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    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund

    Balanced AdvantageDirect and Regular plans, Growth and IDCW options

    Data as on 30-10-2026

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund is a Balanced Advantage fund run by PGIM India Mutual Fund. On 30-09-2026, it managed ₹681 Cr of investors' money. In the 3 years to 30-10-2026, its Direct plan returned 7.1% a year and its Regular plan returned 5.3% a year.

    NAV (Direct plan)
    ₹15.90
    ▼ 0.13%30-10-2026
    NAV (Regular plan)
    ₹14.40
    ▼ 0.14%30-10-2026
    Expense ratio
    0.90%Direct2.51%Regular
    Riskometer
    Very High
    Set by the fund house
    3 year return
    7.1%Direct5.3%Regular

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund NAV Today

    NAV on 30-10-2026: Direct Plan Growth ₹15.90 (down 0.13% that day); Regular Plan Growth ₹14.40 (down 0.14% that day).

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Returns vs Balanced Advantage Funds

    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)−0.19%−4.85%−2.09%−6.19%+7.11%+6.77%--
    This fund (Regular)−0.35%−5.26%−2.90%−7.75%+5.31%+4.95%--
    Balanced Advantage average−0.55%−2.88%+0.08%−2.08%+9.14%+8.35%--
    Best in Balanced Advantage+1.54%+1.98%+8.19%+8.40%+12.82%+13.03%--
    Worst in Balanced Advantage−3.94%−6.19%−4.43%−6.88%+2.71%+5.58%--
    Rank in Balanced Advantage14/3735/3731/3735/3628/3016/20--

    Category rows compare the Direct plans of 38 Balanced Advantage funds. Rank 1 is the highest return. This fund's benchmark is CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 - Moderate Index. Returns of that index are not available to us, so the category average is the comparison.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Year-wise Returns

    Return of each calendar year
    YearDirectRegular
    2026to date−6.08%−7.34%
    2025+8.04%+6.15%
    2024+12.01%+10.16%
    2023+17.37%+15.46%
    2022+2.94%+1.05%

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage 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 671 periods, one for each trading day from 08-02-2024 to 30-10-2026.

    0%5%10%15%20%
    Apr 2021
    to
    Apr 2024
    Oct 2021
    to
    Oct 2024
    Mar 2022
    to
    Mar 2025
    Sept 2022
    to
    Sept 2025
    Mar 2023
    to
    Mar 2026
    Aug 2023
    to
    Aug 2026
    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)Category average, 38 Balanced Advantage funds

    Every holding period at a glance

    PeriodPeriodsMedianLowestHighestWith a lossCategory medianBeat category
    1 year1,1638.3%−7.7%25.2%8%7.6%37%
    2 years91510.3%−1.7%20.3%3%12.6%15%
    3 years67111.5%6.0%16.1%0%13.3%0%
    5 years1788.7%6.4%10.6%0%10.2%0%

    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 category" counts the periods in which the fund did better than the average of the 38 Balanced Advantage funds (Direct plans, each weighted the same) over the same days. Past returns do not promise future returns.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Risk

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

    Risk and return

    MeasurePGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)This fundCategory average
    Return (CAGR)+7.11%+9.05%
    Standard deviation9.20%7.94%
    Sharpe ratio0.120.38
    Sortino ratio0.160.51
    Maximum drawdown−10.7% (28-02-2025)−9.4% (28-02-2025)

    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.

    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.

    −12%−10%−8%−6%−4%−2%0%
    20222023202420252026
    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)Category average, 38 Balanced Advantage funds
    Worst fallHigh before itBottomBack at the highTime to climb backBelow its high today
    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)−11.6%05-04-202220-06-202216-08-202257 days−7.0%
    Category average−9.4%26-09-202428-02-202526-06-20254 months−4.2%

    From the Direct plan's daily NAV since 08-02-2021, adjusted for unit splits, and the average of the 38 Balanced Advantage funds (Direct plans, each weighted the same) over the same days. "Time to climb back" runs from the bottom to the first day back at the old high.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund vs Other Balanced Advantage Funds

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

    Fund nameRankAUM (Cr)Exp. ratio1Y return3Y return3Y alpha3Y beta3Y Sharpe3Y Sortino
    quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund1/308101.55%−5.79%+12.82%----0.490.67Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund2/309,8360.89%+2.18%+11.60%----0.670.94Compare
    Baroda BNP Paribas Balanced Advantage Fund3/305,1620.92%−0.62%+11.52%----0.520.70Compare
    Axis Balanced Advantage Fund4/303,6511.00%−1.41%+11.50%----0.680.95Compare
    WhiteOak Capital Balanced Advantage Fund5/302,2560.84%−0.57%+11.37%----0.640.88Compare
    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund28/306810.90%−6.19%+7.11%----0.120.16

