Chandigarh, Aug14: UTI Large Cap Fund is India’s first equity-oriented fund and has a track record of wealth creation of over 38 years.
UTI Large Cap Fund is an open-ended equity scheme which predominantly aims to invest in large cap companies having competitive advantage in their respective fields. It follows an investment style of Blend for stock picking. This means that it’s an approach that combines both growth and value stocks to create a balanced, all-weather equity portfolio.
The Fund aims to invest in companies that are fundamentally strong with controlled borrowings, consistent revenue growth, focus on profitability, higher return on capital than cost of capital and consistent operating cash-flows generation. Such companies may generate free cash flows for future expansion and avoid dilution of existing shares.
Owing to this Blend approach of, UTI Large Cap Fund may invest in companies with competitive franchise were,
- The market is underestimating the companies’ ability to sustain growth over the long term or the benefits of pricing power
- The growth trajectory is improving through industry wide phenomena like favourable demand cycle, consolidation, clearances of regulatory hurdles or through company specific factors like cost competitiveness and prudent capacity expansion
- The business is capital intensive but the companies invest prudently and execute efficiently
- The companies having opportunities to reinvest cash flows at high Return on Capital Employed
- The relative valuation within the sector is attractive
This provides the investors an opportunity to create a long-term wealth by owning a portfolio of quality companies.
UTI Large Cap Fund has a portfolio of leading companies such as ICICI Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., Infosys Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., Bajaj Finance Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Eternal Ltd., and Axis Bank Ltd., and the top 10 stocks account for about 50% of the portfolio. The Scheme is currently overweight on Consumer Services, Information Technology, Automobiles, Consumer Durables, Realty and underweight on FMCG, Power, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels, Metals & Mining and Healthcare as of July 31, 2026.
The Fund has a corpus of over Rs. 12,300 crores as on Jul 31, 2026. The Fund aims at obtaining capital appreciation / or income distribution over long-term, follows a disciplined approach to invest as stated above and has maintained a stream of annual dividends every year since its inception. UTI Large Cap Fund has distributed a total dividend of about Rs. 4,500 crore.