Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Regular

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.
Direct

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.

Category : Index Funds/ETFs

Fund House : Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

NAV

This number shows latest NAV (Net Asset Value) and change in the NAV from previous day. NAV is nothing but the unit price for the fund. You will be allocated number of units based on this price. NAV is declared once each day generally at the end of the day. Once you invest in mutual funds, your money is further invested in stocks and bonds by mutual fund managers. Mutual Fund NAV is the per unit latest value of all such stocks/bonds held in the portfolio

: ₹ 11.9064 0.57%
(as on 19th September, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Not Rated

Rank not available for the fund

Fund Size

: ₹ 651.03 Cr

(0.21% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 0.31%

(0.28% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

Very High Risk

Index Funds/ETFs :Index Funds/ETFs : The fund has 99.65% investment in domestic equities of which , 21.24% is in Mid Cap stocks, 29.76% in Small Cap stocks.

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Nifty India Defence TRI

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Returns (NAV as on 19th September, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	12-Sep-25	10340.70	3.41%	-	0.97%	6/349
1 Month	19-Aug-25	10760.90	7.61%	-	1.71%	5/346
3 Month	19-Jun-25	9539.30	-4.61%	-	2.65%	318/327
6 Month	19-Mar-25	13693.40	36.93%	-	10.67%	5/309
YTD	01-Jan-25	12717.00	27.17%	-	5.33%	5/285
1 Year	19-Sep-24	12848.20	28.48%	28.48%	2.01%	4/234
Since Inception	30-Aug-24	11906.40	19.06%	17.99%	9.84%	55/343

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 19th September, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	19-Sep-24	12000	14619.14	21.83 %	42.64 %

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Portfolio (Updated on 31st Aug,2025)

Equity Holding : 99.65% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 99.65%

No of Stocks : 18 (Category Avg - 54.08) | Large Cap Investments : 0%| Mid Cap Investments : 21.24% | Small Cap Investments : 29.76% | Other : 48.67%

Top 10 Stocks in Portfolio

How to read this table?

Stock Invested in	Sector	Value(Mn)	% of Total Holdings	1M Change	1Y Highest Holding	1Y Lowest Holding	Quantity	1M Change in Qty
Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	1382.5	21.24%	0.17%	21.36% (Feb 2025)	18.53% (Apr 2025)	37.43 L	2.33 L
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	1373.8	21.10%	-0.02%	21.12% (Jul 2025)	18% (May 2025)	3.17 L	19.78 k
Solar Industries India Ltd.	Explosives	965.2	14.83%	0.21%	16.22% (Sep 2024)	13.78% (Dec 2024)	69.97 k	4.37 k
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.	Ship building & allied services	568	8.72%	-0.16%	9.62% (Feb 2025)	7.5% (Sep 2024)	2.18 L	13.61 k
Cochin Shipyard Ltd.	Ship building & allied services	391	6.01%	-0.32%	7.9% (Feb 2025)	6.01% (Aug 2025)	2.43 L	15.17 k
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	380.1	5.84%	-0.46%	7.61% (May 2025)	5.84% (Aug 2025)	2.65 L	16.51 k
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	249	3.82%	0.40%	4.11% (Sep 2024)	3.18% (Mar 2025)	2.43 L	15.17 k
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.	Construction vehicles	210.8	3.24%	0.04%	3.48% (Mar 2025)	0% (Sep 2024)	54.91 k	3.43 k
Data Patterns India Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	204.3	3.14%	-0.16%	4.34% (Oct 2024)	2.8% (Mar 2025)	85.04 k	5.31 k
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	197.9	3.04%	-0.19%	3.6% (May 2025)	2.71% (Feb 2025)	84.13 k	5.25 k

- indicates change in weight in the portfolio. # indicates a new entry.

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
TREPS	TREPS	0.66%
Net Receivables	Net Receivables	-0.31%

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 01st January, 1970)

No data available. Ratios are only available for the funds which are 3 years old.

Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
ICICI Prudential NASDAQ 100 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	2378.60	5.72	14.78	26.01	30.11	31.31
Navi US Nasdaq100 FOF - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	1070.90	5.97	14.72	26.19	29.96	31.64
Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	3417.71	7.61	-4.58	37.21	28.96	0.00
Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund - Direct Plan Growth	NA	3886.69	4.79	12.68	19.32	22.52	24.17
Kotak Nifty Financial Services Ex-Bank Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	68.17	0.76	3.60	17.90	9.22	0.00
Kotak CRISIL-IBX AAA Financial Services Index - Sep 2027 Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	443.51	0.57	1.69	4.92	9.18	0.00
Tata Nifty Financial Services Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	79.90	-0.28	1.45	10.42	8.81	0.00
Tata Nifty G-Sec Dec 2029 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	160.10	0.91	1.16	4.87	8.71	0.00
HDFC Nifty G-Sec Apr 2029 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	166.94	0.90	1.20	4.88	8.63	0.00
SBI Crisil IBX Gilt Index - April 2029 Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	2065.13	0.92	1.20	4.88	8.62	0.00

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Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Aditya Birla Sun Life Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	1	49720.60	0.49	1.46	3.35	7.00	7.15
Aditya Birla Sun Life Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	29866.73	1.54	3.07	12.55	0.46	16.45
Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Manager Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	1	29271.70	0.48	1.56	4.09	7.93	7.68
Aditya Birla Sun Life Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	27803.16	0.51	0.89	4.01	7.80	7.90
Aditya Birla Sun Life Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	5	23581.20	0.42	1.41	3.55	7.37	7.67
Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	22962.43	1.89	3.86	14.03	2.06	18.74
Aditya Birla Sun Life Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	21521.30	0.50	1.65	4.14	8.11	7.65
Aditya Birla Sun Life ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	15216.10	1.43	4.87	16.35	1.38	15.33
Aditya Birla Sun Life Low Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	1	14189.05	0.44	1.55	4.27	8.10	7.73
Aditya Birla Sun Life Floating Rate Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	5	13506.69	0.46	1.50	4.34	8.25	7.87

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