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HDFC · Multi Asset Allocation

HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund

Hybrid Schemes - Multi Asset Allocation Fund Direct plan, growth benchmark: 65% Nifty 50 TRI + 22.5% Nifty Composite Debt Index +10% Domestic Price of Gold + 2.5% Domestic Price of Silver launched 11 Jul 2005 open-ended

At a glance

the fund as it stands today, from public disclosures

NAV, 21 Sep 2026
₹84.16
+0.12% since 18 Sep 2026, the previous NAV
1 year
2.8%
return
3 years
12.0%
a year
5 years
11.1%
a year
Since launch
11.1%
a year, over 12.0 years
Assets (AUM)
₹6,045 Cr
Aug 2026 factsheet
Expense ratio, Direct / Regular
0.85% / 1.85%
a year, as of Aug 2026
Holdings
122
top ten are 42% of the fund · Aug 2026
Disclosed history
1 mo
Aug 2026 – Aug 2026 · 4 of 11 checks could run
Fund managers
not parsed from the factsheets yet

As the Aug 2026 factsheet printed it: portfolio turnover 2.00×. Exit load and minimum investment are not yet extracted from the scheme documents.

What only Anveshan can tell you

measured from the disclosures, not quoted from a brochure — each links to how it was done

P5Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 1.03% a year more than Direct

₹25,293 on ₹1 lakh over ten years. Same portfolio, two prices — the difference is what the Regular plan's distribution costs you, read from the two NAVs.

See how it is measured →
P7Whose record

Not known yet: no factsheet named a manager for this fund.

How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

See what is missing →
NAVTracking gap

Not replicated: the portfolio cannot be priced line by line in this build.

Each day, the NAV the fund published against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at that day's prices. A gap that opens and stays is a change the fund has made and not disclosed yet.

See the daily gap →
P4Consistency

Beat its category in 34% of three-year stretches, and averaged −0.7 points a year across all of them

109 rolling windows since 2014 · ahead by 0.7 points a year when it won, behind by 1.5 when it lost. A single five-year figure depends on the day you look; the share of stretches won does not — and the average margin says whether winning often was worth anything.

