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    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund

    ThematicDirect and Regular plans, Growth and IDCW options

    Data as on 30-10-2026

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund is a Thematic fund run by Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. On 30-09-2026, it managed ₹1,357 Cr of investors' money. In the 3 years to 30-10-2026, its Direct plan returned 18.3% a year and its Regular plan returned 17.0% a year. Its benchmark, BSE 500 TRI, returned 9.9% a year over the same 3 years.

    NAV (Direct plan)
    ₹29.45
    ▼ 1.14%30-10-2026
    NAV (Regular plan)
    ₹27.12
    ▼ 1.13%30-10-2026
    Expense ratio
    1.18%Direct2.28%Regular
    Riskometer
    Very High
    Set by the fund house
    3 year return
    18.3%Direct17.0%Regular

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund NAV Today

    NAV on 30-10-2026: Direct Plan Growth ₹29.45 (down 1.14% that day); Regular Plan Growth ₹27.12 (down 1.13% that day).

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Returns vs BSE 500 TRI

    Returns as on 30-10-2026. Up to one year they are absolute returns. Longer periods are a rate per year.

    Trailing returns
    Period1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y10Y
    This fund (Direct)−2.97%−3.22%+4.77%+5.40%+18.27%+12.63%--
    This fund (Regular)−3.07%−3.49%+4.19%+4.23%+16.96%+11.23%--
    BSE 500 TRI−0.87%−6.09%−2.95%−7.66%+9.89%+8.65%+12.51%
    Thematic average−2.09%−4.52%+0.86%−1.22%+13.76%+11.62%--
    Best in Thematic+11.54%+11.27%+22.16%+75.71%+54.78%+21.14%--
    Worst in Thematic−16.05%−11.74%−13.97%−22.44%−4.46%+3.65%--
    Rank in Thematic148/23566/23263/23247/21533/13337/96--

    Category rows compare the Direct plans of 235 Thematic funds. Rank 1 is the highest return.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Year-wise Returns

    Return of each calendar year
    YearDirectRegularBSE 500 TRI
    2026to date+2.15%+1.19%−7.81%
    2025+14.81%+13.61%+7.63%
    2024+22.91%+21.54%+15.81%
    2023+26.97%+25.39%+26.55%
    2022+0.63%−0.96%+4.77%
    2021+35.16%+32.68%+31.63%

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Rolling Returns

    The return of every holding period in the fund's history, not only the one that ends today

    Rolling returns

    Each point is the yearly return of one 3-year holding period, plotted on the day it ended. There are 741 periods, one for each trading day from 27-10-2023 to 30-10-2026.

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    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct)BSE 500 TRI

    Every holding period at a glance

    PeriodPeriodsMedianLowestHighestWith a lossBenchmark medianBeat benchmark
    1 year1,23414.6%−8.1%65.5%10%9.4%74%
    2 years98817.1%2.8%33.3%0%15.9%66%
    3 years74119.9%11.5%24.0%0%16.4%89%
    5 years25016.5%12.0%23.0%0%12.9%100%

    Lumpsum: the yearly rate (CAGR) from the NAV on a period's first day to the NAV on its last. SIP: the XIRR of the monthly instalments and their value on the last day. "With a loss" counts the periods that ended below the money put in. "Beat benchmark" counts the periods in which the fund did better than BSE 500 TRI over the same days. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Risk

    How much it swings, and the falls an investor had to sit through

    Risk and return

    MeasureAditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct)This fundBSE 500 TRI
    Return (CAGR)+18.27%+9.89%
    Standard deviation14.15%14.19%
    Sharpe ratio0.870.27
    Sortino ratio1.200.37
    Maximum drawdown−17.7% (07-04-2025)−18.7% (28-02-2025)
    Beta0.951.00
    Alpha+8.57%0.00%

    From daily NAVs, 30-10-2023 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

    Drawdowns

    How far below its previous high each one was on every day: the falls an investor had to sit through. 0% means it was at a new high.

