HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan

Regular
Direct

3 Year Absolute Returns

31.20% ↑

NAV (₹) on 17 Mar 2026

57.23

1 Day NAV Change

0.40%

Risk Level

Very High Risk

Rating

HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan is a Equity mutual fund categorized under Diversified, offered by HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.. Launched on 01 Jan 2013, investors can start with a minimum SIP ... Read more

NAV History

Fund Details

Min. SIP Amount
₹100
Inception Date
01 Jan 2013
Min. Lumpsum Amount
₹ 100
Fund Age
13 Yrs
AUM
₹ 37,423.94 Cr.
Benchmark
Nifty Smallcap 100 Total Return
Expense Ratio
0.73%
Scheme Type
Open Ended
Exit Load
1%

Returns Calculator

Investment amount per month
₹1,000
Over the past
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On total investment of
*Calculation based on past performance of this fund.

Asset Allocation

AUM

₹ 37,423.94 Cr

Equity
185.35%
Money Market & Cash
14.8%
Other Assets & Liabilities
0.02%

Sector Holdings

Sectors Weightage
Hospitals & Medical Services 8.81%
Money Market Instruments 8.01%
Finance - Banks - Public Sector 6.59%
IT Enabled Services 5.78%
Finance - Banks - Private Sector 4.32%
Bearings 3.52%
Power - Transmission/Equipment 3.26%
IT Consulting & Software 3.09%
Pharmaceuticals 2.90%
Personal Care 2.69%
Auto Ancl - Shock Absorber 2.48%
Agro Chemicals/Pesticides 2.15%
Finance - Housing 2.04%
Shipping 1.87%
Auto Ancl - Equipment Lamp 1.84%
Logistics - Warehousing/Supply Chain/Others 1.77%
Paints/Varnishes 1.72%
Retail - Departmental Stores 1.67%
Chemicals - Speciality 1.51%
Engineering - General 1.49%
Auto Ancl - Others 1.44%
Couriers 1.41%
Auto Ancl - Equipment Others 1.38%
Tyres & Tubes 1.38%
Cables - Power/Others 1.37%
Textiles - Spinning - Cotton Blended 1.36%
Dyes & Pigments 1.36%
Milk & Milk Products 1.33%
Entertainment & Media 1.31%
Hotels, Resorts & Restaurants 1.30%
Transport - Road 1.28%
Project Consultancy/Turnkey 1.26%
Forgings 1.21%
Engineering - Heavy 1.15%
Textiles - Readymade Apparels 1.14%
Retail - Speciality - Non Apparel 1.14%
Fertilisers 1.06%
Mining/Minerals 1.02%
Infrastructure - General 0.90%
Finance - Mutual Funds 0.88%
Iron & Steel 0.88%
Steel - Pig Iron 0.84%
Refractories 0.83%
Construction, Contracting & Engineering 0.72%
Footwears 0.70%
Domestic Appliances 0.61%
Glass & Glass Products 0.52%
Furniture, Furnishing & Flooring 0.49%
Port & Port Services 0.42%
Auto Ancl - Engine Parts 0.37%
Printing/Publishing/Stationery 0.36%
E-Commerce/E-Retail 0.29%
Beverages & Distilleries 0.27%
Auto - Construction Vehicles 0.18%
Plywood/Laminates 0.17%
Abrasives And Grinding Wheels 0.14%
Current Assets 0.02%

