Baron Discovery Fund Q3 2024 Shareholder Letter

Expensive Baron Discovery Fund Shareholder:

Baron Discovery Fund® (MUTF:BDFIX, the Fund) was up 13.55% (Institutional Shares) within the quarter, outperforming the Russell 2000 Development Index (the Benchmark) by 514 foundation factors. For the year-to-date interval, the Fund returned 9.50%, 372 foundation factors under the Benchmark return of 13.22%. We have been happy with the efficiency throughout the third quarter, and we really feel that it’s potential that the bear market in small-cap development shares that began manner again in February 2021 is lastly ending. We’ve got been speaking in regards to the divergence between small-cap development and large-cap valuations for a number of quarters now, however to present you a way of how challenged small-cap development has been, earlier than this quarter the Benchmark had solely crushed the S&P 500 Index (SP500, SPX) in 2 of the final 14 quarters. We’ve got not seen small-cap development quarterly underperformance of this magnitude because the late Nineties. To additional illustrate this level, take into account the cumulative efficiency of two asset lessons during the last three plus years: one asset class is up 56% and the opposite is down 13%. For those who got here to those numbers with none context, you may assume that the returns signify investments in belongings of various nations the place one financial system was slowing and the opposite was booming. At no level, nonetheless, would you assume that these two returns are from indices in the identical precise financial system. But these two metrics signify the cumulative efficiency of the S&P 500 Index (+55.81%) and the Benchmark (-13.41%) since February 9, 2021.

Desk I. Efficiency† Annualized for intervals ended September 30, 2024

Baron Discovery Fund Retail Shares1,2 Baron Discovery Fund Institutional Shares1,2 Russell 2000 Development Index1 Russell 3000 Index1 Three Months3 13.52% 13.55% 8.41% 6.23% 9 Months3 9.27% 9.50% 13.22% 20.63% One 12 months 22.78% 23.12% 27.66% 35.19% Three Years (5.76)% (5.51)% (0.35)% 10.29% 5 Years 10.53% 10.82% 8.82% 15.26% Ten Years 11.71% 12.00% 8.95% 12.83% Since Inception (September 30, 2013) (Annualized) 12.17% 12.45% 8.47% 13.27% Since Inception (September 30, 2013) (Cumulative)3 253.60% 263.55% 144.54% 293.69%
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Efficiency listed within the above desk is internet of annual working bills. Annual expense ratio for the Retail Shares and Institutional Shares as of September 30, 2023 was 1.33% and 1.06%, respectively. The efficiency knowledge quoted represents previous efficiency. Previous efficiency is not any assure of future outcomes. The funding return and principal worth of an funding will fluctuate; an investor’s shares, when redeemed, could also be value roughly than their authentic price. The Adviser might waive or reimburse sure Fund bills pursuant to a contract expiring on August 29, 2035, except renewed for an additional 11-year time period and the Fund’s switch company bills could also be diminished by expense offsets from an unaffiliated switch agent, with out which efficiency would have been decrease. Present efficiency could also be decrease or larger than the efficiency knowledge quoted. For efficiency info present to the latest month finish, go to BaronCapitalGroup.com or name 1-800-99-BARON.

† The Fund’s historic efficiency was impacted by features from IPOs and there’s no assure that these outcomes will be repeated or that the Fund’s stage of participation in IPOs would be the identical sooner or later.(1)The Russell 2000® Development Index measures the efficiency of small-sized U.S. corporations which are categorised as development. The Russell 3000® Index measures the efficiency of the broad phase of the U.S. fairness universe comprised of the most important 3000 U.S. corporations representing roughly 98% of the investable U.S. fairness market. All rights within the FTSE Russell Index (the “Index”) vest within the related LSE Group firm which owns the Index. Russell® is a trademark of the related LSE Group firm and is utilized by another LSE Group firm underneath license. Neither LSE Group nor its licensors settle for any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions within the indexes or knowledge and no get together might depend on any indexes or knowledge contained on this communication. The Fund consists of reinvestment of dividends, internet of withholding taxes, whereas the Russell 2000® Development and Russell 3000® Indexes embrace reinvestment of dividends earlier than taxes. Reinvestment of dividends positively impacts the efficiency outcomes. The indexes are unmanaged. Index efficiency shouldn’t be Fund efficiency. Buyers can’t make investments instantly in an index.(2)The efficiency knowledge within the desk doesn’t replicate the deduction of taxes {that a} shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.(3)Not annualized.

