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What grade does BFTIX 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 2026-09-01
Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund
#21 of 440 graded active funds · growth · large segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
BFTIX puts more of its book behind proven specialists than 97% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
Bottom 40%
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That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds on this rung beat bottom-rung funds by about 3.8 points per quarter, and beat the S&P in 43% of fund-quarters versus their 22%. The evidence argues this fund earns its seat.
2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice
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.
Conviction exposure
56.1%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
26%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
84.8%
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 2026-09-09
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 Fifth Avenue Growth Fund earns an A grade and ranks 21st out of 440 graded funds, with proven specialists accounting for 56 percent of ownership. The most striking detail is the fund's early conviction on NVDA at nearly 14 percent of the portfolio, alongside AMZN and NET, while META and TSLA are both showing specialist fading signals worth watching.
→ Monitor the combined 10.6 percent weight in fading META and TSLA positions, as specialist exits there argue for attention.
→ The early conviction on NVDA at 13.6 percent is the fund's strongest edge; track whether specialist support there holds.
Support leaving these positions
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