Stock Holdings

Name Weightage Value (in Cr.) Sector
TREPS - Tri-party Repo 8.01% ₹ 2,998.89 Others
Aster DM Healthcare Limited 4.21% ₹ 1,575.43 Hospitals & Medical Services
Bank of Baroda 4.03% ₹ 1,507.65 Finance - Banks - Public Sector
Firstsource Solutions Ltd. 3.20% ₹ 1,197.06 IT Enabled Services
eClerx Services Limited 2.58% ₹ 966.63 IT Enabled Services
Indian Bank 2.56% ₹ 959.61 Finance - Banks - Public Sector
Gabriel India Ltd. 2.48% ₹ 928.20 Auto Ancl - Shock Absorber
Eris Lifesciences Ltd 2.40% ₹ 896.74 Pharmaceuticals
Fortis Healthcare Limited 2.38% ₹ 889.87 Hospitals & Medical Services
Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences Limited 2.22% ₹ 829.51 Hospitals & Medical Services
Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. 1.87% ₹ 700.19 Shipping
Sharda Cropchem Ltd. 1.72% ₹ 644.14 Agro Chemicals/Pesticides
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. 1.69% ₹ 632.91 Personal Care
The Federal Bank Ltd. 1.66% ₹ 622.47 Finance - Banks - Private Sector
Timken India Ltd. 1.62% ₹ 605.21 Bearings
Kalpataru Projects International Ltd 1.54% ₹ 574.92 Power - Transmission/Equipment
Apar Industries Limited 1.51% ₹ 565.03 Chemicals - Speciality
City Union Bank Ltd. 1.51% ₹ 566.26 Finance - Banks - Private Sector
LG Balakrishnan & Bros Ltd. 1.44% ₹ 538.89 Auto Ancl - Others
Blue Dart Express Ltd. 1.41% ₹ 526.92 Couriers
Home First Finance Company India Ltd 1.41% ₹ 528.65 Finance - Housing
Sonata Software Ltd. 1.39% ₹ 520.57 IT Consulting & Software
Suprajit Engineering Ltd. 1.38% ₹ 516.90 Auto Ancl - Equipment Others
KEI Industries Ltd. 1.37% ₹ 512.03 Cables - Power/Others
Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited 1.36% ₹ 507.97 Dyes & Pigments
Vardhman Textiles Ltd. 1.36% ₹ 509.57 Textiles - Spinning - Cotton Blended
Dodla Dairy Limited 1.33% ₹ 498.22 Milk & Milk Products
PVR LIMITED 1.31% ₹ 488.47 Entertainment & Media
Chalet Hotels Ltd. 1.30% ₹ 484.99 Hotels, Resorts & Restaurants
Transport Corporation of India Ltd. 1.28% ₹ 479.12 Transport - Road
Power Mech Projects Ltd. 1.26% ₹ 471.03 Project Consultancy/Turnkey
Zensar Technologies Ltd. 1.25% ₹ 469.58 IT Consulting & Software
CIE Automotive India Ltd 1.21% ₹ 451.75 Forgings
Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd 1.15% ₹ 431.43 Finance - Banks - Private Sector
Aditya Vision Limited 1.14% ₹ 426.03 Retail - Speciality - Non Apparel
PEARL GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.14% ₹ 428.06 Textiles - Readymade Apparels
JK Tyre & Industries Limited 1.11% ₹ 415.63 Tyres & Tubes
FIEM INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.09% ₹ 407.69 Auto Ancl - Equipment Lamp
VRL Logistics Ltd. 1.07% ₹ 400.08 Logistics - Warehousing/Supply Chain/Others
TEGA INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.07% ₹ 398.93 Engineering - General
AkzoNobel India Ltd. 1.07% ₹ 401.55 Paints/Varnishes
Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. 1.06% ₹ 395.65 Fertilisers
Redington Ltd. 1.02% ₹ 380.47 Mining/Minerals
Voltamp Transformers Ltd. 0.94% ₹ 350.54 Power - Transmission/Equipment
Vishal Mega Mart Limited 0.93% ₹ 347.37 Retail - Departmental Stores
UTI Asset Management Company Ltd 0.88% ₹ 328.67 Finance - Mutual Funds
Tata Steel Ltd. 0.88% ₹ 327.91 Iron & Steel
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. 0.84% ₹ 313.65 Steel - Pig Iron
KEC International Ltd. 0.78% ₹ 290.27 Power - Transmission/Equipment
SKF India (Industrial) Limited 0.76% ₹ 284.05 Bearings
Lumax Industries Ltd 0.75% ₹ 279.78 Auto Ancl - Equipment Lamp
Shoppers Stop Ltd. 0.74% ₹ 278.77 Retail - Departmental Stores
PNC Infratech Ltd. 0.72% ₹ 270.62 Construction, Contracting & Engineering
Redtape Limited 0.70% ₹ 262.91 Footwears
Indigo Paints Limited 0.65% ₹ 242.79 Paints/Varnishes
Aadhar Housing Finance Limited 0.63% ₹ 234.65 Finance - Housing
NRB Bearing Ltd. 0.63% ₹ 237.14 Bearings
The Anup Engineering Limited 0.62% ₹ 232.46 Engineering - Heavy
Bajaj Electricals Ltd. 0.61% ₹ 228.24 Domestic Appliances
Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. 0.58% ₹ 215.33 Personal Care
Gateway Distriparks Limited 0.53% ₹ 198.62 Logistics - Warehousing/Supply Chain/Others
GMM Pfaudler Limited 0.53% ₹ 198.22 Engineering - Heavy
Vesuvius India Ltd. 0.53% ₹ 196.75 Refractories
La Opala RG Limited 0.52% ₹ 194.89 Glass & Glass Products
AWFIS SPACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 0.52% ₹ 195.39 Infrastructure - General
SKF India Ltd. 0.51% ₹ 192.60 Bearings
Unichem Laboratories Ltd. 0.50% ₹ 188.98 Pharmaceuticals
Wakefit Innovations Limited 0.49% ₹ 183.97 Furniture, Furnishing & Flooring
Mastek Ltd. 0.45% ₹ 168.36 IT Consulting & Software
Insecticides (India) Ltd. 0.43% ₹ 161.39 Agro Chemicals/Pesticides
Emami Ltd. 0.42% ₹ 155.71 Personal Care
ION EXCHANGE (INDIA) LIMITED 0.42% ₹ 156.33 Engineering - General
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. 0.42% ₹ 155.65 Port & Port Services
G R Infraprojects Limited 0.38% ₹ 142.32 Infrastructure - General
GNA Axles Ltd. 0.37% ₹ 137.31 Auto Ancl - Engine Parts
D B Corp Limited 0.30% ₹ 110.57 Printing/Publishing/Stationery
Ifgl Refractories Limited (Erst Ifgl Exports Limited) 0.30% ₹ 112.01 Refractories
Brainbees Solutions Limited (FirstCry) 0.29% ₹ 106.93 E-Commerce/E-Retail
SULA VINEYARDS LIMITED 0.27% ₹ 102.79 Beverages & Distilleries
Goodyear India Ltd. 0.27% ₹ 100.27 Tyres & Tubes
BEML Limited 0.18% ₹ 68.33 Auto - Construction Vehicles
TCI Express Ltd. 0.17% ₹ 62.23 Logistics - Warehousing/Supply Chain/Others
Greenlam Industries Ltd. 0.17% ₹ 62.61 Plywood/Laminates
Carborundum Universal Ltd. 0.14% ₹ 53.72 Abrasives And Grinding Wheels
TCPL PACKAGING LIMITED 0.06% ₹ 20.95 Printing/Publishing/Stationery
Net Current Assets 0.02% ₹ 21.03 Others

