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Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund vs Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund: SIP returns compared

Same ₹10,000 monthly SIP, same dates, Direct plans: over the last 5 years Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund is worth ₹7.63 L (XIRR 9.9%) and Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund ₹6.72 L (XIRR 4.6%) — Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund ahead by ₹91,259. Across every 5-year SIP since Oct 2016, Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund finished ahead in 55 of 61 and Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund in 6.

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₹10,000
6%

Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund: invested — over — instalments; valued at NAV of —:

Value today
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XIRR —
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After assumed inflation

YearInvestedAditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund valueXIRR to date

₹10,000 a month in each: what it became

Each row is a monthly SIP ending today (1 Oct 2026), Direct plans. Post-tax assumes everything is redeemed today with no other capital gains this year.

SIP periodInvestedAditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage FundXIRRMotilal Oswal Balanced Advantage FundXIRRPost-tax (both)
1 year₹1,20,000₹1.21 L1.4%₹1.24 L6.5%₹1.21 L / ₹1.23 L
3 years₹3,60,000₹3.97 L6.8%₹3.62 L0.3%₹3.97 L / ₹3.61 L
5 years₹6,00,000₹7.63 L9.9%₹6.72 L4.6%₹7.58 L / ₹6.71 L
10 years₹12,00,000₹21.14 L11.1%₹16.95 L6.8%₹20.16 L / ₹16.50 L

Every 5-year SIP, head to head

We started the same SIP in both funds in every month both have NAVs for — 61 SIPs, the first starting Oct 2016. Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund finished ahead in 90% of them; the median gap was 4.3 percentage points a year in Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund's favour.

Downside on the same dates: Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund's worst 5-year SIP returned 9.4% a year (started Apr 2021) and 0 of 61 lost money; Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund's worst returned 0.8% (started Apr 2021) and 0 lost money.

0%5%10%15%Oct 2016Oct 2021
Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage FundMotilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund

XIRR of every 5-year monthly SIP by the month it started. Gap = Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund minus Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund, percentage points a year.

WindowSIPs comparedAhead (Aditya / Motilal)Median gapWorst gapBest gap
3-year SIPs8566% / 34%+5.6 pp-4.8 ppstarted Dec 2020+13.3 ppstarted Mar 2023
5-year SIPs6190% / 10%+4.3 pp-0.6 ppstarted Dec 2018+8.8 ppstarted Mar 2021

Against an index fund, and the cost of the Regular plan

  • Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund: the Regular plan of the same 10-year SIP ended ₹1,35,948 below Direct.
  • Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund: the Regular plan of the same 10-year SIP ended ₹1,14,163 below Direct.

Questions

Which has given better SIP returns, Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund or Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund?

Over the last 5 years a ₹10,000 monthly SIP (Direct plans) is worth ₹7.63 L in Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund (XIRR 9.9%) and ₹6.72 L in Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund (XIRR 4.6%). Past returns don't tell you which will do better next.

Has Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund beaten Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund consistently?

In 90% of 61 rolling 5-year SIPs started on the same dates (from Oct 2016), Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced Advantage Fund ended ahead of Motilal Oswal Balanced Advantage Fund (Direct plans). The median difference was +4.3 percentage points a year.

Where does this data come from?

Official daily NAVs published by AMFI. SIP instalments fall on the first business day of each month; both funds are compared on identical dates. Updated monthly.

Comparison on official AMFI NAVs, SIP on the first business day of each month, identical dates for both funds. It shows what happened, not which fund to buy — past performance does not indicate future returns. sipcalculatorhub.com is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. Methodology.

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