Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund

Q: What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund is a 9 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.08% since inception. Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year Since Inception -6.36% 9.43% 8.49% 8.08%

NAV as of Oct 20, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹20.3507-0.1% 1 day change	8.08% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹928 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹20.3507 as on Oct 20, 2025

This fund Category average

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹928 Cr
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 365 days.!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	9 yrs 1 m since Sep 06, 2016
Benchmark	CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 Moderate Index
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	2.21% as on Sep 30, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Risk	Very High

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Returns calculator

Investment type

Monthly investment

₹ 10,000

Investment period

Lumpsum investment

₹1 lakh

Investment period

Disclaimer: Products compared like fixed deposits may provide fixed guaranteed returns. Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.

Total investment ₹ 12 lakh
Profit ₹12 lakhs
Total corpus ₹1 lakh
Absolute return 52.69%

Trailing returns as on Oct 25, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	2.87%	2.11%
3 Months	4.12%	2.3%
6 Months	11.98%	6.06%
1 Year	-6.36%	5.89%
2 Years	5.14%	14.34%
3 Years	9.43%	12.61%
4 Years	6.65%	10.06%
5 Years	8.49%	13.26%
7 Years	8.63%	11.36%

Asset allocationas on Sep 30, 2025

Large Cap 23.04%

Mid Cap 45.02%

Small Cap 28.2%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Eternal Ltd.9.64%

Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd.9.38%

Coforge Ltd.9.0%

Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases Ltd.8.86%

Top sectors

Services 23.86%

Technology 15.5%

Capital Goods 12.719999999999999%

Consumer Discretionary 10.21%

Cash & Call Money 3.73679588%

Top Debt Holdings

Others 0.56%

Allocation by Instruments

Net Receivables 3.17972893%

CBLO 0.55706695%

Other Holdings

Others 3.18%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	2.87%	11.98%	-6.36%	9.43%	8.49%	N.A.
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	2.09%	7.76%	10.3%	13.59%	14.75%	11.22%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	1.71%	4.91%	6.0%	13.46%	18.46%	10.2%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	2.22%	5.3%	4.9%	11.27%	12.72%	7.62%
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	1.56%	5.9%	7.11%	12.69%	13.88%	10.42%
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	2.63%	5.04%	6.55%	14.41%	13.13%	7.86%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	13.72	1.0	0.11	0.15
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	5.46	0.55	1.16	1.69
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	6.43	0.63	1.02	1.55
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	6.51	0.67	0.64	0.97
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	6.93	0.72	0.81	1.21
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	7.44	0.74	0.93	1.48

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	928 Cr	9 yrs 1 m	2.21%
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	66,751 Cr	18 yrs 11 m	1.44%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	N.A.	1,285 Cr	22 yrs	2.08%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	9,749 Cr	6 yrs 9 m	1.72%
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	9,480 Cr	21 yrs	1.75%
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	3,591 Cr	8 yrs 3 m	1.92%

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Key risk & return ratios Compared to other funds in the category

Alpha	-5.02 vs. 3.23 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	0.11 vs. 3.06 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	1.0 vs. 0.66 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	13.72 vs. 5.56 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund is a Dynamic Asset Allocation mutual fund scheme from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 9 yrs 1 m, having been launched on 06/09/2016. Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund has ₹928 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 30/09/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund as of 20/10/2025 is ₹20.35. The fund has an expense ratio of 2.21%, which is higher than what most other Dynamic Asset Allocation funds charge. Currently, the fund has a 96.26% allocation to equity and 0.56% to Debt.

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund returns of last 1-year are -8.99%. Since launch, it has delivered 8.15% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 9 yrs.
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is in-line with most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is low.
The fund's equity portion is primarily invested in Services, Technology, Capital Goods, Consumer Discretionary, Financial sectors. It has taken less exposure in Services, Technology sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Eternal Ltd., Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd., Coforge Ltd., Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases Ltd., Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd..

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Fund AUM	928 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Rakesh Shetty

Mr. Shetty has done B.Com Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Company engaged in Capital Market Business wherein he was in charge of equity and debt ETFs, customized indices and has also been part of product development.

Ajay Khandelwal

Mr. Khandelwal is MBA & Bachelor of Engineering. Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Canara Robeco Mutual Fund, BOI AXA Mutual Fund, B&K Securities and Infosys.

Atul Mehra

Mr. Mehra has done B.Com, Master's Degree in Accounting and CFA Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Edelweiss Capital Ltd

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity related instruments including equity derivatives & International Stocks, debt, money market instruments.

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	47 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,27,837 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Address	Motilal Oswal Towers - 10th Floor, Rahimtullah Sayani Road, Opposite Parel ST Depot, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, 400025
Phone	022-39804238 / 1800-200-6626

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund plan is approximately ₹20.3507 as of Oct 20, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund is a 9 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 8.08% since inception.

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	Since Inception
-6.36%	9.43%	8.49%	8.08%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund has an expense ratio of 2.21%, representing the annual cost of managing and operating the fund. This fee is deducted from the fund's AUM while declaring the daily NAV, reducing investor returns.

What is the AUM or fund size of this mutual fund?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 928 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund's equity portion has been invested in the stocks of the following companies

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Eternal Ltd.	9.64%
Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd.	9.38%
Coforge Ltd.	9.0%
Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases Ltd.	8.86%
Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.	8.79%
Trent Ltd.	8.77%
Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd.	8.08%
Persistent Systems Ltd.	6.5%
One97 Communications Ltd.	5.45%
Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd.	5.09%

What are the top sectors Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund has invested in?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund's equity portion is primarily invested in the following sectors -

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Services	23.86%
Technology	15.5%
Capital Goods	12.719999999999999%
Consumer Discretionary	10.21%
Financial	9.71%
Materials	9.38%
Chemicals	8.86%
Healthcare	6.02%

To whom does Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund lend to?

The top 3 debt holdings of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund are as follows

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
Others	0.56%

What is the quality of borrowers this mutual fund scheme lends to?

The credit rating of the instruments in which the fund invests represents the quality of the borrower.

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund's debt portion's allocation by credit quality is given below

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
Cash & Call Money	3.73679588%

What is risk level of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund?

This is a Dynamic Asset Allocation fund comes with Very High risk.

Is there any lock-in period in this mutual fund?

No, this fund does not have any lock-in period.

How can I redeem my investments in Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund is simple. If you have invested via ET Money, just log in to the app, go to the holdings section, and submit the redemption request.

If you have invested from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

ET Money rank

App exclusive

in Dynamic Asset Allocation

#NA

Return Consistency: This fund ranks lower in terms of generating consistent return in it's category.
Volatility Protection: This fund ranks lower in terms of protecting against volatility within its category.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 365 days.