Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund
- NAV as on 25 Sep 2026
- ₹142.68+0.33%1 day
- Return since launch
- 13.7%
- 52-week range
- ₹129.88 — ₹151.24
- AUM
- ₹7,971 Cr
Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund is a Focused equity fund from Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund with ₹7,971 Cr under management, launched in 2005. Over three years it has returned 5.0% a year, against 11.3% for its category. The expense ratio is 1.88% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.
Performance
Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund NAV and returns
Growth of the fund against its category average over the period you pick.
Over 1Y this fund returned +3.4% against +1.8% for its category.
Performance
Returns
How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -1.7% | −5.0 pts | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| 2Y | 1.6% | −1.7 pts | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| 3Y | 5.0% | −6.3 pts | 11.3% | 4.6% |
| 5Y | 9.7% | +0.3 pts | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 7Y | 12.2% | −0.4 pts | 12.7% | 12.0% |
| 10Y | 12.0% | −0.3 pts | 12.3% | 11.8% |
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | -4.3% | −0.6 pts | -3.7% | -3.5% |
| 3M | -0.5% | −1.1 pts | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| 6M | 7.4% | −4.7 pts | 12.2% | 11.1% |
| 1Y | 3.4% | 0.0 pts | 3.4% | 1.7% |
| 2Y | -1.9% | 0.0 pts | -1.9% | -2.4% |
| 3Y | 11.5% | +0.2 pts | 11.3% | 10.2% |
| 5Y | 8.8% | −0.6 pts | 9.3% | 8.6% |
| 7Y | 13.3% | −0.5 pts | 13.8% | 13.3% |
| 10Y | 11.6% | −0.7 pts | 12.3% | 11.2% |
Since launch (30 Aug 2005): 13.7%
Calendar-year returns
Category averageShow as a table
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.1% | +4.1 pts | 6.0% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | −2.3 pts | 20.9% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | −4.7 pts | 27.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | −2.0 pts | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 26.7% | −6.5 pts | 33.2% |
| 2020 | 16.0% | −1.6 pts | 17.5% |
Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.
Costs & terms
Costs and terms
What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.
Costs
1.91%
Expense ratio as on 24 Sep 2026
Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.
- Base expense
- 1.53%
- Brokerage
- 0.04%
- Transaction charges
- 0.00%
- Statutory levies
- 0.34%
- Exit load
- Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 90 days.
- Lock-in
- None
Terms
- Min SIP
- ₹3,000
- Min lumpsum
- ₹5,000
- Plan
- GROWTH
- Fund type
- OPEN-ENDED
- Benchmark
- NIFTY 500 TRI
- Short-term capital gains
- Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
- Long-term capital gains
- After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%
Risk
Risk
What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.
Your principal is treated as being at very high risk — typically small cap, sectoral and thematic equity schemes.
| Ratio | Fund | Category avg | Read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 1.76 | 5.04 | Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better. |
| Beta | 0.90 | 0.96 | How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market. |
| Sharpe | 0.57 | 0.74 | Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better. |
| Sortino | 0.80 | 1.00 | Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better. |
| Std. deviation | 14.07 | 15.86 | How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier. |
| Average of 5 category peers | |||
Portfolio
Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund portfolio
Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026
Asset allocation
- Equity92.6%
- Other7.4%
Market cap split
- Large74.7%
- Mid23.9%
- Small1.3%
- P/E
- 26.39
- P/B
- 3.22
Top holdings
| Holding | Sector | Weight | Value | 3M chg | 6M chg | 1Y chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Others | Others | 7.36% | ₹586 Cr | +3.11% | +3.01% | +3.15% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | Financial | 5.92% | ₹472 Cr | +5.09% | +6.03% | +7.00% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | Energy | 5.27% | ₹420 Cr | +5.42% | +6.10% | +5.89% |
| Shriram Finance Ltd | Financial | 4.30% | ₹343 Cr | +4.03% | +3.97% | +2.81% |
| Coforge Ltd. | Technology | 4.21% | ₹336 Cr | +0.19% | +0.20% | +3.66% |
| Eternal Ltd. | Services | 4.11% | ₹327 Cr | +3.80% | +2.89% | +3.57% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.97% | ₹316 Cr | +3.86% | +3.64% | +4.79% |
| Bajaj Finance Ltd. | Financial | 3.95% | ₹315 Cr | +2.47% | +2.17% | +2.01% |
| State Bank of India | Financial | 3.78% | ₹302 Cr | +3.55% | +4.29% | +3.00% |
| AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.69% | ₹294 Cr | +3.45% | +2.77% | +2.17% |
| Infosys Ltd. | Technology | 3.55% | ₹283 Cr | +5.11% | +5.54% | +6.74% |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.51% | ₹279 Cr | +3.94% | +4.11% | +3.21% |
| Tech Mahindra Ltd. | Technology | 3.30% | ₹263 Cr | +3.76% | +3.34% | +3.64% |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | Communication | 3.29% | ₹262 Cr | +3.43% | +3.78% | +4.63% |
| Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. | Services | 3.20% | ₹255 Cr | +4.00% | +3.27% | +2.14% |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | Insurance | 3.13% | ₹250 Cr | +3.39% | +3.66% | +3.40% |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | Construction | 3.11% | ₹248 Cr | +3.23% | +4.66% | +4.10% |
| Trent Ltd. | Services | 3.10% | ₹247 Cr | +3.13% | +2.38% | +2.99% |
| The Phoenix Mills Ltd. | Construction | 2.96% | ₹236 Cr | +3.31% | +2.85% | +2.70% |
| NTPC Ltd. | Energy | 2.96% | ₹236 Cr | +3.61% | +3.45% | +3.10% |
| United Spirits Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.95% | ₹235 Cr | +2.59% | +2.56% | +2.54% |
| Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. | Automobile | 2.77% | ₹221 Cr | +1.75% | — | — |
| Biocon Ltd. | Healthcare | 2.77% | ₹221 Cr | +2.54% | +1.79% | — |
| Hindalco Industries Ltd. | Metals & Mining | 2.63% | ₹209 Cr | +3.01% | +3.43% | +2.91% |
| Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. | Energy | 2.57% | ₹205 Cr | +1.92% | — | — |
| Voltas Ltd. | Consumer Discretionary | 2.24% | ₹178 Cr | +2.41% | +2.73% | +2.97% |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | Healthcare | 2.16% | ₹172 Cr | +2.02% | +2.85% | +2.42% |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | Automobile | 1.44% | ₹115 Cr | +1.88% | +2.50% | +2.76% |
| Whirlpool Of India Ltd. | Consumer Discretionary | 1.22% | ₹96.92 Cr | +1.28% | +1.36% | +2.01% |
| company:1333 | Consumer Staples | 0.58% | ₹46.58 Cr | — | — | — |
Sectors
Instruments
Recent changes
| Holding | From | To | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultratech Cement Ltd. | 1.78% | 0.00% | -1.78% |
| Bajaj Finance Ltd. | 3.21% | 3.95% | +0.74% |
| company:1333 | 0.00% | 0.58% | +0.58% |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | 2.02% | 1.44% | -0.58% |
| Infosys Ltd. | 4.02% | 3.55% | -0.47% |
| Tech Mahindra Ltd. | 3.74% | 3.30% | -0.44% |
| Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. | 2.96% | 2.57% | -0.40% |
| Eternal Ltd. | 4.43% | 4.11% | -0.32% |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | 3.81% | 3.51% | -0.30% |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | 3.56% | 3.29% | -0.27% |
| Shriram Finance Ltd | 4.03% | 4.30% | +0.27% |
| Voltas Ltd. | 2.47% | 2.24% | -0.24% |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | 3.37% | 3.13% | -0.24% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | 3.74% | 3.97% | +0.23% |
| Biocon Ltd. | 2.55% | 2.77% | +0.22% |
| Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. | 3.39% | 3.20% | -0.19% |
| Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. | 2.61% | 2.77% | +0.16% |
| NTPC Ltd. | 3.12% | 2.96% | -0.16% |
| AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. | 3.54% | 3.69% | +0.15% |
| State Bank of India | 3.65% | 3.78% | +0.14% |
| Hindalco Industries Ltd. | 2.51% | 2.63% | +0.12% |
| Trent Ltd. | 3.22% | 3.10% | -0.12% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | 5.81% | 5.92% | +0.11% |
| Coforge Ltd. | 4.11% | 4.21% | +0.11% |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 3.01% | 3.11% | +0.10% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | 5.37% | 5.27% | -0.10% |
| United Spirits Ltd. | 2.98% | 2.95% | -0.03% |
| The Phoenix Mills Ltd. | 2.94% | 2.96% | +0.03% |
| Whirlpool Of India Ltd. | 1.21% | 1.22% | +0.01% |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | 2.15% | 2.16% | +0.01% |
| Others | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.00% |
Compare
Similar funds
The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.
| Fund | AUM | Expense | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category average | ₹15,674 Cr | 2.10% | 6.9% | 9.2% | 13.7% |
 SBI Focused Fund | ₹51,248 Cr | 1.60% | 7.3% | 11.3% | 13.0% |
 ICICI Prudential Focused Fund | ₹17,949 Cr | 2.15% | -2.5% | 6.9% | 13.4% |
 Invesco India Focused Fund | ₹6,454 Cr | 1.94% | 14.6% | 9.7% | 15.4% |
 Bandhan Focused Fund | ₹2,094 Cr | 2.22% | 10.6% | 9.2% | 12.9% |
 ITI Focused Fund | ₹629 Cr | 2.59% | 4.5% | 8.7% | — |
About
About this fund
The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.
Investment objective
The Scheme seeks to achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in upto 30 companies with long term sustainable competitive advantage and growth potential
Fund managers
- Kunal SangoiMr. Sangoi is a B.Com (H) and Chartered Accountant.Prior to joining Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC he has worked with Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd.
Tools
Return calculator
What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.
| Over the past | Total investment | Would’ve become | Growth | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months7.44% absolute | ₹60,000 | ₹64,464 | 7.44% | |
| 1 year3.38% annualised | ₹1,20,000 | ₹1,22,220 | 1.85% | |
| 3 years11.46% annualised | ₹3,60,000 | ₹4,31,303 | 19.81% | |
| 5 years8.77% annualised | ₹6,00,000 | ₹7,55,184 | 25.86% |
Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.
How this is calculated
Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.
The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
The things people ask about this scheme.