SBI Magnum Multicap Fund Vs Nippon India Multi Cap Fund

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund and Nippon India Multi Cap Fund (Formerly known as Reliance Multi Cap Fund) both are a part of multi-cap funds. Multi-cap funds, also known as Diversified Funds or flexi cap are a type of Mutual Fund schemes that invest their corpus across market capitalization. Ideally, these funds are picked by those investors who don't want to take risks by Investing in just one market cap. Multi cap funds balance out the risk and reduce the Volatility that usually comes with stock investments by investing across market capitalizations. Though SBI Magnum Multicap Fund and Reliance/Nippon India Multi Cap Fund belong to the same category, there are still a lot of differences in these schemes. So, for better fund selection, let us understand the differences between both the funds.

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund is offered by SBI Mutual Fund under the diversified category. This scheme was incepted on September 29, 2005, and it uses S&P BSE 500 Index to construct its Portfolio. The objective of this scheme is to attain long-term capital appreciation along with liquidity by investing in a diversified basket of equity stocks across market capitalization. The scheme will follow a bottom-up approach to stock-picking and choose companies across sectors/styles. Large Cap Stocks – 1st -100th company in terms of full market capitalization, mid-cap - 101st to 250th company in terms of full market capitalization and small cap - 251st company onwards in terms of full market capitalization. The fund manager of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund is Mr. Anup Upadhyay. As on 31/05/2018, some of the top holdings of SBI Magnum Multicap Funds are HDFC Bank Limited, Infosys Ltd, ITC Ltd, ICICI Bank Limited, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, etc.

Nippon India Multi Cap Fund (Formerly Reliance Multi Cap Fund)

Nippon India Multi Cap Fund (earlier known as Reliance Multi Cap Fund) was launched in the year 2005. The primary objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio constituted of equity & related securities. The fund also aims to generate consistent returns by investing a portion of the portfolio in debt and money market securities. As on Jun 30, 2018, some of the top holdings of the scheme are State Bank of India, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Infosys Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd, etc. The current fund manager of Reliance/Nippon India Multi Cap Fund is Sailesh Raj Bhan.

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund Vs Nippon India Multi Cap Fund

Though these schemes belong to the same category, yet these schemes differ on various parameters. So, let us understand the parameters which are divided into four sections, namely, Basics Section, Performance Report, Yearly Performance Report, and Other Details Section.

Basics Section

This section compares the various elements such as Current NAV, Scheme Category, and Fincash Rating. To begin with the scheme category, it can be said that both the schemes SBI Magnum Multicap Fund and Reliance/Nippon India Multi Cap Fund belong to the same category Equity Multicap Fund. With respect to the next parameter, that is, Fincash Rating, it can be said that SBI Magnum Multicap Fund is rated as 4-Star and Nippon India Multi Cap Fund is rated as 2-Star. In case of Net Asset Value, SBI Magnum Multicap Fund's NAV as on 16th July 2018 is INR 46.1153, whereas the NAV of Reliance/Nippon India Multi Cap Fund is INR 86.6376. The table given below summarizes the details of basics section.

Performance Section

The performance section compares the Compounded Annual Growth Rate or CAGR returns between both the schemes at different time periods. With respect to performance, it can be said there is not much difference in the performance of both the schemes. However, in many instances, SBI Magnum Multicap Fund leads the race. The performance of both the schemes at different time periods is shown below as follows.

Yearly Performance Section

This section deals with the absolute returns generated by both the funds in each year. In this case, we can see that there is a difference in the performance of both the schemes. In certain situations, Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund has performed better than SBI Magnum Multicap Fund. While in some situations, the other scheme has performed better. The yearly performance of both the funds is tabulated as follows.

Other Details Section

This is the last section in the comparison of both the funds. In this section, the parameters such as AUM, Minimum SIP and Lumpsum Investment, and Exit Load are compared. To begin with the minimum SIP investment, it can be said the monthly SIP amounts of both the schemes are different. In case of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund it is INR 500 while in case of Nippon India Multi Cap Fund it is INR 100. Also, in case of minimum lump sum investment, the amount isn't same. The minimum lump sum for SBI Magnum Multi Cap Fund is INR 1,000, while for Reliance Multi Cap Fund it is INR 5,000. The AUM of both the schemes are also different. As on 31st May, 2018, the AUM of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund was INR 5,338 crores while of Reliance/Nippon India Multi Cap Fund was INR 9,687 crores. The table given below summarizes the other details for both the schemes.

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