
Baron Real Estate Fund
Symbol BREUXCUSIP: 06828M827
Symbol BREUXCUSIP: 06828M827
SCT
SectorNav
$37.43
Daily Change -$0.01 (-0.03%)
As of 05/09/2025
As of 05/09/2025
Net Assets
$2.06 B
As of 03/31/2025
Morningstar Rating™
As of 03/31/2025
Morningstar Medalist Rating™
BRONZE
Inception date
12/31/2009
Prices & Performance
PricesAs of 05/09/2025
NAV | Daily Change ($) | Daily Change (%) | MTD | QTD | YTD |
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$37.43 | -$0.01 | -0.03% | 2.44% | 0.19% | -6.54% |
NAV | $37.43 |
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Daily Change ($) | -$0.01 |
Daily Change (%) | -0.03% |
MTD | 2.44% |
QTD | 0.19% |
YTD | -6.54% |
PerformanceAs of 03/31/2025
Portfolio or Index | QTD1 | YTD1 | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception 12/31/2009 |
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BREUX - Baron Real Estate Fund - R6 | -6.72% | -6.72% | -3.11% | 1.70% | 16.02% | 8.40% | 12.92% |
MSCI USA IMI Extended Real Estate Index | -3.11% | -3.11% | 2.45% | 4.79% | 15.39% | 7.73% | 10.76% |
MSCI US REIT Index | 0.76% | 0.76% | 8.98% | -1.77% | 10.04% | 4.01% | 7.94% |
S&P 500 Index | -4.27% | -4.27% | 8.25% | 9.06% | 18.59% | 12.50% | 13.31% |
Performance InformationAs of 03/31/2025
Performance statistics | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
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Standard Deviation (%) | 23.77 | 22.88 | 20.38 |
Sharpe Ratio | -0.11 | 0.58 | 0.32 |
Alpha (%) | -3.00 | 0.15 | 0.80 |
Beta | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.01 |
R-Squared (%) | 97.10 | 89.29 | 86.45 |
Tracking Error (%) | 4.22 | 7.57 | 7.50 |
Information Ratio | -0.73 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Upside Capture (%) | 100.78 | 105.03 | 104.92 |
Downside Capture (%) | 110.39 | 105.45 | 103.51 |
Except for Standard Deviation and Sharpe Ratio, the performance based-characteristics above were calculated relative to the Baron Real Estate Fund's(BREUX) benchmark MSCI USA IMI Extended Real Estate Index. Performance statistics for additional periods will be provided on request. Source FactSet: SPAR.
Risk & Return112/31/2019 - 12/31/2024
1 Source: FactSet SPAR.
Portfolio Holdings & Characteristics
HoldingsAs of 04/30/2025
Holding | Sector | % of Net Assets | |
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Welltower Inc. Welltower Inc. (WELL) is a $45 billion diversified health care owner and manager of senior housing, including assisted and independent living. Core to its strategy is to partner with top-tier operators and health systems while providing operators access to its proprietary data analytics platform. We are optimistic about the prospects for Welltower given the substantial opportunity for cyclical recovery and continued secular growth in its senior housing business through occupancy and rent growth. The company also benefits from its proven ability to recycle capital at attractive rates of returns, premier health care platform, partnerships with top-tier operators, and well-respected management team focused solely on creating value on a per-share basis. | Real Estate | 6.1% | |
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is one of the world's largest providers of commercial real estate transaction, consulting, and investment management services through a network of more than 100 offices worldwide. Jones Lang has a leading brand, sophisticated technology, global platform, deep bench of talent, and a solid balance sheet. Its scale and platform provide a strong moat. In our view, Jones Lang will benefit from eventual stabilization in interest rates and the economy, which should lead to improvement across business lines, particularly in leasing and capital markets. We think the company can grow EPS at a double-digit CAGR over the next several years, driven by a cyclical recovery, secular growth tailwinds, market share gains, operating leverage, acquisitions, and share buybacks. | Real Estate | 5.4% | |
Brookfield Corporation Brookfield Corporation (BN) is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, with $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and more than $500 billion of fee-generating AUM. It owns stakes in several publicly listed affiliates as well as other unlisted investments. Brookfield Corporation's stake in listed companies, including Brookfield Infrastructure, Business Partners, Renewable Partners, and recently spun off Brookfield Asset Management, is worth $45 per share. We see another $25 per share in unlisted investments and $10 per share in carried interest generated for a total of $80 per share, well above the stock's current price. We think the company will profit from growth in alternative asset management, given its superior track record, highly respected CEO, global reach, scale, and diverse product offerings. | Financials | 5.1% | |
