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Nippon India Power & Infra Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option vs WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Growth
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund and WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund are both in the Sectoral Fund category, from Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited and WhiteOak Capital Asset Management Limited respectively. WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund has the lower expense ratio. See the full table and FAQ below for the complete real-data comparison.
Basics
WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund has the lower direct-plan expense ratio, by 0.02 percentage points.
| Nippon India Power & Infra Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option | WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Growth | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sectoral Fund | Sectoral Fund |
| AMC | Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited | WhiteOak Capital Asset Management Limited |
| Benchmark | Nifty Infrastructure TRI | Nifty Financial Services TRI |
| NAV | ₹382.3478 (2026-10-28) | ₹12.459 (2026-10-28) |
| AUM | ₹7,467.512 Cr | ₹619.34 Cr |
| Expense Ratio (Direct) | 1.1% | 1.08% |
| Inception | 2004-03-29 | 2024-01-16 |
Returns
Risk Metrics
This fund is less than three years old, so a three-year risk history does not exist yet.
Portfolio Analytics
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund carries the higher portfolio P/E ratio (a rougher proxy for how richly the underlying holdings are valued) - see the table below for the full comparison.
| Nippon India Power & Infra Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option | WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Growth | |
|---|---|---|
| P/E Ratio | 24.2147 | 17.867 |
| P/B Ratio | 9.9087 | - |
| Dividend Yield | 1.0342% | 0.7927% |
| Active Share | 67.11% | 48.84% |
| Portfolio Turnover | 46% | 188% |
| YTM | - | 5.215% |
| Duration (Macaulay) | - | - |
Punji Fund Health Score
WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund has the stronger Punji Quality grade of the two.
Frequently asked questions
Which has a lower expense ratio, Nippon India Power & Infra Fund or WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund?
WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund's direct-plan expense ratio is 0.02 percentage points lower than Nippon India Power & Infra Fund's. Over long holding periods, a persistent expense-ratio gap compounds into a materially different final corpus even if the two funds' gross returns are similar - it's one of the few fund attributes you can compare with total certainty upfront, unlike future returns, since the fee is contractually fixed rather than a historical estimate.
Why don't Nippon India Power & Infra Fund and WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund show risk metrics like Sharpe ratio or alpha?
This fund is less than three years old, so a three-year risk history does not exist yet. This is a deliberate methodology choice, not missing data - risk metrics like alpha and Sharpe ratio are most meaningful for actively-managed funds where a manager makes decisions that can add or subtract value versus a benchmark. For a fund that mechanically tracks an index, the equivalent useful metric is tracking error (how closely it follows its index), not alpha.
Which has higher AUM, Nippon India Power & Infra Fund or WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund?
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund has ₹7,468 Cr in assets under management, versus ₹619 Cr for WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund. A larger AUM generally means deeper liquidity and lower per-unit fixed costs for the AMC to spread across investors, but an AUM that's very large relative to a fund's category and strategy (especially in small/mid cap categories, where the investable universe is smaller) can also make it harder for a manager to enter and exit positions without moving the price - bigger isn't automatically better, especially for less liquid categories.
Which fund has a longer track record, Nippon India Power & Infra Fund or WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund?
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund launched on 2004-03-29, making it older than WhiteOak Capital Banking & Financial Services Fund (launched 2024-01-16). A longer track record means more real market cycles (bull runs, corrections, rate cycles) the fund has actually navigated, which is useful context for judging consistency - but it isn't a guarantee of future performance, and a newer fund isn't automatically worse, especially if it's run by an experienced manager or team with a track record at a prior fund.
Data as of 2026-10-29. Source: AMFI disclosures via Punji. Not investment advice.