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Economic Times
4 hours ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Quant Small Cap Fund hikes stake in Jio Financial Services in July
Synopsis Quant Small Cap Fund raised its stake in Jio Financial Services in July, adding nearly 45 lakh shares. The fund also increased exposure to six other stocks, added four new names, including Marathon Nextgen Realty and Anthem Biosciences, and exited two. Exposure in 83 stocks, including Adani Enterprises and LIC, remained unchanged. AUM stood at Rs 29,463 crore. Quant Small Cap Fund reshuffles portfolio, ups stake in Jio Financial Services. Quant Small Cap Fund, the largest fund managed by Quant Mutual Fund, increased its stake in Jio Financial Services in July. The small-cap fund added nearly 44.99 lakh shares, taking the total holding to 6.04 crore shares in July, up from 5.59 crore shares in June. The fund also increased its exposure in six other stocks: Digitide Solutions, Exicom Tele-Systems, Piramal Enterprises, Samvardhana Motherson International, SMS Pharmaceuticals, and Vinati Organics. Among these, the highest number of shares was added in Samvardhana Motherson International, with around 75.78 lakh shares purchased during the was reduced in four stocks: Anupam Rasayan India, HP Adhesives, India Shelter Finance Corporation, and One Source Specialty Pharma. Four new stocks were added to the small-cap portfolio in July: Anthem Biosciences, Ethos, Gland Pharma, and Marathon Nextgen Realty. The fund added 54.84 lakh shares of Marathon Nextgen Realty, followed by 36.82 lakh shares of Anthem Biosciences. Additionally, 6.21 lakh shares of Gland Pharma and 71,898 shares of Ethos were added during the fund made a complete exit from two stocks: Aadhar Housing Finance and Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals, selling 9.55 lakh and 5.06 lakh shares, Read | Quant Mutual Fund receives final nod from Sebi to launch India's first Specialized Investment Fund in August The exposure in nearly 83 stocks remained unchanged, including Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Balrampur Chini Mills, Bayer Cropscience, Castrol India, Delhivery, Jana Small Finance Bank, JM Financial, Juniper Hotels, LIC, NCC, ONGC, RBL Bank, Reliance Industries, Siemens Energy India, Welspun Corporation, Welspun Enterprises, and Zydus primary investment objective of the scheme is to generate capital appreciation and provide long-term growth opportunities by investing in a portfolio of small-cap of July 31, 2025, the fund had an AUM of Rs 29,463 crore. It is managed by Sandeep Tandon, Ankit Pande, Varun Pattani, Ayusha Kumbhat, Yug Tibrewal, Sameer Kate, and Sanjeev Sharma. Also Read | Quant Mutual Fund receives final nod from Sebi to launch India's first Specialized Investment Fund in August Benchmarking against the NIFTY Smallcap 250 TRI, the portfolio consists mainly of small-cap stocks, constructed with both medium- and long-term perspectives. The scheme is suitable for long-term investors. A major portion is invested in high-growth companies with attractive valuations that are relatively under-owned.
Economic Times
a day ago
- Business
- Economic Times
These 11 mutual funds gave over 30% CAGR in 3 years. Do you hold any?
An analysis of approximately 230 equity funds reveals that around 11 delivered over 30% CAGR in the last three years. An analysis reveals that approximately eleven equity mutual funds gave returns of over 30% in the last three years. Quant Small Cap Fund and Nippon India Small Cap Fund were the top performers. Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund and Quant Mid Cap Fund also delivered strong returns. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What is rolling return in mutual funds? Around 11 equity mutual funds delivered over 30% CAGR in the past three years based on daily rolling returns , according to an analysis by ETMutualFunds. The study considered approximately 230 equity funds over the same period using the stated top two performers belonged to the small-cap category. Quant Small Cap Fund led the pack, delivering a stellar 40.36% CAGR over the three years, followed by Nippon India Small Cap Fund, which posted a CAGR of 34.52%, both based on daily rolling returns Also Read | Multi asset mutual funds beat other hybrid funds in 1 & 3 years. Should they be in your portfolio? The next two funds on the list were mid-cap schemes. Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund and Quant Mid Cap Fund delivered a CAGR of 32.59% and 31.52%, respectively, over the three-year period based on daily rolling were followed by three small-cap funds. HSBC Small Cap Fund posted a CAGR of 31.17%, while Tata Small Cap Fund and Bank of India Small Cap Fund delivered 30.80% and 30.59%, respectively, based on the same metric. SBI Contra Fund , the largest and oldest contra fund in India, reported a CAGR of 30.36% over the same period, followed by three more small-cap schemes: Canara Robeco Small Cap Fund (30.20%), HDFC Small Cap Fund (30.05%), and Franklin India Small Cap Fund (30.03%).All other funds in the study posted a CAGR ranging between 11.64% and 29.93% over the three years based on daily rolling them, Quant Flexi Cap Fund delivered a strong 29.93% CAGR, while Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund and SBI Midcap Fund posted 27.26% and 26.19%, ELSS Tax Saver Fund, the oldest ELSS scheme in the market, generated a CAGR of 24.78%, while Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, the