Franklin India Dividend Yield Fund
The Scheme seeks to provide a combination of regular income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in stocks that have a current or potentially attractive dividend yield, by using a value strategy.
Growthvine rating: 4/5 — ranked #2 of 10 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Dividend Yield |
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| NAV | ₹128.99 (as of 2026-10-22) |
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| AUM | ₹2,280 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.74% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Ajay Argal |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 10.43% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.33 |
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| Standard deviation | 14.25% |
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| Max drawdown | −59.51% |
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| Alpha | 1.03 |
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| Beta | 0.83 |
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Over 5 years, captured 79.2% of NIFTY Dividend Opportunities 50's upside and 68.3% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 65.9% |
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| Mid cap | 18.4% |
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| Small cap | 15.7% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 24.1% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 41.3% |
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| Total holdings | 45 |
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Top holdings
- State Bank Of India — 5.7%
- Mediatek Inc — 5.4%
- Infosys Ltd — 4.5%
- EMBASSY OFFICE PARKS REIT — 4.3%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 4.1%
- NTPC Limited — 3.9%
- Britannia Industries Ltd. — 3.5%
- ITC Ltd — 3.5%
- AXIS Bank Ltd. — 3.1%
- Knowledge Realty Trust — 3.1%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 16.3%
- Global Equity — 11.4%
- Energy — 8.9%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | −8.0% | Q2 | #5 of 9 |
| 2025 | 1.7% | Q4 (Bottom) | #9 of 9 |
| 2024 | 20.4% | Q2 | #4 of 9 |
| 2023 | 33.3% | Q4 (Bottom) | #7 of 7 |
| 2022 | 5.3% | Q2 | #3 of 6 |