American Tower Corporation American Tower Corporation (AMT) is the largest independent wireless tower operator worldwide, with more than 240,000 towers in 20 countries on five continents. Increasing demand for wireless data coverage is driving leasing activity by wireless carriers, with mobile data growing more than 25% per year. Since zoning for new towers in the U.S. is difficult to obtain, leasing on an existing tower (tenant colocation) or modifying existing equipment (amendment) is typically the best option. American Tower has been expanding internationally as well. We expect new tenants and higher colocation activity to drive strong organic cash flow growth. We believe American Tower will continue to acquire tower portfolios opportunistically. | Real Estate | 5.0% | |
CBRE Group, Inc. CBRE Group, Inc. (CBRE) is a top commercial real estate services company with the leading market share in all of its major businesses. We believe CBRE will gain meaningfully from the long-term recovery in the commercial real estate industry. Its leasing and investment sales units have high incremental margins, and we believe its profitability will improve with healthier end markets. We also believe the market underappreciates the value associated with CBRE’s property management unit given its growing, highly recurring revenue stream and open-ended growth prospects. CBRE is also one of the world’s leading managers of real estate assets. | Real Estate | 4.8% | |
Toll Brothers, Inc. Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL) is a leading high-end, luxury homebuilder that caters to move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, age-qualified, and second-home buyers in 19 states in the U.S. New single-family home construction activity in the U.S. remains below the levels needed to meet current and pent-up demand following a decade of underbuilding. We expect single-family home construction activity to continue over the medium term. In our view, Toll Brothers is a differentiated homebuilder with a niche focus on high-end homes and an excellent management team. We think Toll Brothers is well positioned to benefit from housing growth through its sizable land bank, healthy balance sheet, and market share gains against smaller players. | Consumer Discretionary | 3.9% | |
Equinix, Inc. Equinix, Inc. (EQIX) is a network-neutral operator of 260 data centers across 70 metro areas and 33 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It provides highly reliable facilities and offers low-latency interconnection to and among business partners, networks, and cloud service providers. Equinix benefits from several long-term secular trends, including increasing internet traffic, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, AI, and mobility. As data and customer needs become more global, Equinix should be able to leverage its leading global data center platform. We believe Equinix can continue to grow through new data center development, rent increases, and the addition of value-added services supplemented by accretive acquisitions that increase market penetration and reach. | Real Estate | 3.7% | |
Wynn Resorts, Limited Wynn Resorts, Limited (WYNN) is a leading casino company, with assets in Macau and Las Vegas, two of the largest gaming markets in the world. It also owns the Encore Boston Harbor casino and is developing a new casino in the UAE, which it will manage while owning 40% of the resort. In the short to medium term, we think several catalysts could drive the stock higher, including improving trends in Macau as it recovers from the pandemic, continued strength in Las Vegas with its new convention space, and the ramping of Encore Boston Harbor with more efficient operations. Longer term, we think improved infrastructure and easing visa requirements should boost growth in Macau. All of these catalysts combined with the UAE development should lead to enhanced cash flow that Wynn can use to pay down debt and improve its financial position. | Consumer Discretionary | 3.6% | |
CoStar Group, Inc. CoStar Group, Inc. (CSGP) is the leading provider of information and marketing services to the commercial real estate industry. CoStar has built a proprietary database through data collection over a 20-year period, creating high barriers to entry. We think CoStar's suite should grow at mid-teens rates, and we believe its Loopnet marketing platform can grow even faster. Its Apartments.com platform is the dominant multi-family internet listing service and should grow revenue by more than 20%. CoStar is starting to expand into residential, creating additional significant growth opportunities. Its balance sheet and cash generation create M&A optionality. | Real Estate | 3.4% | |
CRH public limited company CRH public limited company | Materials | 3.1% | |
Total | 44.2% |
Top Ten Fund Holdings based on net assets. Portfolio holdings may change over time.
Portfolio holdings are subject to change. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.
