Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth

Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth is an equity fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Dhaval Gala. The fund could potentially beat inflation in the long-run.

1. Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth has ₹1471 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jun 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 1.4.
   

Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 15.37% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 1.56%, 27.10% and 26.04% respectively.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Tech, Financial Services, Consumer Defensive, Utilities, Consumer Cyclical, Energy, Industrial, Basic Materials, Health, Real Estate, Communication. Its top holdings are ITC Ltd, Infosys Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, NTPC Ltd, Tech Mahindra Ltd

As it is a dividend yield mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefit
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Long term gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt capital gains tax.

The objective of the scheme is to provide capital growth and income by investing primarily in a well-diversified Investment Objective portfolio of Dividend paying companies that have a relatively high Dividend Yield.

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 1000.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.