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Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund

Direct Plan Growth Sectoral / Thematic Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Code 153942 ISIN INF090I01YQ1

Fund basics

Launched28 Nov 2025 0.7 years of history
CategorySectoral / ThematicSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · Growth code 153942
BenchmarkNifty 500 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on26 Aug 2026source AMFI

Returns

Returns for this scheme are not computed yet — we need at least three years of published NAV. The NAV above is today's, straight from AMFI.

Direct vs Regular — same portfolio, two prices

The same fund, the same manager, the same shares. The only difference is the distributor commission inside the Regular plan's expense ratio — charged every year, on the whole balance.

PlanNAV1y3y5y
Direct (this page) 9.7113
Regular 9.5957

The two NAVs are 1.2% apart today. They started life at the same ₹10 — the whole of that gap is what the commission has taken out of the Regular plan since launch.

Everything the NAV says

Computed from 184 published NAVs between 28 Nov 2025 and 27 Aug 2026 — 0.7 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund Direct 1.160.86-3.21
Nifty 500 benchmark 1.702.710.73 3.9512.5111.37 15.46
Sectoral / Thematic category median · 131 funds 6.9716.9114.34 15.17

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Direct plan in Sectoral / Thematic — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 26 Aug 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund Direct 14.60 -13.79
Nifty 500 benchmark 17.17 0.35 0.47 -37.31

Risk measures use a risk-free rate of 6.5% and are stated so they can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be. Beta and alpha need an index, so they are blank for the benchmark row itself.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatility
14.6%10.8%

Sharpe and Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond. Both are stated so the figure can be checked — a ratio quoted without its risk-free rate cannot be.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-13.8%-4.9%
0%-5%-10%-15%2026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Calendar years

2026-4.2%

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

98.91%Equity
1.09%Cash & Equivalents

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks86
Top 5 stocks23.22%
Top 10 stocks34.01%
Top 20 stocks49.03%
Largest single holding7.09%
Largest sectorBanks · 20.95%
Number of sectors33
Effective stocks47.8
Cash & equivalents1.09%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Banks — 21.0%Finance — 7.2%Automobiles — 6.7%IT - Software — 5.1%Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 5.1%Petroleum Products — 5.1%Telecom - Services — 4.6%Construction — 3.8%Consumer Durables — 3.2%Other — 38.4%Banks21.0%Finance7.2%Automobiles6.7%IT - Software5.1%Pharmaceuticals & Biotech…5.1%Petroleum Products5.1%Telecom - Services4.6%Construction3.8%Consumer Durables3.2%Other38.4%
Where the equity money sits, by industry. The biggest few sectors decide most of what this fund does in any given year — a fund heavy in one sector is making a bet, whether or not its name says so.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 34.0% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

HDFC Bank Ltd 7.09%
ICICI Bank Ltd 5.01%
Reliance Industries Ltd 4.63%
Bharti Airtel Ltd 3.50%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd 3.00%
Infosys Ltd 2.91%
Eternal Ltd 2.05%
ITC Ltd 1.99%
Titan Co Ltd 1.93%
Axis Bank Ltd 1.91%
NTPC Ltd 1.70%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 1.65%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

How it compares with its closest peers

The same category, the same plan, the same option — the only comparison that means anything. A Sectoral / Thematic Direct Plan Growth scheme against another of exactly the same kind.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund · this scheme 14.6% -13.8%
BANDHAN FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 17.6% 5.3% 0.96 15.3% 0.72 -17.3%
BANDHAN INNOVATION FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 18.6% 1.12 17.0% 0.96 -19.7%
BANDHAN Infrastructure Fund Bandhan Mutual Fund 17.7% 5.7% 1.21 18.9% 0.59 -56.9%
BANDHAN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 22.7% 11.4% 1.00 14.6% 1.10 -25.0%
BANK OF INDIA MANUFACTURING & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund 24.5% 11.6% 0.95 17.0% 1.06 -43.5%
Bajaj Finserv Banking and Financial Services Fund Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund 17.3% -15.6%
Bajaj Finserv Consumption Fund Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund -5.5% 1.00 14.2% -0.59 -21.4%
Bajaj Finserv Healthcare Fund Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund 7.8% 0.78 13.3% 0.43 -15.7%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 500. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Sectoral / Thematic scheme is

At least 80% in one sector or theme.

The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

Who it suits. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.

How long money should stay. Through a full cycle.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund — Direct Plan — Growth?

₹9.7113 as on 26 Aug 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the Growth option mean?

Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 80% in one sector or theme. The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically Through a full cycle. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.