HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct 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 : Small Cap 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

: ₹ 161.37 -0.16%
(as on 13th October, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Average performance among peers

Fund Size

: ₹ 36827.67 Cr

(10.32% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 0.69%

(0.61% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

Very High Risk

Small Cap Fund :Small Cap Fund : The fund has 89.81% investment in domestic equities of which 3.94% is in Large Cap stocks, 4.71% is in Mid Cap stocks, 59.43% in Small Cap stocks.

Suitable For : Investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3-4 years and looking for very high returns. At the same time, these investors should also be ready for possibility of higher losses in their investments.

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Returns (NAV as on 13th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	06-Oct-25	9987.30	-0.13%	-	0.07%	18/30
1 Month	12-Sep-25	9902.40	-0.98%	-	-0.52%	19/31
3 Month	11-Jul-25	10035.80	0.36%	-	-1.23%	6/30
6 Month	11-Apr-25	12054.40	20.54%	-	15.61%	3/30
YTD	01-Jan-25	10164.50	1.65%	-	-2.14%	3/29
1 Year	11-Oct-24	10107.60	1.08%	1.07%	-4.19%	3/28
2 Year	13-Oct-23	13570.00	35.70%	16.47%	17.54%	15/24
3 Year	13-Oct-22	19170.10	91.70%	24.20%	21.54%	5/23
5 Year	13-Oct-20	38802.10	288.02%	31.13%	29.47%	7/21
10 Year	13-Oct-15	60413.30	504.13%	19.69%	18.10%	4/13
Since Inception	02-Jan-13	100950.90	909.51%	19.82%	19.34%	17/31

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 13th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	11-Oct-24	12000	12914.18	7.62 %	14.37 %
2 Year	13-Oct-23	24000	27158.51	13.16 %	12.37 %
3 Year	13-Oct-22	36000	47543.36	32.06 %	18.9 %
5 Year	13-Oct-20	60000	105369.99	75.62 %	22.69 %
10 Year	13-Oct-15	120000	369259.92	207.72 %	21.28 %

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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)

Equity Holding : 89.81% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 89.81%

No of Stocks : 82 (Category Avg - 88.48) | Large Cap Investments : 3.94%| Mid Cap Investments : 4.71% | Small Cap Investments : 59.43% | Other : 21.73%

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
# Firstsource Solutions Ltd.	It enabled services	18055	4.90%	0.00%	6.75% (Feb 2025)	5.12% (Jul 2025)	5.49 Cr	3.00 L
# Aster DM Healthcare Ltd.	Hospital	15126.5	4.11%	0.00%	4.06% (Jun 2025)	2.86% (Sep 2024)	2.41 Cr	0.00
# eClerx Services Ltd.	Business process outsourcing (bpo)/ knowledge process outsourcing (kpo)	14792.9	4.02%	0.00%	4.38% (Aug 2025)	3.07% (Apr 2025)	36.84 L	-0.85 L
# Bank Of Baroda	Public sector bank	12107.1	3.29%	0.00%	3.79% (Apr 2025)	3% (Aug 2025)	4.68 Cr	0.00
# Gabriel India Ltd.	Auto components & equipments	11666.3	3.17%	0.00%	3.47% (Aug 2025)	1.58% (Nov 2024)	98.75 L	-0.11 Cr
# Eris Lifesciences Ltd.	Pharmaceuticals	10049.1	2.73%	0.00%	3.01% (Aug 2025)	2.3% (Oct 2024)	63.37 L	2.59 L
# Fortis Healthcare Ltd.	Hospital	9768.9	2.65%	0.00%	2.88% (Mar 2025)	2.09% (May 2025)	1.01 Cr	0.00
# Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd.	Hospital	7790.7	2.12%	0.00%	2.43% (Apr 2025)	1.85% (Sep 2024)	1.11 Cr	0.00
# Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd.	Dyes and pigments	7724.8	2.10%	0.00%	2.38% (Aug 2025)	1.73% (Oct 2024)	57.90 L	22.67 k
# Indian Bank	Public sector bank	7272.9	1.97%	0.00%	1.78% (Apr 2025)	1.49% (Sep 2024)	96.88 L	0.00

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

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
TREPS	TREPS	10.39%
Net Receivables	Net Receivables	-0.20%

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

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

13.23vs13.62

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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.

Low volatility

0.82vs0.83

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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

1.18vs0.97

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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

0.19vs0.16

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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

3.68vs0.93

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Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	5452.13	2.05	0.80	17.15	2.72	0.00
Quantum Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	159.16	-0.39	-1.84	15.41	2.14	0.00
Invesco India Smallcap Fund - Direct - Growth	4	8055.38	0.77	0.30	18.29	0.49	27.39
PGIM India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	1567.96	-0.17	0.91	18.82	0.28	16.04
ITI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	5	2666.63	0.33	-0.49	15.35	-0.93	28.26
Axis Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	25975.38	-0.67	-1.30	13.77	-1.03	20.20
Bandhan Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	5	15737.73	-0.60	-0.87	17.35	-1.43	31.62
UTI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	4669.44	-0.50	-1.58	16.60	-2.09	19.88
Sundaram Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	3340.55	-0.43	-0.66	16.48	-2.32	21.81
Union Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	1	1710.49	0.29	1.48	21.45	-3.03	18.16

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Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	103041.31	1.02	0.75	8.74	3.64	20.43
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	85559.59	1.39	3.38	13.37	7.77	25.00
HDFC Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	84854.73	0.75	0.50	18.19	3.52	27.08
HDFC Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	56061.67	0.49	1.43	3.02	6.82	7.06
HDFC Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	38251.04	0.38	0.70	9.73	-0.61	18.37
HDFC Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	37139.08	0.57	1.52	3.54	7.82	7.69
HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	36827.67	-0.98	0.36	20.54	1.07	24.20
HDFC Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	35574.35	0.93	1.33	3.40	8.13	8.31
HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	26949.33	0.92	0.84	15.25	0.83	22.76
HDFC Low Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	24466.14	0.68	1.56	3.77	8.02	7.91