Edelweiss Small Cap Fund
The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation from a portfolio that predominantly invests in equity and equity related securities of small cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 4/5 — ranked #7 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹43.02 (as of 2026-10-23) |
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| AUM | ₹7,000 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.54% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Dhruv Bhatia |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 90 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 14.32% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.46 |
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| Standard deviation | 18.48% |
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| Max drawdown | −37.18% |
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| Alpha | 1.57 |
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| Beta | 0.82 |
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Over 5 years, captured 83.8% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 73.8% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 5.4% |
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| Mid cap | 22.4% |
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| Small cap | 72.2% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 12.9% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 22.6% |
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| Total holdings | 94 |
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| Index overlap | 21.8% |
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| Active share | 78.2% |
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Top holdings
- City Union Bank Ltd — 3.2%
- Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd — 2.7%
- Karur Vysya Bank Ltd. — 2.6%
- PNB Housing Finance Limited — 2.4%
- Gabriel India Ltd. — 2.1%
- Ajanta Pharma Ltd. — 2.0%
- Avalon Technologies Limited — 2.0%
- Engineers India Ltd. — 1.9%
- Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited — 1.9%
- Radico Khaitan Ltd. — 1.9%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 16.3%
- Automobile — 11.6%
- Industrial Products — 9.2%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | −2.1% | Q4 (Bottom) | #28 of 34 |
| 2025 | −2.4% | Q2 | #10 of 30 |
| 2024 | 24.9% | Q3 | #16 of 28 |
| 2023 | 42.1% | Q2 | #12 of 24 |
| 2022 | 1.7% | Q2 | #10 of 22 |