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Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual FundEquity Scheme - Focused Fund13.8 years
The Scheme seeks to achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in upto 30 companies with long term sustainable competitive advantage and growth potential
- NAV
- 161.5068
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- -3.2%
- Trailing CAGR
- Upside capture
- +94%
- Vs NIFTY 500 TRI
- Downside capture
- +90%
- Lower is better
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Prefer peers if · Prefer SBI FOCUSED FUND if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
13.8 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
1.01% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Watch
Peak-to-trough -36.7%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
33% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Pass
Kunal Sangoi · 5.5 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Pass
Top 10 holdings ≈ 46.6% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
Drawdown rehearsal
This scheme’s worst fall on file is about 37%. Before you SIP, ask whether you would keep contributing through a similar drop - pausing on fear is the usual India MF failure mode.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y-3.2%
- 3Y+13.2%
- 5Y+9.7%
- 10Y+12.5%
- SI+14.0%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-1.7%
- 3Y+4.9%
- 5Y+10.2%
- 10Y+12.8%
- Since inception
- +14.0%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +1.4%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +33%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 56
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +4.9%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- -5.7%
- 2653 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +15.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 2160 daily-ending windows
Official benchmark
Date-aligned against NIFTY 500 TRI. Capture ratios use common month-end observations through 30 Oct 2026.
- 1Y excess
- +4.4%
- Fund minus TRI
- 3Y excess
- +2.8%
- Fund minus TRI
- Upside capture
- +94%
- Benchmark-up months
- Downside capture
- +90%
- Lower is better
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -36.7%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -6.1%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 84 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +88%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 15 days
- 165 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 231 days
- Trough to prior peak
12 Feb 2020 – 9 Nov 2020
Trough 23 Mar 2020 · recovered in 231 days
-36.7%
6 Aug 2015 – 1 Jul 2016
Trough 25 Feb 2016 · recovered in 127 days
-17.9%
14 Jan 2022 – 30 Nov 2022
Trough 17 Jun 2022 · recovered in 166 days
-17.2%
26 Sept 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
Trough 7 Apr 2025 · recovered in 203 days
-16.5%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
56
Vs category
59
Consistency
39
Risk-adjusted
53
Drawdown
8
Mean
43
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Maximum drawdown exceeded 35%.
Supporting reads
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 31 holdings · top 10 are 46.6%.
- Top 5
- 27.3%
- Top 10
- 46.6%
- Largest holding
- 6.6%
- Effective holdings
- 26.4
Repo
Unspecified
6.6%
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
5.7%
Reliance Industries Ltd
Energy & Utilities
5.7%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
5.2%
Bajaj Finance Ltd
Financial
4.1%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
SBI FOCUSED FUND
SBI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +4.0%
- 3Y
- +15.2%
- Vol
- 13.6%
- Max DD
- -32.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.70
- 3Y win
- +65%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Edelweiss Focused Fund
Edelweiss Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -7.8%
- 3Y
- +11.8%
- Vol
- 13.8%
- Max DD
- -17.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.51
- 3Y win
- +90%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
Caveat: Lower trailing returns
ITI Focused Fund
ITI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -0.5%
- 3Y
- +16.1%
- Vol
- 15.6%
- Max DD
- -18.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.66
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility
Kotak Focused Fund
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -2.9%
- 3Y
- +14.1%
- Vol
- 16.7%
- Max DD
- -36.3%
- Sharpe
- 0.61
- 3Y win
- +64%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility
Quant Focused Fund
quant Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +2.4%
- 3Y
- +14.0%
- Vol
- 16.7%
- Max DD
- -36.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.65
- 3Y win
- +78%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER