR | Consumer Sector, quality growth, small caps, technology | View | ||
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 6.1% | 4.8% | ALK, ASH, COOP, FCN, ICLR, POST, RRR, RRX, TFX, WCC | fundamentals, margin expansion, Mid Caps, self-help, valuation | The letter emphasizes mid-cap companies with strong fundamentals and mispriced growth prospects. Operational improvement, margin expansion, and self-help initiatives are key sources of value creation. Mid-cap volatility is viewed as an opportunity for active managers. | FCN ALK ASH ICLR RRX WCC RRR |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 11.8% | -1.1% | AEO, ASH, ASTH, ASUR, AZZ, CIVI, DCO, ENOV, FA, FBIN, GHM, LEU, NSP, PLOW, RRR, STRW, UTZ | alpha, industrials, Intrinsic Value, Resilience, small caps | The commentary focuses on resilient small-cap businesses trading at meaningful discounts to intrinsic value. Defense, infrastructure, and niche industrial exposure are highlighted as long-term tailwinds. Small-cap inefficiency remains a key source of alpha despite macro uncertainty. | AEO ASUR STRW FBIN AZZ UTZ NSP DCO LEU |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 5.4% | 1.0% | AEO, ASH, ASUR, AZZ, DCO, FA, FBIN, GHM, LEU, NSP, RRR, UTZ | fundamentals, Intrinsic Value, Mean reversion, small caps, value | The letter emphasizes valuation discipline in small- and mid-cap equities where price dislocations persist due to macro uncertainty and risk aversion. Management argues that fundamentals, not sentiment, ultimately drive long-term returns and that many businesses trade below intrinsic value despite stable cash flows. The outlook favors patient capital as earnings normalization and multiple expansion converge. | FCN WCC RRR |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | ALGT, ERII, GNRC, LANC, POST, PRGO, RRR, RRX, WCC, WNS | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 8.3% | 13.3% | ADM, AIG, FANG, JCI, PH, POST, RRR, RRX, SBAC, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | FTAI, LANC, LOB, OEC, RRR, TKO CN, UFPT, WNS | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, BIRK, CHH, FIGS, H, IRDI, RRR, SPOT, TSLA | - | 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 5, 2026 | Baron Small Cap Fund | -1.6% | -0.7% | CGNX, CWA, FROG, GWRE, HLI, ICLR, IT, JBT, KNSL, KTOS, MTD, NEPT, NOVT, ODD, PLNT, RBC, RRR, SITE, TDG, VRT | AI, Data centers, defense, growth, Quality, small caps, technology | AI infrastructure buildout drove strong performance in holdings like Vertiv and Legence. JFrog benefited as customers leveraged generative AI to improve developer productivity, driving increased binary creation and platform usage. The manager expects corporations to show continued productivity gains as AI is adopted to reduce costs and open new revenue opportunities. Data center activity was a key driver for several holdings. Vertiv Holdings benefited from robust data center infrastructure demand with 29% organic revenue growth. Legence Corp, an engineering and maintenance services company, was a strong contributor due to robust data center activity. Aerospace and defense players were among the best performers in 2025, including Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Karman Holdings, and RBC Bearings. The manager notes heightened aerospace and defense spending and improving margins in this sector. The manager expects small-cap companies to grow faster than large caps going forward, which is not typical of recent years. Better growth ahead for small caps could lead to market broadening and leadership change. Small caps have historically grown more slowly than large caps, contributing to extended underperformance. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 14.4% | 29.5% | ACGL, FIGS, IBKR, IDXX, LYV, RRR, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | -2.4% | 10.6% | ASH, CUBE, ICLR, LPLA, RRR, SOLV, TDY, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 1.0% | 13.2% | ASH, ASTH, CMPR, CURB, FIP, GHM, LEU, MLAB, RRR, USLM | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | -0.8% | 8.3% | ALGT, ASH, CUBE, ICLR, INFA, REXR, RRR, SOLV, TDY, WBS, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Dec 31, 2023 | Adestella Investment Management | 1.1% | 14.0% | RRR | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baron Partners Fund | 13.1% | 4.7% | FDS, IDXX, IT, RRR, STUB, TSLA | AI, Autonomy, Data, disruption, Robotics | The fund emphasizes AI as a major driver of both market sentiment and company fundamentals, highlighted by Teslas rapid autonomous-driving progress and humanoid robotics roadmap. Several holdings faced investor fears of AI-driven disruption, especially in information services, though the manager views proprietary data moats as protective. AI remains central to both growth opportunities and perceived risks across the portfolio. | ANET |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 5, 2025 | Baron Small Cap Fund | 0.5% | 0.7% | BWIN, IT, KNSL, KTOS, LGN, NOVT, PAR, RRR, VRT | AI Infrastructure, Data centers, defense, quality growth, small caps | The fund highlights the tension between speculative rallies in unprofitable microcaps and its disciplined focus on quality small-cap compounders. Its holdings in industrial and AI-infrastructure names like Vertiv and Kratos demonstrate long-term growth potential as data center and defense spending expand. Despite near-term underperformance, the strategy remains committed to profitable, defensible businesses with recurring cash flows. