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Bandhan Multi-Factor Fund

Option Growth IDCW

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Fund basics

Launched1 Aug 2025 1.2 years of history
CategorySectoral / ThematicSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · IDCW code 153720
BenchmarkNifty 500 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on24 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 281 published NAVs between 1 Aug 2025 and 16 Sep 2026 — 1.1 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
Bandhan Multi-Factor Fund Direct -6.85-5.55-5.05 -6.07—— ——-3.82
Nifty 500 benchmark 0.874.312.15 5.2012.4911.41 ——15.49
Sectoral / Thematic category median · 134 funds ——— 5.0014.3612.50 —14.88—

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 24 Sep 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Bandhan Multi-Factor Fund Direct 12.90 -0.80 -1.05 0.71 -2.18 -13.69
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
12.9%9.8%-0.80-1.05

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

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-13.7%—-13.4%
0%-5%-10%-15%2026
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.

Calendar years

2026-11.5%

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

100.00%Cash & Equivalents

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

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks37
Top 5 stocks—
Top 10 stocks—
Top 20 stocks—
Largest single holding—
Largest sector— · —
Number of sectors0
Effective stocks—
Cash & equivalents0.00%

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

Automobiles — 11.2%Industrial Products — 9.8%Banks — 8.9%Ferrous Metals — 8.0%Finance — 4.9%IT - Software — 4.8%Capital Markets — 4.5%Insurance — 4.4%Consumer Durables — 4.3%Other — 39.1%Automobiles11.2%Industrial Products9.8%Banks8.9%Ferrous Metals8.0%Finance4.9%IT - Software4.8%Capital Markets4.5%Insurance4.4%Consumer Durables4.3%Other39.1%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 40.1% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Axis Bank Limited 4.33%
Polycab India Limited 4.09%
Suzlon Energy Limited 4.07%
Tata Steel Limited 4.07%
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 4.01%
UltraTech Cement Limited 3.99%
JSW Steel Limited 3.95%
Lupin Limited 3.95%
Hero MotoCorp Limited 3.83%
Bajaj Auto Limited 3.82%
Bharti Airtel Limited 3.70%
Cummins India Limited 3.60%

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.

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
Bandhan Multi-Factor Fund Bandhan Mutual Fund · this scheme — -2.2% 0.71 12.9% -0.80 -13.7%
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 Bandhan Multi-Factor Fund — Direct Plan — IDCW?

₹9.5080 as on 24 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 Bandhan Multi-Factor 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 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.