Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund
The Scheme seeks to generate consistent long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Small cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 1/5 — ranked #34 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹97.30 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹6,226 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.56% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Abhinav Khandelwal |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 90 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 12.04% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.53 |
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| Standard deviation | 19.99% |
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| Max drawdown | −69.70% |
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| Alpha | 1.61 |
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| Beta | 0.9 |
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Over 5 years, captured 87.2% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 88.9% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 2.1% |
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| Mid cap | 13.9% |
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| Small cap | 84.0% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 13.8% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 24.4% |
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| Total holdings | 86 |
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| Index overlap | 23.7% |
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| Active share | 76.3% |
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Top holdings
- TREPS — 4.9%
- TD Power Systems Limited — 3.3%
- Sai Life Sciences Limited — 3.0%
- Navin Fluorine International Limited — 2.9%
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited — 2.4%
- Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd. — 2.2%
- Radico Khaitan Ltd. — 2.2%
- Ather Energy Limited — 2.2%
- Craftsman Automation Limited — 2.1%
- Meesho Limited — 2.1%
Top sectors
- Pharma & Biotech — 10.6%
- Automobile — 10.2%
- Banking & Financial — 10.0%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 14.9% | Q2 | #10 of 34 |
| 2025 | −3.7% | Q2 | #14 of 30 |
| 2024 | 21.5% | Q4 (Bottom) | #23 of 28 |
| 2023 | 39.4% | Q3 | #16 of 24 |
| 2022 | −6.5% | Q4 (Bottom) | #22 of 22 |