HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Retail - IDCW

Regular

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.
Direct

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.

Category : Arbitrage Fund

Fund House : HDFC Mutual Fund

NAV

This number shows latest NAV (Net Asset Value) and change in the NAV from previous day. NAV is nothing but the unit price for the fund. You will be allocated number of units based on this price. NAV is declared once each day generally at the end of the day. Once you invest in mutual funds, your money is further invested in stocks and bonds by mutual fund managers. Mutual Fund NAV is the per unit latest value of all such stocks/bonds held in the portfolio

: ₹ 22.49 0.06%
(as on 17th October, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Not Rated

Rank not available for the fund

Fund Size

: ₹ 21984.21 Cr

(97.2% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 0.93%

(0.7% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

Very High Risk

Arbitrage Fund :Arbitrage Fund : The fund has 74.49% investment in domestic equities of which 44.52% is in Large Cap stocks, 10.48% is in Mid Cap stocks, 1.7% in Small Cap stocks.The fund has 3.63% investment in Debt, of which , 3.63% is in Low Risk securities.

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Returns (NAV as on 17th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	10-Oct-25	10023.60	0.24%	-	0.24%	2/3
1 Month	17-Sep-25	10058.10	0.58%	-	0.58%	2/3
3 Month	17-Jul-25	10141.10	1.41%	-	1.44%	2/3
6 Month	17-Apr-25	10274.10	2.74%	-	2.86%	2/3
YTD	01-Jan-25	10498.00	4.98%	-	5.24%	2/3
1 Year	17-Oct-24	10649.20	6.49%	6.49%	6.68%	2/3
2 Year	17-Oct-23	11440.60	14.41%	6.95%	7.02%	2/3
3 Year	17-Oct-22	12238.10	22.38%	6.96%	6.96%	2/3
5 Year	16-Oct-20	13129.00	31.29%	5.59%	5.58%	2/3
10 Year	16-Oct-15	17122.20	71.22%	5.52%	5.48%	1/1
Since Inception	23-Oct-07	30270.80	202.71%	6.35%	5.51%	2/4

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 17th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	17-Oct-24	12000	12399.27	3.33 %	6.21 %
2 Year	17-Oct-23	24000	25678.04	6.99 %	6.64 %
3 Year	17-Oct-22	36000	39949.9	10.97 %	6.87 %
5 Year	16-Oct-20	60000	70424.44	17.37 %	6.34 %
10 Year	16-Oct-15	120000	159987.61	33.32 %	5.61 %

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Tax Treatment

If sold after 1 year from purchase date, long term capital gain tax will be applicable. Current tax rate is 12.5%, if your total long term capital gain exceeds 1.25 lakh. Any cess/surcharge is not included. If sold before 1 year from purchase date, short term capital gain tax will be applicable. Current tax rate is 20%. Any cess/surcharge is not included in the 20%.

Portfolio (Updated on 30th Sep,2025)

Portfolio Turnover Ratio : 1241.50% | Category average turnover ratio is 1182.91%

Fund manager updated portfolio more frequently than peers in last 1 year. (I.e. fund manager held stocks/bonds in the portfolio for shorter duration than peers)

Equity Holding : 74.49% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 74.49%

No of Stocks : 165 (Category Avg - 144.70) | Large Cap Investments : 44.52%| Mid Cap Investments : 10.48% | Small Cap Investments : 1.7% | Other : 17.79%

Top 10 Stocks in Portfolio

How to read this table?

Stock Invested in	Sector	Value(Mn)	% of Total Holdings	1M Change	1Y Highest Holding	1Y Lowest Holding	Quantity	1M Change in Qty
HDFC Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	12643.2	5.75%	0.11%	6.19% (Jun 2025)	0.22% (Dec 2024)	1.33 Cr	3.98 L
ICICI Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	11632.7	5.29%	0.09%	6.47% (Apr 2025)	0.28% (Oct 2024)	86.30 L	5.38 L
Reliance Industries Ltd.	Refineries & marketing	8992.2	4.09%	0.26%	8.09% (Dec 2024)	2.46% (Apr 2025)	65.93 L	4.49 L
Axis Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	7549.9	3.43%	0.30%	5.15% (Feb 2025)	1.02% (Oct 2024)	66.72 L	1.58 L
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	Telecom - cellular & fixed line services	6154.7	2.80%	-0.48%	3.99% (Jun 2025)	0.37% (Oct 2024)	32.77 L	-5.08 L
State Bank Of India	Public sector bank	6123.9	2.79%	0.45%	2.79% (Sep 2025)	0% (Oct 2024)	70.19 L	6.68 L
Grasim Industries Limited	Cement & cement products	5412.5	2.46%	-0.11%	2.71% (Apr 2025)	0.48% (Oct 2024)	19.63 L	-0.49 L
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.	Passenger cars & utility vehicles	5143.9	2.34%	0.18%	2.34% (Sep 2025)	1.55% (Feb 2025)	15.01 L	31.80 k
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	Civil construction	4860.7	2.21%	0.32%	2.21% (Sep 2025)	0.54% (Mar 2025)	13.28 L	1.87 L
Eternal Ltd.	E-retail/ e-commerce	4792.1	2.18%	0.85%	2.18% (Sep 2025)	0% (Oct 2024)	1.47 Cr	54.95 L

