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Small CapAvoid

HDFC Small Cap

HDFC · Direct–Growth · rank #28 of 36 by Smart Score

Data updated

Trailing returns

vs Nifty Smallcap 250 (index-fund proxy)
1 Year
-1.0%
-9.6% vs index
3 Years
11.2%
-4.0% vs index
5 Years
15.8%
+0.3% vs index
Since launch
18.4%

Year-by-year performance

last entry = YTD
2021
+66.5%
2022
+5.6%
2023
+46.2%
2024
+21.5%
2025
+0.3%
2026
+1.6%

Why this score

HDFC Small Cap scores 29/100 — #28 of 36 Small Cap fund (Avoid). It stands out for fund size — beating 96% 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 return11.19% · 2nd percentile in category
Sharpe ratio0.27 · 5th percentile in category
5Y return15.81% · 28th percentile in category
Alpha-4.38 · 2nd percentile in category
Fund size41679.00 Cr · 96th percentile in category
Sortino ratio0.37 · 5th percentile in category

Top holdings

top 5 = 17.1% of portfolio
1.Firstsource Solutions Ltd4.24%
2.Aster DM Healthcare Ltd3.89%
3.Gabriel India Ltd3.34%
4.eClerx Services Ltd2.85%
5.Bank Of Baroda2.73%

84 disclosed equity positions · portfolio as of Jul 2026 · weights are % of total corpus.

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