Bandhan Small Cap Fund
The Scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equities and equity linked securities of small cap segment.
Growthvine rating: 5/5 — ranked #1 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹50.66 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹31,103 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.33% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Kirthi Jain |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 17.62% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.89 |
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| Standard deviation | 20.41% |
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| Max drawdown | −25.20% |
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| Alpha | 8.98 |
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| Beta | 0.92 |
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Over 5 years, captured 97.7% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 82.3% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 7.0% |
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| Mid cap | 12.5% |
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| Small cap | 80.5% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 10.5% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 17.9% |
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| Total holdings | 255 |
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| Index overlap | 18.8% |
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| Active share | 81.2% |
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Top holdings
- Triparty Repo TRP_010926 — 13.1%
- REC LIMITED — 2.4%
- Sobha Limited — 2.4%
- LT Foods Limited — 2.1%
- State Bank Of India — 1.9%
- Cyient Limited — 1.7%
- CHOLAMANDALAM FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED — 1.6%
- Arvind Ltd. — 1.6%
- South Indian Bank Ltd. — 1.5%
- Paradeep Phosphates Limited — 1.4%
Top sectors
- Cash — 13.3%
- Banking & Financial — 10.5%
- Finance & Investments — 9.8%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 9.3% | Q3 | #19 of 34 |
| 2025 | −1.1% | Q1 (Top) | #7 of 30 |
| 2024 | 43.1% | Q1 (Top) | #2 of 28 |
| 2023 | 53.6% | Q1 (Top) | #2 of 24 |
| 2022 | −6.1% | Q4 (Bottom) | #21 of 22 |