See every window →

NAV and drawdown

Direct plan, growth class · as of 21 Sep 2026

Month-end NAV, indexed to 100 at Sep 2014

100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹23.92Oct 2014: NAV ₹24.24Nov 2014: NAV ₹24.55Dec 2014: NAV ₹24.83Jan 2015: NAV ₹25.03Feb 2015: NAV ₹25.04Mar 2015: NAV ₹25.01Apr 2015: NAV ₹24.99May 2015: NAV ₹25.13Jun 2015: NAV ₹25.19Jul 2015: NAV ₹25.63Aug 2015: NAV ₹25.46Sep 2015: NAV ₹25.58Oct 2015: NAV ₹25.77Nov 2015: NAV ₹25.99Dec 2015: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2016: NAV ₹25.91Feb 2016: NAV ₹25.53Mar 2016: NAV ₹26.27Apr 2016: NAV ₹26.61May 2016: NAV ₹26.89Jun 2016: NAV ₹27.32Jul 2016: NAV ₹27.70Aug 2016: NAV ₹28.24Sep 2016: NAV ₹28.44Oct 2016: NAV ₹28.76Nov 2016: NAV ₹28.64Dec 2016: NAV ₹28.63Jan 2017: NAV ₹29.00Feb 2017: NAV ₹29.30Mar 2017: NAV ₹29.76Apr 2017: NAV ₹30.01May 2017: NAV ₹30.14Jun 2017: NAV ₹30.34Jul 2017: NAV ₹30.78Aug 2017: NAV ₹30.64Sep 2017: NAV ₹30.87Oct 2017: NAV ₹31.57Nov 2017: NAV ₹31.82Dec 2017: NAV ₹32.20Jan 2018: NAV ₹32.27Feb 2018: NAV ₹32.13Mar 2018: NAV ₹31.98Apr 2018: NAV ₹32.41May 2018: NAV ₹32.34Jun 2018: NAV ₹31.72Jul 2018: NAV ₹32.94Aug 2018: NAV ₹33.45Sep 2018: NAV ₹31.65Oct 2018: NAV ₹31.10Nov 2018: NAV ₹31.41Dec 2018: NAV ₹31.79Jan 2019: NAV ₹31.85Feb 2019: NAV ₹31.58Mar 2019: NAV ₹33.48Apr 2019: NAV ₹33.34May 2019: NAV ₹33.83Jun 2019: NAV ₹33.63Jul 2019: NAV ₹32.31Aug 2019: NAV ₹32.43Sep 2019: NAV ₹33.40Oct 2019: NAV ₹34.36Nov 2019: NAV ₹34.36Dec 2019: NAV ₹34.97Jan 2020: NAV ₹35.60Feb 2020: NAV ₹34.66Mar 2020: NAV ₹28.62Apr 2020: NAV ₹32.00May 2020: NAV ₹31.30Jun 2020: NAV ₹33.70Jul 2020: NAV ₹36.47Aug 2020: NAV ₹37.31Sep 2020: NAV ₹37.13Oct 2020: NAV ₹37.46Nov 2020: NAV ₹39.54Dec 2020: NAV ₹42.70Jan 2021: NAV ₹41.66Feb 2021: NAV ₹43.05Mar 2021: NAV ₹43.36Apr 2021: NAV ₹43.98May 2021: NAV ₹46.09Jun 2021: NAV ₹46.76Jul 2021: NAV ₹47.81Aug 2021: NAV ₹49.58Sep 2021: NAV ₹49.81Oct 2021: NAV ₹50.20Nov 2021: NAV ₹50.80Dec 2021: NAV ₹51.09Jan 2022: NAV ₹50.56Feb 2022: NAV ₹49.72Mar 2022: NAV ₹50.91Apr 2022: NAV ₹50.59May 2022: NAV ₹50.11Jun 2022: NAV ₹49.18Jul 2022: NAV ₹51.40Aug 2022: NAV ₹52.63Sep 2022: NAV ₹51.72Oct 2022: NAV ₹53.21Nov 2022: NAV ₹54.59Dec 2022: NAV ₹54.04Jan 2023: NAV ₹53.85Feb 2023: NAV ₹53.28Mar 2023: NAV ₹54.32Apr 2023: NAV ₹55.50May 2023: NAV ₹56.46Jun 2023: NAV ₹57.84Jul 2023: NAV ₹59.39Aug 2023: NAV ₹59.13Sep 2023: NAV ₹59.68Oct 2023: NAV ₹59.49Nov 2023: NAV ₹62.00Dec 2023: NAV ₹64.53Jan 2024: NAV ₹65.50Feb 2024: NAV ₹66.42Mar 2024: NAV ₹67.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹69.02May 2024: NAV ₹69.43Jun 2024: NAV ₹72.16Jul 2024: NAV ₹74.03Aug 2024: NAV ₹75.02Sep 2024: NAV ₹76.25Oct 2024: NAV ₹74.95Nov 2024: NAV ₹74.59Dec 2024: NAV ₹74.10Jan 2025: NAV ₹73.97Feb 2025: NAV ₹72.06Mar 2025: NAV ₹74.98Apr 2025: NAV ₹77.30May 2025: NAV ₹78.46Jun 2025: NAV ₹79.85Jul 2025: NAV ₹79.63Aug 2025: NAV ₹79.75Sep 2025: NAV ₹81.26Oct 2025: NAV ₹83.36Nov 2025: NAV ₹84.25Dec 2025: NAV ₹84.81Jan 2026: NAV ₹85.83Feb 2026: NAV ₹86.06Mar 2026: NAV ₹79.78Apr 2026: NAV ₹83.18May 2026: NAV ₹82.80Jun 2026: NAV ₹82.98Jul 2026: NAV ₹84.75Aug 2026: NAV ₹85.63Sep 2026: NAV ₹84.16
