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DSP Multi Cap Fund

Option Growth IDCW
Category Multi Cap →

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Fund basics

Launched31 Jan 2024 2.7 years of history
CategoryMulti CapSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · IDCW code 152308
BenchmarkNifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on24 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 648 published NAVs between 31 Jan 2024 and 16 Sep 2026 — 2.6 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
DSP Multi Cap Fund Regular -4.17-1.077.78 -11.00—— ——3.65
Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 benchmark -4.06-1.346.36 -1.28—— ——-0.65
Multi Cap category median · 26 funds ——— 5.0213.5111.16 —13.46—

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Regular plan in Multi Cap — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 24 Sep 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
DSP Multi Cap Fund Regular 15.41 -0.18 -0.24 0.97 -5.09 -26.03
Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 benchmark 14.72 -0.49 -0.67 —— -19.96

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
15.4%11.8%-0.18-0.24

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-26.0%—-14.9%
0%-10%-19%-29%2026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
14.5%-0.4%-11.4%54%
Worst-11.4%Median-0.4%Best14.5%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

0.3%2025-9.3%2026MF Analyser
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

97.53%Equity
2.47%Cash & Equivalents

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

68.83%Large
58.40%Mid
68.78%Small
Large Cap 68.8%68.8%Mid Cap 58.4%58.4%Small Cap 68.8%68.8%Large Cap 68.8%Mid Cap 58.4%Small Cap 68.8%
AMFI's half-yearly ranking: 1–100 Large, 101–250 Mid, 251+ Small.

Concentration

Number of stocks59
Top 5 stocks21.94%
Top 10 stocks36.19%
Top 20 stocks57.04%
Largest single holding6.09%
Largest sectorBanks · 15.53%
Number of sectors26
Effective stocks42.3
Cash & equivalents2.47%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Banks — 15.5%Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 12.9%Industrial Products — 10.6%Insurance — 8.5%Automobiles — 5.5%Capital Markets — 5.1%Consumer Durables — 4.3%IT - Software — 4.0%Auto Components — 3.9%Other — 29.7%Banks15.5%Pharmaceuticals & Biotech…12.9%Industrial Products10.6%Insurance8.5%Automobiles5.5%Capital Markets5.1%Consumer Durables4.3%IT - Software4.0%Auto Components3.9%Other29.7%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 36.2% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

HDFC Bank Limited 6.09%
ICICI Bank Limited 5.63%
Axis Bank Limited 3.81%
Max Financial Services Limited 3.31%
Coforge Limited 3.10%
Info Edge (India) Limited 3.03%
Alkem Laboratories Limited 3.00%
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited 2.92%
Cipla Limited 2.71%
Hero MotoCorp Limited 2.59%
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited 2.46%
KEI Industries Limited 2.37%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

What the manager did last month

Between the filing of 30 Jun 2026 and 31 Jul 2026. A position grows for two reasons — the manager bought more, or the price went up — and only the first is a decision. The share count is what separates them, because it moves only when somebody trades.

Bought₹258 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹15.4 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions1 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of1 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +1.25% the market's doing, not the manager's

Swipe the table sideways for share counts, price change and values.

Stock Shares traded Change in shares Change in price Value of the trade₹ crore Position now₹ crore
New positiondid not hold this a month ago 1
HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd 233,913 entered — 61.2 61.2
Added tobought more shares than last month 8
HDFC Bank Ltd 728,031 +38.9% -6.2% 54.5 194
ICICI Bank Ltd 315,679 +36.9% +4.4% 45.3 168
Alkem Laboratories Ltd 76,129 +80.8% +3.3% 43.8 98.0
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 125,518 +87.3% +10.7% 42.7 91.5
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd 34,299 +73.9% +6.1% 15.9 37.5
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd 492,484 +46.2% +5.3% 15.8 49.9
Cipla Ltd 106,210 +22.3% +0.5% 15.7 85.8
Max Financial Services Ltd 98,523 +22.6% -5.4% 14.8 80.2
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 3
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd 450,037 -58.4% -5.3% 11.7 8.3
Cyient Ltd 32,245 -7.8% -2.8% 2.7 32.5
IFB Industries Ltd 7,199 -5.3% +2.2% 1.0 17.1
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 1
R R Kabel Limited 121,201 exited — 29.0 —

Only stocks and fund units are listed. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are larger in rupees than most equity trades and are not decisions, so they are summarised as cash above rather than listed as activity. Share counts and values are the fund house's own filing. What a position cost when it was first bought is in no monthly disclosure, so a value here is what the shares were worth at the later filing, not what was paid.

How it compares in its category

Against the Multi Cap Regular schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
DSP Multi Cap Fund DSP Mutual Fund · this scheme — -5.1% 0.97 15.4% -0.18 -26.0%
Axis Multicap Fund Axis Mutual Fund 16.9% 4.5% 0.95 13.8% 0.76 -18.5%
HSBC Multi Cap Fund HSBC Mutual Fund 15.6% 2.5% 1.02 14.9% 0.61 -20.3%
BANK OF INDIA MULTI CAP FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund 15.4% 3.2% 0.96 15.0% 0.60 -20.7%
LIC MF Multi Cap Fund LIC Mutual Fund 15.3% 3.6% 1.06 14.0% 0.63 -19.8%
Mahindra Manulife Multi Cap Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund 15.0% 4.3% 0.98 16.9% 0.50 -34.5%
Kotak Multi Cap Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund 14.4% 1.5% 1.03 15.3% 0.51 -21.4%
ITI Multi Cap Fund ITI Mutual Fund 14.1% 3.2% 1.07 17.6% 0.43 -38.9%
ICICI Prudential Multi Cap Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund 13.5% 1.9% 0.94 19.0% 0.37 -62.1%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Multi Cap scheme is

At least 25% each in large, mid and small caps — the split is mandatory.

Flexi cap's disciplined cousin. SEBI forces a real allocation to mid and small caps, so it cannot quietly become a large-cap fund in a nervous market. More small-cap exposure than most investors realise.

Who it suits. Investors who want guaranteed exposure across the whole market rather than a manager's changing view.

How long money should stay. 7 years or more.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of DSP Multi Cap Fund — Regular Plan — IDCW?

₹11.0950 as on 24 Sep 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of DSP Multi Cap Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the IDCW option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 25% each in large, mid and small caps — the split is mandatory. Flexi cap's disciplined cousin. SEBI forces a real allocation to mid and small caps, so it cannot quietly become a large-cap fund in a nervous market. More small-cap exposure than most investors realise.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 7 years or more. Investors who want guaranteed exposure across the whole market rather than a manager's changing view.