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 4 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 6.46% since inception. Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year Since Inception -4.92% 6.22% 4.43% 6.46%

NAV as of Feb 02, 2026	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹18.034-0.47% 1 day change	6.46% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹872 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹18.034 as on Feb 02, 2026

This fund Category average

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹872 Cr
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 365 days.!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	9 yrs 4 m since Sep 06, 2016
Benchmark	CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 Moderate Index
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	2.33% as on Feb 02, 2026
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 Feb 03, 2026

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	-6.52%	-2.78%
3 Months	-11.14%	-2.21%
6 Months	-8.15%	0.4%
1 Year	-4.92%	5.64%
2 Years	-4.41%	6.8%
3 Years	6.22%	11.19%
4 Years	3.56%	9.03%
5 Years	4.43%	9.51%
7 Years	6.31%	10.25%

Asset allocationas on Dec 31, 2025

Large Cap 23.51%

Mid Cap 23.55%

Small Cap 22.04%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Bharti Airtel Ltd.9.66%

Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd.9.32%

Persistent Systems Ltd.8.99%

Eternal Ltd.7.69%

Top sectors

Technology 16.62%

Communication 9.66%

Materials 9.32%

Services 7.69%

Cash & Call Money 30.89854205%

Top Debt Holdings

Others 24.37%

Allocation by Instruments

CBLO 24.37248241%

Net Receivables 6.52605964%

Other Holdings

Others 6.53%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	-6.52%	-8.15%	-4.92%	6.22%	4.43%	N.A.
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	-2.3%	3.64%	10.16%	13.1%	11.69%	11.91%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	-2.57%	-0.02%	5.51%	12.65%	14.0%	10.49%
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	-2.62%	1.83%	5.74%	13.92%	10.53%	7.71%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	-2.85%	1.02%	5.5%	10.42%	9.73%	7.47%
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund	-1.4%	2.34%	8.1%	12.24%	8.8%	9.47%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	14.79	1.13	0.09	0.11
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	5.47	0.56	1.22	1.74
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	6.27	0.63	1.01	1.53
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	7.26	0.73	1.06	1.73
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	6.51	0.68	0.67	0.99
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund	5.63	0.55	1.04	2.05

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	872 Cr	9 yrs 4 m	2.33%
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	70,535 Cr	19 yrs 2 m	1.43%
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF	N.A.	1,301 Cr	22 yrs 3 m	2.14%
Axis Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	3,816 Cr	8 yrs 6 m	1.91%
Tata Balanced Advantage Fund	N.A.	9,691 Cr	7 yrs	1.73%
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund	N.A.	3,709 Cr	12 yrs	1.88%

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

Alpha	-6.42 vs. 3.26 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	0.09 vs. 3.04 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	1.13 vs. 0.68 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	14.79 vs. 5.55 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 4 m, having been launched on 06/09/2016. Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund has ₹872 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/12/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund as of 02/02/2026 is ₹18.03. The fund has an expense ratio of 2.33%, which is higher than what most other Dynamic Asset Allocation funds charge. Currently, the fund has a 69.10% allocation to equity and 24.37% to Debt.

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund returns of last 1-year are -5.33%. Since launch, it has delivered 6.51% average annual returns.
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 Technology, Communication, Materials, Services, Chemicals sectors. It has taken less exposure in Technology, Communication sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Bharti Airtel Ltd., Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd., Persistent Systems Ltd., Eternal Ltd., Coforge Ltd..

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Fund AUM	872 Cr as on Dec 31, 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

Varun Sharma

Mr. Sharma is a Bachelor in Business Studies from Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM - Calcutta. Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Asset management, he has worked with Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. ICICI Securities (Feb 2010 - August 2014) as an Equity research Analyst and Credit Analysis and Research Limited (Apr 2009 - Feb 2010) as a Ratings Analyst.

Sandeep Jain

Mr. jain is a C.A. Prior to joining Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund, he has worked with Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance and Sundaram Mutual Fund.

Ankit Agarwal

Mr. Agarwal has done B. Tech. Computer Science and Engg., Economics Management, PGDM Finance. Prior to joining UTI Mutual Fund he has worked with Centrum Capital Ltd as Senior Vice President - Fund Manager, Wealth and Investment Management at Barclays as Asst Vice President, Lehman Brothers, London as Senior analyst, BNP Paribas and D. E. Shaw & Co..

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	48 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,41,910 Cr as on Dec 31, 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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Motilal Oswal Asset Allocation Passive FoF - Aggressive	N.A.	125 Cr	15.42%	N.A.
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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 ₹18.034 as of Feb 02, 2026.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund is a 9 yrs 4 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 6.46% since inception.

Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	Since Inception
-4.92%	6.22%	4.43%	6.46%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund has an expense ratio of 2.33%, 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 872 Cr as on Dec 31, 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
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	9.66%
Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd.	9.32%
Persistent Systems Ltd.	8.99%
Eternal Ltd.	7.69%
Coforge Ltd.	7.63%
Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases Ltd.	7.02%
Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd.	6.93%
ICICI Bank Ltd.	6.16%
Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd.	5.69%

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
Technology	16.62%
Communication	9.66%
Materials	9.32%
Services	7.69%
Chemicals	7.02%
Consumer Discretionary	6.93%
Financial	6.16%
Healthcare	5.69%

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	24.37%

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	30.89854205%

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.

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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.