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    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund

    Direct Plan where a fund has one, Growth option · Data as on 30-10-2026

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF is an ETF fund and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund is a Balanced Advantage fund. In the 3 years to 30-10-2026, ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF returned 9.5% a year and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct) returned 9.2% a year. ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF charges 0.33% a year and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund 0.82%. Their portfolios overlap 47.4%: they hold 120 of the same securities.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF

    ETF

    3 year return
    9.5%
    Expense ratio
    0.33%
    NAV
    ₹37.06
    See ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF

    Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund

    Balanced Advantage

    3 year return
    9.2%
    Expense ratio
    0.82%
    NAV
    ₹22.45
    See Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund

    Which is better, ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF or Kotak Balanced Advantage? Key differences

    It depends on what you want from the fund. These are the differences in numbers, from the data on this page.

    • Kotak Balanced Advantage returned more over 5 years: 8.4% a year against 8.3%.
    • ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF returned more over 3 years: 9.5% a year against 9.2%.
    • ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF costs less: 0.33% a year against 0.82%.
    • Kotak Balanced Advantage swung less over 3 years: a standard deviation of 8.0% a year against 14.2%.
    • Kotak Balanced Advantage fell less in its worst fall since 10-08-2018: −26.3% against −38.0%.
    • ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF holds more in large companies: 67.1% of the fund in large caps against 51.1%.
    • Kotak Balanced Advantage is the larger fund: ₹16,618 Cr against ₹347 Cr.
    • Their portfolios overlap 47.4%: 120 of the same holdings.

    Past returns do not promise future returns. This page is information, not investment advice.

    Key facts

    From each fund's scheme summary document and AMFI

    FactICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund
    Fund houseICICI Prudential Mutual FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
    CategoryETFBalanced Advantage
    AUM₹347 Cr (30-09-2026)₹16,618 Cr (30-09-2026)
    NAV₹37.06₹22.45 (Direct)
    Expense ratio (Direct)Not available0.82%
    Expense ratio (Regular)Not available1.88%
    RiskometerNot availableVery High
    BenchmarkBSE 500 TRINIFTY 50 Hybrid composite debt 50:50 Index (Total Return
    Launch date09-05-201803-08-2018
    Minimum investmentDuring Ongoing/Continuous Offer: On Stock Exchanges: Investors can buy/sell units of the Scheme in round lot of 1 unit and in multiples thereof. Directly with the Mutual Fund: Investors can buy or sell units of the scheme in creation unit size and its mul₹100
    Lock inNoneNone
    Fund managersNishit Patel, Ajaykumar Solanki, Ashwini ShindeRohit Tandon, Hiten Shah, Abhishek Bisen
    Exit loadThere will be no exit load for units sold through the secondary market on the stock exchanges where the Scheme will be listed. Currently, the Scheme is proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE. Investors shall note that the brokerage on sales of the units of the scheme on the stock exchanges shall be borne by the investors.Exit load for units in excess of 8% of the investment,1% will be charged for redemption within 180 days

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Returns Comparison

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

    Fund1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y10Y
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF−0.90%−6.15%−3.10%−7.94%+9.53%+8.30%--
    Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)−0.31%−3.11%+0.22%−1.56%+9.18%+8.44%--
    Balanced Advantage average−0.55%−2.88%+0.08%−2.08%+9.14%+8.35%--

    Category average: the average of the 38 Balanced Advantage funds, same plan type.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Year-wise Returns

    YearICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced AdvantageKotak Balanced Advantage
    2026to date−8.04%−2.17%
    2025+7.27%+7.13%
    2024+15.40%+15.67%
    2023+26.14%+17.42%
    2022+4.44%+5.06%
    2021+31.29%+14.43%

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Rolling Returns

    Every holding period of both funds, against BSE 500 TRI, the benchmark of ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF

    Rolling returns

    Every 3-year holding period, 1,290 of them, one for each trading day from 10-08-2021 to 30-10-2026: the yearly return (CAGR) of each, plotted on the day it ended. One lucky or unlucky start day cannot flatter or hide a fund.

