Nippon India Small Cap Fund
The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments of small cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 5/5 — ranked #2 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹186.22 (as of 2026-08-21) |
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| AUM | ₹78,407 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.13% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Samir Rachh |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 1 year |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 18.56% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.56 |
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| Standard deviation | 19.21% |
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| Max drawdown | -49.72% |
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| Alpha | 1.55 |
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| Beta | 0.87 |
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Over 5 years, captured 88.6% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 70.7% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 14.9% |
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| Mid cap | 13.6% |
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| Small cap | 71.5% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 8.0% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 13.8% |
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| Total holdings | 251 |
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| Index overlap | 29.1% |
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| Active share | 70.9% |
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Top holdings
- Triparty Repo — 2.4%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 1.9%
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. — 1.8%
- Apar Industries Ltd — 1.5%
- TD Power Systems Ltd — 1.4%
- Karur Vysya Bank Ltd. — 1.4%
- State Bank Of India — 1.3%
- Zydus Wellness Limited — 1.3%
- ACME Solar Holdings Limited — 1.1%
- Sai Life Sciences Limited — 1.1%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 12.4%
- Industrial Products — 10.2%
- Automobile — 7.7%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 12.0% | Q3 | #20 of 34 |
| 2025 | -4.7% | Q3 | #18 of 30 |
| 2024 | 26.1% | Q2 | #11 of 28 |
| 2023 | 48.9% | Q1 (Top) | #5 of 24 |
| 2022 | 6.5% | Q1 (Top) | #5 of 22 |