This document compares five large cap mutual funds (Kotak 30, IDFC Imperial Equity Fund, Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan, Reliance Equity Advantage Fund, and Fortis Equity Fund) based on their objectives, beta, expense ratio, standard deviation, Sharpe ratio, and annual returns. The analysis found that Kotak 30 had the lowest beta at 0.81, Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus had the lowest expense ratio at 2.01%, Kotak 30 and IDFC Imperial Equity Fund had the lowest standard deviations at 4.76 and 5.04 respectively, Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus had the lowest Sharpe ratio at
3. FLOW OF PRESENTATION
Introduction
Fund Objectives
Comparison of Funds by
1. Beta
2. Expense Ratio
3. Standard Deviation
4. Sharpe Ratio
4. Introduction
1. Mutual Fund
a. Professionally managed type of collective investment
scheme.
b. These are overseen by a board of directors or trustees.
2. Large Cap Fund
a. Investments mainly in the shares of big blue chip
companies.
b. The big blue chip companies have above-average
potential for growth in earnings.
c. These considered as low risk and low risk categories.
d. Investments of the investors are relatively safe .
5. FUND OBJECTIVE
KOTAK 30—
The investment objective of the scheme is to generate capital
appreciation from a portfolio of predominantly equity and equity
related securities. The portfolio will generally comprise of equity and
equity related instruments of around 30companies which may go up to
39 companies.
IDFC IMPERIAL EQUITY FUND
The investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate capital
appreciation and/or provide income distribution from a portfolio of
predominantly equity and equity related instruments. There is no
assurance or guarantee that the objectives of the scheme will be
realized.
6. RELIANCE EQUITY ADVANTAGE FUND RETAIL
The primary investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate
capital appreciation & provide long-term growth opportunities by
investing in a portfolio predominately of equity & equity related
instruments with investments generally in S & P CNX Nifty stocks and
the secondary objective is to generate consistent returns by investing in
debt and money market securities.
SUNDARAM PARIBUS SELECT FOCUS
To achieve capital appreciation by investing in a very few select stocks.
ICICI PRUDENTIAL DYNAMIC PLAN
Seeks to generate capital appreciation by actively investing in equity and
equity related securities. For defensive considerations, the Scheme may
invest in debt, money market instruments and derivatives.
7. FORTIS EQUITY GROWTH
The scheme aims to generate regular long term capital growth from a
diversified and actively managed portfolio of equity and equity related
securities.
8. Following Test’s have been applied
BETA
EXPENSE RATIO
STANDARD DEVIATION
SHARPE RATIO
ANNUALLY RETURN
9. BETA
A Beta is a measure of risk. It compares a mutual
fund’s volatility with that of a benchmark. If the beta
of the stock is 1, it means that the returns in the stock
are highly correlated to the benchmark.
If Beta is greater than 1, its means the fund is more
volatile.
If Beta is less than 1, than the fund is less volatile
10. Comparison
Kotak 30
IDFC Imperial Equity Fund
Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
Reliance Equity Advantage Fund
Fortis Equity Fund
: 0.81
: 0.85
: 0.73
: 0.80
: 0.90
: 0.91
11. EXPENSE RATIO
A measure of what it costs an investment company to
operate a mutual fund. An expense ratio is determined
through an annual calculation, where a fund's operating
expenses are divided by the average dollar value of its assets
under management. Operating expenses are taken out of a
fund's assets and lower the return to a fund's investors.
Kotak 30
IDFC Imperial Equity Fund
Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
Reliance Equity Advantage Fund
Fortis Equity Fund
: 2.09
: 2.34
: 2.01
: 1.90
: 1.92
: 1.97
12. STANDARD DEVIATION
The total risk of a given fund is measured in terms of
standard deviation.
It tells us how much the values have deviated from the
mean of the values.
Kotak 30
IDFC Imperial Equity Fund
Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
Reliance Equity Advantage Fund
Fortis Equity Fund
:
:
:
:
:
:
4.76
5.04
4.46
4.74
5.29
33.37
13. SHARPE RATIO
It is to measure risk-adjusted performance. It is calculated by
subtracting the risk free rate from the rate of return for a
portfolio and dividing the result by the standard deviation of
the portfolio returns. It tells us whether a portfolio's
returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of
excess risk.
Kotak 30
IDFC Imperial Equity Fund
Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
Reliance Equity Advantage Fund
Fortis Equity Fund
:
:
:
:
:
:
-0.13
-0.06
-0.15
-0.10
-0.08
0.19
14. RETURN
The gain or loss of a security in a particular period. The
return consists of the income and the capital gains
relative on an investment. It is usually quoted as a
percentage.
Kotak 30
IDFC Imperial Equity Fund
Sundaram BNP Paribus select Focus
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
Reliance Equity Advantage Fund
Fortis Equity Fund
:
:
:
:
:
:
58.66
51.40
60.90
71.17
52.61
46.33