    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.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Expense Ratio and Costs

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

    PlanBase expense ratioBrokerageTransaction costsLevies and GSTTotal expense ratioBalanced Advantage medianCost rank (1 = cheapest)
    Direct0.69%0.03%0.00%0.18%0.90%1.04%13/38
    Regular2.05%0.03%0.00%0.43%2.51%2.30%26/38

    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 Balanced Advantage 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 year−7.75%−6.19%1.56%₹92,250₹93,810
    3 years5.31%7.11%1.80% a year₹1,16,791₹1,22,883
    5 years4.95%6.77%1.82% a year₹1,27,325₹1,38,754

    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.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage 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 08-02-2021 to 30-10-2026: 69 instalments, ₹6,90,000 in all.

    InvestmentInvestedValue nowGainReturn a year
    Direct planPGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct) ₹6,90,000 ₹8,19,406 ₹1,29,406 5.9%
    Regular planPGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Regular) ₹6,90,000 ₹7,76,717 ₹86,717 4.1%
    Category averageCategory average, 38 Balanced Advantage funds ₹6,90,000 ₹8,70,314 ₹1,80,314 8.0%
    ₹0₹2.0 L₹4.0 L₹6.0 L₹8.0 L₹10.0 L
    20222023202420252026
    Direct planPGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct)Regular planPGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund (Regular)Category averageCategory average, 38 Balanced Advantage fundsAmount invested

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

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Asset Allocation

    Asset allocation as on 30-09-2026

    What the fund holds

    76.9%Equity

    AssetFundCategory
    Equity76.9%69.0%
    Debt18.3%23.0%
    Cash and others4.8%7.9%

    Market cap of stocks

    Market capFundCategory
    Large Cap56.6%47.4%
    Mid Cap19.2%11.6%
    Small Cap1.1%8.8%

    Share of the whole fund. Category: the average of the Balanced Advantage 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.

    Credit rating

    Bonds and money market papers by credit rating, % of the fund. Category: the average of 37 Balanced Advantage funds.

    RatingFundCategory
    Sovereign6.6%7.4%
    AAA and A1+10.4%11.3%
    AA1.3%3.3%

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Sector Allocation

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

    Largest sectors

    1. Banks17.6%

    2. IT - Software5.6%

    3. Petroleum Products4.9%

    4. Automobiles4.2%

    5. Retailing4.1%

    6. Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology4.0%

    7. Finance3.4%

    8. Telecom - Services3.2%

    9. Power2.5%

    10. Chemicals & Petrochemicals2.5%

    The ten largest of 29 sectors. The other 19 add up to 24.9%.

    Sector changes

    SectorJuly 2026August 2026September 2026Change
    Banks16.8%17.3%17.6%+0.8%
    IT - Software5.6%5.8%5.6%0.0%
    Petroleum Products4.8%4.9%4.9%+0.1%
    Automobiles4.1%4.2%4.2%+0.1%
    Retailing3.7%4.0%4.1%+0.4%

    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.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Portfolio Holdings

    As on 30-09-2026 · 91 holdings · from the fund house's monthly portfolio

    HoldingsSector / RatingWeight%Holdings trend1M change
    ICICI Bank Ltd.Banks5.91%0.0%
    HDFC Bank Ltd.Banks5.41%0.0%
    Reliance Industries Ltd.Petroleum Products4.07%0.0%
    Bharti Airtel Ltd.Telecom - Services3.21%0.0%
    7.18% Government of India · Government securitySOVEREIGN2.65%
    State Bank of IndiaBanks2.40%0.0%
    Muthoot Finance Ltd. · Commercial paperCRISIL A1+2.13%
    Infosys Ltd.IT - Software1.88%0.0%
    Larsen & Toubro Ltd.Construction1.85%0.0%
    Bajaj Finance Ltd.Finance1.84%0.0%

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Stocks Bought and Sold

    All changes are between August 2026 and September 2026

    No stocks were bought or sold in September 2026.