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Over the previous a number of quarters, our quarterly letters have identified that the divergent paths of small-cap development and large-cap shares wouldn’t proceed endlessly, and a probable catalyst for rotation into small-cap development shares can be the decline in inflation and, in consequence, the reducing of charges by the Federal Reserve (the Fed). Inflation has been on a decrease trajectory for a lot of quarters now and the Fed reacted to this truth by chopping charges by 50 foundation factors in September. Small-cap shares reacted positively to the information and the upper high quality development corporations within the Fund managed to outperform the Benchmark throughout this era. Skeptics may say that this was an anomaly, just like the small-cap rally that occurred within the first seven months of 2023 that utterly disappeared over the next three months. So allow us to clarify why we predict this quarter is completely different from the rally we noticed in 2023 and why the small-cap development versus large-cap “reversion to the imply” commerce can have legs.

First, the Fed has gone from impartial to dovish. As we have now written about for a number of quarters, our corporations have been telling us that the inflation and supply- chain points they skilled throughout COVID-19 had largely dissipated by the tip of 2022. We’ve got seen authorities inflation knowledge steadily falling for a number of quarters. Decrease inflation gave the Fed the headroom to start the method of normalizing rates of interest. Decrease charges are a constructive for our smaller development corporations for 2 main causes: (1) when rates of interest fall, the current worth of future money flows will increase. Which means the discounted money flows of small-cap development shares, which frequently have larger development charges, develop into extra useful. In consequence, valuation multiples broaden and inventory costs are likely to rise; and (2) decrease rates of interest are a tailwind for the financial system and are supportive of financial development. This creates an atmosphere the place our portfolio corporations can see accelerating income development.

Second, valuations of small-cap development shares stay engaging in comparison with their large-cap counterparts. In truth, small-cap development is presently buying and selling at its largest low cost relative to giant cap within the final 25 years.

Third, traders are under-allocated to small-cap development shares as an asset class. When wanting on the allocation to small-cap development inside the Morningstar US Fairness universe during the last 10 years, the proportion of complete internet belongings invested within the Morningstar Small Cap Development class just lately hit a brand new low on the finish of September. When traders are shunning an asset class, as they’re with small-cap development right now, this is usually a contrarian indicator and a constructive predictor of higher asset efficiency sooner or later.

Fourth, unfavourable earnings revisions have been a frequent theme during the last couple of years. We consider this pattern can reverse as year-over-year earnings comparisons develop into simpler go ahead. Durations the place earnings revisions are constructive are bullish for each valuation multiples and inventory costs.

Fifth, Chinese language financial development has been a drag on international financial development for the final couple of years. We consider the stimulus measures that the Chinese language authorities introduced in late September (with one Bloomberg article suggesting it may very well be as excessive as $1.4 trillion {dollars}!) will jumpstart the Chinese language financial system which can act as a tailwind to international financial exercise.

The underside line is that there are a lot of explanation why a rotation into small-cap development shares (and into our secular growers specifically) is probably going. The mix of decrease rates of interest, stronger financial development, engaging valuations, and simpler earnings comparisons create a backdrop that we predict is conducive for stronger small firm fundamentals and valuation multiples.

Prime Contributors to Efficiency

Desk II.

