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Small Cap Funds, Through a Lens

Funds in this category, sorted on open public data. Pick a lens — each is a different, transparent way to rank. These are tools, not recommendations: no stars, no superlative claims, no buy/sell calls.

Data as of 2026-07-09 (NAV) · 25 Direct-Growth funds · Risk-free rate 6.5% · Source: AMFI / mfapi.in

Sorts a category by how much return each fund delivered for the risk it took (its volatility). It rewards steadier compounding over funds that merely rode a rally.

# Fund Sharpe 3Y ▾ 3Y Return ▾ 5Y Return ▾ Volatility ▾ Calmar 3Y ▾ Sortino ▾ Max Drawdown ▾
1 IDBI Small Cap Fund - Growth Direct IDBI Mutual Fund 1.65 40.5% 16.8% 20.6% 2.28 2.23 -46.0%
2 BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 1.15 28.9% 21.8% 19.5% 1.27 2.09 -24.3%
3 Mahindra Manulife Small Cap Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund 0.92 23.8% 18.8% 0.92 1.58 -26.0%
4 Invesco India Smallcap Fund Invesco Mutual Fund 0.88 25.4% 21.9% 21.5% 1.08 1.30 -37.7%
5 ITI Small Cap Fund Option ITI Mutual Fund 0.84 26.8% 18.4% 24.1% 1.11 1.23 -39.9%
6 quant Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan quant Mutual Fund 0.80 21.8% 21.0% 19.2% 0.89 1.32 -51.6%
7 BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Bank of India Mutual Fund 0.78 23.4% 20.9% 21.6% 0.86 1.24 -32.4%
8 Union Small Cap Fund Option Union Mutual Fund 0.73 20.7% 18.8% 19.5% 0.79 1.04 -44.7%
9 HSBC Small Cap Equity Fund - Growth Direct HSBC Mutual Fund 0.72 23.6% 7.9% 23.6% 0.60 1.04 -56.0%
10 UTI Small Cap Fund Option UTI Mutual Fund 0.64 17.4% 17.4% 17.1% 0.78 1.09 -22.3%
11 DSP Small Cap Fund DSP Mutual Fund 0.64 20.1% 19.4% 21.3% 0.83 0.96 -49.1%
12 PGIM India Small Cap Fund Option PGIM India Mutual Fund 0.63 17.2% 16.9% 0.80 1.00 -24.6%
13 Edelweiss Small Cap Fund Edelweiss Mutual Fund 0.60 19.2% 19.1% 21.1% 0.84 0.91 -37.1%
14 Axis Small Cap Fund Axis Mutual Fund 0.60 17.2% 18.0% 17.9% 0.89 0.90 -34.6%
15 Sundaram Small Cap Fund Sundaram Mutual Fund 0.58 20.2% 18.8% 23.4% 0.85 0.86 -57.1%
16 Nippon India Small Cap Fund Plan - Growth Option Nippon India Mutual Fund 0.56 18.8% 20.9% 21.9% 0.78 0.89 -48.6%
17 HSBC Small Cap Fund - Direct Growth HSBC Mutual Fund 0.55 17.5% 20.1% 0.64 0.87 -27.2%
18 Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund - Growth - Direct Plan Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 0.54 18.0% 14.8% 21.4% 0.69 0.79 -57.4%
19 Franklin India Small Cap Fund - Direct - Growth Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 0.53 17.0% 18.8% 19.7% 0.71 0.80 -49.9%
20 CANARA ROBECO SMALL CAP FUND OPTION Canara Robeco Mutual Fund 0.42 15.4% 17.9% 20.8% 0.65 0.63 -36.2%
21 SBI Small Cap Fund SBI Mutual Fund 0.40 14.3% 15.3% 19.3% 0.64 0.64 -40.3%
22 HDFC Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan HDFC Mutual Fund 0.40 14.5% 16.8% 19.9% 0.64 0.58 -48.3%
23 Kotak-Small Cap Fund - Growth - Direct Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund 0.38 14.3% 15.1% 20.4% 0.58 0.57 -40.6%
24 ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund 0.37 13.6% 16.4% 19.4% 0.61 0.54 -45.1%
25 Tata Small Cap Fund Tata Mutual Fund 0.32 13.1% 16.5% 20.8% 0.42 0.48 -36.6%
How this rank is calculated ▸

Formula. Sharpe (3Y) = (3-year annualised return − risk-free rate) ÷ annualised volatility. Funds are then ranked, highest Sharpe first, within their SEBI category.

Inputs. Daily NAV history (3Y) · Risk-free rate 6.5%

Benchmark. Equal-weight category composite (proxy), 162 months.

As of. NAV 2026-07-09; computed 2026-07-10.

Limits. Backward-looking. A high past Sharpe does not guarantee future risk-adjusted returns, and volatility is only one definition of risk.

What this is — and isn't

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