    What PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund bought and sold

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Portfolio Overlap

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

    FundOverlapHoldings in common
    PGIM India Large Cap FundLarge Cap · PGIM India57.0%43Compare
    Canara Robeco ELSS - Tax Saver FundELSS · Canara Robeco54.0%41Compare
    Kotak MSCI India ETFETF · Kotak Mahindra53.7%59Compare
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Msci India ETFETF · Aditya Birla Sun Life53.7%59Compare
    DSP MSCI India ETFETF · DSP53.6%59Compare
    SBI BSE 100 ETFETF · SBI53.0%48Compare
    Groww NIFTY 200 ETFETF · Groww52.7%59Compare
    PGIM India Flexi cap fundFlexi Cap · PGIM India52.5%41Compare

    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.

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund Overview

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

    Expense ratio (Direct)
    0.90%
    Expense ratio (Regular)
    2.51%
    Category
    Balanced Advantage
    Risk
    Very High
    Benchmark
    CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 - Moderate Index
    Launch date
    04-02-2021
    Minimum investment
    ₹5,000
    Minimum additional investment
    ₹1,000
    AUM
    ₹680.57 Cr (30-09-2026)
    Lock in
    None
    Scheme code (Direct)
    148658
    ISIN (Direct)
    INF663L01V49
    Scheme code (Regular)
    148657
    ISIN (Regular)
    INF663L01V72
    NAV history
    From 08-02-2021, 5.7 years
    Exit load
    For Exits within 90 days from date of allotment of units: 0.50%; For Exits beyond 90 days from date of allotment of units: NIL.

    Tax on PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund returns

    • How the gain is taxed depends on what the fund holds. A fund with 65% or more in Indian stocks is taxed as an equity fund: 20% within 1 year, 12.5% after, on gains above ₹1.25 lakh a year.
    • A fund with 65% or more in debt is taxed at your slab rate. Any other fund: your slab rate within 2 years, 12.5% after.
    • 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₹15.9030-10-2026
    directIDCW₹10.4830-10-2026
    regularGrowth₹14.4030-10-2026
    regularIDCW₹10.2630-10-2026

    About PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund is a mutual fund from PGIM India Mutual Fund. Its category is Balanced Advantage. It was launched on 04-02-2021. Its benchmark is CRISIL Hybrid 50+50 - Moderate Index. At the end of September 2026 it held 91 securities.

    Fund Manager

    • Utsav Mehta

      Fund manager of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund, since 15-04-2024

    • Anandha Padmanabhan Anjeneyan

      Fund manager of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund, since 01-04-2023

    • Vinay Paharia

      Fund manager of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund, since 01-04-2023

    • Puneet Pal

      Fund manager of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund, since 01-12-2021

    See all funds of PGIM India Mutual Fund

    AUM change

    September 2026
    ₹680.57 Cr
    −7.86% from August 2026
    August 2026
    ₹738.64 Cr
    −2.74% from July 2026
    July 2026
    ₹759.47 Cr
    −1.43% from June 2026

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

    Compare PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund with Other Funds

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

    Frequently Asked Questions for PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund

    What is the current NAV of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    The Direct plan NAV is ₹15.90. The Regular plan NAV is ₹14.40, as on 30-10-2026.

    What are the returns of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    The Direct plan returned −6.19% in 1 year, +7.11% a year over 3 years, +6.77% a year over 5 years. The Regular plan returned −7.75% in 1 year, +5.31% a year over 3 years, +4.95% a year over 5 years. These figures are as on 30-10-2026.

    What is the expense ratio of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    The Direct plan charges 0.90% a year. The Regular plan charges 2.51% a year. This is the figure the fund house reported to AMFI, in force from 21-10-2026.

    What is the AUM of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund managed ₹680.57 Cr on 30-09-2026, as its fund house reported in its monthly portfolio.

    What are the top holdings of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    At the end of September 2026 the largest holdings were ICICIBANK (5.91%), HDFCBANK (5.41%), RELIANCE (4.07%), BHARTIARTL (3.21%), 7.18% Government of India (2.65%). The fund held 91 securities in all.

    How do I invest in PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    Through PGIM India 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 ₹5,000. You can invest once or through a monthly SIP.

    Who is the fund manager of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    Utsav Mehta (since 15-04-2024), Anandha Padmanabhan Anjeneyan (since 01-04-2023), Vinay Paharia (since 01-04-2023), Puneet Pal (since 01-12-2021).

    What is the exit load of PGIM India Balanced Advantage Fund?

    For Exits within 90 days from date of allotment of units: 0.50%; For Exits beyond 90 days from date of allotment of units: NIL.

    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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