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HDFC Defence Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW

  • Regular
  • Direct
Category : Sectoral/Thematic
Fund House : HDFC Mutual Fund
  • NAV
    : ₹ 23.621 0.31%
    (as on 05th September, 2025)
Crisil Rating

Not Rated

Rank not available for the fund
Fund Size
: ₹ 6497.99 Cr
(1.28% of Investment in Category)
 Expense Ratio
: 0.75%
(0.88% Category average)
Risk-O-Meter
Very High Risk

The fund has 94.62% investment in domestic equities of which 2.75% is in Large Cap stocks, 23.18% is in Mid Cap stocks, 33.57% 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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Returns (NAV as on 05th September, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹10000 Invested on Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns Category Avg Rank within Category
1 Week 29-Aug-25 10209.20 2.09% - 1.70% 68/226
1 Month 05-Aug-25 9907.30 -0.93% - 1.07% 183/224
3 Month 05-Jun-25 9007.10 -9.93% - 1.91% 215/215
6 Month 05-Mar-25 13440.10 34.40% - 14.98% 2/211
YTD 01-Jan-25 10774.50 7.75% - 2.03% 23/201
1 Year 05-Sep-24 10415.40 4.15% 4.15% -1.29% 40/178
2 Year 05-Sep-23 19183.80 91.84% 38.44% 19.48% 1/135
Since Inception 02-Jun-23 23599.80 136.00% 46.14% 13.48% 1/198
Returns Calculator Detailed Returns Analysis

SIP Returns (NAV as on 05th September, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹1000 SIP Started on Investments Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns
1 Year 05-Sep-24 12000 13134.48 9.45 % 17.92 %
2 Year 05-Sep-23 24000 30882.17 28.68 % 26.26 %
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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 31st Jul,2025)

Portfolio Turnover Ratio : 10.79%  |   Category average turnover ratio is 163.62%  
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 : 94.62% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 94.62%
No of Stocks : 24 (Category Avg - 43.92) | Large Cap Investments : 2.75%| Mid Cap Investments : 23.18% | Small Cap Investments : 33.57% | Other : 35.12%

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 12577.2 19.36% -0.25% 21.44% (Feb 2025) 18.92% (Oct 2024) 3.28 Cr 0.00
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Aerospace & defense 10203.5 15.70% 0.17% 20.45% (Nov 2024) 15.53% (Jun 2025) 22.50 L 0.00
Solar Industries India Ltd. Explosives 9226.1 14.20% -1.98% 16.18% (Jun 2025) 7.64% (Dec 2024) 6.49 L 0.00
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. Construction vehicles 6181.2 9.51% -0.69% 10.49% (Jan 2025) 6.84% (Aug 2024) 15.61 L -0.54 L
Astra Microwave Products Ltd. Aerospace & defense 3881.1 5.97% 0.22% 7.13% (Aug 2024) 4.86% (Mar 2025) 40.44 L 1.34 L
Bharat Dynamics Ltd. Aerospace & defense 2768.5 4.26% 2.52% 4.26% (Jul 2025) 0% (Aug 2024) 17.10 L 10.77 L
Cyient DLM Ltd. Industrial products 2525.8 3.89% 0.12% 8.89% (Sep 2024) 3.77% (Jun 2025) 56.10 L 0.00
Bharat Forge Ltd. Castings & forgings 1989.9 3.06% 0.21% 3.06% (Jul 2025) 0% (Aug 2024) 17.02 L 1.64 L
Premier Explosives Ltd. Explosives 1601.4 2.46% -0.46% 5.68% (Aug 2024) 2.46% (Jul 2025) 36.49 L 0.00
InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. Airline 1566.3 2.41% 0.17% 3.24% (Aug 2024) 2.12% (May 2025) 2.65 L 0.00
- indicates change in weight in the portfolio. # indicates a new entry.
Detailed Portfolio Analysis
Name Type of Instrument Weight (%)
TREPS TREPS 5.75%
Net Receivables Net Receivables -0.37%
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
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 351.43 16.16 35.54 41.95 54.76 32.56
Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 229.26 3.11 9.41 14.37 26.06 17.49
Motilal Oswal Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 1949.73 2.11 5.22 15.30 20.74 0.00
Nippon India US Equity Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 705.95 3.44 6.85 5.51 18.39 19.99
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 273.12 4.57 8.59 14.11 16.76 18.14
Franklin Asian Equity Fund - Direct - Growth NA 270.18 1.36 6.82 12.03 15.12 10.47
DSP Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 1346.44 -0.06 -0.44 14.13 12.97 0.00
Motilal Oswal Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 774.69 2.37 1.61 22.96 10.92 0.00
WhiteOak Capital Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 409.43 0.98 7.09 16.85 10.64 0.00
SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 8450.07 -0.50 1.53 16.64 10.52 18.75

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Scheme Name
Crisil Rank
Asset Size (Cr)
1M
3M
6M
1Y
3Y
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 101772.60 -0.19 -0.48 8.69 0.66 18.92
HDFC Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 83847.39 0.16 1.14 15.79 0.66 25.43
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 80642.30 1.72 2.87 14.17 5.61 22.85
HDFC Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 67353.96 0.47 1.47 3.35 6.98 7.04
HDFC Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 38116.69 0.39 0.96 10.24 -2.84 16.44
HDFC Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 36814.36 0.43 1.58 4.21 8.00 7.61
HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 36353.10 0.59 3.60 21.55 -0.73 24.00
HDFC Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 35968.16 -0.20 0.40 4.55 8.28 7.86
HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 26406.25 0.22 0.81 13.97 -3.07 20.40
HDFC Low Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 24641.27 0.35 1.58 4.36 8.17 7.77
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