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 18, 2025 | Baron Growth Fund | -8.7% | -12.0% | FDS, FIGS, IDXX, IT, MORN, RRR | AI, CashFlow, Compounding, Quality, valuation | Quality: The letter emphasizes the Funds disciplined focus on high-quality, profitable growth companies with durable competitive advantages, strong free cash flow, and long holding periods. The manager highlights that these attributes have historically driven superior long-term results despite short-term underperformance. Valuation: The portfolios valuation premium has narrowed as high-quality stocks lag and speculative, high-beta names surge. Management argues current valuations underestimate future earnings durability and margin expansion. AI: Several holdings faced market concern over AI disruptionparticularly Gartner, FactSet, and Morningstaryet the Fund argues AI is a tailwind enhancing proprietary data moats, not a threat. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 28, 2024 | Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund | 8.6% | 13.3% | ADSK, ARNB, BILL, BIRK, GWRE, H, IBKR, IQV, JBHT, LPLA, MRNA, MTN, NET, NTR, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 4.5% | 9.5% | AIG, COO, EQH, GDDY, KMX, RRR, RVTY, TTC, WCC | AI, Consumer Demand, industrials, Mid Caps, valuation | The fund notes that AI enthusiasm is inflating valuations across mid-cap equities while creating opportunities in overlooked industrial and consumer names. It highlights investments in defense, data centers, and housing-related sectors that can benefit from secular tailwinds. Managers remain focused on intrinsic value and quality amid macro uncertainty. | HII WCC CIEN |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 7.9% | 6.7% | DCO, FIP, LEU, MLAB, RRR, TFIN | AI, defense, energy, small caps, tariffs | The fund trailed its benchmark as speculative small caps surged, though holdings like Centrus Energy and Ducommun benefited from AI-related power demand and defense strength. Managers focus on resilient small-cap businesses positioned for long-term growth amid tariff uncertainty and macro volatility. | FTAI DCO USLM RRR LEU COOP LEU COOP |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 6.2% | 7.3% | CIEN, COO, EQH, GDDY, KMX, RRR, RVTY, TFIN, TTC, WCC | AI, defense, industrials, infrastructure, valuation | The strategy underperformed as AI-driven rallies boosted large-cap tech, though holdings like Ciena and WESCO benefited from AI infrastructure spending. Managers see opportunities in undervalued industrials and defense suppliers such as Huntington Ingalls, which gain from rearmament trends. The team warns of AI overvaluation and focuses on patient value investing amid market exuberance. | RVTY COO TTC HII CIEN HII WCC CIEN |
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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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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ARNB, BIRK, GWRE, H, IBKR, MRNA, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 8.3% | 13.3% | AIG, ENOV, LHX, MAA, RRR, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | CALM, CIVI, ENOV, LEU, RRR | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | ENOV, MAA, PRGS, RRR, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | DNUT, GWRE, H, MNT, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 26, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | ALGT, COOP, FTRE, GDDY, LH, MGY, RRR, SNV, UDR, VRSN, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 26, 2024 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 8.3% | 13.3% | BSX, CIVI, GDDY, HUM, LH, NXPI, RRR, RRX, SYY, UDR, VRSN, WCC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 26, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | EVO, FTAI, LOB, MAMA, RCKY, RRR, USLM | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q2 | Jun 30, 2022 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | CSGP, FIGS, GWRE, H, MSCI, RRR, SPOT, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 27, 2024 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 11.7% | 13.2% | ACGL, GWRE, H, IDXX, IRDM, RRR, VAC | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q4 | Jan 27, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | ALGT, BBCP, ESAB, ESGRP, FTAI, GHM, GTES, ODC, RMNI, RRR, TGB, UFPT, WNS, WWW | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 2, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | CIVI, CTRA, CUBE, ERII, FBIN, FHN, GDDY, LOB, NSP, NVST, RRR, ST, WBS, WCC, WNS | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 2, 2024 | Diamond Hill Mid Cap | 8.3% | 13.3% | BWA, CIEN, CTRA, CUBE, FBIN, GDDY, NSP, NVST, PH, RRR, ST, VFC, WBS, WCC | - | 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 | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | NASDAQ | CapEx, development, Durango, EBITDA, Gaming, Locals, Margins, Roi, Visitation | View Pitch |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Fund Letters | Chris Welch | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines | Bull | NASDAQ | cashflow, consumer, Gaming, leverage, resilience | View Pitch |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Fund Letters | Chris Welch | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines | Bull | NASDAQ | cashflow, consumer, Gaming, leverage, Tourism | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Chris Welch | Red Rock Resorts Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | NASDAQ | Casinos, Demographics, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Las Vegas, Margins | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Kenio Fontes | Red Rock Resorts | Consumer Discretionary | Resorts & Casinos | Bull | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Andrew Hecht | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Resorts & Casinos | Bull | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
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