Prime contributors to efficiency for the quarter ended September 30, 2024

Contribution to Return (%) CareDx, Inc. (CDNA) 1.72 Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON) 1.22 Tempus AI, Inc. (TEMP) 1.12 Precise Sciences Company (EXAS) 0.93 Veracyte, Inc. (VCYT) 0.87
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CareDx, Inc. is a diagnostic firm that facilitates donor matches pre-transplant and rejection monitoring post-transplant. In August 2024, CMS “retired” a draft native protection dedication that had beforehand prompted a serious reimbursement overhang, massively impacting CareDx’s revenues and share worth. Shares outperformed for the quarter as testing volumes accelerated, main the corporate to beat second quarter consensus estimates in addition to its full-year steering. The silver lining from the troublesome interval CareDx skilled is that it has optimized its working expense construction and will see meaningfully elevated profitability because it will get again to prior testing volumes and past. Even after an enormous rebound within the shares this yr, we nonetheless consider CareDx’s valuation stays cheap.

Axon Enterprise, Inc. is the main supplier of tasers, physique cameras, software program, and different options for legislation enforcement. Shares rose following an exceptionally robust second quarter earnings report, highlighted by income development of over 25% for the tenth straight quarter. This was led by almost 50% development in Axon’s software program enterprise. Axon launched Draft One software program for legislation enforcement officers, which leverages generative AI and body-worn digicam audio to supply high-quality draft report narratives in seconds, liberating up 20% to 25% of an officer’s day. This product showcases the numerous potential generative AI use instances in Axon’s enterprise. Worldwide bookings have been up 100%, pushed partially by rising curiosity in Draft One and the Taser 10 product. Run by a visionary founder with a best-in-class workforce, the corporate is frequently pushing new and progressive merchandise within the pursuit of turning into the de-facto public security ecosystem. We consider Axon will develop into a a lot bigger firm over time.

Shares of Tempus AI, Inc. contributed to efficiency. Tempus is a most cancers diagnostics firm that gives genomic testing outcomes. Tempus has additionally amassed an over 200 petabyte proprietary multimodal dataset that mixes medical affected person knowledge with genomic testing knowledge. Along with utilizing this knowledge to empower extra clever diagnostics for its personal checks, Tempus additionally licenses this knowledge to biopharmaceutical corporations which use it to design smarter medical trials and establish potential new drug targets. We predict this proprietary dataset is exclusive with significant obstacles to entry, and brings significant worth to biopharmaceutical R&D. As we talked about within the letter from final quarter, shares have been extremely risky. We took benefit of this volatility to purchase a significant place when shares offered off into the low $20’s per share from an IPO worth of $37. When shares spiked into the mid-$70’s (seemingly resulting from quick sellers protecting losses as shares rose), we took earnings on a significant portion of the funding as we believed valuation had develop into stretched (shares now commerce within the excessive $40’s to low $50’s stage). We like our place sizing now, and would add to the place at decrease valuations. We consider that Tempus has important development forward of it and we’re enthusiastic about its distinctive enterprise mannequin.

Prime Detractors from Efficiency

Desk III. Prime detractors from efficiency for the quarter ended September 30, 2024

Contribution to Return (%) Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG) -1.21 indie Semiconductor, Inc. (INDI) -0.69 Chart Industries, Inc. (GTLS) -0.44 Couchbase, Inc. (BASE) -0.32 Inari Medical, Inc. (NARI) -0.31
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Montrose Environmental Group, Inc., a number one environmental providers firm, underperformed within the quarter. The inventory pulled again sharply after the Supreme Court docket determined the Loper Vibrant Enterprises v. Raimondo case in June 2024, which overturned the so-called “Chevron Deference Doctrine” named from the 1984 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Pure Assets Protection Council, Inc. case. Chevron (CVX) held that federal courts ought to defer to the selections of administrative businesses when they’re deciphering a legislation or statute. Now future company decision-making will come underneath extra scrutiny and courtroom problem. As a result of Montrose derives most of its enterprise from EPA associated work, traders grew involved that its development may gradual. We predict this concern is overblown. Loper didn’t require a reassessment of rules which are already in place (which is mainly all of Montrose’s present enterprise). As well as, Montrose’s enterprise drivers are numerous and its testing and advisory enterprise advantages from complexity. We added to our place on weak point. Whereas the Loper case may have an effect on the timing and magnitude of Montrose’s alternative to wash up PFAS (so-called “endlessly plastics”) websites (since EPA rules are presently being determined), we nonetheless consider it is a large potential line of enterprise for the corporate. We proceed to consider that Montrose, as a vertically built-in environmental providers firm, has a singular worth proposition to prospects and we consider that the corporate shall be profitable within the execution of its technique to develop organically and thru acquisition. And valuation is compelling at a mid-single-digit a number of of money movement for an industrial firm with Montrose’s development traits.

