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Axis Small Cap Fund

Regular Plan · IDCW Option · Small Cap · Scheme code 125352

Fund houseAxis Mutual Fund
CategorySmall Cap
Plan & optionRegular · IDCW Option
History12.8 years

Returns (%)

 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YLaunch
This scheme -2.184.2417.41 -2.604.064.49 9.588.6512.62
Nifty Smallcap 250
benchmark
-2.432.3118.04 2.9313.4313.98 21.35—21.51
Small Cap
category median
——— 9.2315.7114.48 —16.02—

Over a year annualised (CAGR), under a year absolute. Computed from AMFI's published NAV history for this scheme.

Risk

 VolatilitySharpeSortinoBetaAlphaMax fallR²
This scheme 16.7% -0.15 -0.18 0.87 -10.35% -41.3% 82.54
Nifty Smallcap 250
benchmark
19.6%0.35 0.46—— -42.4%—

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta, alpha and R² are regressed on the 84 months this scheme and its benchmark share.

Growth of ₹100 since launch

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Drawdown from peak (%)

0%-15%-29%-44%2014201620182020202220242026

Every one-year period it has lived through

WindowsWorstMedianBestPeriods that lost money
582 -30.1% 7.1% 96.5% 37%

Every one-year holding period in this scheme's history, not just the last one — the spread a real investor would have met depending only on when they started.

How it behaves against its benchmark

Up captureDown captureCorrelation Tracking errorInformation ratioTreynor
71% 93% 0.91 10.3% -1.19 2.93

Up capture is how much of the benchmark's gain this scheme kept in the months the benchmark rose; down capture, how much of its fall it took. Below 100 on the down side and above it on the up side is the combination every fund is trying for and few reach. Measured over the 84 months this scheme and Nifty Smallcap 250 share.

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Axis Small Cap Fund

Regular Plan · IDCW Option

Allocation

By asset

Equity91.55%
Cash & Equivalents8.01%
Debt0.47%

By market cap

Large Cap6.44%
Mid Cap10.32%
Small Cap74.39%
Unclassified0.87%

Concentration

Number of stocks129
Top 5 stocks10.79%
Top 10 stocks18.52%
Top 20 stocks30.85%
Lines in the filing134
Largest holding2.43%
Largest sectorChemicals & Petrochemicals 8.33%
Effective stocks107.7
Sectors held34
Cash8.01%

Effective stocks is what the concentration works out to: a fund holding 129 names but most of its money in a few behaves like a fund of 108. Cash includes repo and TREPS, which every fund parks money in overnight.

Sector split

Chemicals & Petrochemicals — 8.3%Cash & Equivalents — 8.0%Industrial Products — 7.8%Banks — 7.7%Auto Components — 7.6%Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 7.3%Finance — 6.4%Healthcare Services — 5.7%Consumer Durables — 4.0%Other — 37.2%Chemicals & Petrochemicals8.3%Cash & Equivalents8.0%Industrial Products7.8%Banks7.7%Auto Components7.6%Pharmaceuticals & Biotech…7.3%Finance6.4%Healthcare Services5.7%Consumer Durables4.0%Other37.2%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals8.33%
Cash & Equivalents8.01%
Industrial Products7.83%
Banks7.65%
Auto Components7.64%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology7.26%
Finance6.44%
Healthcare Services5.68%
Consumer Durables3.95%
Realty3.84%
Agricultural Food & other Products3.32%
Industrial Manufacturing3.25%
Capital Markets3.04%
IT - Services2.92%
Electrical Equipment2.72%
Leisure Services2.34%
IT - Software2.32%
Construction2.17%
Financial Technology (Fintech)1.69%
Aerospace & Defense1.15%
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Axis Small Cap Fund

