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Union Business Cycle Fund

Sectoral / ThematicEquityVery High risk Rank 118 of 258

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹12.29-0.02-0.16%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+8.4%
Aug ’25Aug ’26
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Returns

Lags category

0 of 1 periods ahead

Cost

Average

1.03% vs NaN% peers

Trails its Sectoral / Thematic category on 1Y.

1Y return

+8.4%

-1.1 vs cat

3Y CAGR

5Y CAGR

AUM

₹511.53 Cr

fund size

Expense

1.03%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

3Y std dev

In plain English

Union Business Cycle Fund is a Sectoral / Thematic scheme from Union. The portfolio is ~96% in equities. Worst historical drawdown: -20% in Feb 2025, recovered in 16 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 · INF582M01JQ0

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹12.2900

Last 1Y

+8.38%

Aug 25Min ₹10.31 · Max ₹12.35 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

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

Feb 2025

-19.9%

Peak ₹12.16 on 23 Sept 2024 → trough ₹9.74 on 28 Feb 2025 (5 months down).

Recovered in 16 months· 2 Jul 2026

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.

3

Honesty score

3 / 5

Watch a few items. Read the signal detail before investing.

  • Expense ratio

    1.03% — above the typical 1% for equity.

  • AUM size

    ₹512 Cr.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 68.6% — fairly concentrated.

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-0.16%-0.40%92/ 286
1M+1.49%+2.47%182/ 286
3M+7.52%+8.01%149/ 286
6M+3.36%+6.33%157/ 278
YTD+5.40%+6.03%123/ 273
1Y+8.38%+9.52%118/ 258
2Y+3.24%+5.82%125/ 203

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity95.76%
  • Cash4.21%

By market cap

  • Large cap41.35%
  • Mid cap25.16%
  • Small cap15.05%
  • Others18.44%

Concentration

Holdings

63

Avg market cap

₹1.01 L Cr

Top 10 stocks

33.01%

Top 5 stocks

19.95%

Top 3 sectors

68.62%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    6.93%
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    4.57%
  • 2

    Reliance Industries Ltd

    4.17%
  • 2

    Axis Bank Ltd

    4.09%
  • 4

    State Bank of India

    3.28%
  • 5

    Axis Bank Ltd

    3.25%
  • 6

    Bharat Electronics Ltd

    3.22%
  • 4

    Bharat Electronics Ltd

    3.12%
  • 7

    Bharti Airtel Ltd

    3.11%
  • 8

    UltraTech Cement Ltd

    3.05%
  • 5

    Cummins India Ltd

    2.94%
  • 6

    Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

    2.88%
  • 9

    Shriram Finance Ltd

    2.85%
  • 10

    SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd

    2.81%
  • 11

    Cummins India Ltd

    2.79%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio30.7928.47+2.32
  • P/B ratio3.504.25-0.75
  • Price / Sales2.843.21-0.37
  • Price / Cash Flow19.5519.97-0.42
  • Dividend yield0.64%1.23%-0.59
  • Return on equity (ROE)17.79%18.47%-0.68

Risk metrics

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

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    15.39
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    0.06
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    0.08
  • 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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