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HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is ₹501.82 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund delivered?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund has returned -3.16% over 1 year, +9.29% per year over 3 years, +12.49% per year over 5 years and +12.82% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.31% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd. (5.3%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (4.1%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (3.7%), State Bank of India (3.5%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (2.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is rated high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 9.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -58.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.28 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund's 0.28 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is managed by Gopal Agrawal, Ihab Dalwai, Nandita Menezes, Arun Agarwal and Anil Bamboli at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund taxed?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.

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NAV

₹501.82

-0.69% 1D

as of 01 Oct 2026

This is the Regular plan of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund — bought through a distributor, whose commission is paid out of its expense ratio. Income is retained in the fund, so it shows up as NAV rather than as a payout.

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Performance

-2.66%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹505.33

Latest ₹501.82

Low ₹483.4833rd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹539.06

Scorecard

★★★★☆4/5 vs 30 of 36 Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage peers

Performance 60%
Risk 15%
Cost 10%
Downside 15%

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. The stars weight the same ground 60/15/10/15 (performance/risk/cost/downside) across every fund in the peer group. Ranked within Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage (same plan and option). 30 of the 36 Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +9.29% · ranks 7 of 30 Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage funds

RiskHigh

Volatility 9.9% vs 8.4% category avg

CostLow

1.3% expense vs 2.3% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

96% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

3-year return (+9.29%) beats the Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage average (+7.21%)
5-year return (+12.49%) beats the Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage average (+6.87%)
Stronger risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.28 vs 0.09 Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage average
Low expense ratio (1.31%) vs the Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage average of 2.32%
Consistent — positive in 96% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

Trails the Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage average on 1M/3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 2.38pp
Ranks #29 of 36 on 1-year return in its Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage cohort
More volatile than its Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage peers (9.9% vs 8.4%)

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

1.31%

Category 2.32%▼1.01%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

17.16

Category —

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.28

Category 0.09▲0.19

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

None

In respect of each purchase / switch-in of Units, upto 15% of the units may be redeemed without any exit load from the date of allotment. Any redemption in excess of the above limit shall be subject to the following exit load: Exit load of 1.00% is payable if Units are redeemed / switched-out within 1 year from the date of allotment of units. No Exit Load is payable if Units are redeemed / switched-out after 1 year from the date of allotment.

Up to 1.00%

tiered — see the full terms

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Allowed

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

₹100

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹100

NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

03 Apr 2006

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-4.27%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-3.73%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+2.57%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

-6.19%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

-3.16%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+9.29%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+12.49%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+13.17%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the first NAV we hold for this plan — the Inception date under Key metrics. AMFI's history starts in April 2006, so an older scheme is measured from there.

+12.82%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

9.85%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.28

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

0.38

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-58.88%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 50 TRI · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Nifty 50 TRI

2.95%

Sensitivity to Nifty 50 TRI moves; 1 = moves with the index

0.71

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 50 TRI explains

85.7%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

4.33

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

0.58

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

5.81%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

84.9%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

59.5%

Computed vs the Nifty 50 TRI over the last 36 complete months — the closest match to this fund's mandate. TRI means dividends reinvested, as they are in the fund's own NAV; ₹ means a US index converted at each day's USD/INR, since the fund is priced in rupees. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-4.27%	-3.63%	-0.64%
3M abs	-3.73%	-2.29%	-1.44%
6M abs	+2.57%	+4.04%	-1.47%
1Y CAGR	-3.16%	-0.78%	-2.38%
3Y CAGR	+9.29%	+7.21%	+2.08%
5Y CAGR	+12.49%	+6.87%	+5.62%

Category average across peers in Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage (up to 36 funds with data), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

Not sure what a figure means? The glossary explains every metric, and the methodology shows the formulas.

Category rank

Vs 36 peers in Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage

1Y return

-3.16%

Beats 20% · rank #29

3Y return

+9.29%

Beats 79.3% · rank #7

5Y return🏆

+12.49%

Beats 100% · rank #1

Sharpe

0.28

Beats 82.8% · rank #6

Sortino

0.38

Beats 75.9% · rank #8

Backtest this fund

What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹6.00L

Current value

₹7.54L

Absolute

+25.65%

XIRR

+9.36%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund	Nifty 50 TRI	Diff
2026part	-6.19%	-12.85%	+6.66%
2025	+7.24%	+11.97%	-4.73%
2024	+16.71%	+10.16%	+6.55%
2023	+31.30%	+21.69%	+9.61%
2022	+18.78%	+5.68%	+13.10%
2021	+26.36%	+25.49%	+0.87%
2020	+7.57%	+16.57%	-9.00%
2019	+6.89%	+13.43%	-6.54%
2018	-0.78%	+4.40%	-5.18%
2017	+35.42%	+30.12%	+5.30%

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in; those years show no benchmark comparison.

