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What grade does BARIX get?
Morningstar rates funds on what they returned. We grade them on where their money sits today: how much of the book overlaps with the converged buys of the top specialist stock pickers.
Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-10-01
Baron Asset Fund
#81 of 500 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
BARIX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 66% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
● Bottom 40%
Middle
Top 40%
Top 20%
That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds with this little specialist backing trailed top-rung funds by about 3.8% per quarter and beat the S&P in only 22% of fund-quarters. If it also charges an active fee, the higher-graded alternatives deserve a look.
10,000+ funds tracked · the graded specialists among them drive every read
The grade scores this fund's specialist share, the slice that overlaps what the top 1% of proven funds are building. We ignore index ballast and names outside our edge on purpose: that slice is small, and it's what decides the outcome.
BARIX vs the Honor Roll · share card ↗Conviction exposure
14.9%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
38.1%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
96.6%
how far it strays from the index
The best grades have beaten the worst by about +5% a year since we began grading. The gap held in 9 out of 10 months. Measured on filings as they were published, no hindsight.
Inside the book: top names by stage · as of 2026-10-20
We email you the day it crosses 50% crowded, and where you stand every month.
Graded monthly from point-in-time filings. A description of where the money sits, not a recommendation. Evidence, not advice.
The read · what to do with it
Baron Asset Fund earns an A grade, ranking 81st out of 500 graded funds, with specialists holding nearly 15% of the fund. The early calls on PWR and MTD stand out, but Amphenol at 5.4% is fading, and positions like IDXX and Gartner are sitting in crowded territory that makes up over a third of the portfolio.
→ Watch Amphenol closely: at 5.4% weight and Fading stage, specialists are already leaving this position.
→ Note the Early Conviction case for PWR and MTD, where the fund appears genuinely ahead of the crowd.
Support leaving these positions
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.