HDFC Defence Fund - Regular Plan - Growth

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 : Sectoral/Thematic

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

: ₹ 24.8 2.16%
(as on 11th November, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Not Rated

Rank not available for the fund

Fund Size

: ₹ 7024.28 Cr

(57.6% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 1.81%

(1.71% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

Very High Risk

Sectoral/Thematic :Sectoral/Thematic : The fund has 98.53% investment in domestic equities of which , 29.24% is in Mid Cap stocks, 29.62% in Small Cap stocks.

Suitable For : Investors who have advanced knowledge of macro trends and prefer to take selective bets for higher returns compared to other Equity funds. At the same time, these investors should also be ready for possibility of moderate to high losses in their investments even though overall market is performing better.

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Nifty India Defence TRI

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Returns (NAV as on 11th November, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	04-Nov-25	10097.30	0.97%	-	0.60%	4/6
1 Month	10-Oct-25	10044.10	0.44%	-	1.52%	4/6
3 Month	11-Aug-25	10758.80	7.59%	-	5.57%	2/6
6 Month	09-May-25	11765.80	17.66%	-	13.45%	2/6
YTD	01-Jan-25	11532.70	15.33%	-	11.79%	3/6
1 Year	11-Nov-24	11593.10	15.93%	15.93%	11.33%	2/6
2 Year	10-Nov-23	19927.70	99.28%	41.03%	27.25%	2/6
Since Inception	02-Jun-23	24780.20	147.80%	44.91%	21.99%	2/6

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 11th November, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	11-Nov-24	12000	13946.78	16.22 %	31.21 %
2 Year	10-Nov-23	24000	30667.72	27.78 %	25.47 %

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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 : 14.80% | Category average turnover ratio is 57.31%

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

Equity Holding : 98.53% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 98.53%

No of Stocks : 24 (Category Avg - 44.01) | Large Cap Investments : 0%| Mid Cap Investments : 29.24% | Small Cap Investments : 29.62% | Other : 39.67%

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
Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	13261.7	18.88%	0.31%	21.44% (Feb 2025)	18.57% (Aug 2025)	3.28 Cr	0.00
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	10682	15.21%	0.28%	20.45% (Nov 2024)	14.93% (Aug 2025)	22.50 L	0.00
Solar Industries India Ltd.	Explosives	8197.6	11.67%	-2.10%	16.18% (Jun 2025)	7.64% (Dec 2024)	6.15 L	-0.37 L
Bharat Forge Ltd.	Castings & forgings	6729.4	9.58%	5.68%	9.58% (Sep 2025)	0% (Oct 2024)	55.50 L	32.50 L
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.	Construction vehicles	6202.6	8.83%	-0.34%	10.49% (Jan 2025)	8.08% (Oct 2024)	14.86 L	-0.75 L
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	4034.6	5.74%	-0.60%	6.34% (Aug 2025)	4.86% (Mar 2025)	41.01 L	56.17 k
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	3809	5.42%	0.92%	5.42% (Sep 2025)	0% (Oct 2024)	25.51 L	5.03 L
Premier Explosives Ltd.	Explosives	2590.9	3.69%	0.88%	4.09% (Dec 2024)	2.46% (Jul 2025)	45.88 L	9.40 L
Cyient DLM Ltd.	Industrial products	2323.7	3.31%	-0.26%	8.51% (Nov 2024)	3.31% (Sep 2025)	55.11 L	0.00
MTAR Technologies Ltd.	Aerospace & defense	1965.6	2.80%	0.53%	3.57% (Oct 2024)	2.27% (Aug 2025)	10.62 L	0.00

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

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
Net Receivables	Net Receivables	1.12%
TREPS	TREPS	0.35%

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 01st January, 1970)

No data available. Ratios are only available for the funds which are 3 years old.

Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
LIC MF Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	284.71	3.44	7.06	14.46	14.73	13.16
LIC MF Banking & Financial Services Fund - Regular Plan - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	284.71	3.32	6.72	13.70	13.20	11.47
HSBC Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	2371.77	-0.10	2.36	9.24	-2.88	24.31
HSBC Infrastructure Fund - Growth (Adjusted NAV)	NA	2371.77	-0.19	2.10	8.68	-3.87	23.59

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HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Retail - Growth	3	23009.16	0.52	1.26	2.75	6.23	6.90
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