100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹23.92Oct 2014: NAV ₹24.24Nov 2014: NAV ₹24.55Dec 2014: NAV ₹24.83Jan 2015: NAV ₹25.03Feb 2015: NAV ₹25.04Mar 2015: NAV ₹25.01Apr 2015: NAV ₹24.99May 2015: NAV ₹25.13Jun 2015: NAV ₹25.19Jul 2015: NAV ₹25.63Aug 2015: NAV ₹25.46Sep 2015: NAV ₹25.58Oct 2015: NAV ₹25.77Nov 2015: NAV ₹25.99Dec 2015: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2016: NAV ₹25.91Feb 2016: NAV ₹25.53Mar 2016: NAV ₹26.27Apr 2016: NAV ₹26.61May 2016: NAV ₹26.89Jun 2016: NAV ₹27.32Jul 2016: NAV ₹27.70Aug 2016: NAV ₹28.24Sep 2016: NAV ₹28.44Oct 2016: NAV ₹28.76Nov 2016: NAV ₹28.64Dec 2016: NAV ₹28.63Jan 2017: NAV ₹29.00Feb 2017: NAV ₹29.30Mar 2017: NAV ₹29.76Apr 2017: NAV ₹30.01May 2017: NAV ₹30.14Jun 2017: NAV ₹30.34Jul 2017: NAV ₹30.78Aug 2017: NAV ₹30.64Sep 2017: NAV ₹30.87Oct 2017: NAV ₹31.57Nov 2017: NAV ₹31.82Dec 2017: NAV ₹32.20Jan 2018: NAV ₹32.27Feb 2018: NAV ₹32.13Mar 2018: NAV ₹31.98Apr 2018: NAV ₹32.41May 2018: NAV ₹32.34Jun 2018: NAV ₹31.72Jul 2018: NAV ₹32.94Aug 2018: NAV ₹33.45Sep 2018: NAV ₹31.65Oct 2018: NAV ₹31.10Nov 2018: NAV ₹31.41Dec 2018: NAV ₹31.79Jan 2019: NAV ₹31.85Feb 2019: NAV ₹31.58Mar 2019: NAV ₹33.48Apr 2019: NAV ₹33.34May 2019: NAV ₹33.83Jun 2019: NAV ₹33.63Jul 2019: NAV ₹32.31Aug 2019: NAV ₹32.43Sep 2019: NAV ₹33.40Oct 2019: NAV ₹34.36Nov 2019: NAV ₹34.36Dec 2019: NAV ₹34.97Jan 2020: NAV ₹35.60Feb 2020: NAV ₹34.66Mar 2020: NAV ₹28.62Apr 2020: NAV ₹32.00May 2020: NAV ₹31.30Jun 2020: NAV ₹33.70Jul 2020: NAV ₹36.47Aug 2020: NAV ₹37.31Sep 2020: NAV ₹37.13Oct 2020: NAV ₹37.46Nov 2020: NAV ₹39.54Dec 2020: NAV ₹42.70Jan 2021: NAV ₹41.66Feb 2021: NAV ₹43.05Mar 2021: NAV ₹43.36Apr 2021: NAV ₹43.98May 2021: NAV ₹46.09Jun 2021: NAV ₹46.76Jul 2021: NAV ₹47.81Aug 2021: NAV ₹49.58Sep 2021: NAV ₹49.81Oct 2021: NAV ₹50.20Nov 2021: NAV ₹50.80Dec 2021: NAV ₹51.09Jan 2022: NAV ₹50.56Feb 2022: NAV ₹49.72Mar 2022: NAV ₹50.91Apr 2022: NAV ₹50.59May 2022: NAV ₹50.11Jun 2022: NAV ₹49.18Jul 2022: NAV ₹51.40Aug 2022: NAV ₹52.63Sep 2022: NAV ₹51.72Oct 2022: NAV ₹53.21Nov 2022: NAV ₹54.59Dec 2022: NAV ₹54.04Jan 2023: NAV ₹53.85Feb 2023: NAV ₹53.28Mar 2023: NAV ₹54.32Apr 2023: NAV ₹55.50May 2023: NAV ₹56.46Jun 2023: NAV ₹57.84Jul 2023: NAV ₹59.39Aug 2023: NAV ₹59.13Sep 2023: NAV ₹59.68Oct 2023: NAV ₹59.49Nov 2023: NAV ₹62.00Dec 2023: NAV ₹64.53Jan 2024: NAV ₹65.50Feb 2024: NAV ₹66.42Mar 2024: NAV ₹67.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹69.02May 2024: NAV ₹69.43Jun 2024: NAV ₹72.16Jul 2024: NAV ₹74.03Aug 2024: NAV ₹75.02Sep 2024: NAV ₹76.25Oct 2024: NAV ₹74.95Nov 2024: NAV ₹74.59Dec 2024: NAV ₹74.10Jan 2025: NAV ₹73.97Feb 2025: NAV ₹72.06Mar 2025: NAV ₹74.98Apr 2025: NAV ₹77.30May 2025: NAV ₹78.46Jun 2025: NAV ₹79.85Jul 2025: NAV ₹79.63Aug 2025: NAV ₹79.75Sep 2025: NAV ₹81.26Oct 2025: NAV ₹83.36Nov 2025: NAV ₹84.25Dec 2025: NAV ₹84.81Jan 2026: NAV ₹85.83Feb 2026: NAV ₹86.06Mar 2026: NAV ₹79.78Apr 2026: NAV ₹83.18May 2026: NAV ₹82.80Jun 2026: NAV ₹82.98Jul 2026: NAV ₹84.75Aug 2026: NAV ₹85.63Sep 2026: NAV ₹84.16
