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Franklin India Balanced Advantage Fund
Franklin Templeton Mutual FundHybrid Scheme - Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage4.2 years
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation and income generation by investing in a dynamically managed portfolio of equity & equity related instruments and fixed income and money market instruments.
- NAV
- 14.7531
- 30 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- -4.4%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹2,686.76 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 6.9% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 30 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · The fund beat the category median in 96% of rolling 3-year windows.
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Prefer peers if · Prefer SBI Balanced Advantage Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Watch
4.2 years - usable, still building a track record.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.80% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -8.1%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Pass
96% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Pass
Venkatesh Sanjeevi · 2.1 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 ≈ 31.9% 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 8%. 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-4.4%
- 3Y+8.9%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+9.8%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-4.9%
- 3Y+2.3%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +9.8%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -2.4%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +96%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 41
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +2.3%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +8.2%
- 283 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +13.4%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -8.1%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -5.4%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 88 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +81%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 9 days
- 66 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 126 days
- Trough to prior peak
2 Jan 2026 – 3 Aug 2026
Trough 30 Mar 2026 · recovered in 126 days
-8.1%
3 Aug 2026 – open
Trough 23 Oct 2026 · not recovered
-6.8%
16 Dec 2024 – 12 May 2025
Trough 28 Feb 2025 · recovered in 73 days
-6.4%
2 Dec 2022 – 12 May 2023
Trough 15 Mar 2023 · recovered in 58 days
-3.8%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
41
Vs category
35
Consistency
83
Risk-adjusted
53
Drawdown
80
Mean
58
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
- Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
Supporting reads
- The fund beat the category median in 96% of rolling 3-year windows.
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 84 holdings · top 10 are 31.9%.
- Top 5
- 19.1%
- Top 10
- 31.9%
- Largest holding
- 5.0%
- Effective holdings
- 51.2
JUBILANT BEVCO LIMITED NCD 31MY28 FVRS1LAC
Consumer Staples
5.0%
Cash Margin
Unspecified
4.3%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
3.4%
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
3.3%
JUBILANT BEVERAGES LIMITED NCD 31MY28 FVRS1LAC
Consumer Staples
3.1%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
30 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
29 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
28 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
27 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
26 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
22 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
21 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
19 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
16 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
24 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Sept 2026
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund
SBI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -3.0%
- 3Y
- +9.4%
- Vol
- 6.4%
- Max DD
- -7.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.54
- 3Y win
- +98%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER
UNIFI DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Unifi Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +8.4%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 0.8%
- Max DD
- -0.2%
- Sharpe
- 2.71
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund
PPFAS Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +1.1%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 2.8%
- Max DD
- -2.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.03
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
Caveat: Lower trailing returns
quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund
quant Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -5.8%
- 3Y
- +12.8%
- Vol
- 13.8%
- Max DD
- -18.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.68
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund
HDFC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -5.2%
- 3Y
- +10.5%
- Vol
- 14.4%
- Max DD
- -34.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.56
- 3Y win
- +85%
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown