Should I invest in UTI Balanced Advantage Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option 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.

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UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹12.5957

As of

17 Jul 2026

716 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	+0.63%	+0.22%	+0.41	2 / 30	Q1
1W	+0.49%	-0.02%	+0.51	2 / 30	Q1
2W	+0.77%	+0.12%	+0.64	2 / 30	Q1
1M	+1.62%	+0.92%	+0.70	6 / 30	Q1
3M	+0.85%	+1.03%	-0.18	18 / 30	Q3
6M	-2.70%	-2.64%	-0.06	16 / 29	Q3
YTD	-3.70%	-3.74%	+0.04	15 / 29	Q3
1Y	-0.59%	-3.15%	+2.57	6 / 29	Q1
2Y	+3.13%	-2.04%	+5.17	3 / 29	Q1
3Y	+8.18%	+4.42%	+3.76	6 / 24	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+8.42%	+4.92%	+3.50	6 / 30	Q1

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	-3.70%	-3.74%	+0.04	15 / 29
2025	+8.43%	+0.96%	+7.47	2 / 29
2024	+10.94%	+7.99%	+2.95	5 / 26
2023	—	—	—	—

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

+8.72%

24 windows

min -2.7% · max 23.1%

88% positive

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

3-Year rolling

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5-Year rolling

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7-Year rolling

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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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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.

Peers in Balanced Advantage Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
SBI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹15.9677	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Balanced Advantage Fund Regular Plan IDCW	Bandhan	₹14.0910	17 Jul 2026
quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan	Quant	₹16.6926	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund -REGULAR - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹26.4700	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund (MOFDYNAMIC) - Regular Plan - Annual Dividend Payout Option	Motilal Oswal	₹12.4970	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Balanced Advantage Fund Regular Plan IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹13.4980	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option Option	Kotak	₹21.1310	17 Jul 2026
Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW Reinvestment	Parag Parikh	₹10.0954	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly - IDCW Option	Edelweiss	₹20.6000	17 Jul 2026
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly	DSP	₹14.2070	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.5957
16 Jul 2026	₹12.5172
15 Jul 2026	₹12.5216
14 Jul 2026	₹12.5026
13 Jul 2026	₹12.5540
10 Jul 2026	₹12.5345
9 Jul 2026	₹12.4347
8 Jul 2026	₹12.3956
7 Jul 2026	₹12.5687
6 Jul 2026	₹12.5489

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 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option is ₹12.5957. It's a Balanced Advantage Fund from UTI, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 17 Aug 2023, a track record of about 2 years 11 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.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option is managed by UTI. 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, UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of -0.59% — +2.57 pp ahead of the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of -3.15%. The fund ranks #6 of 29 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 8.18% — +3.76 pp ahead of the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of 4.42%. The fund ranks #6 of 24 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option 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 UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹126,594 today — a multiplier of 1.27×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 8.18%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹113,852.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option over the last 1 year — total invested ₹120,000 — would be worth ₹119,346 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -1.01%.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (1-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹119,346 — XIRR -1.01%.

On a 3-year basis, UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option ranks #6 out of 24 funds in the Balanced Advantage Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 4.42%; this fund delivered 8.18%.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option doesn't have a computed drawdown figure yet.

Consistency stats for UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option need at least 3 years of NAVs to compute. They'll populate automatically once the fund has enough history.

In calendar year 2025, UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option returned 8.43% — beating the Balanced Advantage Fund category average of 0.96% by 7.47 pp. It ranked #2 of 29 in its category that year.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option 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. UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option 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.

UTI Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Peers in Balanced Advantage Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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