Fincash » SBI Equity Hybrid Fund Vs ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
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SBI Equity Hybrid Fund and ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund both the schemes form part of equity-oriented balanced funds. Balanced Funds, in simple terms, are the schemes that enjoy the benefits of equity and debt instruments. Balanced funds invest their corpus in both equity and fixed Income instruments in a pre-determined proportion that can change over time. Balanced Funds are a good option for investors seeking Capital appreciation over a long-term tenure along with regular income. Equity-oriented balanced funds invest a minimum of 65% or more of their fund money in equity and equity-related instruments of various companies. Though ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund and SBI Equity Hybrid Fund belong to the same category, nevertheless; there are numerous differences between them. So, let’s understand the differences between these schemes through this article.
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund is a part of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund and was incepted on December 30, 2006. ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund strives for growth along with safety. It tries to achieve this goal by Investing its corpus in a combination of equity and Fixed Income investments. CRISIL Hybrid 35+65- Aggressive Index is used by the scheme to build its basket of assets. Eicher Motors Limited, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Ambuja Cements Limited, and Godrej Properties Limited are some of the constituents of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund’s Portfolio as on March 31, 2018. The scheme is jointly managed by Mr. Sankaren Naren, Mr. Rajat Chandak, and others. The risk-appetite of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund is moderately high.
SBI Equity Hybrid Fund (earlier known as SBI Magnum Balanced Fund) is jointly looked after by Mr. R. Srinivasan and Mr. Dinesh Ahuja and is managed and offered by SBI Mutual Fund. This scheme was launched in the month of December 1995. The objective ofSBI Equity Hybrid Fund is to strive for capital growth in long-term by investing in Equity Funds. Along with capital growth, liquidity by investing in a combination of Debt fund. SBI Equity Hybrid Fund is suitable for individuals seeking advantages from the potential growth of equities without having complete exposure. The scheme uses CRISIL Balanced Fund – Aggressive Index as its yardstick to construct its portfolio. Based on the Asset Allocation of the scheme, it invests a minimum of 50% of its accumulated fund money in equity and equity-related instruments. Also, it would not invest more than 40% of its corpus in fixed income and money market instruments.
Though both the schemes belong to the scheme category, nevertheless; they differ on account of numerous parameters, such as AUM, performance, and so on. So, let us analyse the differences between these schemes by comparing the parameters that are divided into four sections, namely, basics section, performance section, yearly performance section, and other details section.
Current NAV, Fincash Rating, scheme category, and others are some of the comparable elements forming part of this first section. To begin with the current NAV, it can be stated that both the schemes differ drastically. The NAV of SBI Equity Hybrid Fund was around INR 127 and of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund was nearly INR 33 as of April 26, 2018. The comparison of Fincash Rating states that * ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund is rated as a 3-Star Scheme while SBI Equity Hybrid Fund is rated as a 4-Star Scheme*. With respect to the scheme category, it can be said that form schemes are part of Hybrid Balanced – Equity category. The comparison summary of the basics section is tabulated below.
Parameters Basics NAV Net Assets (Cr) Launch Date Rating Category Sub Cat. Category Rank Risk Expense Ratio Sharpe Ratio Information Ratio Alpha Ratio Benchmark Exit Load SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹302.968 ↓ -1.04 (-0.34 %) ₹75,639 on 31 May 25 19 Jan 05 ☆☆☆☆ Hybrid Hybrid Equity 10 Moderately High 1.46 0.66 0.06 3.93 Not Available 0-12 Months (1%),12 Months and above(NIL) ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹73.77 ↓ -0.12 (-0.16 %) ₹63,787 on 31 May 25 30 Dec 06 ☆☆☆ Hybrid Dynamic Allocation 18 Moderately High 1.59 0.61 0 0 Not Available 0-18 Months (1%),18 Months and above(NIL)
The Compounded Annual Growth Rate or CAGR returns at different time intervals are compared in the performance section. The comparison of performance section reveals that there is a significant difference between both the returns generated by both the schemes. In many of these instances, the returns generated by SBI Equity Hybrid Fund is higher as compared to the returns of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund. The table given below summarizes the comparison of performance section.
Parameters Performance 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year Since launch SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details 1.5% 6.7% 11.8% 9.2% 16.4% 17.2% 15.1% ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details 0.7% 4.5% 7.4% 7.6% 14.3% 15.1% 11.4%
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This section compares the absolute returns earned by both the schemes for a particular year. The comparison of yearly performance also states that in many years, SBI Equity Hybrid Fund leads the race. The table given below summarizes the comparison of yearly performance section.
