Baron Discovery Fund’s Q4 2025 Investor Letter

Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron Discovery Fund” fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. The Fund focuses on long-term, competitively positioned companies that are well-managed and have significant potential in untapped markets. The letter also addressed the advancements in AI and how humans define themselves in the changing landscape. In Q4, the fund generated a return of 0.19% (Institutional Shares), underperforming the Russell 2000 Growth Index by 1.03 percentage points. Over the entire year, the fund posted a return of 10.96%, while the Index returned 13.01%. The outperformance of low-quality and short-term price momentum-oriented stocks affected the Fund’s focus on long-term valuation metrics. The top 10 holdings comprised 26.7% of the Fund’s net assets, with cash making up 3.3%. The Fund maintains strong optimism and expects a high-growth, low-inflation environment in 2026. Please review the Fund’s top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2025.

A copy of Baron Discovery Fund’s Q4 2025 investor letter can be downloaded here.