Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund held 35 positions with $4.29B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 48.7% of the fund. The BAFWX share class costs 0.6% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, BAFWX returned 8.6%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 3 new positions and exited 2.
The Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund (the Fund) seeks to achieve capital appreciation.
The fund invests primarily in equity securities of medium and large capitalization domestic companies that demonstrate strong financial fundamentals, sustainable business advantages—defined as internal strategies that improve financial position through revenue growth, cost improvements, or enhanced franchise value—and attractive valuations. The fund may also hold up to 15% in foreign securities including emerging markets and may invest in real estate investment trusts. Because the fund's returns depend on the Adviser's selection of companies meeting these criteria, performance will diverge from broad market indexes.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NVDANVIDIA Corp | 8.47% | $363.38M | 1.8M | $200.09 |
AMZNAmazon.com Inc | 6.76% | $289.95M | 1.2M | $238.34 |
MSFTMicrosoft Corp | 6.33% | $271.82M | 728.7K | $373.02 |
TSMTSMC | 5.77% | $247.77M | 518.8K | $477.57 |
4.89% | $209.79M | 611.5K | $343.09 | |
AVGOBroadcom Inc | 4.80% | $205.91M | 545.1K | $377.75 |
SNOWSnowflake Inc | 3.11% | $133.37M | 524.0K | $254.50 |
Spotify Technology SA | 2.93% | $125.92M | 274.2K | $459.13 |
GOOGAlphabet Inc | 2.87% | $123.34M | 349.1K | $353.33 |
2.72% | $116.90M | 325.6K | $359.00 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 35 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 98.62% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.64% |
By sector
- Information Technology
- 41.6%
- Financials
- 15.2%
- Industrials
- 10.9%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 9.3%
- 5 other sectors
- 23.0%
- Information Technology
- 41.6%
- Financials
- 15.2%
- Industrials
- 10.9%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 9.3%
- International
- 8.7%
- Health Care
- 7.9%
- Communication Services
- 2.9%
- Materials
- 1.9%
- Cash
- 1.6%
How it has done
BAFWX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 17.60%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
The 3 share classes hold the same portfolio
| Share class | Expense ratio | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.60% | +8.58% | +53.28% | +53.90% | -15.88% | |
| 0.75% | +8.45% | +52.59% | +52.69% | -15.93% | |
| 1.00% | +8.16% | +51.46% | +50.78% | -16.02% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 3.12pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.62pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Fees & fund details
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund is an actively managed U.S. equity fund. 44% of BAFWX’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 91% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.60% – 1.00%· BAFWX 0.60%
- Portfolio turnover
- 32.00% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
3 new
2 exited
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