Dsp Healthcare Fund

Review Date: 24-07-2026

Beginning of Analysis

The 4 star rating shows a very good past performance of the DSP Healthcare Fund in Pharma Fund. The DSP Healthcare Fund has a Jensen Alpha of 3.04% which is higher than the category average of 1.66%. Here the DSP Healthcare Fund has shown good performance in terms of risk adjusted returns. The DSP Healthcare Fund has a Sharpe Ratio of 1.0 which is lower than the category average of 1.04, showing poor performance.
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Pharma Mutual Funds

DSP Healthcare Fund Return Analysis

The DSP Healthcare Fund has delivered a mixed performance across various time horizons, showcasing both strengths and challenges when compared to its Pharma Fund peers and the Nifty Pharma TRI benchmark. This analysis examines the fund’s returns over periods ranging from one month to ten years, alongside its Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) performance, highlighting its rankings within the Pharma Fund category and its ability to outperform or underperform the benchmark and category averages.

• The fund has given a return of 1.99%, 14.55 and 17.0 in last one, three and six months respectively. In the same period the category average return was 2.25%, 14.04% and 20.93% respectively.
• DSP Healthcare Fund has given a return of 8.22% in last one year. In the same period the Nifty Pharma TRI return was 14.21%. The fund has given 5.99% less return than the benchmark return.
• The fund has given a return of 21.77% in last three years and rank 7th out of nine funds in the category. In the same period the Nifty Pharma TRI return was 22.13%. The fund has given 0.36% less return than the benchmark return.
• DSP Healthcare Fund has given a return of 15.46% in last five years and category average returns is 15.15% in same period. The fund ranked 3.0rd out of eight funds in the category. In the same period the Nifty Pharma TRI return was 12.63%. The fund has given 2.83% more return than the benchmark return.
• The fund has given a SIP return of 5.05% in last one year whereas category average SIP return is 24.09%. The fund one year return rank in the category is 15th in 15 funds
• The fund has SIP return of 12.38% in last three years and ranks 9th in 9 funds. SBI Healthcare Opportunities Fund has given the highest SIP return (20.33%) in the category in last three years.
• The fund has SIP return of 17.19% in last five years whereas category average SIP return is 19.01%.

DSP Healthcare Fund Risk Analysis

• The fund has a standard deviation of 15.41 and semi deviation of 10.7. The category average standard deviation is 15.94 and semi deviation is 11.38.
• The fund has a Value at Risk (VaR) of -18.36 and a maximum drawdown of -13.27. The category average VaR is -18.94 and the maximum drawdown is -14.76. The fund has a beta of 0.8 which shows that fund is less volatile than the benchmark.

Standard deviation measures the fund's return volatility and Semi deviation focuses on downside volatility. Value at Risk (VaR) is a measure of the risk of investments. Maximum Drawdown is the maximum loss from a peak to a trough of a portfolio. Beta measures the volatility of the fund compared to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the fund will move in line with the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the fund will be more volatile than the benchmark and vice versa.

Very Good Performance in Pharma Fund Category

Good Performance in Pharma Fund Category

Poor Performance in Pharma Fund Category

Very Poor Performance in Pharma Fund Category

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