Franklin India Large Cap Fund
The scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation by actively managing a portfolio of equity and equity related securities. The Scheme will invest in a range of companies, with a bias towards large cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #20 of 41 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Large Cap |
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| NAV | ₹1035.70 (as of 2026-08-21) |
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| AUM | ₹7,488 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.54% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Ajay Argal |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 9.42% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.37 |
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| Standard deviation | 13.26% |
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| Max drawdown | -55.23% |
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| Alpha | 0.36 |
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| Beta | 0.91 |
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Over 5 years, captured 90.7% of NIFTY 100's upside and 91.5% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 90.0% |
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| Mid cap | 10.0% |
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| Small cap | 0.0% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 31.6% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 52.1% |
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| Total holdings | 40 |
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| Index overlap | 53.0% |
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| Active share | 47.0% |
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Top holdings
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 9.7%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. — 6.2%
- Reliance Industries Ltd — 5.8%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 5.4%
- Bajaj Finserv Limited — 4.5%
- Eternal Limited — 4.4%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. — 4.2%
- Infosys Ltd — 4.2%
- Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — 4.0%
- SBI Life Insurance Company Limited — 3.7%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 26.3%
- Retail — 8.2%
- Automobile — 6.9%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | -2.7% | Q2 | #20 of 39 |
| 2025 | 8.4% | Q2 | #14 of 36 |
| 2024 | 16.2% | Q2 | #13 of 32 |
| 2023 | 21.7% | Q4 (Bottom) | #25 of 32 |
| 2022 | -2.2% | Q4 (Bottom) | #24 of 28 |