Returns

Annualised returns
9M 1Y 2Y 3Y
Fund returns -14.85% 3.27% -1.96% 9.47%
Category returns -5.02% 7.64% 12.62% 50.96%

Fund Objective

The scheme is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in small-cap and mid-cap companies.

AMC Details

Name
HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.
Date of Incorporation
30 Jun 2000
CEO
Mr. Navneet Munot
CIO
Type
Pvt.Sector-Joint Venture (Indian)
Address
HDFC House, 2nd Floor, H T Parekh Marg, 165-166, Backbay Reclamation, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400020
Website
http://www.hdfcfund.com

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Top Funds from HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.

Scheme Name
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Returns
1Y 3Y 5Y
AUM (Cr)
Expense Ratio
Risk Meter
HDFC Hybrid Debt Fund - Direct Plan
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Moderately High
HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund - Regular Plan
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3.51% 32.61% 64.72% ₹23,811 1.69%
Very High
HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund
Diversified Regular
6.50% 32.38% 39.58% ₹1,272 2.23%
Very High
HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund
Diversified Regular
6.50% 32.38% 39.58% ₹1,272 2.23%
Very High
HDFC Equity Savings Fund - Regular Plan
Hybrid Regular
6.71% 32.06% 54.18% ₹5,901 1.88%
Moderately High
HDFC NIFTY Private Bank ETF
ETF Regular
8.23% 31.94% 0.00% ₹364 0.15%
Very High
HDFC NIFTY Growth Sectors 15 ETF
ETF Regular
2.16% 31.87% 0.00% ₹18 0.30%
Very High
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund
Diversified Regular
-1.54% 31.55% 67.59% ₹5,853 1.84%
Very High
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund
Diversified Regular
-1.54% 31.55% 67.59% ₹5,853 1.84%
Very High
HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan
Diversified Direct
3.27% 31.20% 60.69% ₹37,424 0.73%
Very High

FAQs

What is the current NAV of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW is ₹57.24 as of 17 Mar 2026. NAV represents the per-unit market value of the fund and is updated daily based on the closing prices of the underlying securities.

What is the fund size (AUM) of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW?

The Assets Under Management (AUM) of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW is ₹37,423.94 Crores. AUM indicates the total market value of assets managed by the fund and reflects investor confidence and fund popularity.

What are the historical returns of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW?

HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW has delivered returns of 3.27% (1 Year), 9.47% (3 Year), 9.95% (5 Year). Past performance does not guarantee future results, and investors should consider their risk appetite before investing.

What is the risk level of HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW?

HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW has a risk rating of 'Very High' as per the SEBI Riskometer. This indicates the fund is suitable for very aggressive investors comfortable with significant market volatility. Investors should align their investment choices with their personal risk tolerance and financial goals.

What is the minimum investment amount for HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW?

The minimum lumpsum investment required for HDFC Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan IDCW is ₹100. The fund also offers SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) option starting from as low as ₹100, making it accessible for regular investments. This allows investors to start their mutual fund journey with a manageable amount.

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