Indie Semiconductor, Inc. is a fabless designer, developer, and marketer of automotive semiconductors for superior driver help techniques (ADAS) and related automobile, person expertise, and electrification functions. Indie’s inventory fell throughout the quarter because it guided full-year 2024 income development under expectations for the third quarter in a row. This is because of macro elements versus issues particular to indie itself. Total auto trade manufacturing is predicted to be incrementally worse and extra stock at indie’s prospects has been a headwind to quantity development. Regardless of the near- time period macro softening, indie continues to win new sockets in future platforms and stays very properly positioned for development over the medium and long run supported by its $6.3 billion design win backlog, of which $4.6 billion is in ADAS functions. It is also anticipating some very giant program ramps in 2025, together with a marquee radar-related rollout, the most important program within the firm’s historical past. We consider indie can proceed to considerably outpace the broader trade and strategy $1 billion in income by the tip of this decade with premium margins. We consider its share worth will get better as speedy development resumes in 2025.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a worldwide chief within the design, engineering, and manufacturing of course of and storage applied sciences and tools for gasoline and liquid dealing with. Shares of Chart fell throughout the quarter as the corporate missed earnings expectations on income recognition timing and lowered full-year steering. Regardless of this, fundamentals for the enterprise proceed to be very robust, with file income, backlog, and margins within the quarter and robust orders, with a book-to-bill larger than one. The problems for the inventory proceed to be self-inflicted, with administration setting too-high expectations and persevering with to want to chop them again. After a number of conversations with administration, we consider that they’ll higher set expectations shifting ahead. Chart is exclusive in its breadth of know-how and options capabilities with EBITDA margins rising double digits in long-duration secular development markets (LNG, hydrogen, carbon seize, water therapy, and so on.), and we consider because the near-term expectations-related points subside, the corporate will earn the valuation we consider it deserves, driving important near- and long-term upside within the inventory.

Portfolio Construction

Our prime 10 holdings represented 29.4% of the portfolio, roughly according to historic ranges.

Desk IV. Prime 10 holdings as of September 30, 2024

12 months Acquired

Quarter EndInvestment Worth($ tens of millions)

% ofNet Property(%) Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON) 2022 57.6 3.8 DraftKings Inc. (DKNG) 2023 48.4 3.2 CyberArk Software program Ltd. (CYBR) 2022 46.7 3.1 Kratos Protection & Safety Options, Inc. (KTOS) 2020 45.3 3.0 CareDx, Inc. (CDNA) 2024 44.8 3.0 Guidewire Software program, Inc. (GWRE) 2022 43.1 2.9 Superior Power Industries, Inc. (AEIS) 2019 41.6 2.8 PAR Expertise Company (PAR) 2018 39.1 2.6 Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (CWAN) 2021 37.9 2.5 SiteOne Panorama Provide, Inc. (SITE) 2016 37.7 2.5
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Current Exercise

