DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund Vs BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund

DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund and BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund both the schemes are a part of diversified Equity Fund. Diversified Funds are also known as Multicap or Flexicap funds. These schemes invest their accumulated pooled money in stocks across Market capitalization such as large-cap, mid-cap, and Small cap funds. Diversified funds try to seek opportunities available in each market cap thereby; earning maximum returns for their investors. Diversified funds invest around 40-60% of their pooled money in Large cap funds, 10-40% in mid cap funds, and a maximum of 10% in small-cap funds. In some instances, the schemes might not invest in small-cap stocks. Though both DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund and BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund belong to the same category there are differences between them. So, let have a detailed understanding of this differences through this article.

DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund (Erstwhile DSP BlackRock Opportunities Fund)

DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund (earlier known as DSP BlackRock Opportunities Fund) is suitable for long-term Capital appreciation by predominantly Investing in stocks of equity and equity-related securities forming part of the large and mid-cap domain. Based on the Asset Allocation objective of the scheme, it invests minimum 35% of its fund money in large-cap stocks and a minimum of 35% of its fund money in mid-cap stocks. Mr. Rohit Singhania and Mr. Jay Kothari are the joint fund managers of DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund. HDFC Bank Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, State Bank of India, Tata Steel Limited, and HCL Technologies Limited are the top five holdings of DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund as of March 31, 2018. The risk-appetite of DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund is moderately high and it uses Nifty 500 TRI index as its benchmark to construct its Portfolio.

BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund (Erstwhile BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund)

BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund (earlier known as BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund) is a part of BNP Paribas Mutual Fund and was launched in the month of September 2005. Based on the asset allocation objective of the scheme, it invests around 75% of its accumulated fund money in stocks of high dividend yield companies. 20% in stocks of companies that are not high dividend yield companies, and 5% in stocks of fixed Income and money market instruments. The investment objective of BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund is to attain capital appreciation from a portfolio of stocks primarily being dividend yield stocks. Dividend Yield Stocks refers to the stocks of those companies having a dividend yield of more than 0.5% at the time of investment. This open-ended diversified fund of BNP Paribas Mutual Fund uses Nifty 200 TRI index as its base to build the portfolio of assets.

DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund Vs BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund

Though both DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund and BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund belong to the same category, nevertheless; there exist numerous differences between them. So, let us understand the differences between these schemes that are categorized into four section explained as follows.

Basics Section

Current NAV, Fincash Rating, and Scheme Category are some of the comparable parameters forming part of this first section in the comparison. The comparison of NAV reveals that there is a significant difference between the NAV of both the schemes. the NAV of DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund was around INR 220 while of BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund was nearly INR 47 as of May 02, 2018. With respect to Fincash Rating, it can be said that DSP BlackRock Equity Opportunities Fund is a 5-Star rated scheme while BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund is a 4-Star rated scheme. On the Basis of scheme category, both the schemes are a part of Equity Diversified category. The comparison of basics section is tabulated as follows.

Performance Section

The comparison of Compounded Annual Growth Rate or CAGR returns at different timeframe is done in the performance section. Some of these timeframes include 6 Month Return, 3 Year Return, 5 Year Return, and Return since Inception. The comparison of performance section shows that in almost all the instances, DSPBR Equity Opportunities Fund has performed better. The comparison of the performance section is as follows.

Yearly Performance Section

Being the third section in the comparison, it analyzes the differences in the absolute returns generated by both the schemes for a particular year. The analysis of absolute returns states that in certain years, DSPBR Equity Opportunities Fund leads the race while in others, BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund leads the race. The table given below summarizes the comparison of the yearly performance section.

Other Details Section

It is the last section in the comparison of the schemes. The comparable elements forming part of other details section include AUM, minimum SIP investment, minimum lumpsum investment, and other related ones. With respect to the minimum SIP investment, it can be said that the SIP amount is same for both the schemes, that is, INR 500. However, in case of lumpsum investment both the schemes differ. The lumpsum amount in case of DSPBR’s scheme is INR 1,000 and for BNP Paribas’s scheme is INR 5,000. There also exists a considerable difference in the AUM of both the schemes. As on March 31, 2018, the AUM of DSPBR Equity Opportunities Fund was around INR 5,069 Crores and of BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund was around INR 797 Crores. The summary comparison of this section is tabulated as follows.

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