Calculate the average weighted return of a group of investments
Weighted Average Return (WAR) in SIP means the average return on your investment, taking into account the differing amounts and various time periods over which each investment is held. Since every SIP installment is made at different times, the return on each installment differs, thus making WAR a more accurate indicator of overall returns.
A Weighted Average Return Calculator calculates the overall return of a portfolio by taking into account different asset weights and their individual returns.
In SIP, the Weighted total Return is the sum of all the returns obtained on your investments. This is computed by adding up the percentage and the time period of each investment. Since each SIP payment is invested at a different time, the profits on each payment are also different. So, WAR is the better way to figure out how to calculate the total gain.
The formula for Weighted Average Return is:
WAR= [(Investment 1 ×Return 1) + (Investment 2 ×Return 2) ......(Investment n ×Return n)]/ [Total Investment]
Example: Calculating WAR for a SIP
You put ₹10,000 into a mutual fund every month for three months. The return on that fund changes like this:
Using the formula: WAR = [(10,000 x 10) + (10,000 x 8) + (10,000 x 6)]/[10,000+10,000+10,000]
WAR = 8%
The Weighted Average Return in this case is 8%.