Desk V. Prime internet purchases for the quarter ended September 30, 2024

12 months Acquired Quarter Finish Market Cap($ billions) Internet Quantity Bought($ tens of millions) TWFG, Inc. (twfc) 2024 1.5 12.6 Inari Medical, Inc. (NARI) 2020 2.4 8.1 Liberty Media Company – Liberty Reside 2023 4.7 5.9 SiteOne Panorama Provide, Inc. (SITE) 2016 6.8 2.9 Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG) 2020 0.9 1.9
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Our largest buy throughout the quarter was TWFG, Inc., a Texas-based insurance coverage dealer that helps unbiased insurance coverage brokers within the property and casualty (P&C) area. TWFG primarily helps captive brokers make the transition over to independence by providing a turnkey unbiased agent resolution referred to as “Company-in-a-Field.” TWFG gives brokers with the service relationships wanted to promote insurance coverage as an unbiased agent (these are sometimes arduous to acquire as a sole operator), in addition to the know-how, coaching, again workplace, and model wanted to run a profitable unbiased company. TWFG has a capital environment friendly enterprise mannequin the place the unbiased agent is liable for the continuing bills of his or her enterprise, whereas TWFG retains 20% of the commissions generated.

The U.S. P&C market is over $850 billion in annual premiums, of which over $400 billion is in Private Traces. Over time, captive brokers – who solely signify one insurer – have been shedding share in distribution to unbiased brokers. Unbiased brokers usually are not unique to anyone insurer, to allow them to provide prospects a wider vary of insurance coverage choices and thus can write extra premiums and earn extra commissions, as in comparison with captive brokers. In householders’ insurance coverage, the share of premiums written by unbiased brokers elevated from 41% to 49% from 2011 to 2021 as extra brokers left captive fashions and have become independents. TWFG is squarely targeted on serving this rising pool of independents.

TWFG was based in 2001 by former insurance coverage agent Gordy Bunch. Bunch has efficiently scaled the enterprise to over $1 billion in written premiums whereas taking in little exterior capital, and TWFG now has a presence in over 40 states and serves over 400 TWFG-branded unbiased businesses. We consider that TWFG can develop by including extra businesses because the secular shift of brokers from captive to unbiased continues, and that the 80/20 fee cut up is a beautiful deal for brokers that delivers substantial worth whereas permitting them to retain many of the economics. The trade stays extremely fragmented with over 40,000 brokers, which gives TWFG with a protracted runway for development. Moreover, administration has begun to amass smaller businesses at favorable phrases, which will increase each income and revenue margins. We anticipate administration will use the IPO proceeds to speed up the tempo of those accretive acquisitions. We consider that TWFG’s lengthy monitor file of development, capital-light enterprise mannequin, alternatives for accretive M&A, giant addressable market, and a founder-CEO with important skin-in-the-game make for a compelling funding alternative.

We added to our place in Inari Medical, Inc. within the quarter at what, we consider, are engaging valuations for a market main medical gadget firm. Inari affords catheter-based units to take away clots brought on by venous thromboembolism (‘VTE’). VTE is a illness state that manifests as deep vein thrombosis (‘DVT’), during which a clot cuts off blood movement in a deep vein (normally within the leg), and as pulmonary embolism (‘PE’), when the clot within the leg breaks off and circulates to lodge within the blood vessels that provide the lungs. Regardless of beating its second quarter earnings and elevating full-year steering, Inari shares have been pressured after the discharge of competitor Penumbra, Inc.’s new product for DVT therapy. Each corporations have excellent merchandise for DVT. We consider that there are large alternatives for each corporations to develop in DVT (by displacing different remedies), and Inari, specifically, has even greater alternatives in PE (which it dominates) additionally by displacing different remedies.

