Arudha Equity Long-Short and Sapphire Equity Long-Short compared on official AMFI NAVs — returns across six windows, a rebased NAV chart, expense ratio, AUM, risk band and portfolio overlap, refreshed daily.
Loading official AMFI data…Arudha Equity Long-Short and Sapphire Equity Long-Short are both equity long-short Specialized Investment Funds, but from different houses — Bandhan runs Arudha Equity Long-Short and Franklin Templeton runs Sapphire Equity Long-Short. Arudha Equity Long-Short was the earlier of the two, launching in March 2026; Sapphire Equity Long-Short followed in April 2026. Equity Long-Short SIFs run a predominantly equity book and can hold long as well as limited short positions through derivatives, seeking to profit on both sides of the market.
Both sit inside SEBI's ₹10 lakh SIF category (₹1 lakh for accredited investors) and are compared below on live official AMFI NAVs — six return windows, a rebased NAV chart, expense ratio, AUM, risk band and what they hold, refreshed every trading day.
Factual highlights from the sourced figures below — informational only, not a recommendation.
| Metric | Arudha Equity Long-Short Bandhan | Sapphire Equity Long-Short Franklin Templeton |
|---|---|---|
| Latest NAV | ₹10.38 6 Nov 2026 | ₹1005.2144 6 Nov 2026 |
| 1 day | ▲ 0.79% | ▲ 0.78% |
| 1 week | ▲ 3.85% | ▲ 5.97% |
| 1 month | ▲ 3.07% | ▲ 5.03% |
| 3 months | ▼ 1.52% | ▼ 1.91% |
| 6 months | ▲ 0.86% | ▼ 0.56% |
| Since inception | ▲ 3.80% | ▲ 0.52% |
| AUM | ₹133 Cr | ₹211 Cr |
| Expense ratio — base (Regular) | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| Expense ratio — total, all-in (Regular) | 3.11% | 2.98% |
| Risk band (AMC-declared) | 5 / 5 | 5 / 5 |
| Allotted | 24 Mar 2026 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Strategy | Equity LS | Equity LS |
| Official AMFI NAVs as of 6 Nov 2026, Regular plan · Growth. Returns are absolute point-to-point changes, not annualised, and most SIFs are less than a year old — check each fund’s age before comparing. Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. Any highlight marks the higher or lower figure on that row; it is arithmetic, not a rating or a recommendation. Missing values show as “—”, never estimated. This table refreshes in your browser with the latest official figures. | ||
Real portfolio overlap, computed from each fund’s disclosed monthly holdings — long positions only.
| Shared holding | Sector | Arudha Equity Long-Shortweight | Sapphire Equity Long-Shortweight |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICICI Bank | Banks | 5.07% | 4.31% |
| HDFC Bank | Banks | 4.17% | 4.81% |
| Bharti Airtel | Telecom - Services | 3.02% | 2.94% |
| State Bank of India | Banks | 1.71% | 2.33% |
| Larsen & Toubro | Construction | 1.54% | 2.50% |
| Coal | Consumable Fuels | 1.45% | 1.20% |
| Mahindra & Mahindra | Automobiles | 3.55% | 0.99% |
| Great Eastern Shipping | Transport Services | 0.95% | 0.84% |
+ 8 more shared holdings — the full list is in the compare tool.
Overlap = the sum of the lower of the two weights in each shared holding. Computed from the funds’ monthly portfolio disclosures — Arudha Equity Long-Short as of 31 Aug 2026, Sapphire Equity Long-Short as of 30 Sep 2026. Long positions only; short and derivative exposures are excluded. Informational only, not a recommendation.
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