HDFC Defence 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.

Returns (NAV as on 03rd October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	26-Sep-25	10299.30	2.99%	-	1.24%	7/227
1 Month	03-Sep-25	10541.10	5.41%	-	0.65%	3/225
3 Month	03-Jul-25	9608.60	-3.91%	-	-0.05%	202/217
6 Month	03-Apr-25	12456.20	24.56%	-	11.15%	10/212
YTD	01-Jan-25	11489.80	14.90%	-	2.85%	11/201
1 Year	03-Oct-24	11661.00	16.61%	16.61%	-1.00%	5/182
2 Year	03-Oct-23	20919.40	109.19%	44.56%	19.82%	1/139
Since Inception	02-Jun-23	25166.40	151.66%	48.36%	13.49%	1/199

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 03rd October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	03-Oct-24	12000	13920.23	16 %	30.86 %
2 Year	03-Oct-23	24000	31813.25	32.56 %	29.68 %

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Compare performance

Category	1 D	1 M	3 M	6 M	YTD	1 Y	2 Y	3 Y	5 Y
This Fund	2.20%	5.41%	-3.91%	24.56%	15.91%	16.61%	44.56%	0.00%	0.00%
Nifty 50	0.23%	0.73%	-2.01%	7.07%	5.28%	-1.41%	12.89%	13.80%	16.84%
Benchmark: Nifty India Defence TRI	1.96%	5.97%	-8.00%	26.09%	25.92%	26.01%	57.80%	59.93%	62.34%
Category Average	0.52%	0.65%	-0.05%	11.15%	2.85%	-1.00%	19.82%	21.27%	23.60%
Category Rank	2/201	3/225	202/217	10/212	11/201	5/182	1/139	0/0	0/0
Best in Category	2.63%	10.45%	25.10%	74.02%	41.58%	52.33%	44.56%	41.08%	37.82%
Worst in Category	-0.35%	-3.59%	-9.35%	-5.73%	-21.87%	-16.21%	3.25%	7.73%	5.95%

quartely results (NAV as on 03rd October, 2025)

Period

This Fund

Nifty 50

Nifty India Defence TRI

Category Average

2025

12.43%

4.85%

2.63%

Q4 - 2025	2.20%	0.23%	--	0.00%
Q3 - 2025	-7.60%	-3.64%	--	-0.59%
Q2 - 2025	30.63%	10.15%	--	7.91%
Q1 - 2025	-8.03%	-2.43%	--	-0.38%

2024

42.35%

8.75%

27.26%

Q4 - 2024	-1.15%	-8.34%	--	-2.78%
Q3 - 2024	-8.51%	6.91%	--	5.30%
Q2 - 2024	39.78%	7.48%	--	9.03%
Q1 - 2024	7.70%	3.31%	--	2.85%

2023

52.49%

19.48%

29.1%

Q4 - 2023	27.94%	11.33%	--	9.04%
Q3 - 2023	17.55%	1.07%	--	4.22%
Q2 -	--	10.29%	--	--
Q1 -	--	-4.60%	--	--

Best Quarters

Period	This Fund	Nifty 50	Nifty India Defence TRI	Category Average
Q2 - 2024	39.78%	7.48%	--	9.02%
Q2 - 2025	30.63%	10.15%	--	7.91%
Q4 - 2023	27.94%	11.33%	--	9.03%

Worst Quarters

Period	This Fund	Nifty 50	Nifty India Defence TRI	Category Average
Q1 - 2025	-8.03%	-2.43%	--	-0.38%
Q3 - 2024	-8.51%	6.91%	--	5.3%
Q3 - 2025	-7.60%	-3.64%	--	-0.59%

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