Best Large Cap Funds
Blue-chip leaders. Lower volatility, steady compounding — the core of most portfolios.
Data updated · 35 direct-growth funds ranked by a transparent 0–100 Smart Score
| ⚖ VS | Fund | Score ↓ | Verdict | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Sharpe | Sortino | Std Dev | Alpha | Beta | VR★ | P/E | Expense | AUM | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invesco India Large Cap Invesco | 79 | Strong Buy | 7.2% | 15.2% | 12.3% | 0.65 | 0.82 | 15.7 | 3.2 | 1.04 | 5★ | 29.2 | 0.90% | ₹1.9k Cr | 13.7y | |
| WhiteOak Capital Large Cap WhiteOak | 79 | Strong Buy | 3.8% | 14.4% | — | 0.70 | 0.81 | 13.6 | 3.4 | 0.91 | 4★ | 24.8 | 0.94% | ₹1.3k Cr | 3.8y | |
| Nippon India Large Cap Nippon India | 76 | Buy | -0.6% | 12.0% | 13.8% | 0.67 | 0.54 | 14.2 | 3.1 | 0.95 | 5★ | 24.3 | 0.87% | ₹54.2k Cr | 13.7y | |
| ICICI Pru Large Cap ICICI Pru | 74 | Buy | -1.3% | 12.0% | 11.8% | 0.67 | 0.59 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 0.90 | 5★ | 21.5 | 1.02% | ₹81.0k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Baroda BNP Paribas Large Cap Baroda BNP Paribas | 72 | Buy | 4.0% | 13.0% | 11.2% | 0.62 | 0.66 | 14.8 | 2.5 | 0.99 | 5★ | 23.8 | 0.88% | ₹2.6k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Quant Large Cap Quant | 70 | Buy | 8.7% | 14.4% | — | 0.71 | 0.65 | 18.3 | 5.2 | 1.15 | 4★ | 34.2 | 1.47% | ₹3.6k Cr | 4.1y | |
| Bandhan Large Cap Bandhan | 68 | Buy | 4.4% | 14.0% | 11.1% | 0.61 | 0.78 | 15.0 | 2.4 | 1.00 | 5★ | 22.8 | 1.11% | ₹2.1k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Parag Parikh Large Cap Parag Parikh | 66 | Buy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.9 | 0.38% | ₹835 Cr | 0.6y | |
| Taurus Large Cap Taurus | 63 | Buy | 10.3% | 14.1% | 10.7% | 0.50 | 0.72 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 0.94 | — | — | — | ₹56 Cr | 13.7y | |
| Bank Of India Large Cap Bank of India | 61 | Hold | 7.9% | 13.9% | 10.0% | 0.64 | 0.64 | 16.3 | 3.3 | 1.06 | 4★ | 21.5 | 1.30% | ₹223 Cr | 5.2y | |
| Canara Robeco Large Cap Canara Robeco | 60 | Hold | 0.1% | 11.5% | 9.5% | 0.37 | 0.52 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 0.97 | 5★ | 25.2 | 0.61% | ₹17.1k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Kotak Large Cap Kotak | 60 | Hold | 1.2% | 11.4% | 9.9% | 0.36 | 0.50 | 13.1 | 2.1 | 0.97 | 5★ | 23.2 | 0.76% | ₹10.9k Cr | 13.7y | |
| JM Large Cap JM | 59 | Hold | 3.6% | 12.2% | 11.4% | 0.55 | 0.49 | 15.4 | 1.7 | 1.01 | 5★ | 28.2 | 1.12% | ₹399 Cr | 13.7y | |
| Motilal Oswal Large Cap Motilal Oswal | 59 | Hold | 0.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.1 | 0.96% | ₹3.2k Cr | 2.6y | |
| Edelweiss Large Cap Edelweiss | 56 | Hold | 3.2% | 11.5% | 10.6% | 0.52 | 0.51 | 14.1 | 0.9 | 0.95 | 5★ | 24.9 | 1.03% | ₹1.4k Cr | 13.7y | |
| HDFC Large Cap HDFC | 56 | Hold | 1.4% | 10.6% | 11.9% | 0.30 | 0.41 | 13.5 | 1.3 | 1.00 | 4★ | 23.7 | 1.02% | ₹40.2k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Tata Large Cap Tata | 55 | Hold | 3.9% | 11.6% | 10.2% | 0.53 | 0.49 | 14.8 | 1.1 | 1.00 | 4★ | 24.0 | 1.24% | ₹2.8k Cr | 13.7y | |
| DSP Large Cap DSP | 54 | Hold | -1.5% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 0.66 | 0.57 | 13.3 | 2.8 | 0.87 | 3★ | 20.4 | 1.28% | ₹7.3k Cr | 13.6y | |
| SBI Large Cap SBI | 51 | Hold | 1.9% | 10.1% | 9.8% | 0.28 | 0.39 | 12.5 | 0.6 | 0.92 | 4★ | 26.5 | 0.85% | ₹55.4k Cr | 13.7y | |
| ABSL Large Cap Aditya Birla Sun Life | 50 | Hold | 0.3% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 0.31 | 0.44 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 0.96 | — | — | 1.05% | ₹29.9k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Groww Large Cap Groww | 49 | Hold | 2.2% | 11.7% | 9.9% | 0.51 | 0.51 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 0.97 | 4★ | — | 1.36% | ₹136 Cr | 13.7y | |