    −25%−20%−15%−10%−5%0%
    202120222023202420252026
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct)BSE 500 TRI
    Worst fallHigh before itBottomBack at the highTime to climb backBelow its high today
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct)−20.3%18-10-202120-06-202203-07-202312 months−6.7%
    BSE 500 TRI−18.7%26-09-202428-02-2025Not yet--−9.4%

    From the Direct plan's daily NAV since 27-10-2020, adjusted for unit splits, and BSE 500 TRI over the same days. "Time to climb back" runs from the bottom to the first day back at the old high.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund vs Other Thematic Funds

    The five Thematic funds with the best three year return, and this fund. Direct plans.

    Fund nameRankAUM (Cr)Exp. ratio1Y return3Y return3Y alpha3Y beta3Y Sharpe3Y Sortino
    Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund1/1331,1471.08%+75.71%+54.78%----1.382.03Compare
    HDFC Defence Fund2/13311,4930.90%+13.79%+34.76%−0.18%0.831.121.54Compare
    HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund3/1333,5011.05%+23.12%+30.53%+8.23%0.961.742.49Compare
    SBI Healthcare Opportunities Fund4/1335,8701.01%+17.12%+24.60%+3.61%0.881.422.03Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund5/1333522.00%+13.97%+24.46%----1.492.16Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund33/1331,3571.18%+5.40%+18.27%+8.57%0.950.871.20

    AUM is each fund's size at the end of its last reported month, from its own portfolio file. We calculate the risk ratios from daily NAVs over the last three years. The risk-free return is what NSE's overnight rate index earned over the same years. Alpha and beta compare each fund with its own benchmark's TRI. "--" means we have no figure: for alpha and beta, no daily series for that benchmark.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Expense Ratio and Costs

    What each plan charges a year, in force from 21-10-2026

    PlanBase expense ratioBrokerageTransaction costsLevies and GSTTotal expense ratioThematic medianCost rank (1 = cheapest)
    Direct0.87%0.05%0.00%0.26%1.18%1.18%117/235
    Regular1.84%0.05%0.00%0.39%2.28%2.41%85/235

    The expense ratio comes out of the fund's assets every day, so every return on this page is already after it. Base expense ratio: the fund house's own fee. The total adds brokerage, the cost of executing trades, and statutory levies with GST. From AMFI's expense ratio file. Cost rank: where this plan comes when the Thematic funds' plans of the same type are sorted from the lowest total expense ratio to the highest.

    Direct vs Regular: what the gap cost

    Both plans own the same portfolio, so the difference in what they earned is the Regular plan's extra cost, taken out of its NAV.

    Over the lastRegularDirectDirect earned more by₹1 lakh became (Regular)₹1 lakh became (Direct)
    1 year4.23%5.40%1.17%₹1,04,230₹1,05,400
    3 years16.96%18.27%1.31% a year₹1,59,997₹1,65,434
    5 years11.23%12.63%1.40% a year₹1,70,259₹1,81,247

    Returns over more than 1 year are a rate a year (CAGR). ₹1 lakh invested once at the start of each period, valued on the last NAV.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund SIP Calculator

    What a one-time or monthly investment in this fund would be worth today, from its own NAV history

    Growth of an investment

    Step up each year
    PeriodFor

    ₹10,000 on the first trading day of every month, from 27-10-2020 to 30-10-2026: 73 instalments, ₹7,30,000 in all.

    InvestmentInvestedValue nowGainReturn a year
    Direct planAditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct) ₹7,30,000 ₹11,72,279 ₹4,42,279 15.5%
    Regular planAditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Regular) ₹7,30,000 ₹11,22,233 ₹3,92,233 14.0%
    BSE 500 TRI ₹7,30,000 ₹9,65,199 ₹2,35,199 9.1%
    Category averageCategory average, 235 Thematic funds ₹7,30,000 ₹11,01,740 ₹3,71,740 13.4%
    ₹0₹5.0 L₹10.0 L₹15.0 L
    202120222023202420252026
    Direct planAditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Direct)Regular planAditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund (Regular)BSE 500 TRICategory averageCategory average, 235 Thematic fundsAmount invested

    From each plan's published NAV (Growth option), the benchmark's TRI and the category average, over the same days. Return a year: XIRR for a SIP, CAGR for a lumpsum, shown for a year or more. It does not include exit load, stamp duty or tax. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Asset Allocation