Portfolio holdings are subject to change. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.
Contributors / DetractorsQuarterly as of 03/31/2025
Top Contributors | Average Weight | Contribution |
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Welltower Inc. | 5.41% | 0.96% |
American Tower Corporation | 2.56% | 0.51% |
GDS Holdings Limited | 4.25% | 0.30% |
CoStar Group, Inc. | 2.90% | 0.26% |
Millrose Properties, Inc. | 0.12% | 0.19% |
Source: FactSet PA.
GICS Sector BreakdownAs of 04/30/2025
Sector
Real Estate
43.6%
Consumer Discretionary
23.6%
Financials
10.5%
Materials
8.9%
Industrials
6.1%
Cash & Cash Equivalents
5.7%
Information Technology
1.7%
Sub-Industry
04/30/2025Real Estate Services 13.70%
Asset Management & Custody Banks10.50%
Homebuilding9.20%
Casinos & Gaming6.10%
Health Care REITs 6.10%
Construction Materials6.00%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines5.70%
Data Center REITs 5.40%
Telecom Tower REITs 5.00%
Multi-Family Residential REITs 4.60%
Building Products3.50%
Forest Products2.80%
Trading Companies & Distributors2.60%
Home Improvement Retail2.60%
Industrial REITs 2.40%
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Real Estate Services 13.70%
Asset Management & Custody Banks10.50%
Homebuilding9.20%
Casinos & Gaming6.10%
Health Care REITs 6.10%
Construction Materials6.00%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines5.70%
Data Center REITs 5.40%
Telecom Tower REITs 5.00%
Multi-Family Residential REITs 4.60%
Building Products3.50%
Forest Products2.80%
Trading Companies & Distributors2.60%
Home Improvement Retail2.60%
Industrial REITs 2.40%
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Portfolio CharacteristicsAs of 03/31/2025
Description | Baron Real Estate Fund | MSCI USA IMI Extended Real Estate Index |
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Inception Date | December 31, 2009 | |
Net Assets | $2.06 billion | |
# of Issuers / % of Net Assets | 40/91.5% | |
Turnover (3 Year Average) | 86.63% | |
Active Share | 73.0% | |
Median Market Cap | $24.42 billion | $3.70 billion |
Weighted Average Market Cap | $46.76 billion | $88.00 billion |
R6 Shares | ||
CUSIP | 06828M827 | |
Expense Ratio | 1.06% | |
As of FYE Current Expense Ratio Date | 4/26/2024 | |
EPS Growth (3-5 year forecast) | 12.1% | 9.0% |
Price/Earnings Ratio (trailing 12-month) | 21.8x | 22.2x |
Price/Book Ratio | 2.5x | 2.5x |
Price/Sales Ratio | 1.9x | 2.5x |
The Net Assets include all share classes combined.
Price/Book Ratio and Price/Sales Ratio are calculated using the Weighted Harmonic Average. Source: FactSet PA. Internal valuation metrics may differ.
Price/Book Ratio and Price/Sales Ratio are calculated using the Weighted Harmonic Average. Source: FactSet PA. Internal valuation metrics may differ.
Distributions
Record Date | Ex Date | Payable Date | Income | Return of Capital | Short-Term Capital Gain | Long-Term Capital Gain | Total | Re-Invest NAV | Calendar-Year Return |
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12/16/2024 | 12/17/2024 | 12/18/2024 | $0.1008 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.1008 | $41.27 | 12.46% |
09/23/2024 | 09/24/2024 | 09/25/2024 | $0.0585 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0585 | $41.29 | 12.46% |
12/06/2023 | 12/07/2023 | 12/08/2023 | $0.0992 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0992 | $32.87 | 25.04% |
09/25/2023 | 09/26/2023 | 09/27/2023 | $0.0553 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0553 | $30.05 | 25.04% |
12/07/2022 | 12/08/2022 | 12/09/2022 | $0.0221 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | $0.0221 | $29.74 | -28.44% |
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Documents

Fund Anniversary
Baron Real Estate Fund Celebrates 15 Years of Outperformance
This year marks the 15th anniversary for Baron Real Estate Fund. Portfolio manager Jeff Kolitch shares insights into our distinctive, active real estate investment strategy, which has driven consistent outperformance over the past 15 years.