DSP Small Cap Fund
The aim of the fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio that is substantially constitutes of stocks of small cap companies/Entities.
Growthvine rating: 4/5 — ranked #7 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹225.38 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹20,221 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.40% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Vinit Sambre |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 364 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 16.25% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.6 |
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| Standard deviation | 21.22% |
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| Max drawdown | −74.68% |
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| Alpha | 3.41 |
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| Beta | 0.93 |
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Over 5 years, captured 93.4% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 79.6% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 0.0% |
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| Mid cap | 7.6% |
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| Small cap | 92.4% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 17.9% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 28.4% |
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| Total holdings | 83 |
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| Index overlap | 15.2% |
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| Active share | 84.8% |
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Top holdings
- TREPS / Reverse Repo Investments — 12.5%
- Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd. — 5.1%
- Thangamayil Jewellery Limited — 3.6%
- Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited — 3.4%
- Sansera Engineering Limited — 3.3%
- Welspun Corp Limited — 2.6%
- SHRIRAM PISTONS & RINGS LTD — 2.3%
- Dodla Dairy Limited — 2.1%
- eClerx Services Limited — 2.0%
- Ipca Laboratories Ltd. — 2.0%
Top sectors
- Industrial Products — 16.4%
- Automobile — 14.5%
- Consumer Durables — 12.1%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 15.2% | Q1 (Top) | #9 of 34 |
| 2025 | −2.8% | Q2 | #12 of 30 |
| 2024 | 25.6% | Q2 | #12 of 28 |
| 2023 | 41.2% | Q3 | #14 of 24 |
| 2022 | 0.5% | Q2 | #11 of 22 |