SBI Blue Chip Fund Vs Kotak Standard Multicap Fund

SBI Blue Chip Fund and Kotak Standard Multicap Fund both are a part of large-cap Mutual Fund offered by different fund houses. Large cap funds are the Mutual Fund schemes whose fund money is invested in shares of companies having a Market capitalization of more than INR 10,000 crores. Though both these schemes belong to the same category yet; there are a lot of differences in their performance, ratings, current NAV, AUM, and many other related factors. So, let us understand the differences between both the schemes through this article.

Overview of SBI Blue Chip Fund

This scheme of SBI Mutual Fund was launched on February 14, 2006. SBI Blue Chip Fund is an open-ended equity scheme whose objective is to attain long-term Capital appreciation by Investing in shares of large-cap companies. It uses S&P BSE 100 Index to frame its Portfolio. SBI Blue Chip Fund is suitable for investors who are willing to gain exposure in bluechip Indian companies with the investment tenure being medium to long-term.

Some of the top 10 constituents that form part of SBI Bluechip Fund’s portfolio include HDFC Bank Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, ITC Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, and much more. The risk-appetite of SBI Bluechip Fund is moderately high.

About Kotak Standard Multicap Fund (Erstwhile Kotak Select Focus Fund)

Kotak Standard Multicap Fund (earlier known as Kotak Select Focus Fund) is managed by Kotak Mutual Fund and was launched on September 11, 2009. Kotak Standard Multicap Fund uses Nifty 200 as its benchmark to construct its portfolio. The objective of this scheme is to create long-term growth in investor’s capital by investing in equity and equity-related instruments generally, focusing on a few selected sectors.

Some of the Top 10 constituents that form part of the portfolio of Kotak Standard Multicap Fund include Maruti Suzuki India Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, and State Bank of India.

SBI Blue Chip Fund Vs Kotak Standard Multicap Fund

The various parameters for comparing both SBI Blue Chip Fund and Kotak Standard Multicap Fund are classified into four categories, namely, Basics Section, Performance Section, Yearly Performance Section, and Other Details Section. So, let us look at each of the parameters along with the various elements forming part of it.

Basics Section

This section comprises of comparable elements like Scheme Category, Fincash Rating, Current NAV, AUM, expense ratio and much more. To begin with the category of the scheme, it can be said that both the scheme belong to the same Equity Large Cap Category.

Based on the ratings, Kotak Standard Multicap Fund is a 5-Star scheme and SBI Blue Chip Fund is a 4-Star scheme.

The table given below shows the summarizes the differences between both the elements of the scheme.

Performance Section

As the name suggests, this section deals with the performance of two funds at different time periods. In this case, the returns refer to CAGR returns. Some of the time periods that form part of this fund include 1 Month Returns, 3 Month Returns, 3 Year Returns, and 5 Year Returns. These are CAGR or Compounded Annual Growth Rate returns. In this section, we can say that there is not much difference in the returns generated by both the schemes at different time periods though; in many instances, the returns of Kotak Standard Multicap Fund are higher. The table given below shows the performance of both these schemes.

Yearly Performance Section

This section deals with the absolute returns generated by the scheme for a particular year. In this section too, we can see that in most cases the yearly performance of Kotak Standard Multicap Fund is higher than that of SBI Blue Chip Fund. The table summarizing the yearly performance is given below as follows.

Other Details Section

This is the last section with respect to the comparison between the two funds. In this section, some of the elements compared are Minimum SIP and and Lumpsum Investment. To begin with the Minimum SIP and Lumpsum Investment; we can say that both the scheme has the same SIP and Lumpsum investment amount. The minimum SIP amount is INR 500 and the lumpsum amount is INR 5,000. With respect to the AUM, SBI Blue Chip Fund leads the race with higher AUM.

SBI Bluechip Fund is managed by Ms. Sohini Andani.

The fund manager managing Kotak Standard Multicap Fund is Mr. Harsha Upadhyaya.

The table given below shows the summary of other details section.

Growth of 10k Investments over the years