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Aditya Birla Sun Life

Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund

Sectoral / ThematicEquityVery High risk Rank 9 of 157

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹40.14-0.23-0.57%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+14.9%
Aug ’25Aug ’26
Arthkar verdictSolid on the numbers

Returns

Beats category

1Y, 3Y, 5Y all ahead

Cost

Average

0.56% vs NaN% peers

Consistency

Strong

positive in 6 of 6 years

Beats its Sectoral / Thematic category on 1Y, 3Y & 5Y.

1Y return

+14.9%

+5.4 vs cat

3Y CAGR

+24.4%

+7.2 vs cat

5Y CAGR

+24.9%

+10.2 vs cat

AUM

₹6.0K Cr

fund size

Expense

0.56%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

23.3%

3Y std dev

Go deeper on Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund

Two data-only views, computed from this fund's real NAV history — no projections.

In plain English

Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund is a Sectoral / Thematic scheme from Aditya Birla Sun Life. The portfolio is ~98% in equities. Long-run track record: about 24.9% CAGR over 5 years. Volatility is high — expect 30 %+ paper losses during major corrections. Worst historical drawdown: -34% in Mar 2020, recovered in 9 months. Wrong fit if you need this money in less than 7 years.

Auto-generated from holdings, returns and risk data. No paid placement, no copy-pasted boilerplate.

NAV history

Showing Direct · Growth · INF209KB1O82

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹40.1400

Last 1Y

+14.88%

Aug 25Min ₹33.90 · Max ₹41.92 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

The crashes you should know about — and how long the fund took to recover.

Mar 2020

-33.8%

Peak ₹10.13 on 15 Jan 2020 → trough ₹6.71 on 24 Mar 2020 (2 months down).

Recovered in 9 months· 14 Dec 2020

Feb 2025

-26.8%

Peak ₹40.52 on 1 Aug 2024 → trough ₹29.65 on 28 Feb 2025 (7 months down).

Recovered in 12 months· 10 Feb 2026

Jun 2022

-18.4%

Peak ₹16.48 on 21 Apr 2022 → trough ₹13.45 on 20 Jun 2022 (2 months down).

Recovered in 3 months· 6 Sept 2022

Jun 2024

-14.6%

Peak ₹39.99 on 3 Jun 2024 → trough ₹34.14 on 4 Jun 2024 (0 months down).

Recovered in 1 months· 15 Jul 2024

Computed from the full NAV history. We show drawdowns deeper than 10%, sorted by depth.

Honesty score

A 1–5 grade on the dimensions other sites won't surface — expense bloat, AUM bloat, concentration, mandate compliance.

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Honesty score

4 / 5

Solid scheme on the dimensions we check. No red flags.

  • Expense ratio

    0.56% — well below typical 1% for equity.

  • AUM size

    ₹6.0K Cr.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 77.9% — heavy concentration risk.

Computed from expense ratio, AUM, sector concentration and SEBI mandate compliance. No paid review.

Performance

Returns for various periods, with category average and peer rank.

PeriodReturnsCategory avgRank
1W+0.15%-0.40%60/ 286
1M+0.73%+2.47%211/ 286
3M+1.70%+8.01%270/ 286
6M-2.69%+6.33%239/ 278
YTD+5.38%+6.03%126/ 273
1Y+14.88%+9.52%65/ 258
2Y+2.06%+5.82%136/ 203
3Y+24.42%+17.18%9/ 157
5Y+24.93%+14.76%1/ 125

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity98.06%
  • Cash1.94%

By market cap

  • Large cap65.97%
  • Mid cap24.86%
  • Small cap7.30%
  • Others1.87%

Concentration

Holdings

36

Avg market cap

₹1.82 L Cr

Top 10 stocks

64.47%

Top 5 stocks

44.75%

Top 3 sectors

77.91%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    State Bank of India

    18.77%
  • 1

    State Bank of India

    18.08%
  • 2

    NTPC Ltd

    9.17%
  • 2

    NTPC Ltd

    8.71%
  • 3

    Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd

    7.44%
  • 3

    Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd

    6.85%
  • 4

    Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

    5.42%
  • 4

    Bharat Electronics Ltd

    5.37%
  • 5

    Bharat Electronics Ltd

    5.10%
  • 6

    GAIL (India) Ltd

    4.56%
  • 5

    Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

    4.51%
  • 6

    GAIL (India) Ltd

    4.36%
  • 7

    Bank of Maharashtra

    4.30%
  • 7

    Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd

    4.20%
  • 8

    Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd

    3.90%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio10.7628.47-17.71
  • P/B ratio1.664.25-2.59
  • Price / Sales1.263.21-1.95
  • Price / Cash Flow6.6519.97-13.32
  • Dividend yield3.23%1.23%+2.00
  • Return on equity (ROE)16.97%18.47%-1.50

Risk metrics

Standard deviation, Sharpe, Sortino, Beta — all vs category average.

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    22.5223.6520.82
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    0.240.870.89
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    0.351.581.63
  • Beta

    1 = moves with the market. <1 = less volatile.

Peers in Sectoral / Thematic

Other schemes in the same SEBI category, ranked by AUM.

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