History points

5,047

Expense ratio

1.31%

AUM

₹1,04,783Cr

Portfolio turnover

11%

Exit load

Portfolio, AUM & scheme details shown from another plan of this scheme (same underlying portfolio).

P/E ratio

17.2

P/B ratio

3.5

Avg market cap

₹4,65,207Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 126 of 158 equity holdings (68% of the portfolio); loss-making companies are excluded.

Taxation

Taxed as equity

This is an equity-oriented fund (≥65% in Indian equities), so gains get the concessional capital-gains rates below — they do not add to your income-tax slab.

Short-term (STCG)

20%

Held under 1 year

Flat, on the whole gain

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

On gains above ₹1.25 L per financial year

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage

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HDFC Balanced Advantage FundThis fund HDFC · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	-3.16%	+9.29%	+12.49%	—	1.31%	₹1,04,783Cr
quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund quant · Regular · Growth	★★★☆☆	-3.55%	+10.47%	—	—	3.00%	₹902.64Cr
Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+3.30%	+9.63%	+8.41%	—	1.95%	₹9,211Cr
Baroda BNP Paribas Balanced Advantage Fund Baroda BNP Paribas · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+1.91%	+9.48%	+8.94%	—	2.04%	₹4,798Cr
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund ICICI Prudential · Regular · Growth	★★★★★	+1.00%	+9.48%	+9.34%	—	1.56%	₹70,787Cr
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund Axis · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	-0.57%	+9.44%	+7.78%	—	2.15%	₹3,759Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 100% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap74.6%
Mid cap13.0%
Small cap12.4%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity73.26%
Debt23.79%
Real Estate / REITs1.60%
Cash & Equivalents1.35%

Holds the same stocks as (by portfolio overlap, not by category)

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Nippon India ETF Nifty 100 Nippon India · Other ETFs	60.6%	—	0.51%	+6.90%
Bandhan Nifty 100 Index Fund Bandhan · Index Funds	60.6%	★★★☆☆	0.18%	+7.26%
HDFC NIFTY 100 Index Fund HDFC · Index Funds	60.6%	★★☆☆☆	0.35%	+7.05%
Zerodha Nifty 100 ETF Zerodha · Other ETFs	60.6%	—	0.28%	—
Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund Axis · Index Funds	60.6%	★★★☆☆	0.26%	+7.18%
Parag Parikh Large Cap Fund PPFAS · Large Cap Fund	60.4%	—	0.32%	—
HDFC Multi Asset Allocation Fund HDFC · Multi Asset Allocation	60.1% of 67% equity	★★★☆☆	0.99%	+11.04%
Invesco India Multi Asset Allocation Fund Invesco · Multi Asset Allocation	59.3% of 37% equity	★★★★☆	0.54%	—

Overlap is the share of each fund's equity book invested in the same stocks, by weight, across the Direct-plan universe — so a fund that is only part equity is labelled as such. ! marks a pair holding more in common than nine pairs in ten of its type, where that type has a measured distribution.

🚩Holdings under NSE surveillance (ASM)

4 holdings — 0.53% of the portfolio — sit in stocks NSE currently lists under its Additional Surveillance Measure. ASM is an exchange response to unusual price or volume activity (higher margins, and trade-for-trade settlement at stage II), not a view on the company or on this fund.

Rubicon Research LimitedLong-term · Stage I0.30%
Whirlpool of India LimitedShort-term · Stage I0.11%
PB Fintech LimitedShort-term · Stage I0.06%
Milky Mist Dairy Food LimitedLong-term · Stage IV0.06%

Source: NSE ASM list, matched to holdings by company name — a holding whose name differs from NSE's spelling may not be matched. BSE's separate list is not covered.

