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Top Trumps: India equities – 19 September 2024

This week FSA provides a quick comparison of two India equities funds: the BlackRock India fund and the Jupiter India Select fund.
Source: FE Fundinfo. All relevant fund data converted to US dollars for comparative purposes. Performance, alpha and volatility are annualised over three years with data as reported at the end of last month. Information ratio (IR) aims to measure a portfolio manager’s consistent ability to generate excess returns relative to a benchmark. The higher the IR, the more consistent the manager is.

Based on the popular 80s card game, each week we select an asset class and use FE fundinfo data to compare two funds based on their three-year performance, assets under management, alpha, volatility, ongoing charges and information ratio to decide which is the Top Trump.

This week, the Jupiter India Select fund defeats the BlackRock India fund 5-1.

BlackRock India fund

The fund invests at least 70% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies domiciled in, or the main business of which is in, India.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. Infosys (5.1%)
  2. Mahindra and Mahindra (4.8%)
  3. Reliance Industries (4.7%)
  4. Ultratech Cement (4.1%)
  5. REC (4.1%)
  6. ICICI Bank (3.7%)
  7. Cipla (3.5%)
  8. NTPC (3.4%)
  9. Gail India (3.4%)
  10. ITC (3.3%)

Jupiter India Select fund

The fund objective is to achieve long-term capital growth through investment primarily in India and selected opportunities in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. Godfrey Phillips India (7.6%)
  2. Bharat Petroleum (4.1%)
  3. Interglobe Aviation (3.9%)
  4. Hcl Technologies (3.8%)
  5. Indian Oil Corp (3.7%)
  6. State Bank Of India (3.6%)
  7. Fortis Healthcare (3.4%)
  8. Hdfc Bank (3.4%)
  9. Bharti Airtel (3.4%)
  10. Hindustan Petroleum Corp (3.1%)

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