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SBI Multi Asset Allocation Fund Direct Growth: NAV, Returns and Analysis

The latest NAV, how the direct plan has done against other multi asset allocation funds, its worst fall, what it costs.

Genvest ResearchSEBI-registered Investment Adviser INA000018382
NAV to 9 NovSource: AMFIDirect plan
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₹73.9721NAV on 9 Nov, Direct Growth · +0.57% on the day
14.67%A year over 3 years, 9th of 15 multi asset allocation funds
0.67%Expense ratio, direct
₹20,580 crAverage assets

Returns vs category

3 years: 14.67% a year, 9th of 15 multi asset allocation funds

1 year22nd of 31
This fund+5.72%
Category+7.21%
3 years9th of 15
This fund+14.67%
Category+15.22%
5 years5th of 8
This fund+12.82%
Category+13.10%

Direct-Growth plan, a year, to 9 November 2026, from AMFI NAVs. Ranks and averages cover the 37 multi asset allocation funds AMFI lists that are old enough for each period.

Year by year

Ahead of the category average in 4 of the last 10 calendar years

  • 2016+10.0%avg +10.3%
  • 2017+12.0%avg +15.3%
  • 2018+1.8%avg +1.1%
  • 2019+11.2%avg +10.3%
  • 2020+14.9%avg +18.1%
  • 2021+14.0%avg +26.2%
  • 2022+7.0%avg +7.5%
  • 2023+25.5%avg +23.2%
  • 2024+13.9%avg +17.1%
  • 2025+19.6%avg +17.8%
  • 2026to 9 Nov+1.4%avg +3.3%

Calendar-year returns of the Direct-Growth plan. The average covers today’s multi asset allocation funds that had a full year then.

3-year returns

Every 3-year stretch since 2013 made money: 1.3% to 21.5% a year

Lowest
+1.3%
to March 2020
Middle
+12.8%
Highest
+21.5%
to January 2026
0% of 3-year periods lost money70% made 10% a year or more

Every 3-year holding period ending on a NAV day from 21 March 2016 to 9 November 2026 (2,584 periods), annualised.

Worst fall

Worst fall: 17.6% (Feb 2020–Mar 2020), back at its high 3 months later

High
20 Feb 2020
Low
23 Mar 2020
Back at the high
23 Jun 2020
Now
2.4% below the 29 Jan 2026 high

Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 19 March 2013.

Cost

The regular plan costs 0.71% a year more: about ₹1.81 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years

Direct 0.67%₹29.2 lakh
Regular 1.38%₹27.4 lakh

₹10 lakh invested once and held 10 years, assuming 12% a year before costs (an assumption, not a forecast). Expense ratios as disclosed on 8 November 2026. Try your own numbers in the fee calculator.

Size and facts

₹20,580 crore of assets: the 2nd largest of 37 multi asset allocation funds

Average assets, July–September 2026
₹20,580 crore
Fund house
SBI Mutual Fund

Similar funds

Other multi asset allocation funds of a similar size

Every multi asset allocation fund compared, from the category guide.

Questions people ask

This page is educational research based on AMFI data and Genvest’s own analysis. It is not a recommendation to invest in any scheme, or personalised investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not guarantee future returns. Registration granted by SEBI, enlistment with IAASB and certification from NISM in no way guarantee performance of the intermediary or provide any assurance of returns to investors.