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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv Overview

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv (BIAWX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Large Growth fund. Brown Advisory Funds launched the fund in 2012.

The investment seeks to achieve capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, the adviser seeks to achieve its objective, the fund invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in equity securities of domestic companies that meet the sustainable investment criteria of the fund, collectively the “Investment Criteria.” The fund invests primarily in the securities of medium and large capitalization companies that the Adviser believes (1) have the fundamental strengths to outperform their peers and deliver strong earnings growth over a market cycle, (2) effectively implement Sustainable Business Advantages, and (3) have attractive valuations.

About Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv (BIAWX)

There are 2 members of the management team with an average tenure of 14.01 years: David Powell (2012), Karina Funk (2012). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 1000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell 1000 Growth TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has 36 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 51.4% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has 7.0% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 91.5%. There is 7.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has 1.5% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $1 billion in total assets, which is below the $2 billion average for the Large Growth category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

BIAWX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Large Growth category. Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has an expense ratio of 0.75%, which is 22% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a B. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has a portfolio turnover rate of 32%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 54% for the Large Growth category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv returned -0.5%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Large Growth category had an average return of -1.3%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv has a trailing yield of 0.00%, which is below the 0.06% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Inv Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 3.7%, 3.4 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 2.0% over the past year (grade of F), 12.9% over the past three years (grade of F) and 7.2% per year over the past five years (grade of F) and 15.3% per year over the past 10 years (grade of D).

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