Should I invest in Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth?

We don't give personal investment advice. Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Aditya Birla Sun Life

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth

Latest NAV

₹15.7000

As of

2 Jun 2026

1,103 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	+0.26%	+0.27%	-0.01	129 / 258	Q2
1W	-0.95%	-1.34%	+0.39	74 / 258	Q2
2W	+0.64%	+0.04%	+0.61	102 / 259	Q2
1M	-1.32%	-0.39%	-0.93	162 / 259	Q3
3M	-0.95%	+2.19%	-3.14	169 / 257	Q3
6M	-4.09%	-1.09%	-3.00	144 / 247	Q3
YTD	-4.68%	-1.30%	-3.37	152 / 247	Q3
1Y	+0.58%	+5.02%	-4.44	150 / 230	Q3
2Y	+4.53%	+5.50%	-0.98	91 / 182	Q2
3Y	+13.14%	+16.94%	-3.80	97 / 139	Q3
4Y	+13.29%	+16.57%	-3.28	90 / 119	Q4
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+10.36%	+10.45%	-0.09	162 / 259	Q3

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	-4.68%	-0.94%	-3.74	150 / 244
2025	+4.93%	+4.41%	+0.52	88 / 208
2024	+19.66%	+23.18%	-3.52	99 / 155
2023	+20.09%	+33.51%	-13.42	119 / 127
2022	+6.77%	+4.32%	+2.44	56 / 116
2021	—	—	—	—

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+14.61%

43 windows

min -3.4% · max 37.0%

95% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+14.85%

19 windows

min 10.8% · max 19.2%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

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Today's value

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XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

13.35%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.51

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.79

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-17.78%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

69.4%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Sectoral/Thematic Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹18.0340	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Active Momentum Fund-Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹12.1791	3 Jun 2026
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹11.7563	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Active Momentum Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹10.6800	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹13.3000	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹9.6290	3 Jun 2026
quant BFSI Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹20.2506	3 Jun 2026
QUANTUM ESG BEST IN CLASS STRATEGY FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTION	Quantum	₹23.5100	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹66.7400	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund- Direct-Growth	Motilal Oswal	₹13.3284	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
2 Jun 2026	₹15.7000
1 Jun 2026	₹15.6600
29 May 2026	₹15.8100
27 May 2026	₹15.9100
26 May 2026	₹15.8500
25 May 2026	₹15.8400
22 May 2026	₹15.6500
21 May 2026	₹15.6300
20 May 2026	₹15.6000
19 May 2026	₹15.6000

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 02 Jun 2026, the NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth is ₹15.7000. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from Aditya Birla Sun Life, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth has NAV history starting from 08 Dec 2021, a track record of about 4 years 5 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth is managed by Aditya Birla Sun Life. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Sectoral/Thematic Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth has delivered a absolute return of 0.58% — -4.44 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 5.02%. The fund ranks #150 of 230 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth has delivered a CAGR of 13.14% — -3.8 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 16.94%. The fund ranks #97 of 139 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹144,834 today — a multiplier of 1.45×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 13.14%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹159,907.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹396,405 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.35%.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹396,405 — XIRR 6.35%.

On a 3-year basis, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth ranks #97 out of 139 funds in the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 16.94%; this fund delivered 13.14%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth has experienced over the last 3-year window is 17.78% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 Sep 2024 to a low on 03 Mar 2025. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth averaged 14.85% (best 19.20%, worst 10.77%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.51 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth returned 4.93% — beating the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 4.41% by 0.52 pp. It ranked #88 of 208 in its category that year.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.