Motilal Oswal BSE Low Volatility Index Fund
- NAV as on 25 Sep 2026
- ₹15.03+0.15%1 day
- Return since launch
- 9.5%
- 52-week range
- ₹14.68 — ₹17.08
- AUM
- ₹66.87 Cr
Motilal Oswal BSE Low Volatility Index Fund is a Large & MidCap Index equity fund from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund with ₹66.87 Cr under management, launched in 2022. Over three years it has returned -2.4% a year, against 9.9% for its category. The expense ratio is 1.20% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.
Performance
Motilal Oswal BSE Low Volatility Index Fund NAV and returns
Growth of the fund against its category average over the period you pick.
Over 1Y this fund returned -6.6% against -3.4% for its category.
Performance
Returns
How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -12.0% | −12.3 pts | 0.3% | -6.7% |
| 2Y | -6.2% | −4.8 pts | -1.4% | -4.4% |
| 3Y | -2.4% | −12.3 pts | 9.9% | -1.7% |
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | -4.6% | −0.3 pts | -4.3% | -3.9% |
| 3M | -4.6% | −2.5 pts | -2.1% | -2.2% |
| 6M | 0.3% | −6.1 pts | 6.4% | 6.7% |
| 1Y | -6.6% | −6.9 pts | 0.3% | -3.6% |
| 2Y | -8.0% | −0.4 pts | -7.6% | -9.9% |
| 3Y | 6.0% | −3.9 pts | 9.9% | 7.5% |
Since launch (4 Mar 2022): 9.5%
Calendar-year returns
Category averageShow as a table
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.4% | +4.1 pts | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 9.8% | −8.2 pts | 18.0% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | −10.0 pts | 38.9% |
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
1.18%
Expense ratio as on 25 Sep 2026
Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.
- Base expense
- 0.90%
- Brokerage
- 0.02%
- Transaction charges
- 0.00%
- Statutory levies
- 0.26%
- Exit load
- Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 15 days.
- Lock-in
- None
Terms
- Min SIP
- ₹3,000
- Min lumpsum
- ₹5,000
- Plan
- GROWTH
- Fund type
- OPEN-ENDED
- Benchmark
- BSE Low Volatility 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 | -2.98 | 2.03 | Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better. |
| Beta | 0.86 | 1.15 | How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market. |
| Sharpe | 0.21 | 0.51 | Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better. |
| Sortino | 0.27 | 0.71 | Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better. |
| Std. deviation | 13.90 | 19.07 | How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier. |
| Average of 5 category peers | |||
Portfolio
Motilal Oswal BSE Low Volatility Index Fund portfolio
Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026
Asset allocation
- Equity98.0%
- Other2.0%
Market cap split
- Large81.8%
- Mid15.1%
- Small3.1%
- P/E
- 21.82
- P/B
- 3.16
Top holdings
| Holding | Sector | Weight | Value | 3M chg | 6M chg | 1Y chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pidilite Industries Ltd. | Chemicals | 4.62% | ₹3.09 Cr | +4.24% | +3.52% | +3.42% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | Financial | 4.23% | ₹2.83 Cr | +3.72% | +3.70% | +3.72% |
| Nestle India Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 3.93% | ₹2.63 Cr | +3.85% | +3.83% | +3.72% |
| Titan Company Ltd. | Consumer Discretionary | 3.85% | ₹2.58 Cr | +3.12% | +3.70% | +3.34% |
| Grasim Industries Ltd. | Materials | 3.76% | ₹2.51 Cr | +3.59% | +3.09% | +3.26% |
| Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | Healthcare | 3.70% | ₹2.48 Cr | +3.47% | +2.95% | +3.55% |
| Marico Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 3.68% | ₹2.46 Cr | +3.70% | +3.35% | — |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.59% | ₹2.40 Cr | +3.83% | +3.55% | +3.62% |
| Asian Paints Ltd. | Materials | 3.47% | ₹2.32 Cr | +3.65% | +3.11% | +3.48% |
| Ultratech Cement Ltd. | Materials | 3.47% | ₹2.32 Cr | +3.51% | +3.16% | — |
| Shree Cement Ltd. | Materials | 3.43% | ₹2.30 Cr | +3.73% | +2.83% | +3.07% |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | Healthcare | 3.43% | ₹2.29 Cr | +3.21% | +3.62% | +3.27% |
| Cipla Ltd. | Healthcare | 3.34% | ₹2.23 Cr | +3.35% | — | — |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | Construction | 3.33% | ₹2.23 Cr | +3.42% | — | — |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | Communication | 3.27% | ₹2.19 Cr | +3.32% | +3.12% | +3.38% |
| Hindustan Unilever Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 3.18% | ₹2.13 Cr | +3.47% | +3.11% | +3.99% |
| Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. | Automobile | 3.12% | ₹2.09 Cr | +3.09% | +3.22% | +3.54% |
| State Bank of India | Financial | 3.12% | ₹2.09 Cr | +2.88% | +4.67% | — |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | Insurance | 3.06% | ₹2.05 Cr | +3.27% | +3.28% | +3.59% |
| ACC Ltd. | Materials | 3.01% | ₹2.02 Cr | +3.35% | +2.60% | — |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | Energy | 2.93% | ₹1.96 Cr | +3.06% | +3.32% | +3.29% |
| Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. | Technology | 2.88% | ₹1.93 Cr | +2.79% | +2.88% | +2.73% |
| Britannia Industries Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.83% | ₹1.89 Cr | +2.84% | +3.18% | +3.91% |
| ITC Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.80% | ₹1.87 Cr | +3.18% | +3.20% | +3.44% |
| HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd. | Insurance | 2.78% | ₹1.86 Cr | +3.09% | +2.79% | +3.43% |
| NTPC Ltd. | Energy | 2.78% | ₹1.86 Cr | +3.33% | — | — |
| Coal India Ltd. | Materials | 2.72% | ₹1.82 Cr | +3.14% | +3.41% | — |
| Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. | Healthcare | 2.67% | ₹1.78 Cr | +3.03% | +3.24% | +3.71% |
| Dabur India Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.56% | ₹1.71 Cr | +3.00% | +3.10% | +3.08% |
| United Breweries Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.50% | ₹1.67 Cr | +2.56% | — | — |
| Others | Others | 1.96% | ₹1.29 Cr | +0.21% | +0.08% | +0.23% |
Sectors
Instruments
Recent changes
| Holding | From | To | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Others | -0.52% | 1.96% | +2.48% |
| Grasim Industries Ltd. | 3.46% | 3.76% | +0.30% |
| Shree Cement Ltd. | 3.72% | 3.43% | -0.29% |
| ITC Ltd. | 3.03% | 2.80% | -0.23% |
| Titan Company Ltd. | 3.62% | 3.85% | +0.23% |
| Dabur India Ltd. | 2.77% | 2.56% | -0.21% |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | 3.47% | 3.27% | -0.20% |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | 3.26% | 3.06% | -0.20% |
| Asian Paints Ltd. | 3.65% | 3.47% | -0.18% |
| United Breweries Ltd. | 2.67% | 2.50% | -0.17% |
| ACC Ltd. | 3.16% | 3.01% | -0.15% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | 3.74% | 3.59% | -0.15% |
| Pidilite Industries Ltd. | 4.47% | 4.62% | +0.15% |
| State Bank of India | 2.98% | 3.12% | +0.14% |
| NTPC Ltd. | 2.91% | 2.78% | -0.13% |
| Marico Ltd. | 3.81% | 3.68% | -0.13% |
| Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. | 3.25% | 3.12% | -0.13% |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 3.21% | 3.33% | +0.12% |
| Hindustan Unilever Ltd. | 3.30% | 3.18% | -0.12% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | 4.13% | 4.23% | +0.10% |
| Cipla Ltd. | 3.43% | 3.34% | -0.09% |
| Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. | 2.59% | 2.67% | +0.08% |
| Ultratech Cement Ltd. | 3.55% | 3.47% | -0.08% |
| Britannia Industries Ltd. | 2.88% | 2.83% | -0.05% |
| Nestle India Ltd. | 3.97% | 3.93% | -0.04% |
| Coal India Ltd. | 2.76% | 2.72% | -0.04% |
| Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. | 2.85% | 2.88% | +0.03% |
| Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | 3.69% | 3.70% | +0.01% |
| HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd. | 2.77% | 2.78% | +0.01% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | 2.94% | 2.93% | -0.01% |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | 3.44% | 3.43% | -0.01% |
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 | ₹2,356 Cr | 1.18% | -4.0% | 2.4% | 8.0% |
 UTI Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index Fund | ₹8,513 Cr | 1.36% | -3.0% | -0.4% | 8.0% |
| Motilal Oswal BSE Enhanced Value Index Fund | ₹2,251 Cr | 1.12% | -6.8% | 6.9% | — |
 Kotak Nifty 200 Momentum 30 Index Fund | ₹601 Cr | 1.25% | -3.1% | -0.4% | — |
 Edelweiss NIFTY Large Mid Cap 250 Index Fund | ₹354 Cr | 1.06% | -2.4% | 4.0% | — |
| Motilal Oswal BSE Quality Index Fund | ₹58.50 Cr | 1.09% | -4.8% | 2.1% | — |
About
About this fund
The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the scheme is to provide returns that, before expenses, correspond to the total returns of the securities as represented by S&P BSE Low Volatility Total Return Index, subject to tracking error.
Fund managers
- Dishant MehtaBachelors of Science (B.SC)Mr. Dishant Mehta has more than 11 years of experience and expertise in Financial markets across different segment -Equities, Derivatives, Commodities and Currencies
- Rakesh ShettyMr. Shetty has done B.ComPrior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Company engaged in Capital Market Business wherein he was in charge of equity and debt ETFs, customized indices and has also been part of product development.
- Swapnil P MayekarMr. Mayekar is an M.Com from Mumbai University and also holds an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from Welingkar, Mumbai.Prior to joining Motilal Oswal AMC he worked with Business Standard Limited from Aug 2005 to Feb 2010.
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 months0.30% absolute | ₹60,000 | ₹60,180 | 0.30% | |
| 1 year−6.56% annualised | ₹1,20,000 | ₹1,15,820 | −3.48% | |
| 3 years6.02% annualised | ₹3,60,000 | ₹3,95,453 | 9.85% |
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.