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SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund

Q: What is the NAV of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is ₹20.86 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund delivered?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund has returned +6.46% over 1 year, +7.35% per year over 3 years, +6.78% per year over 5 years and +4.10% 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 SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.46% 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 SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

Its largest holdings are SBI Savings Fund Direct-Growth (12.7%), HDFC Bank Ltd (5.5%), SBI Premier Liquid Direct Plan-Growth (5.2%), ICICI Bank Ltd (4.2%) and Reliance Industries Ltd (3.4%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

It is rated moderately high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 1.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -4.3%. 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 0.86 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund's 0.86 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY 50 Arbitrage Total Return Index . Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is managed by Ardhendu Bhattacharya and Neeraj Kumar at SBI.

Q: How is SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund taxed?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities 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

₹20.86

-0.07% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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NAV history

+6.51%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹20.88

Latest ₹20.86

Low ₹19.6097th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹20.90

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 40 of 48 Arbitrage Fund 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 Arbitrage Fund (same plan and option). 40 of the 48 Arbitrage Funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +7.35% · ranks 9 of 48 Arbitrage Funds

RiskLow

Volatility 1.0% vs 2.2% category avg

CostAverage

1.5% expense vs 1.5% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

100% 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

Ahead of the Arbitrage Fund average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 2.47pp
3-year return (+7.35%) beats the Arbitrage Fund average (+4.45%)
5-year return (+6.78%) beats the Arbitrage Fund average (+4.62%)
Less volatile than its Arbitrage Fund peers (1.0% vs 2.2%)
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

No significant concerns identified.

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 1.54%

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

Category 17.30

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

0.86

Category -0.36▲1.22

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · IDCW

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

Exit Load

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

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

Benchmark

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.

21 Feb 2013

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+0.57%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+1.67%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+3.13%

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

+4.12%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+6.46%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+7.35%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.78%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+4.06%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+4.10%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

0.99%

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

0.86

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

1.32

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-4.30%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Arbitrage Fund — a debt, arbitrage or cash-like fund isn't measured against an equity index, so alpha/beta vs one would be noise rather than signal.

Fund vs category average (Arbitrage Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+0.57%	+0.35%	+0.22%
3M abs	+1.67%	+1.09%	+0.58%
6M abs	+3.13%	+1.54%	+1.59%
1Y CAGR	+6.46%	+3.99%	+2.47%
3Y CAGR	+7.35%	+4.45%	+2.90%
5Y CAGR	+6.78%	+4.62%	+2.16%

Category average across peers in Arbitrage Fund (up to 48 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 48 peers in Arbitrage Fund

1Y return

+6.46%

Beats 69.8% · rank #14

3Y return

+7.35%

Beats 79.5% · rank #9

5Y return

+6.78%

Beats 87.9% · rank #5

Sharpe

0.86

Beats 79.1% · rank #10

Sortino

1.32

Beats 81.4% · rank #9

Rolling returns

Return for every possible 1Y holding period, not just today’s

Average

+3.8%

Median

+3.5%

Best

+9.8%

Worst

+0.1%

Positive periods

100.0%

150 overlapping 1Y windows, sampled monthly across the fund’s history.

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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

₹7.15L

Absolute

+19.11%

XIRR

+7.15%

Value vs. invested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into SBI Arbitrage Opportunities 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
2026part	+4.12%
2025	+7.05%
2024	+8.11%
2023	+7.98%
2022	+5.09%
2021	+4.43%
2020	+2.47%
2019	+0.45%
2018	+0.79%
2017	-0.19%

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.

History points

3,328

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

P/E ratio

P/B ratio

Avg market cap

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 · Arbitrage Fund

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SBI Arbitrage Opportunities FundThis fund SBI	★★★☆☆	+6.46%	+7.35%	+6.78%	16.47	1.46%	₹46,803Cr
Tata Arbitrage Fund Tata	★★★★★	+6.71%	+7.56%	+6.82%	16.75	1.70%	₹22,684Cr
Tata Arbitrage Fund Tata	★★★★★	+6.71%	+7.56%	+6.82%	16.75	1.70%	₹22,684Cr
Invesco India Arbitrage Fund Invesco	★★★★☆	+6.70%	+7.52%	+6.97%	16.24	2.31%	₹27,818Cr
Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund Edelweiss	★★★★☆	+6.59%	+7.49%	+6.82%	17.00	1.67%	₹14,863Cr
Mirae Asset Arbitrage Fund Mirae Asset	★★★★☆	+6.62%	+7.42%	+6.64%	20.09	2.69%	₹3,657Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

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

Large cap77.2%
Mid cap19.4%
Small cap3.4%

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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 Arbitrage funds

Arbitrage funds profit from small price gaps between the cash and futures markets rather than from market direction. Returns are usually modest and cash-like, but they are taxed as equity.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is ₹20.86 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund delivered?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund has returned +6.46% over 1 year, +7.35% per year over 3 years, +6.78% per year over 5 years and +4.10% 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 SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.46% 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 SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

Its largest holdings are SBI Savings Fund Direct-Growth (12.7%), HDFC Bank Ltd (5.5%), SBI Premier Liquid Direct Plan-Growth (5.2%), ICICI Bank Ltd (4.2%) and Reliance Industries Ltd (3.4%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

It is rated moderately high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 1.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -4.3%. 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 0.86 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund's 0.86 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is benchmarked against the NIFTY 50 Arbitrage Total Return Index . Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund is managed by Ardhendu Bhattacharya and Neeraj Kumar at SBI.

How is SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund taxed?

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities 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.