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-58.9%07 Jan 2008 → 09 Mar 2009
Fell over 14 months, back to the old high on 09 Jul 2010 — 16 months under water after the low.
-34.5%04 Jul 2019 → 23 Mar 2020
Fell over 9 months, back to the old high on 04 Dec 2020 — 8 months under water after the low.
-31.7%10 May 2006 → 14 Jun 2006
Fell over 35 days, back to the old high on 27 Oct 2006 — 4 months under water after the low.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹1,04,783Cr

April - June 2026

-1%

since January - March 2026

+₹3,256Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

At or near its largest, ₹1,05,964Cr in January - March 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

Net flow is an estimate: AMFI publishes a quarterly average AUM, not a closing balance, and it covers every plan and option of this scheme together, so it is a read on direction and rough size rather than a cash-flow statement.

AMC Profile

HDFC Mutual Fund is run by HDFC Asset Management, part of the HDFC Bank group and listed on the exchanges since 2018. It has been in business since 1999, absorbed Zurich India's schemes in 2003, and is consistently among the two or three largest fund houses by assets.

Launched

09 Dec 1999

Total AUM

₹9,35,100Cr+0.8% QoQ

Avg AUM · April - June 2026

Website

hdfcfund.com

Fund Managers

GAGopal AgrawalStart date not disclosed

Education

• B.E., • MBM • B.E (Jadavpur University)

Experience

Collectively over 22 years experience in Fund Management and 2.5 years in Equity Research • July 9, 2020 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited • July 23, 2018 till June 30, 2020: DSP Investment Managers Private Limited Last Position Held: Senior Fund Manager and Head-Macro strategy • April 03, 2017 till July 16, 2018: TATA Asset Management Company Limited Last Position Held: CIO-Equity • October 01, 2007 till March 31, 2017: Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) Pvt. Ltd.. Last Position Held: CIO-Equity and Chief Strategist

Funds managed (2)

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IDIhab DalwaiStart date not disclosed

Total experience

15 years

NMNandita MenezesStart date not disclosed

Education

• B.Com (University of Mumbai)

Experience

Collectively over 3 years’ experience in Equity Dealing and auditing • December 29, 2021 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited • April 26, 2020 till March 5, 2021: S.R. Batliboi & Co LLP Last Position held: Executive - Assurance

Funds managed (29)

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AAArun AgarwalStart date not disclosed

Education

• B.Com • Chartered Accountant

Experience

Collectively over 27 years’ experience in equity, debt and derivative dealing, fund management, internal audit and treasury operations. • September 16, 2010 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited

Funds managed (43)

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ABAnil BamboliStart date not disclosed

Role

Senior Fund Manager - Fixed Income

Education

• B. Com, Grad • CWA, • MMS (Finance), • CFA (CFA Institute)

Experience

Collectively over 31 years experience in Fund Management and Research, Fixed Income dealing • July 25, 2003 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited

Funds managed (13)

All schemes Anil Bamboli runs →

Fund managers from the AMC's filed Scheme Summary — its most recent filing for this scheme. Benchmark and dealing terms from it and this scheme's SEBI-filed Scheme Information Document on AMFI. Each manager's qualifications and role are reconciled across every filing this fund house makes for them, including its Statement of Additional Information. Total AUM via AMFI.

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Fund managers

Gopal Agrawal Nandita Menezes Arun Agarwal Anil Bamboli

Top holdings

ICICI Bank Ltd.HDFC Bank Ltd.Reliance Industries Ltd.State Bank of India Bharti Airtel Ltd.Axis Bank Ltd.Larsen and Toubro Ltd.NTPC Limited Eternal Limited Coal India Ltd.Infosys Limited Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

About Balanced Advantage funds

Balanced advantage (dynamic asset allocation) funds move between equity and debt based on market valuations, adding more stocks when they look cheap and trimming when they look dear. The goal is a smoother ride.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is ₹501.82 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund delivered?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund has returned -3.16% over 1 year, +9.29% per year over 3 years, +12.49% per year over 5 years and +12.82% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.31% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd. (5.3%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (4.1%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (3.7%), State Bank of India (3.5%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (2.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is rated high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 9.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -58.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.28 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund's 0.28 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is managed by Gopal Agrawal, Ihab Dalwai, Nandita Menezes, Arun Agarwal and Anil Bamboli at HDFC.

How is HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund taxed?

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.