100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹23.92Oct 2014: NAV ₹24.24Nov 2014: NAV ₹24.55Dec 2014: NAV ₹24.83Jan 2015: NAV ₹25.03Feb 2015: NAV ₹25.04Mar 2015: NAV ₹25.01Apr 2015: NAV ₹24.99May 2015: NAV ₹25.13Jun 2015: NAV ₹25.19Jul 2015: NAV ₹25.63Aug 2015: NAV ₹25.46Sep 2015: NAV ₹25.58Oct 2015: NAV ₹25.77Nov 2015: NAV ₹25.99Dec 2015: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2016: NAV ₹25.91Feb 2016: NAV ₹25.53Mar 2016: NAV ₹26.27Apr 2016: NAV ₹26.61May 2016: NAV ₹26.89Jun 2016: NAV ₹27.32Jul 2016: NAV ₹27.70Aug 2016: NAV ₹28.24Sep 2016: NAV ₹28.44Oct 2016: NAV ₹28.76Nov 2016: NAV ₹28.64Dec 2016: NAV ₹28.63Jan 2017: NAV ₹29.00Feb 2017: NAV ₹29.30Mar 2017: NAV ₹29.76Apr 2017: NAV ₹30.01May 2017: NAV ₹30.14Jun 2017: NAV ₹30.34Jul 2017: NAV ₹30.78Aug 2017: NAV ₹30.64Sep 2017: NAV ₹30.87Oct 2017: NAV ₹31.57Nov 2017: NAV ₹31.82Dec 2017: NAV ₹32.20Jan 2018: NAV ₹32.27Feb 2018: NAV ₹32.13Mar 2018: NAV ₹31.98Apr 2018: NAV ₹32.41May 2018: NAV ₹32.34Jun 2018: NAV ₹31.72Jul 2018: NAV ₹32.94Aug 2018: NAV ₹33.45Sep 2018: NAV ₹31.65Oct 2018: NAV ₹31.10Nov 2018: NAV ₹31.41Dec 2018: NAV ₹31.79Jan 2019: NAV ₹31.85Feb 2019: NAV ₹31.58Mar 2019: NAV ₹33.48Apr 2019: NAV ₹33.34May 2019: NAV ₹33.83Jun 2019: NAV ₹33.63Jul 2019: NAV ₹32.31Aug 2019: NAV ₹32.43Sep 2019: NAV ₹33.40Oct 2019: NAV ₹34.36Nov 2019: NAV ₹34.36Dec 2019: NAV ₹34.97Jan 2020: NAV ₹35.60Feb 2020: NAV ₹34.66Mar 2020: NAV ₹28.62Apr 2020: NAV ₹32.00May 2020: NAV ₹31.30Jun 2020: NAV ₹33.70Jul 2020: NAV ₹36.47Aug 2020: NAV ₹37.31Sep 2020: NAV ₹37.13Oct 2020: NAV ₹37.46Nov 2020: NAV ₹39.54Dec 2020: NAV ₹42.70Jan 2021: NAV ₹41.66Feb 2021: NAV ₹43.05Mar 2021: NAV ₹43.36Apr 2021: NAV ₹43.98May 2021: NAV ₹46.09Jun 2021: NAV ₹46.76Jul 2021: NAV ₹47.81Aug 2021: NAV ₹49.58Sep 2021: NAV ₹49.81Oct 2021: NAV ₹50.20Nov 2021: NAV ₹50.80Dec 2021: NAV ₹51.09Jan 2022: NAV ₹50.56Feb 2022: NAV ₹49.72Mar 2022: NAV ₹50.91Apr 2022: NAV ₹50.59May 2022: NAV ₹50.11Jun 2022: NAV ₹49.18Jul 2022: NAV ₹51.40Aug 2022: NAV ₹52.63Sep 2022: NAV ₹51.72Oct 2022: NAV ₹53.21Nov 2022: NAV ₹54.59Dec 2022: NAV ₹54.04Jan 2023: NAV ₹53.85Feb 2023: NAV ₹53.28Mar 2023: NAV ₹54.32Apr 2023: NAV ₹55.50May 2023: NAV ₹56.46Jun 2023: NAV ₹57.84Jul 2023: NAV ₹59.39Aug 2023: NAV ₹59.13Sep 2023: NAV ₹59.68Oct 2023: NAV ₹59.49Nov 2023: NAV ₹62.00Dec 2023: NAV ₹64.53Jan 2024: NAV ₹65.50Feb 2024: NAV ₹66.42Mar 2024: NAV ₹67.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹69.02May 2024: NAV ₹69.43Jun 2024: NAV ₹72.16Jul 2024: NAV ₹74.03Aug 2024: NAV ₹75.02Sep 2024: NAV ₹76.25Oct 2024: NAV ₹74.95Nov 2024: NAV ₹74.59Dec 2024: NAV ₹74.10Jan 2025: NAV ₹73.97Feb 2025: NAV ₹72.06Mar 2025: NAV ₹74.98Apr 2025: NAV ₹77.30May 2025: NAV ₹78.46Jun 2025: NAV ₹79.85Jul 2025: NAV ₹79.63Aug 2025: NAV ₹79.75Sep 2025: NAV ₹81.26Oct 2025: NAV ₹83.36Nov 2025: NAV ₹84.25Dec 2025: NAV ₹84.81Jan 2026: NAV ₹85.83Feb 2026: NAV ₹86.06Mar 2026: NAV ₹79.78Apr 2026: NAV ₹83.18May 2026: NAV ₹82.80Jun 2026: NAV ₹82.98Jul 2026: NAV ₹84.75Aug 2026: NAV ₹85.63Sep 2026: NAV ₹84.16

