SBI Small Cap Fund
The scheme seeks to provide investors with opportunities for long-term growth in capital along with the liquidity of an open-ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well diversified basket of equity stocks of small cap companies.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #16 of 37 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Small Cap |
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| NAV | ₹178.05 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹42,631 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.28% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Rama Iyer Srinivasan |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 12.09% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.42 |
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| Standard deviation | 17.37% |
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| Max drawdown | −41.85% |
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| Alpha | -0.41 |
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| Beta | 0.77 |
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Over 5 years, captured 73.2% of NIFTY Smallcap 250's upside and 68.0% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 1.0% |
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| Mid cap | 3.1% |
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| Small cap | 95.8% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 16.3% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 28.2% |
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| Total holdings | 69 |
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| Index overlap | 15.9% |
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| Active share | 84.1% |
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Top holdings
- TREPS — 10.9%
- Ather Energy Limited — 4.7%
- Navin Fluorine International Limited — 3.3%
- City Union Bank Ltd — 2.8%
- Sundram Fasteners Ltd. — 2.8%
- KALPATARU PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — 2.6%
- ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited — 2.5%
- Honeywell Automation India Ltd. — 2.5%
- Pine Labs Limited — 2.4%
- BELRISE INDUSTRIES LIMITED — 2.4%
Top sectors
- Automobile — 16.2%
- Cash — 11.6%
- Industrial Products — 11.2%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 5.5% | Q3 | #26 of 34 |
| 2025 | −4.9% | Q3 | #19 of 30 |
| 2024 | 24.1% | Q3 | #18 of 28 |
| 2023 | 25.3% | Q4 (Bottom) | #23 of 24 |
| 2022 | 8.1% | Q1 (Top) | #3 of 22 |