Midcap darlings of conservative hybrid funds for long term growth
The nature of the conservative hybrid schemes nudges their fund managers to pick low-volatile stocks. However, adding midcap and smallcap stocks in the portfolio spices up the overall returns of the schemes.
As the name suggests, conservative hybrid funds are meant for low-risk investors allocating majorly to debt securities. Just about 10-25 percent of their corpora get invested in equities. The equity portion is used for a bit of a kicker in returns. The nature of the scheme nudges its fund manager to pick low-volatile stocks. Despite their conservative nature, many fund managers go beyond largecap stocks and prefer holding mid and smallcap stocks in their portfolio. Adding midcap and smallcap stocks spices up the overall returns of the schemes. Currently, there are 21 conservative hybrid funds available in the market. Here are the most popular midcap stocks among the conservative hybrid mutual fund schemes. Data as of June 2023. Source: ACEMF.
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Jubilant FoodWorks No. of conservative hybrid funds that hold the stock: 6 No. of actively managed MF that hold the stock: 109
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation No. of conservative hybrid funds that hold the stock: 4 No. of actively managed MF that hold the stock: 93
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Schaeffler India No. of conservative hybrid funds that hold the stock: 4 No. of actively managed MF that hold the stock: 106