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Small CapAvoid

HDFC Small Cap

HDFC · Direct–Growth · rank #30 of 36 by Smart Score

Data updated

Trailing returns

vs Nifty Smallcap 250 (index-fund proxy)
1 Year
-2.6%
-7.4% vs index
3 Years
10.9%
-3.6% vs index
5 Years
14.8%
+0.2% vs index
Since launch
18.3%

Year-by-year performance

last entry = YTD
2021
+66.5%
2022
+5.6%
2023
+46.2%
2024
+21.5%
2025
+0.3%
2026
+1.9%

Why this score

HDFC Small Cap scores 28/100 — #30 of 36 Small Cap fund (Avoid). It stands out for fund size — beating 93% of peers on fund size. The main drag is its 3y return (better than only 2% of peers).

Each bar shows the fund's percentile vs Small Cap peers — a longer bar beats more of the category.

3Y return10.95% · 2nd percentile in category
Sharpe ratio0.28 · 5th percentile in category
5Y return14.85% · 24th percentile in category
Alpha-4.05 · 2nd percentile in category
Fund size41890.86 Cr · 93rd percentile in category
Sortino ratio0.37 · 8th percentile in category

Top holdings

top 5 = 16.3% of portfolio
1.Firstsource Solutions Ltd3.71%
2.Aster DM Healthcare Ltd3.56%
3.Gabriel India Ltd3.25%
4.eClerx Services Ltd3.09%
5.Bank Of Baroda2.67%

85 disclosed equity positions · portfolio as of Aug 2026 · weights are % of total corpus.

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