Should I invest in Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debtwants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debtis comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fundCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Mahindra Manulife

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹12.3475

As of

3 Jun 2026

1,086 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

All NAVs split-adjusted and normalised to 100 at the start of the selected period, so funds with very different absolute NAV scales can be compared on one axis.

Period

Add another fund to compare

No matches.

Compares up to 8 funds. Click any line in the legend above to hide/show it.

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	-0.01%	+0.10%	-0.11	30 / 40	Q3
1W	-1.50%	-1.06%	-0.44	33 / 40	Q4
2W	-0.66%	-0.14%	-0.52	33 / 40	Q4
1M	-1.01%	-0.97%	-0.04	16 / 40	Q2
3M	-5.61%	-2.12%	-3.50	38 / 40	Q4
6M	-7.48%	-5.42%	-2.06	28 / 39	Q3
YTD	-8.39%	-5.40%	-3.00	32 / 39	Q4
1Y	-4.00%	-2.89%	-1.11	24 / 39	Q3
2Y	-3.09%	+0.02%	-3.11	30 / 38	Q4
3Y	+4.76%	+6.40%	-1.64	23 / 33	Q3
4Y	+5.91%	+6.36%	-0.46	16 / 29	Q3
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+4.86%	+5.66%	-0.80	22 / 40	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	-8.39%	-5.55%	-2.84	31 / 38
2025	-2.73%	+2.32%	-5.05	33 / 38
2024	+7.00%	+9.52%	-2.52	26 / 35
2023	+22.17%	+15.43%	+6.74	2 / 31
2022	+4.81%	+1.33%	+3.48	8 / 29

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

+8.11%

42 windows

min -5.9% · max 31.3%

64% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+8.42%

18 windows

min 4.6% · max 11.1%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

—

Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

—

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.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

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

12.24%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.08

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.11

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-18.05%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2026

% positive months

58.3%

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 Balanced Advantage Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund - IDCW Plan - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹42.1540	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA BALANCED ADVANTAGE FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹44.6090	3 Jun 2026
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹16.3197	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹28.5800	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹21.5000	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Plan IDCW	Bandhan	₹15.7720	3 Jun 2026
quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹17.2675	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund -DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹29.4500	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund Direct - Annual IDCW Payout/Reinvestment	Motilal Oswal	₹12.9530	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Balanced Advantage Fund- IDCW- Direct	Franklin India	₹13.2612	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹12.3475
2 Jun 2026	₹12.3485
1 Jun 2026	₹12.3345
29 May 2026	₹12.4309
27 May 2026	₹12.5354
26 May 2026	₹12.5368
25 May 2026	₹12.5468
22 May 2026	₹12.4248
21 May 2026	₹12.4107
20 May 2026	₹12.4296

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 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is ₹12.3475. It's a Balanced Advantage Fund from Mahindra Manulife, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has NAV history starting from 03 Jan 2022, 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.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is managed by Mahindra Manulife. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Balanced Advantage Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of -4.00% — -1.11 pp behind the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of -2.89%. The fund ranks #24 of 39 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 4.76% — -1.64 pp behind the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of 6.40%. The fund ranks #23 of 33 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW 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 Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹114,956 today — a multiplier of 1.15×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 4.76%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹120,452.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹347,229 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -2.33%.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹347,229 — XIRR -2.33%.

On a 3-year basis, Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW ranks #23 out of 33 funds in the Balanced Advantage Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 6.40%; this fund delivered 4.76%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has experienced over the last 3-year window is 18.05% — its NAV fell from a high on 26 Sep 2024 to a low on 30 Mar 2026. 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, Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW averaged 8.42% (best 11.13%, worst 4.56%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.08 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW returned -2.73% — lagging the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of 2.32% by 5.05 pp. It ranked #33 of 38 in its category that year.

Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is a Hybrid scheme. Tax treatment follows its actual equity allocation as disclosed by the AMC: at least 65% equity behaves like an equity fund (12.5% LTCG over 12 months, 20% STCG); 35-65% equity often gets an equity-style treatment with a 24-month threshold; under 35% equity is taxed at slab rate like a debt fund. Check the AMC's latest factsheet for the current classification.

We don't give personal investment advice. Mahindra Manulife Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debt
wants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debt
is comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fund

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.