    0%10%20%30%40%
    Jan 2019
    to
    Jan 2022
    Nov 2019
    to
    Nov 2022
    Oct 2020
    to
    Oct 2023
    Sept 2021
    to
    Sept 2024
    Jul 2022
    to
    Jul 2025
    May 2023
    to
    May 2026
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)BSE 500 TRI

    How the periods spread

    FundBelow 0%0-5%5-10%10-15%15-20%20-25%Above 25%MeanMedianLowestHighestBeat benchmark
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF0.00.02.324.250.017.95.617.7%17.5%8.1%33.4%0%
    Kotak Balanced Advantage0.00.03.086.710.00.40.012.8%12.7%8.5%22.4%0%
    BSE 500 TRI0.00.01.920.249.821.46.818.1%17.8%8.4%33.9%--

    The table shows the % of periods in each return band; a darker cell holds more of them. Lumpsum: the yearly rate (CAGR) from a period's first NAV to its last. SIP: the XIRR of the monthly instalments. The benchmark is BSE 500 TRI, over the same periods. "Beat benchmark" counts the periods in which the fund did better. Every fund is measured over the days all of them have, from 10-08-2018. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: SIP and Lumpsum Returns

    What the same monthly or one-time investment would be worth in each fund today, from their own NAV history

    Growth of an investment

    Step up each year
    PeriodFor

    ₹10,000 on the first trading day of every month, from 01-08-2018 to 30-10-2026: 99 instalments, ₹9,90,000 in all.

    InvestmentInvestedValue nowGainReturn a year
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF ₹9,90,000 ₹16,14,989 ₹6,24,989 11.6%
    Kotak Balanced AdvantageKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct) ₹9,90,000 ₹14,95,965 ₹5,05,965 9.8%
    ₹0₹5.0 L₹10.0 L₹15.0 L₹20.0 L
    20192020202120222023202420252026
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced AdvantageKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)Amount invested

    From each plan's published NAV (Growth option), 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.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Risk and Drawdowns

    How much each fund swings, and the worst fall over the same days

    Risk and return

    MeasureICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)
    Return (CAGR)+9.53%+9.18%
    Standard deviation14.18%7.95%
    Sharpe ratio0.250.40
    Sortino ratio0.330.55
    Maximum drawdown−18.8% (28-02-2025)−9.1% (28-02-2025)
    Beta1.00--
    Alpha−0.36%--

    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 and alpha compare each fund with its own benchmark's TRI.

    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.

    −40%−30%−20%−10%0%
    20192020202120222023202420252026
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)BSE 500 TRI
    FundWorst fallHigh before itBottomBack at the highTime to climb backBelow its high today
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF−38.0%17-01-202023-03-202006-11-20207 months−10.0%
    Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)−26.3%12-02-202023-03-202021-07-20204 months−4.4%
    BSE 500 TRI−38.1%17-01-202023-03-202006-11-20207 months−9.4%

    From daily values since 10-08-2018, the first day every fund has.

    Rolling standard deviation

    Whether the swings have grown or calmed over time: the standard deviation of daily changes over every 3-year window, scaled to a year, plotted on the window's last day. Higher means a bumpier ride.

    0%5%10%15%20%25%
    20222023202420252026
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)BSE 500 TRI

    Against BSE 500 TRI

    FundUp captureDown captureTracking error
    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF99%100%0.19%
    Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)59%40%8.79%

    From month-end values since 10-08-2018. Up capture: a fund's average month when the benchmark rose, as % of the benchmark's; above 100% it gained more. Down capture: the same for months the benchmark fell; below 100% it fell less. Tracking error: how far the monthly returns strayed from the benchmark's, a year; an index fund aims near 0.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Portfolio Overlap

    From each fund's latest monthly portfolio: ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF, September 2026; Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund, September 2026

    Holdings in common

    Overlap
    47.4%
    Held by both
    120
    Only in ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF
    381
    Only in Kotak Balanced Advantage
    70
    Security% of ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF% of Kotak Balanced Advantage
    ICICI Bank Ltd.5.02%4.93%
    Reliance Industries Ltd.4.17%3.36%
    HDFC Bank Ltd.5.73%3.16%
    Bharti Airtel Ltd.2.90%2.38%
    State Bank Of India2.11%3.64%
    Larsen & Toubro Ltd.2.32%1.99%
    Infosys Ltd.1.86%1.48%
    Bajaj Finance Ltd.1.36%1.75%
    Axis Bank Ltd.1.86%1.30%
    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.1.40%1.29%

    Overlap: for each holding both funds own, the smaller of its two weights, added up. 47.4% means 47.4% of each fund's money sits in positions the other also holds. Matched by ISIN. Cash and hedged positions are left out.

