Baron Financials ETF
$22.25+0.04 (+0.16%)
- 0.80%
- $46M
- 0M sh
- $22.40
- low $20.04high $25.57
The ETF.net BCFN Grade
F
Score 14 out of 100
- 18 of 18
Score 14 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F6 out of 100Rank 17 of 18Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F5 out of 100Rank 18 of 18Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F7 out of 100Rank 18 of 18Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 10 of 18Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D26 out of 100Rank 17 of 18
Our read on BCFN
FBaron's financials entry skips the cheap-index game: 0.80% a year in an aisle where the big index funds charge under a tenth of a percent, and a mandate that runs one line long, capital appreciation.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is refreshingly short: an equity portfolio in financials, aiming for capital appreciation. You always know which corner of the market you're renting.
- Trading since the last day of 2019, so there's a multi-year live record behind it rather than a backtest and a launch-week story.
- Plain 1940 Act fund wrapper. No K-1 at tax time, no bank-issued note behind the exposure, no exotic-structure homework before you can size a position.
Worth knowing
- At 0.80%, it runs well above the broad-financials median of 0.44% and roughly ten times what XLF (0.08%) or VFH (0.09%) charge. The strategy has to earn that gap.
- Small and lightly traded next to the household-name sector funds, so spreads and order size matter more here than they would in a giant.
- The stated goal is capital appreciation, not income, a real distinction in a sector plenty of people own for the dividend cheques.
BCFN Holdings
- Stocks
- 43
- 45%
- V
Geography
- United States84.37%
- Uruguay3.07%
- Ireland2.81%
- Canada2.14%
- Cayman Islands2.09%
- Bermuda2.00%
- Brazil1.92%
- United Kingdom1.61%
BCFN Performance
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BCFN$8,992
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BCFN |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −10.1% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | −0.1% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BCFN |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −10.1% | |
| 2025 | +0.4% |
BCFN in the news
BCFN Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
BCFN Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BCFN Cost
0.80%
BCFN0.80%
- The middle half of Financials (Broad) funds
- Median 0.37%
16 of the 18 Financials (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Financials (Broad)
- CIAIiShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +5.5%
- CEUFNiShares MSCI Europe Financials ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return +20.0%
- DTFNST. Rowe Price Financials ETFExpense ratio 0.44%1 year return +10.5%
- DPFIInvesco Dorsey Wright Financial Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.78%1 year return +6.9%
- FKBWDInvesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETFExpense ratio 5.39%1 year return −8.4%