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Motilal Oswal Founders Portfolio

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Category PMS
Company Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Limited
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Benchmark BSE 500 TRI
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About Company

Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Limited

MOFSL was founded in 1987 with 2 employees as a sub-broking unit with their main focus of customer-first attitude, ethical and transparent business practices, and many more. Today Motilal is a diverse firm that is working on a range of financial products and services such as Private Wealth, Retail Broking and Distribution, Institutional Broking, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Commodity Broking, Currency Broking, Home Finance, etc. Motilal has clients of retail customers, mutual funds, foreign institutional investors, financial institutions, corporate clients, etc. They have more than 44,00,000+ customers across the globe. They make every decision with solid research at present they have 25+ research analysts researching over 250 companies across 20 sectors.

Motilal Oswal Founders Portfolio

Fund Snapshot

Stock Weightage & Stock Sizing

Minimum and maximum exposure limits set

Sector Sizing

Limits on sector deviations relative to benchmark

Diversification Strategy

Portfolio size capped at 35 stocks

Profit Taking/Stop Loss Framework

Proprietary framework for measuring triggers

Stringent Liquidity Framework

Ensuring efficient management for ability to take necessary action

 

MC-Bands

>= 1Lakh Cr

10%

>= 50K Crs

31%

>= 25K Crs

15%

>= 10K Crs

35%

>= 5K Crs

8%

< 5K Crs

0%

Long Only Equity Total

99.6%

 

Market Cap Breakup

Large Cap

16.2%

Mid Cap

39.6%

Small Cap

40.9%

Others

2.6%

Long Only Equity Total

99.6%

Entrepreneurs Are The Backbone Of Economy

 

Vision matters

Growth-focused tunnel vision, coupled with aligning all personnel towards company's beneficial interests 

 

Capital Formation

Enhancing capital goods such as machinery, equipment, materials, electricity, transport equipment

 

Employment Opportunities

Creating jobs by establishing a business and by expanding it as well

 

Exponential Exports

Increase in production activity, not only meets internal demand but also enables exports

Skin In the Game

Can only win if the company wins

 

Burning the midnight oil

Founders are more than willing to devote as much time as possible

 

Inseparable from Innovations

Founders & Promoters are consciously seeking inspiration to bring out new ways of doing something better

 

Attraction Quotient

Global investors are showing interest in investing in Indian start-ups, believing in their prospects

Investment Framework

Top 500

By market Cap. Current range from 5kCr to 11 Lakh Cr.

300-320 – Min 26% Promoter Holding

Including companies significant ESOPs/ shares with management professionals. Exception for Financials.

260-280 – PBT>100

Minimum PBT of INR 100 Crs

150-170 – Capital Efficiency

Quality of Business, Minimum Cycle ROCE of 15%

70-90 – QGLP

Corporate Governance, Management Quality-Vision, Execution, Succession Planning and Capital Allocation Decisions

<20-30 – Earnings Expectations

Companies with Min Additional Expected Earnings 3-5Y Growth of 3% Over Benchmark, Available at Relatively Attractive Valuation

Insights From The Investment Framework

Bottom-line growth

Promoter Driven: Highest Growth rates

PSUs: Underperform the promoter-driven companies

MNCs: Steady but lower growth than promoter-driven companies

Capital Efficiency

Promoter Driven: High Growth coupled with strong capital efficiency

PSUs: Good efficiency ratios; although much lower growth

MNCs: High capital efficiency

Alignment of Interest

Promoter Driven: Promoter’s skin in the game

PSUs: Social priorities Low-floating market cap

MNCs: Probability of agency issues

Price Performance

Promoter Driven: Largest wealth generated

PSUs: Lower than promoter driven

MNCs: Steady growth in wealth

Sector/Industries

Promoter Driven: Value-creating business areas, innovation led, intellectual property rich businesses

PSUs: Natural resources, Commodities, Power and Energy necessary for the growth of the nation

MNCs: Pharma, FMCG, Automobile

Decision-Making

Promoter Driven: Speedy and Dynamic

PSUs: Over-regulated/bureaucratic and hence could often lack speed, tends to be rigid

