Samco Special Opportunities Fund
The scheme seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of securities that are involved in special situations such as restructurings, turnarounds, spin-offs, mergers & acquisitions, new trends, new & emerging sectors, digitization, premiumization, and other special corporate actions. These situations often create mispricings and undervalued opportunities that the fund aims to exploit for potential capital appreciation.
Growthvine rating: 1/5 — ranked #184 of 184 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Thematic |
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| NAV | ₹9.09 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹127 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 2.10% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Umeshkumar Mehta |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| Standard deviation | 0.00% |
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| Max drawdown | −32.96% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Over 5 years, captured 90.1% of Nifty 500's upside and 108.2% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 8.6% |
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| Mid cap | 14.8% |
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| Small cap | 76.6% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 21.4% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 34.6% |
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| Total holdings | 50 |
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Top holdings
- Religare Enterprises Ltd — 6.7%
- Sterlite Technologies Limited. — 5.1%
- MTAR Technologies Limited — 3.4%
- Shilpa Medicare Ltd. — 3.2%
- Laurus Labs Limited — 3.1%
- Aether Industries Limited — 2.9%
- Welspun Corp Limited — 2.8%
- Sansera Engineering Limited — 2.6%
- Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited — 2.5%
- Ather Energy Limited — 2.5%
Top sectors
- Electricals — 17.9%
- Pharma & Biotech — 14.1%
- Industrial Products — 13.7%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 6.3% | Q1 (Top) | #32 of 167 |
| 2025 | −10.3% | Q4 (Bottom) | #129 of 132 |