Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy 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 : Sectoral/Thematic

Fund House : Kotak Mahindra 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

: ₹ 18.994 -0.02%
(as on 17th October, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Not Rated

Rank not available for the fund

Fund Size

: ₹ 850.26 Cr

(0.17% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 0.88%

(0.88% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

High Risk

Sectoral/Thematic :Sectoral/Thematic : The fund has 98.61% investment in domestic equities of which 62% is in Large Cap stocks, 8.37% is in Mid Cap stocks, 7% 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 17th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	10-Oct-25	10070.50	0.70%	-	0.87%	117/226
1 Month	17-Sep-25	10076.40	0.76%	-	0.22%	69/225
3 Month	17-Jul-25	10294.30	2.94%	-	1.48%	53/218
6 Month	17-Apr-25	10956.40	9.56%	-	11.50%	126/212
YTD	01-Jan-25	10792.70	7.93%	-	4.76%	56/201
1 Year	17-Oct-24	10268.70	2.69%	2.69%	1.73%	69/184
2 Year	17-Oct-23	13501.60	35.02%	16.17%	20.16%	111/141
3 Year	17-Oct-22	16066.70	60.67%	17.11%	21.53%	90/115
Since Inception	07-Dec-20	18994.00	89.94%	14.10%	14.47%	128/198

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 17th October, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	17-Oct-24	12000	12878.33	7.32 %	13.81 %
2 Year	17-Oct-23	24000	26951.49	12.3 %	11.57 %
3 Year	17-Oct-22	36000	44987.6	24.97 %	15 %

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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)

Portfolio Turnover Ratio : 23.93% | Category average turnover ratio is 188.47%

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 : 98.61% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 98.61%

No of Stocks : 49 (Category Avg - 44.42) | Large Cap Investments : 62%| Mid Cap Investments : 8.37% | Small Cap Investments : 7% | Other : 21.24%

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
HDFC Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	684.7	8.05%	-0.01%	8.89% (Apr 2025)	7.57% (Oct 2024)	7.20 L	0.00
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	Telecom - cellular & fixed line services	507.2	5.96%	-0.04%	6.08% (Jun 2025)	4.62% (Oct 2024)	2.70 L	0.00
Eternal Ltd.	E-retail/ e-commerce	488.3	5.74%	0.20%	5.74% (Sep 2025)	3.57% (Mar 2025)	15.00 L	0.00
ICICI Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	404.4	4.76%	1.47%	6.59% (Apr 2025)	3.24% (Jun 2025)	3.00 L	1.00 L
Infosys Ltd.	Computers - software & consulting	346	4.07%	0.27%	8.61% (Dec 2024)	3.15% (Jul 2025)	2.40 L	20.00 k
Tech Mahindra Ltd.	Computers - software & consulting	336.1	3.95%	-0.23%	4.67% (Jan 2025)	3.41% (Oct 2024)	2.40 L	0.00
Ultratech Cement Ltd.	Cement & cement products	330	3.88%	-0.13%	4.4% (Jan 2025)	3.83% (Jul 2025)	27.00 k	0.00
Bajaj Finance Ltd.	Non banking financial company (nbfc)	329.6	3.88%	0.47%	3.88% (Sep 2025)	1.4% (Nov 2024)	3.30 L	0.00
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	Civil construction	329.3	3.87%	0.06%	5.04% (May 2025)	3.79% (Jul 2025)	90.00 k	0.00
Axis Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	282.9	3.33%	-0.36%	4.57% (Apr 2025)	3.33% (Sep 2025)	2.50 L	-0.50 L

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

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
TREPS	TREPS	1.76%
MF Units	MF Units	0.47%
Net Receivables	Net Receivables	-0.84%

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

11.09vs12.57

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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.

High volatility

0.91vs0.86

Category Avg
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.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.77vs1.01

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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.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.09vs0.18

Category Avg
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.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.83vs3.66

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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	406.67	1.76	22.88	81.42	41.31	41.84
Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	266.19	0.07	7.65	25.36	24.51	20.37
Franklin Asian Equity Fund - Direct - Growth	NA	279.13	2.05	11.00	27.00	18.45	16.95
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	289.73	-1.01	11.14	18.03	17.98	20.58
DSP Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	1419.62	3.56	3.20	10.57	17.37	0.00
SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	8693.07	3.21	2.72	10.79	16.77	21.32
ITI Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	311.03	4.40	2.50	7.71	16.44	16.84
Motilal Oswal Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	1984.52	-1.63	2.98	13.42	16.32	0.00
HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	1651.55	-0.64	10.81	31.36	16.04	0.00
HDFC Defence Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	7024.28	-1.03	0.92	23.34	15.17	0.00

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Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Kotak Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	5	71517.53	0.64	1.56	3.13	7.35	7.84
Kotak Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	58299.59	-0.30	1.59	18.07	4.20	24.04
Kotak Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	54083.13	0.91	1.37	11.37	6.91	19.16
Kotak Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	32820.86	0.53	1.45	3.44	7.75	7.66
Kotak Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	29473.72	0.48	1.44	3.05	6.83	7.08
Kotak Large & Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	28380.64	0.73	1.78	11.70	2.58	21.38
Kotak Multicap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	20284.98	1.46	3.68	13.29	3.17	25.91
Kotak Bond Short Term Plan - Direct Plan - Growth	4	18155.54	0.86	1.36	3.40	8.48	8.23
Kotak Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	17545.56	0.94	1.47	3.58	8.64	8.26
Kotak Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	17480.17	-2.08	-4.12	9.40	-8.37	17.78