145 month-ends · ₹23.92 → ₹84.16, 3.5× since Sep 2014

Deepest fall (max drawdown)
−8.9%
29 Jan 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Worst month
−7.3%
Mar 2026
Days to recover
not yet recovered
from the deepest trough back to the old high

Drawdown is measured on the last year of daily NAV; trailing returns are CAGR of the direct growth class. A single end date decides them — the consistency card (P4) below is the record that does not, and it reports both how often the fund beat its category and by how much, because the first without the second can point the wrong way.

Holdings

Aug 2026 disclosure · 122 lines · when each was first held and the change over the last three disclosures

#HoldingSectorWeightFirst heldHeld for3-mo change
11 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1.80% Aug 2026 1 mo —
12 Maruti Suzuki India Limited
equity
Automobiles 1.77% Aug 2026 1 mo —
13 Divis Laboratories Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1.57% Aug 2026 1 mo —
14 Net Current Assets
cash equivalent
— 1.55% Aug 2026 1 mo —
15 Infosys Limited
equity
IT - Software 1.41% Aug 2026 1 mo —
16 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
equity
IT - Software 1.39% Aug 2026 1 mo —
17 State Bank of India
equity
Banks 1.32% Aug 2026 1 mo —
18 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.
equity
Transport Services 1.30% Aug 2026 1 mo —
19 Muthoot Finance Ltd.^
derivative
— 1.24% Aug 2026 1 mo —
20 Bajaj Finserv Ltd.
equity
Finance 1.22% Aug 2026 1 mo —
Showing 11–20 of 122 · page 2 of 13 rows per page102550all

Largest sectors, Aug 2026

Banks16.2%
Automobiles6.4%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology5.7%
Petroleum Products5.5%
IT - Software4.5%
Telecom - Services3.6%
Power2.8%
Transport Services2.6%
share of the book05%10%15%20%

By market cap, Aug 2026

Large cap53.4%
Mid cap6.6%
Small / micro cap6.7%
Cash & equivalents5.9%
Other27.4%
share of the book025%50%75%100%

Composition by market cap, month by month — what the fund actually held against what its label says

Fewer than two disclosures — no drift to show yet.
Fewer than two disclosures — no drift to show yet.
Fewer than two disclosures — no drift to show yet.
  • Large cap 53%
  • Mid cap 7%
  • Small / micro 7%
  • Cash & other 6%

The seven checks, in full

each: the plain claim, where it sits in the category, and — folded — how it is measured and the case against. A flag fires only where headline and record disagree.

P4 Consistency, not a single end date

Beat its category in 34% of three-year stretches, and averaged −0.7 points a year across all of them

109 rolling windows since 2014 · ahead by 0.7 points a year when it won, behind by 1.5 when it lost

What this means. Take every three-year stretch since the fund had a NAV, one starting each month, and ask two things of each: did it beat the typical fund in its category, and by how much. Counting the wins tells you the record does not depend on when you happen to look; averaging the margin tells you whether winning often was worth anything, because four small wins do not pay for one large loss.

How often, and by how much. The count and the average agree. Ahead by 0.7 points a year in the 37 windows it won and behind by 1.5 in the 72 it lost, so the average across all 109 is −0.7 points. The worst window ended Feb 2019, 3.7 points behind.

No category distribution for this measure yet.
windows measured109windows won37average across every window−0.73 pts a year · median −0.57when ahead, by how much+0.67 pts a year over 37 windowswhen behind, by how much−1.45 pts a year over 72 windowsworst window−3.65 pts a year, ended Feb 2019best window+1.45 pts a year, ended Jun 2022non-overlapping windows in that span4 — the rolling count overlaps, this does not