- indicates change in weight in the portfolio. # indicates a new entry.

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

No of Debt Holding 11 (Category Avg - 9.76) | Modified Duration 0.12 Years (Category Avg - 0.40)| Yield to Maturity 5.86% (Category Avg - 6.02%)

Type of Holdings

Security Type	% Weight	Category Average
GOI	0.00%	0.98%
CD	2.11%	1.86%
T-Bills	0.00%	1.28%
CP	0.23%	1.13%
NCD & Bonds	1.29%	2.59%
PTC	0.00%	0.02%

Investment / Portfolio Grades

Security Type	% Weight	Category Average
Government Backed	0.00%	0.00%
Low Risk	3.63%	5.59%
Moderate Risk	0.00%	0.00%
High Risk	0.00%	0.00%
Very High Risk	0.00%	0.00%
Others	0.00%	0.00%

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
MF Units	MF Units	10.88%
MF Units	MF Units	5.23%
TREPS	TREPS	2.72%
MF Units	MF Units	1.54%
MF Units	MF Units	0.87%

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Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 30th September, 2025)

Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation value gives an idea about how volatile fund returns has been in the past 3 years. Lower value indicates more predictable performance. So if you are comparing 2 funds (lets say Fund A and Fund B) in the same category. If Fund A and Fund B has given 9% returns in last 3 years, but Fund A standard deviation value is lower than Fund B. So you can say that there is a higher chance that Fund A will continue giving similar returns in future also whereas Fund B returns may vary.

Low volatility

0.84vs0.84

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Beta
Beta value gives idea about how volatile fund performance has been compared to similar funds in the market. Lower beta implies the fund gives more predictable performance compared to similar funds in the market. So if you are comparing 2 funds (lets say Fund A and Fund B) in the same category. If Fund A and Fund B has given 9% returns in last 3 years, but Fund A beta value is lower than Fund B. So you can say that there is a higher chance that Fund A will continue giving similar returns in future also whereas Fund B returns may vary.

High volatility

0.55vs0.51

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Sharpe Ratio
Sharpe ratio indicates how much risk was taken to generate the returns. Higher the value means, fund has been able to give better returns for the amount of risk taken. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free return, defined as an Indian Government Bond, from the fund's returns, and then dividing by the standard deviation of returns. For example, if fund A and fund B both have 3-year returns of 15%, and fund A has a Sharpe ratio of 1.40 and fund B has a Sharpe ratio of 1.25, you can chooses fund A, as it has given higher risk-adjusted return.

Better risk adjusted returns

1.24vs0.94

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Treynor's Ratio
Treynor's ratio indicates how much excess return was generated for each unit of risk taken. Higher the value means, fund has been able to give better returns for the amount of risk taken. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free return, defined as an Indian Government Bond, from the fund's returns, and then dividing by the beta of returns. For example, if fund A and fund B both have 3-year returns of 15%, and fund A has a Treynor's ratio of 1.40 and fund B has a Treynor's ratio of 1.25, then you can chooses fund A, as it has given higher risk-adjusted return.

Better risk adjusted returns

0.02vs0.02

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Jensen's Alpha
Alpha indicates how fund generated additional returns compared to a benchmark. Let's say if a fund A benchmarks its returns with Nifty50 returns then alpha equal to 1.0 indicates the fund has beaten the nifty returns by 1%, so the higher the alpha, the better.

Better risk adjusted returns

0.24vs0.04

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Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Sundaram Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	316.44	0.61	1.56	3.13	7.24	7.39
HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Retail - Growth	3	21984.21	0.58	1.41	2.74	6.49	6.84
Sundaram Arbitrage Fund - Regular Plan - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	316.44	0.55	1.35	2.69	6.30	6.66

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Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Retail - Growth	3	21984.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Retail - Growth	3	21984.21	0.58	1.41	2.74	6.49	6.84
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HDFC Defence Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	NA	7024.28	-2.30	-2.62	23.27	23.42	57.90