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Axis Business Cycles Fund

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Fund basics

Launched27 Feb 2023 3.6 years of history
CategorySectoral / ThematicSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · IDCW Option code 151369
BenchmarkNifty 500 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on25 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 881 published NAVs between 27 Feb 2023 and 16 Sep 2026 — 3.6 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Axis Business Cycles Fund Direct -3.45-5.861.06 -6.189.37— ——14.57
Nifty 500 benchmark 0.874.312.15 5.2012.4911.41 ——15.49
Sectoral / Thematic category median · 136 funds ——— 3.5214.6711.99 —14.72—

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Direct plan in Sectoral / Thematic — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 25 Sep 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Axis Business Cycles Fund Direct 14.39 0.20 0.27 1.00 0.53 -19.26
Nifty 500 benchmark 17.16 0.35 0.47 —— -37.31

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
14.4%10.7%0.200.27

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-19.3%—-8.0%
0%-7%-14%-22%20242026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
45.5%8.3%-6.2%16%
Worst-6.2%Median8.3%Best45.5%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

21.2%20244.5%2025-6.1%2026MF Analyser
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

95.72%Equity
3.78%Cash & Equivalents
0.46%Debt

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

48.44%Large
22.85%Mid
23.00%Small
Large Cap 48.4%48.4%Mid Cap 22.9%22.9%Small Cap 23.0%23.0%Unclassified 1.9%Large Cap 48.4%Mid Cap 22.9%Small Cap 23.0%Unclassified 1.9%
AMFI's half-yearly ranking: 1–100 Large, 101–250 Mid, 251+ Small. The rest is debt, cash, foreign holdings or fund units, which AMFI does not rank.

Concentration

Number of stocks80
Top 5 stocks16.86%
Top 10 stocks28.76%
Top 20 stocks45.90%
Largest single holding3.84%
Largest sectorBanks · 17.62%
Number of sectors34
Effective stocks61.4
Cash & equivalents3.78%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Banks — 17.6%Auto Components — 7.3%Chemicals & Petrochemicals — 6.2%Finance — 5.1%Retailing — 4.9%Industrial Products — 4.4%IT - Software — 4.2%Construction — 3.8%Cash & Equivalents — 3.8%Other — 42.7%Banks17.6%Auto Components7.3%Chemicals & Petrochemicals6.2%Finance5.1%Retailing4.9%Industrial Products4.4%IT - Software4.2%Construction3.8%Cash & Equivalents3.8%Other42.7%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 28.9% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Larsen & Toubro Limited 3.84%
ICICI Bank Limited 3.72%
Axis Bank Limited 3.59%
HDFC Bank Limited 2.95%
Grasim Industries Limited 2.76%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited 2.48%
Clearing Corporation of India Ltd 2.44%
Aether Industries Limited 2.42%
Bharti Airtel Limited 2.39%
IndusInd Bank Limited 2.34%
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited 2.27%
One 97 Communications Limited 2.20%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

What the manager did last month

Between the filing of 31 Jul 2026 and 31 Aug 2026. A position grows for two reasons — the manager bought more, or the price went up — and only the first is a decision. The share count is what separates them, because it moves only when somebody trades.

Bought₹40.2 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹89.8 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions5 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of3 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +3.95% the market's doing, not the manager's

Swipe the table sideways for share counts, price change and values.

Stock Shares traded Change in shares Change in price Value of the trade₹ crore Position now₹ crore
New positiondid not hold this a month ago 5
TD Power Systems Limited 351,944 entered — 27.4 27.4
Canara Bank 1,667,158 entered — 21.2 21.2
SPR Auto Technologies Ltd 27,560 entered — 12.7 12.7
Jindal Stainless Limited 87,397 entered — 6.1 6.1
Dhoot Transmission Ltd 25,411 entered — 3.8 3.8
Added tobought more shares than last month 8
ABB India Limited 11,352 +66.8% +4.9% 8.7 21.7
Bharat Forge Limited 30,349 +45.3% -4.3% 6.4 20.5
Hindustan Copper Limited 119,270 +39.5% +6.9% 6.3 22.1
Amber Enterprises India Limited 5,941 +25.6% +2.4% 4.5 22.2
Hindustan Zinc Limited 69,441 +22.7% +10.4% 4.1 22.3
PTC Industries Limited 1,778 +9.5% +24.7% 3.9 45.2
Vishal Mega Mart Limited 288,240 +11.9% +3.3% 3.2 30.1
Sapphire Foods India Limited 67,316 +9.9% +26.6% 1.6 17.5
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 8
Aarti Industries Limited 328,036 -52.0% +7.2% 17.2 15.9
Bajaj Finance Limited 156,776 -33.2% -7.4% 16.6 33.4
Eternal Limited 384,781 -26.0% +8.5% 12.6 35.9
Anthem Biosciences Limited 104,751 -40.8% +10.4% 9.4 13.6
Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd 81,744 -22.5% +23.0% 8.1 28.0
Welspun Corp Limited 28,068 -33.0% +44.9% 6.7 13.6
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited 19,557 -11.5% -3.4% 6.4 49.2
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited 179,921 -24.4% -4.4% 4.2 12.9
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 3
BSE Limited 88,976 exited — 32.4 —
TD Power Systems Limited 175,972 exited — 19.9 —
Corona Remedies Limited 35,673 exited — 7.5 —

Only stocks and fund units are listed. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are larger in rupees than most equity trades and are not decisions, so they are summarised as cash above rather than listed as activity. Share counts and values are the fund house's own filing. What a position cost when it was first bought is in no monthly disclosure, so a value here is what the shares were worth at the later filing, not what was paid.

How it compares in its category

Against the Sectoral / Thematic Direct schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Axis Business Cycles Fund Axis Mutual Fund · this scheme 9.4% 0.5% 1.00 14.4% 0.20 -19.3%
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund 58.1% 23.5% 0.49 32.3% 1.60 -44.8%
HDFC Defence Fund HDFC Mutual Fund 36.0% 26.3% 1.60 24.8% 1.19 -34.5%
HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund HDFC Mutual Fund 24.1% 15.0% 1.05 16.6% 1.06 -23.5%
UTI - Healthcare Fund UTI Mutual Fund 23.0% 13.1% 0.66 15.2% 1.09 -27.1%
SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND SBI Mutual Fund 23.5% 15.3% 0.62 15.9% 1.07 -30.5%
Franklin Asian Equity Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 21.9% 1.2% 0.52 15.4% 1.00 -40.2%
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund LIC Mutual Fund 22.5% 7.2% 1.08 18.1% 0.89 -39.6%
Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund Mirae Asset Mutual Fund 21.8% 14.5% 0.66 15.5% 0.99 -20.0%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 500. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Sectoral / Thematic scheme is

At least 80% in one sector or theme.

The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

Who it suits. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.

How long money should stay. Through a full cycle.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Axis Business Cycles Fund — Direct Plan — IDCW Option?

₹16.3800 as on 25 Sep 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Axis Business Cycles Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the IDCW Option option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 80% in one sector or theme. The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically Through a full cycle. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.