    Asset allocation as on 30-09-2026

    What the fund holds

    93.6%Equity

    AssetFundCategory
    Equity93.6%94.5%
    Cash and others6.4%4.0%

    Market cap of stocks

    Market capFundCategory
    Large Cap36.4%45.7%
    Mid Cap13.7%19.6%
    Small Cap39.9%24.1%
    Not on AMFI's list3.5%2.3%

    Share of the whole fund. Category: the average of the Thematic funds that hold stocks. Groups follow AMFI's latest list, as SEBI defines them: Large Cap is the 100 largest companies, Mid Cap the next 150, Small Cap the rest.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Sector Allocation

    Sector allocation of the fund's stocks as on 30-09-2026

    Largest sectors

    1. Banks12.8%

    2. Auto Components10.2%

    3. Industrial Manufacturing9.4%

    4. Retailing7.3%

    5. Finance6.1%

    6. IT - Software5.3%

    7. Telecom - Services5.2%

    8. Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology4.0%

    9. Capital Markets3.6%

    10. Chemicals & Petrochemicals2.6%

    The ten largest of 33 sectors. The other 23 add up to 27.2%.

    Sector changes

    SectorJuly 2026August 2026September 2026Change
    Banks13.5%14.3%12.8%−0.7%
    Auto Components6.4%8.0%10.2%+3.8%
    Industrial Manufacturing8.1%8.5%9.4%+1.3%
    Retailing4.4%5.4%7.3%+2.9%
    Finance6.1%7.2%6.1%0.0%

    Each sector's share of the fund at the end of each month. The five largest sectors of September 2026. Change: from July 2026 to September 2026, in % of the fund.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Portfolio Holdings

    As on 30-09-2026 · 68 holdings · from the fund house's monthly portfolio

    HoldingsSectorWeight%Holdings trend1M change
    Aditya Infotech Ltd.Industrial Manufacturing7.48%+12.3%
    Bharti Airtel Ltd.Telecom - Services3.69%0.0%
    Meesho Ltd.Retailing3.05%0.0%
    Shriram Finance Ltd.Finance2.95%0.0%
    ICICI Bank Ltd.Banks2.92%0.0%
    SPR Auto Technologies Ltd.Auto Components2.57%0.0%
    Union Bank of IndiaBanks2.12%0.0%
    Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd.Capital Markets2.04%0.0%
    Sedemac Mechatronics Ltd.Auto Components2.02%+38.0%
    Bank of MaharashtraBanks2.02%0.0%

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Stocks Bought and Sold

    All changes are between August 2026 and September 2026

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    Stocks bought and sold in September 2026
    Aditya Infotech Ltd.Added+12.3%7.48%
    Sedemac Mechatronics Ltd.Added+38.0%2.02%
    Wheels India Ltd.NewNew1.98%
    Carborundum Universal Ltd.Added+14.0%1.66%
    HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.Added+16.7%1.34%
    SS Retail Ltd.NewNew1.32%
    Biocon Ltd.Added+7.4%1.15%
    Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.Added+10.2%1.05%
    Aditya Vision Ltd.NewNew0.72%
    Sobha Ltd.Reduced−5.4%0.61%

    A change is counted by the number of shares the fund holds, not by price. A stock can become a smaller part of the fund in a month when the fund bought more of it, if its price fell. Debt papers are left out.

    What Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund bought and sold

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Portfolio Overlap

    Funds with the most similar portfolios, across every fund house and category

    FundOverlapHoldings in common
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Bal Bhavishya YojnaSolution · Aditya Birla Sun Life29.8%23Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi Asset Allocation FundMulti Asset · Aditya Birla Sun Life28.2%26Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement Fund-The 30s PlanSolution · Aditya Birla Sun Life27.4%26Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi-Cap FundMulti Cap · Aditya Birla Sun Life27.0%26Compare
    Invesco India Contra FundValue and Contra · Invesco26.8%20Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Aggressive Hybrid FundAggressive Hybrid · Aditya Birla Sun Life26.0%27Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Value FundValue and Contra · Aditya Birla Sun Life25.8%22Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life ESG Integration Strategy FundThematic · Aditya Birla Sun Life25.4%17Compare

    Overlap: for each holding both funds own, the smaller of its two weights, added up. 40% means 40% of each fund's money sits in positions the other also holds. From each fund's latest monthly portfolio, matched by ISIN. Cash and hedged positions are left out. Funds that overlap under 10% are not listed. A high overlap does not make two funds the same: their costs, lock-in and category can differ.

