Franklin India Small Cap Fund
The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in small companies. cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #13 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹172.05 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹14,746 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.45% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Akhil Kalluri |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 14.17% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.42 |
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| Standard deviation | 19.93% |
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| Max drawdown | −71.35% |
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| Alpha | -0.23 |
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| Beta | 0.89 |
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Over 5 years, captured 81.5% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 70.5% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 8.8% |
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| Mid cap | 4.5% |
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| Small cap | 86.7% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 11.8% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 21.1% |
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| Total holdings | 91 |
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| Index overlap | 20.9% |
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| Active share | 79.7% |
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Top holdings
- Net Receivable / Payable — 3.3%
- Pine Labs Limited — 2.6%
- Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited — 2.4%
- Kajaria Ceramics Ltd — 2.4%
- Brigade Enterprises Limited — 2.4%
- Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited — 2.1%
- Eris Lifesciences Limited — 2.0%
- Metropolis Healthcare Limited — 1.9%
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited — 1.8%
- PNB Housing Finance Limited — 1.8%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 14.4%
- Automobile — 9.2%
- Consumer Durables — 8.6%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 4.6% | Q4 (Bottom) | #29 of 34 |
| 2025 | −8.4% | Q4 (Bottom) | #24 of 30 |
| 2024 | 23.2% | Q3 | #21 of 28 |
| 2023 | 52.1% | Q1 (Top) | #3 of 24 |
| 2022 | 3.6% | Q2 | #8 of 22 |