Monthly SIP of ₹10,000 in 4 equity funds up to ₹7 lakh in 3 years

Quant Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan

Quant Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan was incorporated on January 1, 2013, and as of this writing, Value Research has awarded the fund a 4-Star rating. As on June 30, 2022, Quant Small Cap Fund Direct Plan-Growth had assets under management (AUM) 1711.78 crore, and as on August 4, 2022, the NAV of the fund was 132.38. The fund’s expense ratio of 0.62 per cent is lower than most other funds in the same category. Since its inception, Quant Small Cap Fund Direct Plan-Growth has given an average return of 15.21% per annum and 0.17 per cent over the previous year.

One Monthly SIP Rs 10,000 kept in this fund three years ago would have turned into approx. 7.18 lakh at this point, based on the fund’s three-year performance of 48.97 per cent. With a return of 20.96% in the last five years, the monthly SIP of the fund, 10,000 would have been around 13.49 lakhs. The fund has given a past return of 17.33 per cent in the last seven years, which means that a SIP 10,000 per month made seven years ago would currently cost approx. 20.24 lakhs.

The fund has sector allocation of Consumer Staples, Services, Financial, Healthcare, Metals & Mining Industries and the top 5 holdings of the fund are in ITC Ltd., IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., Hindustan Copper Ltd., Linde India Ltd. Ltd.. The fund invests 98.95% of its assets in domestic equity markets, of which 25.54% are large-cap companies, 8.26% are mid-cap stocks, and 65.15% are small-cap stocks.

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan

The fund was established on February 7, 2019 and at present, Value Research has awarded it a 4-star rating. The Assets Under Management (AUM) was rated under the management of Edelweiss Small Cap Fund Direct – Growth 1084.85 crore as on June 30, 2022, while the fund’s NAV was 25.76 as of August 4, 2022. The fund’s expense ratio of 0.57 per cent is lower as compared to other funds in the same category.

Since its inception, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund Direct has earned an average annual return of 31.15 per cent with a 1-year return of 11.75%. The fund has given a past return of 37.03 per cent in the last three years, indicating that the investment of 10,000 placed as a SIP per month three years ago has now increased to approx. 6.08 lakhs. The fund has investments in the Capital Goods, Financial, Materials, Services and Chemicals industries.

Its top 5 holdings are Brigade Enterprises Ltd., GMM Pfaudler Ltd., Max Healthcare Institute Ltd., Persistent Systems Ltd., and JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Huh. The fund invests 96.72% of its assets in Indian companies, of which 4.52% are large-cap companies, 32.31% are mid-cap stocks, and 50.91% are small-cap stocks.

Kotak Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan

The fund was incorporated on 01-January-2013 and the fund currently holds a 4-star rating from Value Research. As on June 30, 2022, Kotak Small Cap Fund Direct-Growth has Assets Under Management (AUM) of Rs. 7079.71 crore, and as on August 4, 2022, the fund’s NAV is Rs. 183.41. The fund’s 0.59 per cent expense ratio is lower as compared to other small-cap funds. Since its inception, Kotak Small Cap Fund Direct-Growth has earned an average return of 20.56 per cent per annum and 8.94% over the previous year.

a SIP of 10,000 made in this fund 3 years ago has now increased to approx. would have been 6.17 lakhs as per the fund’s trailing returns of 38.36% in the last 3 years. The Fund has a sector allocation of Materials, Consumer Discretionary, Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Capital Goods Industries and the top 5 holdings of the Fund are in Century Plyboards (India) Limited, Carborundum Universal Limited, Sheela Foam Limited, Galaxy Surfactants Limited. Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Limited

The fund invests 92.9 percent in Indian companies, with 2.89 percent in large-cap companies, 21.44 percent in mid-cap stocks and 68.57 percent in small-cap stocks.

Nippon India Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan

The fund was established on January 1, 2013, and as of this writing, Value Research has awarded it a 4-star rating. As on June 30, 2022, Nippon India Small Cap Fund Direct- Growth had Asset Under Management (AUM) 18,358 crore, and as on August 4, 2022, the fund’s NAV was 94.19. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.04 per cent, which is quite high as compared to other products in the same category.

Since its inception, Nippon India Small Cap Fund Direct- Growth has given an average return of 25.08 per cent per annum and 12.52 per cent over the previous year. One Monthly SIP 10,000 that started in this fund three years ago would have grown now 6.23 lakh based on the fund’s past performance of 35.73 per cent over three years. The top five holdings of the fund are TI Financial Holdings Limited, Grameen Financial Services Private Limited, NIIT Limited, KPIT Engineering Limited and HDFC Bank Limited.

The fund includes sector allocations for the capital goods, chemical, financial, consumer staples and technology industries. The fund invests 96.76 per cent of its assets in Indian companies, with 66 per cent in small-cap companies, 12.38 per cent in large-cap stocks and 18.38 per cent in mid-cap stocks.

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