largest active and flexi cap fund, delivered 21.96% CAGR over the same Birla SL ELSS Tax Saver Fund was the last fund on the list to deliver a double-digit CAGR, offering 11.64% over the past three years based on daily rolling Focused Fund and Samco Flexi Cap Fund delivered single-digit returns, with a CAGR of 9.48% and 2.65%, respectively, during the same analysis considered all equity mutual funds in their regular and growth options, and calculated their daily rolling returns over the past three This is not a recommendation. The exercise was purely data-driven, aiming to identify equity mutual funds that delivered over 30% CAGR over the last three years based on daily rolling are advised not to make investment or redemption decisions solely based on this analysis. Investment choices should always align with individual risk appetite, investment horizon, and financial return is the average annualized return of a fund calculated over a specified time frame, rolled forward on a daily, monthly, or yearly basis. Unlike trailing returns, which are point-to-point, rolling returns provide a more consistent and comprehensive view of a fund's performance across different market metric helps assess return consistency, offering insights into both bull and bear phases, and is considered one of the most reliable ways to evaluate a mutual fund's long-term returns carry a recency bias and reflect performance only for a specific time frame, making them sensitive to the start and end dates. In contrast, rolling returns measure a fund's absolute and relative performance across multiple periods, offering a more consistent and unbiased view.
Time of India
28-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Smallcap mutual funds dominate return charts in 5 & 10 years. What's driving the surge?
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads If you are looking for recommendations, see: Smallcap mutual funds have topped the return charts in both five and ten years across all equity fund categories, including sectoral and thematic schemes. According to market experts, while smallcap funds and indices have delivered similar returns over the past five years, the category has significantly outperformed the index over a ten-year period and their relatively smaller size offers higher growth potential, making them appealing to investors willing to take on higher risk for potentially higher rewards.'Over the last 5 years, both the Nifty Smallcap 100 Index and smallcap mutual funds have delivered approximately 33% returns. Whilst over 10 years, the smallcap mutual fund category has outperformed, delivering around 18% CAGR compared to the index's 14% CAGR,' Vishal Dhawan , CEO of Plan Ahead Wealth Advisors, a wealth management firm in Mumbai, shared with caps are often companies with the ability to grow earnings at a faster clip than more mature large caps and their relatively small size allows for higher growth potential, which can translate into significant returns for investors who are willing to embrace the risk moreover many small caps are closely tied to India's domestic consumption and manufacturing trends, which benefit from structural tailwinds, Dhawan mentioned as the reason for this surge in small caps tend to be more attractively valued than large caps during market corrections, they can offer better risk-reward for patient investors. However, their higher business and liquidity risks make them more suitable for those with a higher risk appetite and a long investment horizon, he on July 23, 2025 small cap funds have offered an average return of 32.48% in the last five years and an average return of 17.12% in the last 10 years. Around 21 small cap funds have completed five years of existence in the market out of which Quant Small Cap Fund offered the highest return of 41.36% and Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund gave the lowest of 27.67% 13 small cap funds have completed 10 years of existence in the market out of which Nippon India Small Cap Fund offered the highest return of 21.06% and Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund gave the lowest return of around 13.33%,Considering the performance in the long term, Dhawan recommends trimming exposure in these funds and investors should revert to their target asset mix and lastly avoiding lumpsum investment and doing SIP/STP with a 10 year horizon would be a prudent to the expert, while smallcap mutual funds have delivered strong long-term returns, current valuations are trading at a premium to historical averages which suggests that the risk-reward is less favourable at this the sharp rally in recent quarters, many investors may now be overexposed to smallcaps compared to their intended asset allocation to which Dhawan suggests this is a prudent time to review and rebalance portfolios, especially if smallcap weights have become excessive. Instead of increasing exposure further, investors should trim excess holdings and return to their target asset mix and avoid lump-sum investments in smallcaps at current levels; if you're investing with a 10-year horizon, consider SIP or STP routes for gradual June, small cap funds received an inflow of Rs 4,024 crore registering a growth of 25% on monthly basis from Rs 3,214 crore in May. On the other hand, another risky category to gain investors' interest was mid cap fund which received an inflow of Rs 3,754 crore in June registering a growth of 34% on monthly basis from Rs 2,808 crore