If we talk about the two largest ETFs of India, then the names Nifty Bees and Nifty Bank Bees come in them. Today’s article is going to be a comparison of Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees.
If you want to compare two ETFs, the best way is to compare their returns in different time frames.
In this article, along with comparing the returns of these two ETFs, we will also compare the stocks in the portfolio of these two ETFs.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees
Nifty Bees
If we talk about Nifty Bees, there are 50 stocks in this ETF. These 50 stocks come from different sectors like banking, finance, pharma, auto industry, etc. These 50 stocks come from 22 sectors.
If we talk about Nifty Bees, it follows the Nifty 50 index of AT India. Nifty 50 index is the largest index of the Indian stock market and this index decides in which direction the Indian stock market is moving.
The list of stocks of 50 companies included in Nifty Bees is given below.
| Company | Assets | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| HDFC Bank | 11.07 | Banks |
| Reliance Industries | 10.22 | Refineries |
| ICICI Bank | 7.80 | Banks |
| Infosys | 5.43 | IT – Software |
| Larsen & Toubro | 4.52 | Infrastructure Developers & Operators |
| TCS | 3.99 | IT – Software |
| ITC | 3.86 | Tobacco Products |
| Bharti Airtel | 3.25 | Telecomm-Service |
| Axis Bank | 3.02 | Banks |
| St Bk of India | 2.93 | Banks |
| Kotak Mah. Bank | 2.67 | Banks |
| Bajaj Finance | 2.05 | Finance |
| Hind. Unilever | 2.05 | FMCG |
| M & M | 1.87 | Automobile |
| Tata Motors | 1.78 | Automobile |
| Sun Pharma.Inds. | 1.78 | Pharmaceuticals |
| Maruti Suzuki | 1.69 | Automobile |
| HCL Technologies | 1.66 | IT – Software |
| NTPC | 1.62 | Power Generation & Distribution |
| Titan Company | 1.61 | Diamonds, Gems, and Jewellery |
| Tata Steel | 1.30 | Steel |
| Asian Paints | 1.30 | Paints/Varnish |
| Power Grid Corpn | 1.28 | Power Generation & Distribution |
| UltraTech Cem. | 1.14 | Cement |
| O N G C | 1.06 | Crude Oil & Natural Gas |
| Bajaj Auto | 1.05 | Automobile |
| IndusInd Bank | 1.04 | Banks |
| Coal India | 1.01 | Mining & Mineral products |
| Adani Ports | 1.00 | Marine Port & Services |
| Nestle India | 0.95 | FMCG |
| Bajaj Finserv | 0.91 | Finance |
| Grasim Inds | 0.86 | Textiles |
| Adani Enterp. | 0.85 | Trading |
| Hindalco Industries. | 0.83 | Non-Ferrous Metals |
| Tech Mahindra | 0.81 | IT – Software |
| Cipla | 0.80 | Pharmaceuticals |
| JSW Steel | 0.80 | Steel |
| Dr Reddy’s Labs | 0.76 | Pharmaceuticals |
| Tata Consumer | 0.70 | Plantation & Plantation Products |
| Wipro | 0.69 | IT – Software |
| SBI Life Insurance | 0.69 | Insurance |
| HDFC Life Insur. | 0.68 | Insurance |
| Shriram Finance | 0.67 | Finance |
| Apollo Hospitals | 0.65 | Healthcare |
| Hero Motocorp | 0.62 | Automobile |
| Britannia Inds. | 0.59 | FMCG |
| B P C L | 0.58 | Refineries |
| Eicher Motors | 0.56 | Automobile |
| LTIMindtree | 0.46 | IT – Software |
| Divi’s Lab. | 0.45 | Pharmaceuticals |
Nifty Bank Bees
Bank Bees ETF follows India’s Nifty Bank Index and includes stocks of 12 companies from the banking sector.
This time banks also include private banks of India and some government banks. These 12 banks are the largest in India on which the banking market of India depends.
Talking about the returns of Bank Bees, its returns depend on the index of Bank Nifty. There is very little difference in the movement of Bank Bees and Bank Nifty indices. If compared, the movement of both remains the same.
The list of 12 bank king sector companies included in Bank Bees is given below.
| Company | Sector | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 28.99% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 23.72% |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 9.19% |
| State Bank Of India | Public sector bank | 9.13% |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 9.11% |
| IndusInd Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 6.92% |
| Bank Of Baroda | Public sector bank | 3.31% |
| Punjab National Bank | Public sector bank | 2.49% |
| Federal Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 2.27% |
| IDFC First Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 2.01% |
| Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. | Other bank | 1.83% |
| Bandhan Bank Ltd. | Private sector bank | 1.00% |
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees Returns Comparison
How are Nifty Bees and Bank Bees different? We have understood that the stock portfolio of both of them is quite different from each other. Now let us talk about the returns of these two ETFs.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees 3 months returns
If we compare the last 3 months’ returns of Nifty Bees and Bank Bees, then Nifty Bees has given returns of +1.38% while Bank Bees has given returns of +1.95%.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees 6 months returns
In the chart given above, we can see the returns of Nifty Bees and Bank Bees for the last 6 months.
In 6 months, Nifty Bees has given more returns than Bank Bees, where Nifty Bees has given returns of +4.89% while Bank Bees has given returns of -1.99%.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees YTD returns
If we talk about the YTD returns of Nifty Bees and Bank Bees, while Nifty Bees has given positive returns of +2.58%, Bank Bees has given negative returns which are -2.14%.
Bank Bees: One reason behind it giving negative returns is that HDFC Bank had fallen very rapidly in the last few months.
If we talk, HDFC has a stake of 28.99% in Bank Bees ETF. So due to the fall of HDFC, Bank Bees has given negative returns of -2.14% on the YTD time frame.
Bank Bees Vs Nifty Bees 1-year returns
If we look at the returns of these two ETFs for the last 1 year, Nifty Bees ETF has given returns of 17.24% while Bank Bees has given returns of 8.29%.
But we can see that if we had invested in Nifty Bees and Bank Bees for the last 1 year, we could have got almost double the returns in Nifty Bees as compared to Bank Bees.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees 5-year returns
We can compare the last 5 years’ returns of Nifty Bees and Bank Bees with the help of the chart given above.
While Nifty Bees has given returns of 101.77% in the last 5 years, bank Bees has given fewer returns than Nifty Bees in the last 5 years which is 61.32%.
Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees maximum returns
Since the inception of both these ETFs, Nifty Bees has given returns of 1548.62% while Bank Bees has given returns of 1978.51%.
You can see that ever since both these ETFs were launched, Bank Bees has given more returns than Nifty Bees.
Conclusion
We have compared Nifty Bees Vs Bank Bees in this article, in which we also compared their stock portfolios.
Along with comparing the portfolios of both ETFs, we also compared the returns of these two ETFs on different time frames.
Looking at the stocks in the portfolio of both these ETFs and the returns of these ETFs, we have concluded that you can invest in both.
Both of these are perfect ETFs for short-term, long-term, or any type of investment.