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HDFC Short Term Debt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

  • Regular
  • Direct
Category : Short Duration Fund
Fund House : HDFC Mutual Fund
  • NAV
    : ₹ 33.8137 0.05%
    (as on 20th October, 2025)
Crisil Rating
Below average performance among peers
Risk-O-Meter
Moderate Risk

The fund has 97.3% investment in Debt, of which 15.37% in Government securities, 81.93% is in Low Risk securities.

Suitable For : Investors who want to invest for 1-3 years and are looking for alternative to bank deposits.

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Returns (NAV as on 20th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹10000 Invested on Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns Category Avg Rank within Category
1 Week 13-Oct-25 10018.80 0.19% - 0.17% 6/24
1 Month 19-Sep-25 10089.10 0.89% - 0.84% 4/24
3 Month 18-Jul-25 10147.50 1.47% - 1.45% 12/24
6 Month 17-Apr-25 10366.40 3.66% - 3.62% 10/24
YTD 01-Jan-25 10716.80 7.17% - 7.20% 14/23
1 Year 18-Oct-24 10861.50 8.62% 8.57% 8.67% 15/23
2 Year 20-Oct-23 11827.60 18.28% 8.74% 8.69% 11/23
3 Year 20-Oct-22 12713.10 27.13% 8.32% 8.28% 8/23
5 Year 20-Oct-20 13795.40 37.95% 6.64% 6.68% 7/20
10 Year 20-Oct-15 21059.50 110.59% 7.73% 7.37% 7/18
Since Inception 01-Jan-13 27164.60 171.65% 8.11% 7.62% 5/24

SIP Returns (NAV as on 20th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹1000 SIP Started on Investments Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns
1 Year 18-Oct-24 12000 12539.64 4.5 % 8.41 %
2 Year 20-Oct-23 24000 26199.22 9.16 % 8.67 %
3 Year 20-Oct-22 36000 40918.42 13.66 % 8.49 %
5 Year 20-Oct-20 60000 72623.79 21.04 % 7.57 %
10 Year 20-Oct-15 120000 177531.99 47.94 % 7.6 %
 

Tax Treatment

Any profit will be clubbed with your income and taxed at your effective tax rate.

Portfolio (Updated on 30th Sep,2025)

No of Debt Holding 163 (Category Avg - 67.58) | Modified Duration 2.43 Years (Category Avg - 2.62)| Yield to Maturity 7.08% (Category Avg - 6.89%)

Type of Holdings

Security Type
% Weight
Category Average
GOI 15.37% 20.36%
CD 1.12% 3.36%
T-Bills 0.00% 0.04%
CP 0.00% 0.67%
NCD & Bonds 76.05% 69.24%
PTC 4.76% 2.63%

Investment / Portfolio Grades

Security Type
% Weight
Category Average
Government Backed 15.37% 20.39%
Low Risk 81.93% 75.89%
Moderate Risk 0.00% 0.00%
High Risk 0.00% 0.00%
Very High Risk 0.00% 0.00%
Others 0.00% 0.00%
Name Type of Instrument Weight (%)
Net Receivables Net Receivables 2.19%
TREPS TREPS 0.51%

Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 30th September, 2025)

  • Standard Deviation

    Low volatility
    0.62vs0.83
    Category Avg
  • Beta

    Low volatility
    0.85vs0.88
    Category Avg
  • Sharpe Ratio

    Better risk adjusted returns
    2.83vs1.89
    Category Avg
  • Treynor's Ratio

    Better risk adjusted returns
    0.02vs0.02
    Category Avg
  • Jensen's Alpha

    Better risk adjusted returns
    0.32vs-0.01
    Category Avg

Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name
Crisil Rank
Asset Size (Cr)
1M
3M
6M
1Y
3Y
Bank of India Short Term Income Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 241.11 0.75 1.54 3.49 10.01 10.63
Axis Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 12200.82 0.87 1.60 3.93 9.16 8.43
Nippon India Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 8816.28 0.98 1.57 3.89 9.06 8.49
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund - Direct Fund - Growth 3 22387.34 0.84 1.58 3.83 8.86 8.55
Mirae Asset Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 703.54 0.89 1.51 3.61 8.83 8.22
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 10696.23 0.97 1.58 3.74 8.81 8.38
SBI Short Term Debt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 16276.82 0.87 1.52 3.74 8.76 8.19
Groww Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 134.59 0.82 1.50 3.78 8.73 7.90
Baroda BNP Paribas Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 271.94 0.85 1.43 3.71 8.69 8.36
Invesco India Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 925.17 0.86 1.48 3.69 8.68 8.06

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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 1.09 2.07 7.09 4.58 20.08
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 85559.59 1.11 5.19 10.18 9.15 24.26
HDFC Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 84854.73 0.59 0.95 14.96 5.25 27.25
HDFC Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 56061.67 0.48 1.42 3.01 6.80 7.06
HDFC Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 38251.04 1.17 2.91 7.00 1.42 17.95
HDFC Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 37139.08 0.53 1.48 3.50 7.78 7.69
HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 36827.67 -2.14 -0.74 16.62 2.01 23.92
HDFC Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 35574.35 1.06 1.30 3.27 8.21 8.28
HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 26949.33 0.59 1.82 11.59 2.49 22.45
HDFC Low Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 24466.14 0.68 1.55 3.71 8.02 7.92

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