SBI Magnum Multicap Fund Vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund and Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund both are a part of Diversified Funds. Diversified funds are also known as a flexi cap or multi-cap funds refer to the Mutual Fund schemes who invest their corpus in equity instruments across market capitalization. These funds adopt a growth or Value investing strategy through which they purchase shares whose prices are relatively lower in comparison to their performance, book earnings, and other related factors. Though both these funds belong to the same category of diversified funds, yet they differ on account of performance, AUM, NAV, and other factors. So, let us understand the differences between both the funds through this article.

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. As per the scheme’s objective, it invests 50-90% in Large cap funds, 10-40% in mid cap funds, and 0-10% in small cap stocks.

As on January 31, 2018, some of the constituents that form part of Top 10 Holdings of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund’s portfolio consist of HDFC Bank Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, and Bharti Airtel Limited.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund (Erstwhile Aditya Birla Sun Life Top 100 Fund)

Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund (earlier known as Aditya Birla Sun Life Top 100 Fund) is an open-ended diversified equity fund which was launched on August 26, 1998. The investment objective of this scheme is to attain long-term capital growth by investing 90% of the fund money in equity and the remaining 10% in debt and money market instruments. The fund adopts a top-down and bottom-up approach for selecting stocks. In addition, also emphasizes on identifying companies with sound corporate management and prospects for good future growth.

As on January 31, 2018, some of the Top 10 holdings of scheme’s portfolio consisted of Clearing Corporation of India Limited, HDFC Bank Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, and Hindustan Unilever Limited.

SBI Magnum Multicap Fund Vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity 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, Fincash Rating, AUM, expense ratio and many more. To begin with the Scheme Category, it can be said that both the schemes SBI Magnum Multicap Fund and Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund belong to the same category Equity Diversified Category.

As per Fincash Rating, it can be said that both the schemes are rated as 4-Star.

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, if 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 Minimum SIP and Lumpsum Investment. To begin with the Minimum SIP investment, it can be said the SIP amounts are different in both the schemes. In case of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund it is INR 500 while in case of Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund it is INR 1,000. However, in case of Minimum Lumpsum Investment, the amount is same in both the cases which is INR 1,000.

The fund manager of SBI Magnum Multicap Fund is Mr. Anup Upadhyay.

Mr. Anil Shah is the fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Equity Fund.

The table given below summarizes the other details for both the schemes.

Growth of 10k Investments over the years