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund Overview

    Fund facts from the scheme summary document, as on 16-10-2026

    Expense ratio (Direct)
    1.18%
    Expense ratio (Regular)
    2.28%
    Category
    Thematic
    Risk
    Very High
    Benchmark
    BSE 500 TRI
    Launch date
    23-10-2020
    Minimum investment
    ₹500
    Minimum additional investment
    ₹500
    AUM
    ₹1,356.77 Cr (30-09-2026)
    Lock in
    None
    Scheme code (Direct)
    148539
    ISIN (Direct)
    INF209KB1T79
    Scheme code (Regular)
    148537
    ISIN (Regular)
    INF209KB1T46
    NAV history
    From 27-10-2020, 6.0 years
    Exit load
    Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 30 days.

    Tax on Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund returns

    • Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund is taxed as an equity fund: 65% or more of it is in Indian stocks.
    • Units sold within 1 year: the gain is taxed at 20%.
    • Units held longer: gains above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year, across all your equity funds and shares, are taxed at 12.5%.
    • IDCW (dividend) payouts are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate.
    • A stamp duty of 0.005% is deducted when you invest.

    Rules in force from 23-07-2024 (Finance Act 2024). Tax depends on your own income; this is general information, not tax advice.

    All plans and options

    PlanOptionNAVAs on
    directGrowth₹29.4530-10-2026
    directIDCW₹22.8730-10-2026
    regularGrowth₹27.1230-10-2026
    regularIDCW₹21.0630-10-2026

    About Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund is a mutual fund from Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. Its category is Thematic. It was launched on 23-10-2020. Its benchmark is BSE 500 TRI. At the end of September 2026 it held 68 securities.

    Fund Manager

    • Dhaval Gala

      Fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund, since 31-10-2024

    See all funds of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

    AUM change

    September 2026
    ₹1,356.77 Cr
    +6.04% from August 2026
    August 2026
    ₹1,279.43 Cr
    +1.30% from July 2026
    July 2026
    ₹1,262.99 Cr
    +8.34% from June 2026

    AUM moves with money invested or taken out, and with the value of what the fund holds.

    Compare Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund with Other Funds

    Returns, risk, costs and the stocks they share, side by side

    Frequently Asked Questions for Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund

    What is the current NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    The Direct plan NAV is ₹29.45. The Regular plan NAV is ₹27.12, as on 30-10-2026.

    What are the returns of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    The Direct plan returned +5.40% in 1 year, +18.27% a year over 3 years, +12.63% a year over 5 years. The Regular plan returned +4.23% in 1 year, +16.96% a year over 3 years, +11.23% a year over 5 years. These figures are as on 30-10-2026.

    What is the expense ratio of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    The Direct plan charges 1.18% a year. The Regular plan charges 2.28% a year. This is the figure the fund house reported to AMFI, in force from 21-10-2026.

    What is the AUM of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund managed ₹1,356.77 Cr on 30-09-2026, as its fund house reported in its monthly portfolio.

    What are the top holdings of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    At the end of September 2026 the largest holdings were CPPLUS (7.48%), BHARTIARTL (3.69%), MEESHO (3.05%), SHRIRAMFIN (2.95%), ICICIBANK (2.92%). The fund held 68 securities in all.

    What did Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund buy and sell in September 2026?

    It bought 4 new stocks: Rentomojo Ltd, SS Retail Ltd, Aditya Vision Ltd, Wheels India Ltd. It sold out of 2: AIA Engineering Ltd, Jindal Steel Ltd. It added shares in 7. It reduced 2.

    How do I invest in Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    Through Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund's website or app, a mutual fund distributor, or an investment platform. Choose the Direct plan to pay no distributor commission, or the Regular plan to invest through a distributor. The first investment is at least ₹500. You can invest once or through a monthly SIP.

    Who is the fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund?

    Dhaval Gala (since 31-10-2024).

    Sources: NAV and expense ratio from AMFI. Holdings from the fund house's monthly portfolio statement. Fund facts from its scheme summary document, as on 16-10-2026.

    This page is information, not investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not promise future returns. Figures come from AMFI, NSE, BSE and each fund house's own documents.

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