| FranklIn India Large Cap Franklin | 47 | Hold | 1.0% | 11.0% | 8.7% | 0.34 | 0.48 | 12.7 | 1.9 | 0.93 | 3★ | 26.4 | 1.41% | ₹7.5k Cr | 13.7y | |
| HSBC Large Cap Gr Dir HSBC | 41 | Avoid | 2.5% | 11.0% | 9.5% | 0.31 | 0.42 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 1.03 | 4★ | 25.8 | 1.48% | ₹1.8k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Axis Large Cap Axis | 39 | Avoid | 1.2% | 10.2% | 6.3% | 0.29 | 0.41 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 0.93 | 3★ | 28.1 | 1.00% | ₹31.4k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Bajaj Finserv Large Cap Bajaj Finserv | 39 | Avoid | 5.1% | — | — | -0.37 | -0.50 | 12.9 | 1.4 | 0.94 | — | 28.4 | 1.28% | ₹1.7k Cr | 2.0y | |
| Mirae Asset Large Cap Mirae Asset | 38 | Avoid | 0.6% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 0.22 | 0.31 | 13.2 | 0.3 | 0.98 | 4★ | 23.2 | 0.75% | ₹38.7k Cr | 13.7y | |
| ITI Large Cap ITI | 36 | Avoid | 2.1% | 11.0% | 9.4% | 0.28 | 0.37 | 15.5 | 1.3 | 1.10 | 3★ | 23.5 | 0.97% | ₹367 Cr | 5.7y | |
| MahIndra Manulife Large Cap Mahindra Manulife | 33 | Avoid | -1.6% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 0.25 | 0.35 | 13.0 | 0.7 | 0.96 | 4★ | 20.1 | 1.12% | ₹711 Cr | 7.5y | |
| Sundaram Large Cap Sundaram | 32 | Avoid | 0.7% | 8.7% | 8.3% | 0.16 | 0.22 | 12.8 | -0.5 | 0.95 | 3★ | 23.9 | 0.83% | ₹3.1k Cr | 5.9y | |
| UTI Large Cap UTI | 27 | Avoid | -1.4% | 8.6% | 7.4% | 0.16 | 0.22 | 12.4 | -0.5 | 0.92 | 3★ | 20.4 | 1.07% | ₹12.3k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Union Large Cap Union | 19 | Avoid | 0.2% | 8.9% | 8.0% | 0.17 | 0.22 | 13.7 | -0.4 | 1.01 | 2★ | — | 1.68% | ₹438 Cr | 9.3y | |
| PGIM India Large Cap PGIM India | 19 | Avoid | -0.5% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 0.15 | 0.20 | 12.9 | -0.7 | 0.95 | 2★ | 24.1 | 1.10% | ₹547 Cr | 13.7y | |
| LIC MF Large Cap LIC | 18 | Avoid | -2.4% | 8.9% | 7.2% | 0.17 | 0.23 | 13.8 | -0.4 | 1.00 | 2★ | 19.2 | 1.41% | ₹1.4k Cr | 13.7y | |
| Samco Large Cap Samco | 18 | Avoid | -5.5% | — | — | -1.18 | -1.51 | 10.8 | -11.3 | 0.47 | — | 20.1 | 1.98% | ₹98 Cr | 1.4y | |
| JioBlackRock Large Cap JioBlackRock | 5 | Avoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.66% | ₹45 Cr | 0.4y |
Large Cap funds — quick answers
›Which is the best Large Cap mutual fund right now?
Invesco India Large Cap currently ranks #1 of 35 Large Cap funds with a FundLens Smart Score of 79/100 (Strong Buy). It returned 15.2% over 3 years and 12.3% over 5 years at a 0.90% expense ratio (direct plan). Rankings are recomputed from data updated 03 Sept 2026.
›Which Large Cap fund has the best risk-adjusted returns?
Invesco India Large Cap leads the category on the Sortino ratio at 0.82 (Sharpe 0.65) — meaning it has delivered the most return per unit of downside risk among Large Cap funds.
›Which Large Cap fund has the lowest expense ratio?
Parag Parikh Large Cap charges 0.38% a year (direct plan) — the lowest in the category. Lower fees compound in your favour over long holding periods.
›Which is the smallest Large Cap fund by AUM?
JioBlackRock Large Cap manages ₹45 Cr, the smallest in the category. Smaller funds can be nimbler, but check track record and costs before treating size alone as an edge.
›How long should I stay invested in a Large Cap fund?
Large Cap funds carry moderately high risk, so a horizon of 3–5 years is generally sensible. Blue-chip leaders. Lower volatility, steady compounding — the core of most portfolios. This is research, not investment advice.
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