in the current calendar year so far till June 30, small cap funds received a total inflow of Rs 24,774 crore whereas mid cap funds received a total inflow of Rs 21,870 are increasingly looking to tap into the faster-growing segments of the economy, as seen in their rising preference for mid-cap and small-cap funds and broad-based market gains, including a surge in the Nifty 50 index and even stronger rallies in the mid- and small-cap indices, helped reignite interest in equity investments, Dhawan have the mutual fund inflows into small cap funds contributed to recent outperformance? As a response, Dhawan firmly says yes, to an extent, recent small-cap rallies were primarily to retail and mutual fund inflows, which helped push valuations higher after prior underperformance.'DIIs (including mutual funds and insurance companies) have been pumping steady flows into equity markets. With domestic flows (DII) now a structural force driven by SIPs and rising financialization, the impact of these flows on market segments like small caps has intensified,' the expert at the recent performance of one month, the small cap funds were in the red zone though they lost marginally 0.10% whereas in the three months they gained nearly 11%.According to Dhawan, small-cap indices and funds are currently trading at a premium to their long-term averages, raising concerns about near-term return potential and at present, earnings growth does not justify the stretched valuations, especially amid ongoing global macro uncertainties.'Given their inherent volatility, small caps are highly sensitive to economic shocks and tend to correct sharply at the first sign of caution. In this context, it may be prudent to shift focus toward relatively lower-risk sectors,' said the last five and 10 years, post small cap funds, the next in the return chart were sectoral and thematic funds. Are there any sectoral or thematic funds that can give similar returns?As of now, the Banking and Financial Services sector looks attractive as it has underperformed due to concerns on divergence between credit and deposit growth, a lowering of the net interest margins, and asset quality and with the RBI initiating liquidity-supportive measures and the broader macroeconomic environment remaining conducive, the outlook for the sector appears strong.'Importantly, the banking sector is currently trading at a discount to its historical valuations, offering an attractive entry point for investors seeking stability with growth potential. It is critical to invest with a 3-5 year investment horizon,' he cap schemes invest in very small companies or their stocks. That is why investing in small cap stocks is considered extremely risky. The small cap segment can be extremely volatile in the short term, but they have the potential to offer very high returns over a long period. Small cap schemes are recommended only to aggressive investors with a high-risk appetite and long investment horizon, say, around seven to 10 years. ETMutualFunds do not recommend small cap schemes to new and inexperienced investors.: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times. One should always consider their risk appetite, investment horizon and goals before making any investment you have any mutual fund queries, message on ET Mutual Funds on Facebook/Twitter. We will get it answered by our panel of experts. Do share your questions on ETMFqueries@ alongwith your age, risk profile, and twitter handle)
Mint
25-07-2025
- Business
- Mint
Are small and mid-cap funds still overheated? THIS is what the latest data shows
The latest stress test of small and mid-cap mutual funds reveals that some of these schemes are still hovering at high valuations. No wonder then the small fund schemes will take a long time to liquidate their portfolio if too many redemption requests are placed together. Let us suppose, all the investors in a small cap scheme decide to exit half of their positions -- how long should the fund house take to redeem the scheme's assets before transferring the proceeds to investors' accounts? It is normal if the time period is two days (considering the T+2 settlement cycle). Maybe one week could be a stretch! But what if the AMC takes as long as one month or longer to liquidate half of its assets. Or 52 days? Isn't it too much to redeem just half of its assets? Incredible but true! This will take 52 days for HDFC small cap fund to liquidate 50 percent and 26 days to liquidate 25 percent of portfolio, shows the latest stress test for the month of June. At the same time, Quant Small Cap Fund will take 58 and 29 days, respectively, to liquidate the same amount of portfolio, shows the test. Tata small cap fund, meanwhile, will take 52 and 26 days to liquidate the 50 percent and 25 percent portfolio. Small Cap Funds 50% portfolio 25% portfolio Axis Small Cap Fund 25 12 DSP small Cap Fund 40 20 HDFC Small Cap Fund 52 26 Kotak Small Cap Fund 45 23 Nippon India Small Cap Fund 37 19 Quant Small Cap Fund 58 29 SBI Small Cap Fund 53 27 Tata Small Cap Fund 52 26 (Source: *The data is on a pro-rata basis, under stress condition As the table above shows, some small cap mutual funds will take anywhere between 25 to 58 days to liquidate 50 percent of their portfolio and somewhere between 12 to 29 days to liquidate 25 percent of portfolio. The situation with the mid cap mutual funds is relatively better as the table below shows Mid Cap Fund 50% portfolio 25% portfolio HDFC Mid Cap Fund 32 16 Kotak Mid Cap Fund 24 12 