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Baron Financials ETF

BCFNNasdaqBaronF

$22.65+0.39 (+1.76%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

F14/ 100

Rank 18 of 18 in Financials (Broad)

F14/100Rank 18 of 18inFinancials (Broad)
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 22.26 to 22.65. Range 22.28 to 22.80. Use the arrow keys to read each point.22.4022.5022.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.80%
Fund size
$45M
1Y total return
No data
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
44
Avg volume · 30D
2.24K sh
52W range
low $20.04high $25.57
Launched

The ETF.net BCFN Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

F

Score 14 out of 100

Category
Financials (Broad)⁠
Rank
18 of 18
Six-pillar profile for BCFN. Scores out of 100: Cost 6, Risk 6, Mission not scored, Tradability 5, Holdings 60, Durability 26. Strongest: Holdings (60). Weakest: Tradability (5). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

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 100
    Rank 17 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F6 out of 100
    Rank 18 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    F5 out of 100
    Rank 18 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B60 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 18

Our read on BCFN

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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 Performance

Launched Dec 31, 2019

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

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BCFN$8,940
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,169
Dec 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. BCFN $8,940. SPY $11,169. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,000$9,000$10,000$11,000Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026

Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for BCFN. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBCFN
Year to date−10.6%
1 month+4.6%
3 months−1.9%
1 yearHistory unavailableNo data
3 yearsHistory unavailableper yearNo data
5 yearsHistory unavailableper yearNo data
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BCFN
YearReturn barBCFN
2026 YTD−10.6%
2025+0.4%

History from Dec 15, 2025

BCFN in the news

BCFN Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

BCFN Risk

Risk pillarF6 out of 100Rank 18 of 18 in Financials (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
No data available
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
No data available
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
No data available
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.82
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

BCFN Cost

Compare BCFN and XLF

Overpaying vs XLF, cheapest in Financials (Broad)

$13,657

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • BCFN 0.80%

    $15,346

  • XLF 0.08% Cheapest

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • BCFN 0.80%
  • XLF 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K$20K051015202530BCFN $15,346XLF $1,689

Year by year

YearBCFNXLFOverpaying
10$1,422$147$1,275
20$5,393$575$4,818
30$15,346$1,689$13,657

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