Fund minus category, each rolling three-year window

-3.7 pp0.0 pp+3.7 ppSep 2017: fund 8.9% vs category 9.4% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.2% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 9.0% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 8.6% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 9.1% vs category 10.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 8.0% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 9.5% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 7.4% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.7% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 7.1% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.3% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 8.4% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 7.8% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 8.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 7.2% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 5.3% vs category 6.5% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 4.7% vs category 6.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 5.5% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 6.1% vs category 7.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 7.1% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 6.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -1.3% vs category -0.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.9% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund 1.3% vs category 1.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund 3.6% vs category 3.8% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 6.8% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 5.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 5.9% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 7.5% vs category 7.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 9.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 8.9% vs category 8.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 10.2% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 12.5% vs category 11.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 13.8% vs category 13.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 13.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 14.0% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 16.3% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 17.3% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 17.4% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 17.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 16.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 15.0% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 14.9% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 14.0% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 13.5% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 17.5% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 15.6% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 15.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 23.8% vs category 22.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 20.1% vs category 19.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 21.7% vs category 21.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 19.7% vs category 19.6% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 17.6% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 16.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 16.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 16.2% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 16.3% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 15.8% vs category 16.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 16.2% vs category 16.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 14.6% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.8% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 15.3% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 14.3% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.2% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 13.5% vs category 14.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 13.2% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 13.8% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 15.2% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 17.5% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 15.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 14.9% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 16.3% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 15.6% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 16.2% vs category 18.8% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 16.8% vs category 19.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 17.3% vs category 20.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 13.7% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 14.4% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 13.6% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 12.8% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 12.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
-3.7 pp0.0 pp+3.7 ppSep 2017: fund 8.9% vs category 9.4% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.2% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 9.0% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 8.6% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 9.1% vs category 10.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 8.0% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 9.5% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 7.4% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.7% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 7.1% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.3% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 8.4% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 7.8% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 8.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 7.2% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 5.3% vs category 6.5% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 4.7% vs category 6.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 5.5% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 6.1% vs category 7.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 7.1% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 6.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -1.3% vs category -0.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.9% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund 1.3% vs category 1.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund 3.6% vs category 3.8% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 6.8% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 5.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 5.9% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 7.5% vs category 7.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 9.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 8.9% vs category 8.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 10.2% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 12.5% vs category 11.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 13.8% vs category 13.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 13.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 14.0% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 16.3% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 17.3% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 17.4% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 17.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 16.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 15.0% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 14.9% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 14.0% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 13.5% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 17.5% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 15.6% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 15.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 23.8% vs category 22.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 20.1% vs category 19.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 21.7% vs category 21.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 19.7% vs category 19.6% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 17.6% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 16.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 16.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 16.2% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 16.3% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 15.8% vs category 16.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 16.2% vs category 16.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 14.6% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.8% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 15.3% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 14.3% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.2% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 13.5% vs category 14.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 13.2% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 13.8% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 15.2% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 17.5% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 15.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 14.9% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 16.3% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 15.6% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 16.2% vs category 18.8% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 16.8% vs category 19.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 17.3% vs category 20.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 13.7% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 14.4% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 13.6% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 12.8% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 12.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
-3.7 pp0.0 pp+3.7 ppSep 2017: fund 8.9% vs category 9.4% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.2% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 9.0% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 8.6% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 9.1% vs category 10.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 8.8% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 8.0% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 8.7% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 9.5% vs category 11.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 7.4% vs category 9.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 8.8% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 6.5% vs category 9.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.7% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 7.1% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.3% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 8.4% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 7.8% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 8.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 7.2% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 5.3% vs category 6.5% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 4.7% vs category 6.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 5.5% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 6.1% vs category 7.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 7.1% vs category 8.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 6.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -1.3% vs category -0.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.9% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund 1.3% vs category 1.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund 3.6% vs category 3.8% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 5.8% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 6.8% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 5.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 5.9% vs category 5.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 7.5% vs category 7.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 9.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 8.9% vs category 8.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 10.2% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 10.1% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 12.5% vs category 11.9% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 13.8% vs category 13.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 13.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 14.0% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 16.3% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 17.3% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 17.4% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 17.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 16.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 15.0% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 14.9% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 14.0% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 13.5% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 17.5% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 15.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 16.7% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 15.6% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 15.4% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 23.8% vs category 22.6% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 20.1% vs category 19.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 21.7% vs category 21.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 19.7% vs category 19.6% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 17.6% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 16.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 16.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 16.2% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 14.8% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 16.3% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 15.8% vs category 16.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 16.2% vs category 16.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 14.6% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 16.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.7% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.8% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 15.3% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 14.3% vs category 14.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.7% vs category 14.6% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.2% vs category 13.9% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 13.5% vs category 14.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 13.2% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 13.8% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 15.2% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 17.5% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 15.7% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 14.9% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 16.3% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 16.1% vs category 18.2% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 15.6% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 16.2% vs category 18.8% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 16.8% vs category 19.9% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 17.3% vs category 20.4% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 13.7% vs category 16.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 14.4% vs category 17.8% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 13.6% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 12.8% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 12.6% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 13.1% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 15.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
ahead of categorybehind

Each bar is one window's margin in percentage points a year. The height of the bars, not the count of green ones, is what the average across every window measures.

How it is measured, and the case against

A fund that beats its category in most rolling three-year windows has a record; one that beats it in a few has an end date. How often it won and by how much are different questions, and this card answers both, because a fund can win four windows in five and still be behind across all five.

How often has it beaten its category, across every window?

Why this might matterRolling every three-year window forward month by month gives hundreds of overlapping observations instead of one. A single end date decides a headline five-year figure; the share of windows won cannot be flattered by when you happen to look. The average margin across every window is that share and the payoff multiplied together — win share x average beat plus loss share x average shortfall is exactly the average — so a high share bought with a few ruinous windows cannot hide behind the count.
Why it might notRolling windows overlap heavily, so they are not independent observations and the true sample is far smaller than the count suggests — the card says how many non-overlapping windows the same span holds, and it is usually a handful. A fund that changed manager or mandate carries a record that is only partly its own. The average margin is only as meaningful as the category: where a category is a grab bag (“Other ETFs” holds gold beside equity), a large shortfall says the comparison is wrong, not that the fund is. And none of this forecasts: our own study found the share of windows won does not predict the next three years, and weighting it by payoff gives no reason to think otherwise.
P5 Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 1.03% a year more than Direct

₹25,293 on ₹1 lakh over ten years

What this means. The Regular and Direct plans hold the same portfolio; the Regular one pays a distributor out of your money every day. The gap between the two NAVs is that cost, measured from the NAVs rather than quoted from a document.

on ₹1,00,000 over ten years₹25,293Direct vs Regular, annualised11.1% vs 10.0%measured over12 years
How it is measured, and the case against

The Direct plan is the same portfolio, priced differently; the divergence of the two NAVs is the cost, measured rather than quoted.

What does the Regular plan actually cost against its Direct twin?

Why this might matterSame manager, same holdings, same day. The gap between the two NAV series is the one number on this page that is knowable today rather than hoped for, and it compounds for as long as the units are held.
Why it might notA Regular plan buys advice. If that advice stops someone selling in a drawdown it can be worth more than the fee — the cost is visible and the behavioural saving is not, which makes this comparison unfair in exactly one direction.
P1 Churn, and what it bought
Not measurable yet. Needs at least two consecutive monthly disclosures.