Parameters Yearly Performance 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details 14.2% 16.4% 2.3% 23.6% 12.9% ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details 12.3% 16.5% 7.9% 15.1% 11.7%
Being the last section of comparison it includes parameters like AUM, minimum SIP investment, Minimum lumpsum investment, and so on. The minimum SIP investment for both the schemes is different. For SBI Mutual Fund’s scheme, the SIP amount is INR 500 and in case of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund, the SIP amount is INR 1,000. Additionally, the lumpsum investment, the amount is also different. The lumpsum amount for SBI Equity Hybrid Fund is INR 1,000 and for ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund is INR 5,000. The AUM of both the schemes is also different though the difference isn’t much. As on March 31, 2018, the AUM of SBI’s scheme is around INR 21,802 Crores and of ICICI’s scheme is nearly INR 26,050 crores. The summary of other details section as shown in the table given below.
Parameters Other Details Min SIP Investment Min Investment Fund Manager SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹500 ₹1,000 R. Srinivasan - 13.42 Yr. ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹100 ₹5,000 Sankaran Naren - 7.89 Yr.
SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 20 ₹10,000 30 Jun 21 ₹13,961 30 Jun 22 ₹14,163 30 Jun 23 ₹16,344 30 Jun 24 ₹20,576 30 Jun 25 ₹23,161 ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 20 ₹10,000 30 Jun 21 ₹13,102 30 Jun 22 ₹13,861 30 Jun 23 ₹15,754 30 Jun 24 ₹19,085 30 Jun 25 ₹21,028
SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
Growth
Fund Details Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.91% Equity 74.17% Debt 21.92% Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 24.58% Industrials 9.93% Basic Materials 9.35% Consumer Cyclical 7.06% Technology 5.11% Communication Services 5.04% Health Care 4.45% Consumer Defensive 4.23% Energy 2.44% Utility 1.26% Real Estate 0.73% Debt Sector Allocation
Sector Value Corporate 11.65% Government 10.89% Cash Equivalent 3.29% Credit Quality
Rating Value A 7.74% AA 15.4% AAA 75.15% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 May 11 | HDFCBANK7% ₹5,251 Cr 27,000,000
↑ 4,000,000 6.79% Govt Stock 2034
Sovereign Bonds | -6% ₹4,429 Cr 427,501,100
↑ 45,000,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 17 | ICICIBANK4% ₹3,325 Cr 23,000,000 Solar Industries India Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 16 | SOLARINDS4% ₹3,211 Cr 1,994,133
↓ -505,867 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 17 | BHARTIARTL4% ₹3,156 Cr 17,000,000 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 24 | KOTAKBANK4% ₹2,905 Cr 13,999,900
↑ 4,999,900 Divi's Laboratories Ltd (Healthcare)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 16 | DIVISLAB3% ₹2,579 Cr 3,900,000
↓ -250,924 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 14 | SBIN3% ₹2,437 Cr 30,000,000 MRF Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 May 18 | MRF3% ₹2,361 Cr 170,000 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | INFY3% ₹2,344 Cr 15,000,000 ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
Growth
Fund Details Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 39.72% Equity 46.75% Debt 13.11% Other 0.42% Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 19.58% Consumer Cyclical 13.28% Industrials 6.28% Technology 6.16% Consumer Defensive 4.81% Basic Materials 4.73% Energy 4.38% Real Estate 4.1% Health Care 2.94% Communication Services 2.83% Utility 1.59% Debt Sector Allocation
Sector Value Cash Equivalent 34.81% Corporate 9.04% Government 8.98% Credit Quality
Rating Value A 3.48% AA 21.67% AAA 71.18% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Nifty 50 Index
Derivatives | -8% -₹4,960 Cr 1,994,475
↓ -26,700 TVS Motor Co Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 16 | TVSMOTOR5% ₹3,156 Cr 11,349,287
↑ 298,887 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 May 12 | ICICIBANK4% ₹2,834 Cr 19,604,805 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 12 | HDFCBANK4% ₹2,681 Cr 13,782,369 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 08 | RELIANCE3% ₹2,127 Cr 14,970,609
↓ -302,461 Embassy Office Parks REIT (Real Estate)
-, Since 30 Apr 25 | EMBASSY3% ₹1,838 Cr 48,202,903
↑ 4,606,642 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 08 | INFY3% ₹1,760 Cr 11,260,368
↓ -800,000 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 16 | MARUTI3% ₹1,655 Cr 1,343,407
↓ -212,000 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 12 | LT3% ₹1,621 Cr 4,412,068
↓ -69,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 15 | BHARTIARTL2% ₹1,532 Cr 8,252,566
↑ 549,059
Thus, based on the above-mentioned pointers, it can be said that both the schemes differ on account of numerous parameters. As a consequence, individuals should be careful before choosing any of the schemes for investment. They should do a thorough analysis of the scheme and check whether it matches their investment objective or not. This will help the individuals to attain their objectives on time.
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