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29
Small CapAvoid

HDFC Small Cap

HDFC · Direct–Growth · rank #30 of 36 by Smart Score

Data updated

Trailing returns

vs Nifty Smallcap 250 (index-fund proxy)
1 Year
-4.0%
-7.2% vs index
3 Years
9.2%
-3.3% vs index
5 Years
12.7%
+0.3% vs index
Since launch
17.9%

Year-by-year performance

last entry = YTD
2021
+66.5%
2022
+5.6%
2023
+46.2%
2024
+21.5%
2025
+0.3%
2026
-1.8%

Why this score

HDFC Small Cap scores 29/100 — #30 of 36 Small Cap fund (Avoid). It stands out for fund size — beating 93% of peers on fund size. The main drag is its 3y return (better than only 2% of peers).

Each bar shows the fund's percentile vs Small Cap peers — a longer bar beats more of the category.

3Y return9.21% · 2nd percentile in category
Sharpe ratio0.17 · 8th percentile in category
5Y return12.71% · 28th percentile in category
Alpha-4.05 · 2nd percentile in category
Fund size40800.81 Cr · 93rd percentile in category
Sortino ratio0.23 · 8th percentile in category

Top holdings

top 5 = 15.7% of portfolio
1.Firstsource Solutions Ltd3.68%
2.Aster DM Healthcare Ltd3.37%
3.Gabriel India Ltd3.09%
4.eClerx Services Ltd2.92%
5.Bank Of Baroda2.65%

85 disclosed equity positions · portfolio as of Sept 2026 · weights are % of total corpus.

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