What this means. How much of the portfolio was bought and sold in a year, computed from what the fund disclosed each month. Trading costs something certain; the extra return it is meant to buy is not.

How it is measured, and the case against

Turnover measured from consecutive disclosures — Σ|Δweight|/2 — costs something certain; the excess return it is meant to buy is not.

Is the trading paying for itself?

Why this might matterAMCs define their own turnover figure inconsistently. This one is computed from what the fund disclosed month to month, so two funds are comparable on it. Read it beside the excess return per unit of turnover.
Why it might notTurnover computed from month-end snapshots misses everything bought and sold inside a month, and a fund forced to sell by redemptions is charged for churn it did not choose.
P2 Conviction or inertia

Typical top-10 holding kept 1 month

What this means. How long a typical top-10 position has been in the top ten. Long-held positions are a decision; a top ten that changes every quarter is a reaction.

active sharenot yet computable — needs index constituent files
How it is measured, and the case against

The median months a top-10 position has been held separates a portfolio somebody chose from one that drifted.

How long does a top-10 position stay a top-10 position?

Why this might matterConcentration is how a manager expresses conviction, and persistence is how long they keep it. Long-held positions with a rising weight are a decision; a top ten that turns over every quarter is a reaction.
Why it might notPersistence without active share is inertia: a portfolio of 166 names that tracks its category closely has diversified away the reason to pay for it. Active share needs index constituent files, which are not loaded yet.
P3 Hit rate of the top ten
Not measurable yet. Detector not yet written: needs each disclosure's top ten joined to six months of forward prices. Holdings and prices are in hand.

What this means. Take each month's ten largest holdings and check whether each one beat the typical stock its category holds over the next six months, and by how much. A blended return can hide two wins and eight losses; a count of wins can hide one position that lost half its value.

How it is measured, and the case against

A manager's largest bets, judged one by one over the following six months, say more than the fund's blended return — and how far each one beat or missed the median stock says more than counting how many did.

Of its top-10 positions, how often did they beat the category-median stock?

Why this might matterA fund can beat its category on two positions and lose on eight; the hit rate shows the pattern the aggregate hides. The average margin then shows what the hit rate hides in turn: six winners worth a point each do not pay for four losers worth ten, and only the margin says which happened.
Why it might notSix months is short, sizing matters more than counting, and a manager who is right on the biggest position and wrong on nine small ones has done their job — the margins here are unweighted, so they answer the counting question better, not the sizing one. Overlapping disclosures judge the same position again each month it is held, so one long-held winner is counted many times. And this is a description of six months already past, not a forecast of the next six.
P6 Size against edge

₹6,045 Cr, 65th percentile in category; 80% of growth came from inflows

smaller than 35% of the funds in its category (13 funds) · AUM Sep 2023 → Aug 2026 · Regular plan expense ratio 1.99%

What this means. Where the fund sits by size in its category, and how much of its growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding. A very large fund cannot buy what a small one can; size should buy a lower fee in return.

expense ratio, Regular / Direct1.99% / 0.99% · category median 2.05%AUM, Sep 2023 → Aug 2026₹1,912 Cr → ₹6,045 Cr (+48% a year)of that change, from flows rather than returns80% net inflows · NAV +43% over the window

