Kotak Contra 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 : Contra Fund

Fund House : Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund

Scheme Objective

To generate capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments.

Scheme Details

Fund manager(s) – Shibani Sircar Kurian
Launch date – 02-Jan-2013
Expense ratio – 0.57% as declared on 31-Aug-2025 (category average is 0.59%)
Benchmark - Nifty 500 TRI

Min SIP amount - ₹
Min investment amount (one time- first time) - ₹
Min investment amount (addtional purchase) - ₹
Type : Open Ended Fund. You can invest any time in this fund.

Exit Load

Kotak Contra Fund - Direct Plan - Growth charges 1.0% of sell value; if fund sold before 90 days. There are no other charges.

Asset Monitor

Total AUM for this Scheme (Cr)

Category Total AUM (Cr)

% of Assets in Category

2025

4493.36

0.00

0.00%

Aug - 2025	4493.36	0.00%
Jul - 2025	4471.76	0.00%
Jun - 2025	4502.48	0.00%
May - 2025	4283.33	0.00%
Apr - 2025	4071.92	0.00%
Mar - 2025	3934.53	0.00%
Feb - 2025	3603.01	0.00%
Jan - 2025	3845.07	0.00%

2024

3985.56

0.00

0.00%

Dec - 2024	3985.56	0.00	0.00%
Nov - 2024	4034.33	0.00	0.00%
Oct - 2024	3935.46	0.00	0.00%
Sep - 2024	4047.50	0.00	0.00%
Aug - 2024	3928.94	0.00	0.00%
Jul - 2024	3760.40	0.00	0.00%
Jun - 2024	3499.74	0.00	0.00%
May - 2024	3136.40	48734.69	6.44%
Apr - 2024	2961.62	47260.35	6.27%
Mar - 2024	2672.12	43352.48	6.16%
Feb - 2024	2567.44	41716.84	6.15%
Jan - 2024	2450.69	39367.83	6.23%

2023

2288.13

36743.48

6.23%

Dec - 2023	2288.13	36743.48	6.23%
Nov - 2023	2054.55	33048.55	6.22%
Oct - 2023	1843.49	29627.01	6.22%
Sep - 2023	1860.92	29651.67	6.28%
Aug - 2023	1792.68	27579.48	6.50%
Jul - 2023	1779.97	26265.42	6.78%
Jun - 2023	1688.06	24155.35	6.99%
May - 2023	1598.78	22311.55	7.17%
Apr - 2023	1526.62	20949.35	7.29%
Mar - 2023	1467.20	19836.96	7.40%
Feb - 2023	1440.67	19128.95	7.53%
Jan - 2023	1446.85	18870.15	7.67%

2022

1451.97

18721.01

7.76%

Dec - 2022	1451.97	18721.01	7.76%
Nov - 2022	1473.54	18579.73	7.93%
Oct - 2022	1420.89	17783.78	7.99%
Sep - 2022	1344.09	16756.78	8.02%
Aug - 2022	1378.64	16640.17	8.29%
Jul - 2022	1319.15	15611.40	8.45%
Jun - 2022	1192.39	14073.20	8.47%
May - 2022	1227.77	14347.61	8.56%
Apr - 2022	1260.04	14405.18	8.75%
Mar - 2022	1255.46	14190.50	8.85%
Feb - 2022	1192.50	13168.89	9.06%
Jan - 2022	1235.65	13569.83	9.11%

2021

1201.27

13300.58

9.03%

Dec - 2021	1201.27	13300.58	9.03%
Nov - 2021	1152.68	12760.97	9.03%
Oct - 2021	1188.75	12752.94	9.32%
Sep - 2021	1169.07	12553.77	9.31%
Aug - 2021	1132.57	12154.53	9.32%
Jul - 2021	1080.95	11639.52	9.29%
Jun - 2021	1048.77	10971.50	9.56%
May - 2021	1013.82	10294.63	9.85%
Apr - 2021	941.58	9256.17	10.17%
Mar - 2021	942.73	9274.93	10.16%
Feb - 2021	934.00	9189.07	10.16%
Jan - 2021	852.97	8450.38	10.09%

2020

875.90

8538.64

10.26%

Dec - 2020	875.90	8538.64	10.26%
Nov - 2020	860.98	7959.58	10.82%
Oct - 2020	801.96	7165.57	11.19%
Sep - 2020	809.75	7097.84	11.41%
Aug - 2020	817.65	7166.67	11.41%
Jul - 2020	810.64	7019.49	11.55%
Jun - 2020	774.51	6607.67	11.72%
May - 2020	708.81	6071.05	11.68%
Apr - 2020	726.10	6093.75	11.92%
Mar - 2020	631.39	5253.12	12.02%
Feb - 2020	866.17	6801.90	12.73%
Jan - 2020	899.78	7017.99	12.82%

Tax Rate

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%.

Contact Details

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd.

27 BKC, C-27, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai 400051
Tel no.: 022-61152100
Fax no.: 022-67082213
Website.: www.kotakmf.com

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