PE and DVT are every markets value about $3 billion per yr (a $6 billion complete market alternative). Proper now, about 80% obtain simply blood thinners which do nothing for present clots, whereas solely 20% obtain any form of extra in-depth intervention. After which of this 20%, nonetheless a 3rd are on thrombolytics, which has a excessive danger of bleeding and require an ICU keep for monitoring. Inari is engaged on research that it believes will present superiority of its units to utilizing lytics or blood thinners. Its first PE research (superiority of an Inari gadget to utilizing lytics) is because of learn out within the fourth quarter of 2024. It has one other PE research which ought to learn out over the following couple of years that ought to assist open up the remaining 80% of the PE market (superiority of an Inari gadget versus utilizing blood thinners). As well as, Inari is at numerous phases of launching a number of new merchandise (for different venous and arterial blockage circumstances) which may unlock almost $4 billion in extra addressable market alternatives. And it’s launching its merchandise in overseas markets as properly. In different phrases, though a portion of its markets are going through elevated competitors, we consider there’s a large quantity of general development alternative that’s extensive open for Inari, and the inventory is buying and selling at a valuation that presently doesn’t replicate these alternatives.

We added to our place in Liberty Media Company – Liberty Reside (LLYVK), a monitoring inventory whose main asset is its holdings in Reside Nation Leisure, Inc. (LYV). Reside Nation, which produces stay live shows and owns Ticketmaster, traded down when the Division of Justice (DOJ) sued the corporate for anticompetitive conduct. We added to our place in Liberty Reside as we don’t consider the DOJ go well with will result in the breakup of Reside Nation and we consider that Reside Nation trades at a valuation properly under its intrinsic worth. Shares of each Reside Nation and Liberty Reside recovered throughout the quarter, ending the interval close to their 52-week highs.

Desk VI. Prime internet gross sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2024

12 months Acquired Market Cap When Acquired($ billions) Quarter Finish Market Capor Market Cap When Bought($ billions) Internet Quantity Bought($ tens of millions) Silk Street Medical, Inc. (skrj( 2019 0.5 1.1 26.3 Tempus AI, Inc. (TEM) 2024 6.6 8.7 23.2 Definitive Healthcare Corp. (DH) 2021 4.0 0.4 12.7 Nova Ltd. (NVMI) 2018 0.7 6.1 7.0 ASGN Integrated (ASGN) 2022 6.0 4.2 5.6
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We offered Silk Street Medical, Inc. when it introduced it was going to be bought by Boston Scientific Company. We had all the time been believers within the firm’s merchandise which handle carotid artery blockages via a proprietary, minimal invasive stenting process. We addressed why we trimmed Tempus AI, Inc. within the contributors part. We offered Definitive Healthcare Corp. after proudly owning the corporate for almost three years, and it was a really unsuccessful funding regardless of having implausible margins, stable free money movement, and what we seen as a high-quality well being care database. In the end, the corporate might want to discover a solution to cease the slide in natural development that has harm fairness worth for shareholders.

Outlook

The final three and a half years have been a difficult interval for small firm shares. We consider the divergent efficiency of small-cap development versus large-cap shares can’t proceed endlessly and thus, there shall be a “reversion to the imply” the place small-cap development shares can outperform large-cap shares. The present financial backdrop of decrease rates of interest and a few early indicators of higher financial development forward is extra conducive for small-cap firm fundamentals and valuations. As we glance out over the medium to long run, we consider that investing in small-cap development shares over the following three and a half years shall be considerably extra worthwhile than it was during the last three and a half years. Thanks in your assist.

Randy Gwirtzman, Portfolio Supervisor | Laird BiegerPortfolio Supervisor

The efficiency knowledge quoted represents previous efficiency. Previous efficiency is not any assure of future outcomes. The funding return and principal worth of an funding will fluctuate; an investor’s shares, when redeemed, could also be value roughly than their authentic price. The Adviser waives and/or reimburses or might waive or reimburse sure Funds bills pursuant to a contract expiring on August 29, 2035, except renewed for an additional 11-year time period and the Funds’ switch company bills could also be diminished by expense offsets from an unaffiliated switch agent, with out which efficiency would have been decrease. Present efficiency could also be decrease or larger than the efficiency knowledge quoted. For efficiency info present to the latest month finish, go to BaronCapitalGroup.com or name 1-800-99-BARON.

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