DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth

Equity
Direct
Focused Fund
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth

About the Fund

DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is an equity fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Vinit Sambre, Jay Kothari. The fund could potentially beat inflation in the long-run.

Key Parameters

  1. DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth has ₹2516 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jun 2024 and is less than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 1.

Returns

DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 15.13% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 40.91%, 17.36% and 19.67% respectively.

Holdings

DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Consumer Cyclical, Industrial, Basic Materials, Tech, Health, Energy, Real Estate, Utilities. Its top holdings are Bajaj Finance Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd, Infosys Ltd

Taxation

As it is a focused fund mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 15%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 10% without indexation benefit
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt in case of long term.

Investment objective of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth

The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of equity and equityrelated securities including equity derivatives. The portfolio will consist of multi cap companies by market capitalisation. The Scheme will hold equity and equity-related securities including equity derivatives, of upto 30 companies. The Scheme may also invest in debt and money market securities, for defensive considerations and/or for managing liquidity requirements. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Fund Performance
zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
586 people have invested ₹ 17.2L in DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

INDmoney Rank

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13
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49% Performance
30% Risk Management
50% Cost
13 out of 18 among focused fund
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Beats FD returns for both 3Y & 5Y
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Highly volatile within category
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Poor track record of Recovering losses quickly
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3Y returns in the bottom 25% of the category

Fund Overview

Expense ratio0.98%
Benchmark
S&P BSE 500 India TR INR
AUM₹2516 Cr
Inception Date1 January, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹100/₹100
Exit Load
1%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
30.77%
Risk
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Very High Risk

Fund Distribution
as on (30-Jun-24)

  • Equity 96.9%

  • Debt & Cash 3.1%

Large cap
53.8%

Mid cap
27.6%

Small cap
15.5%

Sector Allocation

Jun'24

May'24

Apr'24

Financial Services
32.1%
Consumer Cyclical
12.7%
Industrial
11.9%
Basic Materials
10.8%
Tech
10.2%
Health
9.5%
Energy
6.1%
Real Estate
4.1%
Utilities
2.5%
All changes are between Apr'24 and Jun'24

Returns for the month of Jun

  • Gainers

  • Losers

Vinit Sambre
Vinit Sambre
Fund Manager of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth, since 1 June 2020
Jay Kothari
Jay Kothari
Fund Manager of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth, since 31 March 2013

Mutual Fund Insights

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Over the last 3 months, this fund has experienced a 14.9% growth in AUM moving from 2.18K Cr to 2.51K Cr.
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In the last 3 years, HDFC Focused 30 Fund -Direct Plan - Growth Option has given 29.97% return, outperforming this fund by 12.61% per annum.
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Over the last 15 months, this fund has decreased expense ratio by 9.3% moving from 1.08 to 0.98.
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In the last 5 years, Quant Focused fund Growth Option Direct Plan has given 26.93% return, outperforming this fund by 7.27% per annum.
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This fund expense ratio is slightly on the lower side within the category (focused fund). Its expense ratio is 0.98% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.26%.
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In the last 1 year, Invesco India Focused Fund Direct Growth has given 64.16% return, outperforming this fund by 23.25%.

DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Very High Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Very High Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 15.13% since inception which is less than its category average return of 18.33%
Fund Allocations

Fund Allocations

This fund has an allocation of 96.86% in Equity, 0% in Debt and 3.14% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹2516 Cr

AUM size ₹2516 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹2516 Cr which is less than its category average of ₹ 4586 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.98%

Expense Ratio 0.98%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.98% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.46%

Frequently Asked Questions

The current NAV of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is ₹57.41 as on 25-Jul-2024.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 25-Jul-2024.
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
2.06%
2.06%
6 Month Returns
19.31%
19.31%
1 Year Returns
40.91%
40.91%
3 Years Returns
61.66%
17.36%
5 Years Returns
145.4%
19.67%
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0.98% as on June 2024
₹2516 Cr as on June 2024
Bajaj Finance Ltd(6.28%), ICICI Bank Ltd(5.48%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd(4.79%), HDFC Bank Ltd(4.54%), Infosys Ltd(4.47%) as on June 2024
Financial Services(31.13%), Consumer Cyclical(12.34%), Industrial(11.5%) as on June 2024
The alpha ratio for the DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Alpha 1 Year
Alpha 3 Years
Alpha 5 Years
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
2.63
-1.25
-1.32
As on June 2024
The alpha for DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is calculated against S&P BSE 500 India TR INR. Higher alpha indicates that this fund has generated extra returns compared to the benchmark index. An alpha of 1.0 means the fund has outperformed its benchmark index by 1%.
The Beta ratio for the DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Beta 1 Year
Beta 3 Years
Beta 5 Years
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
1.07
0.98
1.01
As on June 2024
The Beta for DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is calculated with S&P BSE 500 India TR INR. Beta tells the volatility of the mutual fund relative to its benchmark. If the beta of a mutual fund is more than 1, then the mutual fund is more volatile than its benchmark. If beta is less than 1, then the mutual fund is less volatile than the benchmark.
The sharpe ratio for the DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Sharpe Ratio 1 Year
Sharpe Ratio 3 Years
Sharpe Ratio 5 Years
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
2.31
0.84
0.68
As on June 2024
The sharpe ratio for DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is calculated with S&P BSE 500 India TR INR. Sharpe ratio tells risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Sharpe ratio, the better a fund's returns have been relative to the risk it has taken on.
The standard deviation for the DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Standard Deviation 1 Year
Standard Deviation 3 Years
Standard Deviation 5 Years
DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
13.52
14.53
20.3
As on June 2024
Standard deviation tells the volatility of the returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Standard deviation, the higher the volatility of the fund's returns.
Sortino ratio is 1.62 as on June 2024. Sortino ratio tells the downside risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund.
Vinit Sambre, Jay Kothari are the fund managers of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of DSP Focus Fund Direct Growth is 1%