HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth NAV Rises to ₹551.9790 on 15 October; 3-Year Return at 10.21%

Key Takeaways

• HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth recorded a verified NAV of ₹551.9790 on 15 October 2026, gaining 0.80% for the valuation day.
• The Direct Plan showed a three-year return of 10.21% and is categorised as a Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage hybrid scheme.
• The scheme is not a pure-equity fund; it combines equity exposure with debt and fixed-income allocations as part of its dynamic asset-allocation approach.

HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth ended the 15 October 2026 valuation day at a NAV of ₹551.9790, an increase of 0.80%. Value Research displayed a three-year return of 10.21% for the Direct Plan. The exact-date NAV was taken from the permitted fallback after the 5paisa main NAV card remained on 14 October.

The scheme must be viewed differently from a pure-equity fund. It is a Balanced Advantage Fund, also classified as a Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund, and follows a hybrid strategy that combines equity with debt or fixed-income exposure. The latest 5paisa scheme-page snapshot listed fund size at about ₹102,534 crore, with a Direct Growth expense ratio of 0.78% and minimum SIP and lump-sum amounts of ₹100.

Within the displayed equity holdings, ICICI Bank accounted for 5.06%, followed by HDFC Bank at 4.32%, Reliance Industries at 3.64%, SBI at 3.28% and Bharti Airtel at 3.05%. These five equity positions represented 19.35% of the disclosed portfolio snapshot. They should not, however, be interpreted as representing the scheme's entire asset mix because the strategy also holds debt and other non-equity exposures.

The latest 5paisa performance snapshot showed a one-year trailing return of -3.10% and a five-year annualised return of 12.40%. Risk statistics displayed on the page included standard deviation of 3.13 and beta of 0.71. The hybrid structure means changes in both equity markets and fixed-income conditions can influence the scheme's NAV