MNCs: Usually driven by parent company priorities

Business Environment

Promoter Driven: Competitive environment; often results in more efficiency

PSUs: Natural monopolies in many sectors they operate

MNCs: Often satellite operations of parent companies abroad

Corporate Governance

Promoter Driven: Improving with emphasis on independent professional boards

PSUs: Governmental practices

MNCs: Overall good governance

The Founders of Motilal Oswal Group

  • From 2 people to 10,000+ members and Rs 110 billion group, MOFSL was founded in 1987 as a small sub-broking unit
  • Focus on customer-first attitude, ethical and transparent business practices, respect for professionalism, research-based value investing and implementation of cutting-edge technology have enabled us to blossom into an over 8000 member team.
  • Well-diversified, financial services company offering a range of financial products and services.
  • Focus on wealth creation for all its customers, such as institutional clients, HNWIs and retail customers.
  • Network spread over 550 cities comprising 2,500+ business locations operated by our business partners and us with 3.2 MN+ total registered customers as of September 2022
  • Market Cap of 10,226 Cr, Revenue of over 4,200 Cr

Two-Fold Investment Objective

Capital Preservation

By focus on quality business, run by great management, bought at reasonable price & applying an appropriate risk management framework

Capital Appreciation

By participating in sectors and themes favoured by strong economic tailwinds & a high probability of success in the medium term

The QGLP Objective

  • High ROE/RoCE
  • Earning Growth
  • PEG Framework
  • Skin in The Game

ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PRESERVATION VIA PROGRESSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT

Stock Weightage Rationalization

Minimum Exposure Criteria as well as cap on maximum weights relative to benchmark

Profit Taking Framework

Link to Returns/Portfolio weight levels

Diversification Strategy

Cap on maximum number of stocks in the portfolio

Stop Loss Mechanism

Quarterly rolling triggers relative to benchmark

Implementing Limited Turnover

Churning out stocks to book profits or stocks with lower conviction

Right To Win

QGLP

Documented investment philosophy used to identify over 190+ companies

Assets Under Management

Motilal Oswal AMC manages over INR 47,000 Cr of AUM across all funds

Vintage In Equity

20+ years of managing pure equity funds

Specialists

Six sister businesses helping with their expertise across capital markets, private equity, research, and distribution

Process Improvement

We are constantly striving to evolve and improve our processes with recently adding incremental risk framework

Successful Exits

Motilal Oswal AIF has delivered 4 successful exits with an average IRR of 16.3%

Wealth Creation Study

27 wealth creation studies adding value to our equity experience

Skin in The Game

Our conviction exemplified by prop AUM of INR4,000 Crs across funds

 

Investing With Strategy, Not Impulse

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Motilal Oswal Founders Portfolio

Benchmark: BSE 500 TRI

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Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Limited - Portfolio Managers

AUM(Cr.) 1M 3M 6M 1Y 2Y 3Y 4Y 5Y Ince.
Performance ₹3259.72 -6.27 -12.08 -13.84 -4.76 3.69 20.14 NA NA 20.09
Benchmark NA -11.37 -13.94 -9.62 -3.12 1.32 12.88 NA NA 13.32
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Frequently Asked Questions

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1. What is the investment strategy of the Motilal Oswal Founders Portfolio? +

The strategy follows a founder-led investing approach, focusing on promoter-driven companies with strong earnings growth, capital efficiency, governance standards, and long-term scalability.

2. What kind of companies does the portfolio invest in? +

The portfolio mainly invests in founder-led Indian businesses across large-cap, mid-cap, and select small-cap segments with strong ROE/ROCE, quality management, and sustainable growth potential.

3. How diversified is the portfolio? +

The portfolio is capped at around 35 stocks with predefined sector and stock exposure limits to maintain diversification and reduce concentration risk.

4. What is the QGLP framework used in this strategy? +

QGLP stands for Quality, Growth, Longevity, and Price. It is the core framework used to identify businesses with strong fundamentals available at reasonable valuations.

5. Does the strategy include risk management measures? +

Yes. The portfolio follows structured risk controls including stop-loss mechanisms, stock weight rationalization, liquidity checks, diversification limits, and profit-taking frameworks.

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