Key Highlights

  • Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund (ASX:DIVI) traded at $11.60 on August 21, 2026, down $0.01, or 0.08%, from the previous close of $11.61.
  • Financial services and basic materials were the two largest sector exposures, accounting for 31.37% and 28.73% of the portfolio respectively.
  • BHP Group was the largest holding at 14.02%, followed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia at 11.21%, with the top 10 holdings representing 54.40% of the fund.

Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund (ASX:DIVI) was priced at $11.60 on August 21, 2026, unchanged on the displayed day's price movement but down 0.08% from the previous close of $11.61. Trading Volume reached 17,050 units, compared with an average volume of 9,899. The day's trading range was $11.60 to $11.65.

The fund's reported 52-week range was $10.60 to $11.85. Its Beta stood at 1.11, while Standard Deviation was 11.82. DIVI carried a management fee of 0.85%. The fund was admitted to the ASX on September 8, 2025, making its available exchange-traded history relatively recent.

Portfolio Allocation and Sector Exposure

DIVI held 50 companies, with equities accounting for 98.66% of Assets and cash representing 1.35%. This compared with 99.22% and 0.75%, respectively, for the Australia Equity Income category.

Financial services represented the largest sector allocation at 31.37%, although this was below the category's 34.85%. Basic materials accounted for 28.73%, considerably above the category's 19.53%. Consumer cyclical stocks represented 8.74%, while real estate accounted for 6.33%.

Industrials represented 5.29%, below the category's 9.13%, while healthcare stood at 5.23%. Consumer defensive exposure was 4.51%. Energy accounted for 3.43%, compared with 6.41% for the category. Utilities represented 2.97%, while communication services had the smallest allocation among the listed sectors at 2.76%.

Largest Holdings and Concentration

BHP Group was DIVI's largest individual holding, accounting for 14.02% of the portfolio. Commonwealth Bank of Australia followed at 11.21%, giving the two largest positions a combined weighting of 25.23%.

ANZ Group Holdings represented 4.57%, while Macquarie Group and Rio Tinto each accounted for 4.54%. Goodman Group had a 3.60% weighting, followed by CSL at 3.43% and Wesfarmers at 3.36%.

Telstra Group represented 2.72% and Aristocrat Leisure accounted for 2.36%. Collectively, these 10 holdings represented 54.40% of DIVI, while the remaining 45.59% was spread across the fund's other holdings. This indicates that the portfolio had meaningful exposure to its largest positions while retaining a substantial allocation beyond the top 10.

Geographic Exposure and Distribution

Australia accounted for 94.88% of DIVI's geographic exposure, broadly consistent with its Australia-focused mandate. China represented 1.82%, the United Kingdom 1.55%, New Zealand 0.94% and the United States 0.80%.

The latest listed distribution was an interim payment of $0.049 per unit. The ex-date was August 3, 2026, the Record Date was August 4 and the payment date was August 7. The supplied distribution history also shows payments of $0.082 in July, $0.048 in June, $0.048 in May and $0.048 in April 2026, indicating that distributions have varied between periods rather than remaining at a uniform level.

Conclusion

Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund (ASX:DIVI) combines a predominantly Australian equity portfolio with a particular concentration in financial services and basic materials. Its reported returns were positive over one, three and six months, although the fund's short trading history limits the amount of longer-term performance data available. BHP and Commonwealth Bank together represented more than one-quarter of the portfolio, while the top 10 holdings accounted for 54.40%. The fund also maintained limited international exposure and almost all of its assets in equities, alongside a series of variable distributions during 2026.