HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth NAV at ₹562.7970 After 0.54% Move on 9 September

Key Takeaways

• The fund's NAV declined 0.54% to ₹562.7970 on 9 September 2026.
• Its latest three-year CAGR was approximately 11.12%, with the recent five-year annualised return at 14.90%.
• Assets under management stood near ₹107,766 crore and the Direct Growth expense ratio was 0.77%.
• ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, SBI and Bharti Airtel together made up 19.58% of the disclosed portfolio.

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth recorded an NAV of ₹562.7970 on 9 September 2026, a decline of 0.54% over the day. Balanced advantage funds can alter their equity and debt exposure according to the scheme's allocation framework, so their portfolio structure differs from a conventional fully equity-oriented diversified fund.

The latest three-year CAGR stood at approximately 11.12%. Recent longer-period data placed the one-year return at 1.96% and the five-year CAGR at 14.90%. The gap between the one-year and five-year figures was sizeable, which makes the return window especially relevant when reading the scheme's historical performance numbers.

The fund had roughly ₹107,766 crore in assets. Both the minimum SIP and lump-sum investment were ₹100, and the Direct Growth plan carried an expense ratio of 0.77%. Its stated exit-load structure included a 1% charge for applicable redemptions within one year and no load thereafter.

A recent allocation snapshot placed equity at about 71.37% and debt at 25.08%, with smaller allocations to cash and related assets. This mixed structure is material when interpreting the fund's risk and return statistics because the NAV is driven by more than an equity portfolio alone.

Within the disclosed equity holdings, ICICI Bank accounted for 5.32%, HDFC Bank 4.13%, Reliance Industries 3.74%, SBI 3.46% and Bharti Airtel 2.93%. Their combined weight was 19.58%. The fund's beta stood at 0.71, with standard deviation of 3.05 and a Sharpe ratio of 0.72. Alpha was reported at 6.64. These remain backward-looking measures of portfolio behaviour.