UTI India Lifestyle Fund Vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund

UTI India Lifestyle Fund Vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund is a comparative article that eases the option or process of choosing one fund of the same category for the investors. Both the funds belong to the same category of Mutual Funds- infrastructure sector equity. sector funds are a type of mutual fund that invests in securities of specific sectors of the Economy, such as telecom, banking, FMCG, Information Technology (IT), pharmaceutical and infrastructure. Sector funds carry a higher Volatility than any other Equity Funds. As, high-risk comes with high-reward, sector funds seem to comply with it. So, let us understand the differences between UTI India Lifestyle Fund and Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund by comparing various parameters such as AUM, NAV, performance, and so on.

UTI India Lifestyle Fund

UTI India Lifestyle Fund was launched in the year 2007. The main objective of the fund is to provide long-term Capital appreciation as well as/or Income distribution from a diversified Portfolio of equity related instruments. The fund will primarily focus on Investing in sectors, areas, companies and themes that are expected to benefit from changing Indian demographics, Indian lifestyles and rising consumption pattern.

Some of the top holdings of the fund as on 31st July 2018 are ITC Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Nestle India Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Eicher Motors Ltd, etc.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund (Erstwhile Aditya Birla Sun Life New Millennium Fund)

Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund, earlier known as Erstwhile Aditya Birla Sun Life New Millennium Fund was launched in the year 2000. The fund aims to generate long-term capital growth with a target allocation of 100 percent equity, focusing on investing in technology companies. The fund focuses on investing in technology dependent companies like hardware, peripherals and components, software, telecom, media, internet and e-commerce and other technology enabled companies. The secondary objective of the fund is of income generation and distribution of dividend.

Some of the top holdings of the fund as on 31st July 2018 are Infosys Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Sterlite Technologies Ltd, Tech Mahindra Ltd, Sun TV Network Ltd, etc.

UTI India Lifestyle Fund Vs Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund

Basics Section

Being the first section, it compares parameters such as current NAV, AUM, expense ratio, Fincash Rating, scheme category, and many more. Even, with respect to scheme category, both the schemes are a part of the same category, Sector Equity.

Based on Fincash Rating, it can be said that, both the schemes are rated as 3-Star Schemes.

The comparison of the basics section is as follows.

Performance Section

Being the second section, it analyses the differences in the Compounded Annual Growth Rate or CAGR returns of both the schemes. These CAGR returns are compared at different time intervals such as 1 Month Return, 6 Month Return, 5 Year Return, and Return since Inception. The comparison of CAGR returns reveals that Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund has performed better in most instances than UTI India Lifestyle Fund. The table given below summarizes the comparison of the performance section.

Yearly Performance Section

The comparison of absolute returns generated by both the schemes for a particular year is done in the yearly performance section. The analysis of absolute returns shows that both the funds have performed differently in different years. The summary comparison of the yearly performance section is tabulated as follows.

Other Details Section

The minimum SIP investment and minimum lumpsum investment are some of the parameters that form part of the other details section. The minimum lumpsum investment for both the schemes is different, for UTI India Lifestyle Fund it is INR 5,000 and for Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund it is INR 1,000. And the minimum SIP for both the schemes are also different, i.e., INR 500 for UTI's scheme and INR 1000 for Aditya Birla's scheme.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund is currently managed by Kunal Sangoi.

UTI India Lifestyle Fund is currently managed by Lalit Nambiar and Vishal Chopda.

The table given below summarizes the comparison of other details section.

Growth of 10k Investments over the years