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LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund

Option Growth IDCW

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Fund basics

Launched15 Nov 2021 4.9 years of history
CategoryBalanced AdvantageSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · IDCW code 149258
BenchmarkNifty 100 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on25 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 1,193 published NAVs between 15 Nov 2021 and 16 Sep 2026 — 4.8 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
LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund Regular -4.091.26-1.20 -6.041.26— ——3.26
Nifty 100 benchmark 0.253.49-1.52 1.8410.529.38 ——12.79
Balanced Advantage category median · 14 funds ——— -0.887.955.80 ———

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 Regular plan in Balanced Advantage — 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
LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund Regular 8.69 -0.60 -0.80 0.57 -3.40 -14.93
Nifty 100 benchmark 17.12 0.23 0.32 —— -37.03

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

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
8.7%6.5%-0.60-0.80

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

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-14.9%—-8.6%
0%-6%-11%-17%202220242026
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
16.0%5.7%-11.7%22%
Worst-11.7%Median5.7%Best16.0%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

5.4%202211.7%20237.3%2024-0.9%2025-5.8%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

78.12%Equity
17.69%Debt
4.18%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

40.22%Large
24.88%Mid
11.26%Small
Large Cap 40.2%40.2%Mid Cap 24.9%24.9%Small Cap 11.3%11.3%Unclassified 19.5%19.5%Large Cap 40.2%Mid Cap 24.9%Small Cap 11.3%Unclassified 19.5%
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 stocks55
Top 5 stocks23.15%
Top 10 stocks34.99%
Top 20 stocks55.46%
Largest single holding7.46%
Largest sectorCRISIL AAA · 13.31%
Number of sectors25
Effective stocks40.8
Cash & equivalents4.18%

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

CRISIL AAA — 13.3%Banks — 8.8%Electrical Equipment — 8.5%Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 7.9%Chemicals & Petrochemicals — 7.7%IT - Software — 7.0%Industrial Products — 5.2%Finance — 4.6%Cash & Equivalents — 4.2%Other — 32.9%CRISIL AAA13.3%Banks8.8%Electrical Equipment8.5%Pharmaceuticals & Biotech…7.9%Chemicals & Petrochemicals7.7%IT - Software7.0%Industrial Products5.2%Finance4.6%Cash & Equivalents4.2%Other32.9%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 36.8% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

7.43% Jamnagar Utilities & Power Pvt. Ltd. 7.46%
ICICI Bank Ltd. 5.56%
Treps 4.02%
Navin Fluorine International Ltd. 3.70%
7.18% Government of India 3.67%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 2.76%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 2.49%
Solar Industries India Ltd. 2.41%
Shriram Finance Ltd. 2.39%
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. 2.30%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd. 2.25%
Bajaj Finance Ltd. 2.21%

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₹3.2 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹27.6 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions4 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of3 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +5.20% 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 4
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 63,999 entered — 15.4 15.4
Sirca Paints India Ltd. 155,997 entered — 6.8 6.8
Aster DM Quality Care Ltd. 54,000 entered — 4.1 4.1
Garware Hi-Tech Films Ltd. 3,983 entered — 2.8 2.8
Added tobought more shares than last month 2
INDO-MIM Ltd. 27,999 +25.0% +12.8% 2.5 12.3
Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. 6,363 +23.6% -10.0% 0.8 4.1
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 8
Navin Fluorine International Ltd. 7,299 -19.7% +14.6% 6.3 25.8
Divi's Laboratories Ltd. 4,545 -21.5% +17.5% 4.3 15.7
Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. 33,500 -25.1% +0.9% 3.9 11.7
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. 34,000 -21.3% +6.1% 3.1 11.5
Hitachi Energy India Ltd. 800 -20.0% +4.9% 2.7 10.8
Quality Power Electrical Equipments Ltd. 12,750 -28.3% +26.7% 1.8 4.6
National Aluminium Company Ltd. 45,000 -20.0% +9.0% 1.7 6.9
SRF Ltd. 6,650 -13.7% -2.4% 1.7 10.7
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 3
Axis Bank Ltd. 119,845 exited — 14.7 —
Reliance Industries Ltd. 61,000 exited — 8.0 —
Tata Steel Ltd. 13,750 exited — 0.3 —

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 Balanced Advantage Regular 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
LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund LIC Mutual Fund · this scheme 1.3% -3.4% 0.57 8.7% -0.60 -14.9%
quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund quant Mutual Fund 10.7% 3.5% 0.98 13.6% 0.31 -18.9%
WhiteOak Capital Balanced Advantage Fund WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund 9.6% 2.6% 0.59 7.7% 0.40 -10.0%
Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund 8.7% 1.3% 0.61 9.4% 0.23 -10.4%
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund SBI Mutual Fund 8.2% 2.0% 0.49 6.3% 0.28 -7.6%
Mirae Asset Balanced Advantage Fund Mirae Asset Mutual Fund 8.1% 2.0% 0.54 7.0% 0.23 -8.1%
HSBC Balanced Advantage Fund HSBC Mutual Fund 7.7% 1.7% 0.47 6.5% 0.18 -8.9%
Franklin India Balanced Advantage Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 7.7% 1.6% 0.51 6.7% 0.17 -8.5%
ITI Balanced Advantage Fund ITI Mutual Fund 7.1% -5.2% 0.64 12.6% 0.04 -33.9%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 100. 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 Balanced Advantage scheme is

Equity and debt moved dynamically, by a model.

The equity share rises when the market looks cheap and falls when it looks expensive, decided by a formula rather than a mood. Read the fund's model — they differ enormously, and it is the entire product.

Who it suits. Investors who want somebody else to decide when to be cautious.

How long money should stay. 3 to 5 years.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of LIC MF Balanced Advantage Fund — Regular Plan — IDCW?

₹11.8616 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 LIC MF Balanced Advantage 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?

Equity and debt moved dynamically, by a model. The equity share rises when the market looks cheap and falls when it looks expensive, decided by a formula rather than a mood. Read the fund's model — they differ enormously, and it is the entire product.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 3 to 5 years. Investors who want somebody else to decide when to be cautious.