Assets under management, ₹ crore, Jun 2010 – Aug 2026

0200040006000Jun 2010Jun 2015Mar 2020Jan 2025Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹34 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹46 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹67 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹68 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹99 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹371 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹593 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹600 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹581 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹568 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹518 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹386 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹287 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹234 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹202 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹181 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹185 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹190 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹186 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹180 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹165 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹158 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹147 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹149 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹152 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹194 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹218 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹217 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹280 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹390 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹584 CrJun 2021: ₹806 CrSep 2021: ₹1,044 CrDec 2021: ₹1,300 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹1,447 CrJun 2022: ₹1,503 CrSep 2022: ₹1,563 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹1,620 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹1,658 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹1,760 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹1,912 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹2,099 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹2,474 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹2,874 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹3,427 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹3,783 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jan 2025: ₹3,858 CrFeb 2025: ₹3,898 CrMar 2025: ₹3,937 CrApr 2025: ₹4,113 CrMay 2025: ₹4,311 CrJun 2025: ₹4,463 CrAug 2025: ₹4,675 CrSep 2025: ₹4,882 CrOct 2025: ₹5,078 CrNov 2025: ₹5,220 CrDec 2025: ₹5,378 CrJan 2026: ₹5,562 CrFeb 2026: ₹5,821 CrMar 2026: ₹5,722 CrApr 2026: ₹5,818 CrMay 2026: ₹5,914 CrJun 2026: ₹5,882 CrJul 2026: ₹5,945 CrAug 2026: ₹6,045 Cr
0200040006000Jun 2010Jun 2015Mar 2020Jan 2025Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹34 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹46 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹67 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹68 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹99 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹371 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹593 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹600 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹581 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹568 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹518 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹386 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹287 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹234 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹202 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹181 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹185 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹190 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹186 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹180 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹165 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹158 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹147 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹149 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹152 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹194 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹218 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹217 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹280 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹390 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹584 CrJun 2021: ₹806 CrSep 2021: ₹1,044 CrDec 2021: ₹1,300 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹1,447 CrJun 2022: ₹1,503 CrSep 2022: ₹1,563 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹1,620 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹1,658 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹1,760 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹1,912 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹2,099 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹2,474 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹2,874 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹3,427 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹3,783 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jan 2025: ₹3,858 CrFeb 2025: ₹3,898 CrMar 2025: ₹3,937 CrApr 2025: ₹4,113 CrMay 2025: ₹4,311 CrJun 2025: ₹4,463 CrAug 2025: ₹4,675 CrSep 2025: ₹4,882 CrOct 2025: ₹5,078 CrNov 2025: ₹5,220 CrDec 2025: ₹5,378 CrJan 2026: ₹5,562 CrFeb 2026: ₹5,821 CrMar 2026: ₹5,722 CrApr 2026: ₹5,818 CrMay 2026: ₹5,914 CrJun 2026: ₹5,882 CrJul 2026: ₹5,945 CrAug 2026: ₹6,045 Cr
0200040006000Jun 2010Jun 2015Mar 2020Jan 2025Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹34 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹46 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹67 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹68 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹99 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹371 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹593 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹600 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹581 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹568 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹518 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹386 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹287 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹234 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹202 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹181 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹185 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹187 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹190 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹186 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹180 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹171 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹165 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹158 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹147 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹149 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹152 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹172 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹194 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹218 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹217 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹280 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹390 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹584 CrJun 2021: ₹806 CrSep 2021: ₹1,044 CrDec 2021: ₹1,300 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹1,447 CrJun 2022: ₹1,503 CrSep 2022: ₹1,563 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹1,620 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹1,658 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹1,760 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹1,912 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹2,099 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹2,474 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹2,874 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹3,427 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹3,783 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jan 2025: ₹3,858 CrFeb 2025: ₹3,898 CrMar 2025: ₹3,937 CrApr 2025: ₹4,113 CrMay 2025: ₹4,311 CrJun 2025: ₹4,463 CrAug 2025: ₹4,675 CrSep 2025: ₹4,882 CrOct 2025: ₹5,078 CrNov 2025: ₹5,220 CrDec 2025: ₹5,378 CrJan 2026: ₹5,562 CrFeb 2026: ₹5,821 CrMar 2026: ₹5,722 CrApr 2026: ₹5,818 CrMay 2026: ₹5,914 CrJun 2026: ₹5,882 CrJul 2026: ₹5,945 CrAug 2026: ₹6,045 Cr

78 points · months without a factsheet figure use AMFI's quarterly average · Regular-plan expense ratio 2.67% in Jun 2018 → 1.99% in Sep 2026

How it is measured, and the case against

Past a certain size the smaller end of a mandate becomes unreachable, and the fund starts to look like its index; what size should buy in return is a lower expense ratio.

Has the fund outgrown the universe it invests in — and did size buy a lower fee?

Why this might matterSize narrows what the manager can meaningfully hold and should lower what the investor pays. Read the AUM history beside the expense ratio: a fund that has tripled through inflows while its Regular-plan TER sits above the category median has kept the benefit of scale for the house. The flow decomposition says how much of the growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding.
Why it might notScale funds research teams, and plenty of large funds have gone on compounding for decades. Inflows follow performance, so a fund growing fast is usually one that did well; the constraint is real but not automatically binding, and a TER is a ceiling the AMC can cut at any time.
P7 Whose record is this
Not measurable yet. Needs manager names from the monthly factsheet archive; none were parsed for this fund yet.

What this means. How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

How it is measured, and the case against

A record earned under different people is not evidence about these ones.

Does the displayed record predate the people running it?

Why this might matterA five-year figure on a fund whose longest-serving manager joined two years ago is the house's record more than the person's. The tenure here comes from what each monthly factsheet named, so a change of hands is dated to the month it was disclosed, and the fund's return against its category can be read over exactly those months.
Why it might notFund houses have processes, research desks and mandates that outlast individuals, so a manager change is not a reset. Co-managed funds attribute the same months to every named manager, and a factsheet names the manager of record, not necessarily the person making the calls.

Tracking gap

the NAV the fund published, against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at each day's prices

No signal. About 33% of this fund is outside listed Indian equity — a foreign or derivative sleeve, or debt — and there are no daily prices to replicate it with. A wrong signal would be worse than none.

Share classes

latest NAV per AMFI code

PlanOptionNAVDate
direct
HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan
growth₹84.1621 Sep 2026
direct
HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan
idcw₹21.4521 Sep 2026
regular
HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund - Growth Option
growth₹74.5021 Sep 2026
regular
HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund - IDCW Option
idcw₹16.9521 Sep 2026
The Direct / Regular gap, in rupees
Direct growth NAV
₹84.16
Regular growth NAV
₹74.50
NAV divergence to date
13.0% — same portfolio, priced differently
Regular costs more by
1.03% a year
On ₹1,00,000 over ten years
₹25,293

A Regular plan buys advice. The fee is visible and the behavioural saving is not; both are shown, neither is netted off.

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