Regular Plan · IDCW Option · holdings

Top 30 holdings

#CompanySectorShares held Value
₹ cr
% of fund
1 Clearing Corporation of India Ltd Unclassified — 1,587 5.05%
2 Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences Limited Healthcare Services 10,130,828 765 2.43%
3 Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1,485,678 753 2.39%
4 CCL Products (India) Limited Agricultural Food & other Products 6,728,084 727 2.31%
5 City Union Bank Limited Banks 26,269,825 602 1.91%
6 Sai Life Sciences Limited Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 3,771,187 550 1.75%
7 Brigade Enterprises Limited Realty 8,206,322 538 1.71%
8 Sansera Engineering Limited Auto Components 1,298,602 522 1.66%
9 Clearing Corporation of India Ltd Unclassified — 500 1.59%
10 Avalon Technologies Limited Electrical Equipment 2,018,325 479 1.52%
11 Navin Fluorine International Limited Chemicals & Petrochemicals 522,648 453 1.44%
12 Craftsman Automation Limited Auto Components 392,441 439 1.40%
13 Karur Vysya Bank Limited Banks 12,132,840 422 1.34%
14 Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited Finance 2,768,484 411 1.31%
15 Minda Corporation Limited Auto Components 5,769,277 411 1.31%
16 Welspun Corp Limited Industrial Products 1,707,646 408 1.30%
17 PNB Housing Finance Limited Finance 3,383,228 389 1.24%
18 HDFC Bank Limited Banks 5,461,565 387 1.23%
19 Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited Capital Markets 1,079,018 367 1.17%
20 Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited Industrial Products 1,722,073 362 1.15%
21 Syrma SGS Technology Limited Industrial Manufacturing 2,488,473 358 1.14%
22 Kalpataru Projects International Limited Construction 2,549,461 357 1.14%
23 Blue Star Limited Consumer Durables 2,428,385 355 1.13%
24 TBO Tek Limited Leisure Services 1,998,907 349 1.11%
25 S.J.S. Enterprises Limited Auto Components 1,377,351 343 1.09%
26 PB Fintech Limited Financial Technology (Fintech) 1,776,818 333 1.06%
27 Fine Organic Industries Limited Chemicals & Petrochemicals 633,550 335 1.06%
28 The Phoenix Mills Limited Realty 1,681,118 319 1.02%
29 Galaxy Surfactants Limited Chemicals & Petrochemicals 1,406,032 317 1.01%
30 Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited Healthcare Services 1,663,780 317 1.01%
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Axis Small Cap Fund

Regular Plan · IDCW Option · where the money sits

What the manager did last month

Between the filings of 31 Jul 2026 and 31 Aug 2026. A position grows because the manager bought or because the price rose; only the share count separates them.

BoughtSoldNew positionsSold out ofPrice move of holdings
₹152 cr ₹254 cr 3 2 +5.37%
StockShares tradedShares PriceValue
₹ cr
New position
Cyient Limited 2,500,000 entered — 294
Dhoot Transmission Ltd 635,825 entered — 93.8
SPR Auto Technologies Ltd 73,053 entered — 33.7
Added to
Piramal Finance Limited 222,157 +23.4% +11.9% 51.1
PNB Housing Finance Limited 400,000 +13.4% +9.1% 46.0
CreditAccess Grameen Limited 170,000 +11.1% -14.4% 23.2
Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Limited 111,600 +12.1% -6.2% 19.4
Aadhar Housing Finance Limited 105,000 +5.7% -5.8% 4.9
Affle 3i Limited 29,453 +2.4% +0.8% 4.7
Apar Industries Limited 1,404 +1.4% +23.4% 2.5
Trimmed
Laurus Labs Limited 460,760 -28.5% +5.4% 88.2
Jain Resource Recycling Limited 2,385,358 -83.8% -20.5% 66.0
Can Fin Homes Limited 718,981 -17.3% -3.1% 57.2
Bharat Dynamics Limited 165,370 -15.9% +1.8% 21.1
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 36,560 -2.4% -1.1% 18.5
Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited 21,769 -0.7% -24.6% 1.4
HeidelbergCement India Limited 72,794 -1.5% +3.1% 1.2
Sansera Engineering Limited 1,997 -0.2% +20.1% 0.8
Sold out of
Mahanagar Gas Limited 977,847 exited — 110
Whirlpool of India Limited 694,567 exited — 55.8
Not equityPrevious filingThis filingChange
Cash, repo and TREPS ₹0 cr ₹0 cr +₹0 cr
Debt: bills, CDs and commercial paper ₹150 cr ₹148 cr −₹1 cr

The list above is stocks and fund units. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are not decisions, so they are totalled here rather than listed as activity.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP over five years

InvestedValueGainXIRR
₹600,000 ₹675,557 ₹75,557 4.69%

XIRR, not CAGR — a SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so each instalment has been invested for a different length of time.

Not investment advice. InvestVerdict is not a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser or Research Analyst. Every figure is computed from AMFI's published NAV history and the portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI; none of it is a recommendation to buy, hold or sell. Past returns do not predict future ones. Generated 25 Sep 2026.