Motilal Oswal Mid Cap Fund 13 7 Quant Mid Cap Fund 20 10 SBI MidCap Fund 28 14 Relatively speaking, the scenario with mid cap mutual funds is somewhat better with some of these schemes (as mentioned in the table above) taking anywhere between 13 to 32 days to liquidate 50 percent of their portfolio and anywhere between 7 to 16 days to liquidate 25 percent of portfolio. An ICICI prudential Mutual Fund report says that the small and mid-cap funds have seen robust investor interest in recent times, but valuations remain elevated even after cooling off from the September 2024 highs. Per the latest data, both mid and small cap indices continue to trade at significantly higher valuation multiples compared to historical averages. Preeti Zende, a Sebi-registered investment advisor and founder of Apna Dhan Financial Services, says 'SEBI introduced stress tests a year ago to provide some transparency into how these funds might perform under adverse conditions. But that stress test is just an indication of risk-o-meter for investors to take an informed decision before investing. It didn't reduce the risk per se. The underlying risk of illiquidity and volatility continues today as well. So it's always prudent to assess your risk-taking ability before investing in mid and small-cap mutual funds, and if you want to invest, then do it for the long-term." Siddharth Alok, AVP Investments, Epsilon Money argues that investors – if looking for exposure to these categories -- can invest in a staggered way instead of putting in a lumpsum. 'Data shows that the more time you give to your investment in mid and small caps, the better it is. Ideally, it should be longer than 5 to 7 years. Given the valuations with growth slightly on the lower side for the results announced till recently and high levels of volatility, we suggest that investors invest in a staggered way rather than investing a lumpsum,' said Siddharth Alok, AVP Investments, Epsilon Money. For the uninitiated, all mutual fund houses are supposed to disclose the results of stress test for their small and mid-cap schemes. This directive had come from the capital markets regulator Sebi, which told all the fund houses to reveal the results of stress tests by the 15th of each month. Disclaimer: The views and recommendations made above are those of individual analysts or broking companies, and not of MintGenie. We advise investors to check with certified experts before taking any investment decisions. For all personal finance updates, visit here
Mint
23-07-2025
- Business
- Mint
Big turnaround! This multibagger small-cap stock rebounds 69% from March lows; retail investors boost holdings in Q1
Anand Rathi Wealth, one of the leading non-bank wealth solutions firms in India, has seen its shares soar over the past couple of weeks, especially following the release of its June quarter numbers. The stock has made a strong turnaround since hitting a one-year low in March, and the upbeat Q1 performance has further fueled its rally, pushing it to break multiple record highs and delivering handsome returns to shareholders even as the Indian stock market continues to grapple with gaining momentum. After finishing the last two months in the green, the stock extended its winning run into July, gaining another 23.21%, reaching ₹ 2,686 apiece and taking the year-to-date (YTD) gain to 36.23%. From its March low of ₹ 1,594, the stock has surged 69%, also pushing its two-year return to 514%. Since the release of its June quarter results on July 10, the stock has recorded three new all-time highs and crossed the ₹ 2,600 mark to reach ₹ 2,690 For the quarter ended June, the company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹ 94 crore in Q1FY26, marking a 28% YoY jump, while revenue from operations stood at ₹ 284 crore, up 16% YoY—primarily driven by a 27% YoY growth in mutual fund revenue. Its total AUM stood at ₹ 87,800 crore, a 27% YoY increase, supported by consistently strong inflows and larger ticket sizes from clients. It also recorded its highest-ever quarterly net inflows at ₹ 3,830 crore during the reporting period, up 14% YoY, buoyed by favorable market sentiment. The strong performance has brought the company closer to its FY26 guidance, having already achieved 25% of its full-year PAT target and 24% of its revenue target in Q1FY26. It is now just 14% short of reaching its ₹ 1 lakh crore AUM milestone. Notably, the share of clients with AUM above ₹ 50 crore rose to 27% in Q1FY26 from 25% in Q1FY25, with the onboarding of 598 net new client families, taking the total to 12,300 families. The company has continued to witness steady interest from individual investors, with the latest shareholding pattern showing that retail shareholders collectively raised their stake by 3.34% to 43.98% in Q1FY26. The number of individual retail shareholders also increased to 59,186 from 54,938 in the preceding March quarter. Alongside retail investors, mutual funds also raised their stake in the company, from 7.13% in Q4FY25 to 7.92% in Q1. Among the key mutual funds that added to their holdings during the quarter was Quant Small Cap Fund, which increased its stake from 2.67% to 3.32%. Overall, 18 mutual fund houses currently hold a stake in the company. Disclaimer: This story is for educational purposes only. The views and recommendations made above are those of individual analysts or broking companies, and not of Mint. We advise investors to check with certified experts before making any investment decisions.