    Largest holdings only in ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF

    Security% of fund
    HCL Technologies Ltd.0.69%
    Divi's Laboratories Ltd.0.63%
    Grasim Industries Ltd.0.61%
    Lenskart Solutions Ltd.0.49%
    Meesho Ltd0.47%

    Largest holdings only in Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund

    Security% of fund
    Central Government - 20645.67%
    Power Finance Corporation Ltd.1.49%
    JTPM METAL TRADERS PVT LTD ( CATALYST TRUSTEESHIP LIMITE)1.30%
    Sansera Engineering Ltd1.27%
    BROOKFIELD REIT1.16%

    Asset and sector split

    Share of each fund, from its latest monthly portfolio

    Asset allocation

    AssetICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage
    Equity100.0%70.2%
    Debt0.0%20.3%
    Cash and others0.0%9.5%

    Market cap of stocks

    Market capICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage
    Large Cap67.1%51.1%
    Mid Cap21.5%9.0%
    Small Cap11.3%9.6%
    Not on AMFI's list0.0%0.5%

    Share of the whole fund. Groups follow AMFI's latest list: Large Cap is the 100 largest companies, Mid Cap the next 150, Small Cap the rest.

    Largest sectors

    SectorICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage
    Banks19.5%14.6%
    Finance6.4%3.5%
    Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology5.8%0.0%
    It - Software5.8%0.0%
    Petroleum Products5.0%4.0%
    Automobiles4.9%3.5%
    IT - Software0.0%4.3%
    Auto Components2.4%3.1%

    The six largest sectors of each fund's stocks, % of the fund.

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage: Expense Ratio

    What each plan charges a year, from AMFI's expense ratio file

    ChargeICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETFKotak Balanced Advantage Fund
    Total expense ratio (Direct)Not available0.82%
    Base expense ratio (Direct)0.00%0.54%
    Total expense ratio (Regular)Not available1.88%
    Base expense ratio (Regular)0.26%1.44%

    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, transaction costs, and levies with GST.

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    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF vs Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund: Frequently Asked Questions

    What is the difference between ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF is an ETF fund, Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund is a Balanced Advantage fund, run by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund and Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. Their portfolios overlap 47.4%. ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF charges 0.33% a year and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund 0.82%.

    Which has given higher returns, ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF or Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    Over 1 year: ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF −7.94%, Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund −1.56%. Over 3 years: ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF +9.53% a year, Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund +9.18% a year. Over 5 years: ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF +8.30% a year, Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund +8.44% a year. As on 30-10-2026. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    Which has the lower expense ratio, ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF or Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF charges less: 0.33% a year against 0.82%. These are the total expense ratios reported to AMFI.

    How much do ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund overlap?

    47.4%. They hold 120 of the same securities, the largest shared ones being ICICIBANK, RELIANCE, HDFCBANK. From each fund's latest monthly portfolio.

    Which is better for SIP, ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF or Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    Over the last 5 years, a monthly SIP of ₹10,000 from 01-10-2021 to 30-10-2026 grew to ₹7,27,545 in ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF (XIRR 6.9% a year) and ₹7,41,532 in Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund (XIRR 7.6% a year). Both received 61 instalments. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    Can I invest in both ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    Yes. 47.4% of each fund's money sits in the same holdings, so a large part of the two investments would move together.

    Who manages ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF and Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund?

    ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF: Nishit Patel, Ajaykumar Solanki, Ashwini Shinde. Kotak Balanced Advantage Fund: Rohit Tandon, Hiten Shah, Abhishek Bisen.

    Sources: NAV and expense ratio from AMFI. Holdings from each fund house's monthly portfolio statement. Fund facts from each scheme summary document.

    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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