Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund -DIRECT - IDCW

Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund -DIRECT - IDCW sits in the middle of the pack for Dividend Yield Fund funds, currently carrying a 2-star rating. TopFund's composite Health Score, which weighs rating, 3-year CAGR, expense ratio and fund size, puts it at 63/100.

Cost: At 1.34%, the expense ratio runs 44% above the Dividend Yield Fund category average of 0.93%. That gap is worth weighing against the fund's actual performance versus cheaper peers before committing to a long SIP.

Risk-adjusted performance: Over the trailing 1-year period, the fund shows a negative Sharpe ratio of -0.66 — over the past year, returns haven't kept pace with the volatility involved, even before accounting for the risk-free rate. Separately, annualised volatility of 13.42% is fairly typical for actively managed equity funds.

Who should invest: This fund is best suited to investors whose goals and risk appetite align with a Equity fund. The High risk rating means near-term volatility should be expected — this isn't a fund to check daily.