Samco Small Cap Fund
Fund basics
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 193 published NAVs between 9 Dec 2025 and 18 Sep 2026 — 0.8 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 | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samco Small Cap Fund Direct | 10.60 | 19.13 | 39.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nifty Smallcap 250 benchmark | 2.98 | 9.07 | 16.61 | 11.90 | 16.96 | 16.53 | — | — | 22.30 |
| Small Cap category median · 26 funds | — | — | — | 10.03 | 16.77 | 15.67 | — | 17.37 | — |
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 Direct plan in Small 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 25 Sep 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samco Small Cap Fund Direct | 17.43 | — | — | — | — | -11.83 |
| Nifty Smallcap 250 benchmark | 19.62 | 0.53 | 0.70 | — | — | -42.44 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.
Risk
| Volatility | Downside volatility |
|---|---|
| 17.4% | 11.5% |
Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.
The worst it has been
| Deepest fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8% | 1 months | -1.5% |
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.
Calendar years
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
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
Concentration
| Number of stocks | 61 |
|---|---|
| Top 5 stocks | 17.17% |
| Top 10 stocks | 31.83% |
| Top 20 stocks | 53.90% |
| Largest single holding | 3.95% |
| Largest sector | Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology · 13.20% |
| Number of sectors | 26 |
| Effective stocks | 57.7 |
| Cash & equivalents | 20.37% |
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
Largest holdings
Top 10 are 40.9% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.
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 31 Jul 2026 and 31 Aug 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.
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 8 | |||||
| Lalithaa Jewellery Mart Ltd | 248,640 | entered | — | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Neuland Laboratories Limited | 2,206 | entered | — | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| ESDS Software Solution Ltd | 116,552 | entered | — | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Aditya Infotech Limited | 12,943 | entered | — | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Skipper Limited | 44,933 | entered | — | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Varroc Engineering Limited | 23,133 | entered | — | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Diamond Power Infra Limited | 56,009 | entered | — | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| ASK Automotive Limited | 22,981 | entered | — | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Added tobought more shares than last month 8 | |||||
| Sai Life Sciences Limited | 7,256 | +24.5% | +11.0% | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| Marksans Pharma Limited | 24,672 | +139.3% | +24.5% | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Gland Pharma Limited | 1,262 | +5.8% | +15.3% | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Welspun Corp Limited | 1,431 | +5.8% | +44.9% | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| Aether Industries Limited | 1,774 | +24.7% | +9.9% | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Craftsman Automation Limited | 261 | +5.8% | +13.4% | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Inox India Limited | 1,306 | +21.8% | +11.9% | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Astra Microwave Products Limited | 1,514 | +10.6% | -10.5% | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 8 | |||||
| MTAR Technologies Limited | 2,237 | -67.5% | +23.0% | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| Arvind Limited | 6,727 | -30.5% | +8.3% | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Sterlite Technologies Limited | 3,968 | -20.3% | +30.8% | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Black Box Limited | 3,775 | -28.1% | -1.0% | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited | 318 | -18.8% | -0.2% | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Karur Vysya Bank Limited | 4,136 | -28.1% | +1.5% | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Star Health And Allied Insurance Company Limited | 2,435 | -28.4% | -5.5% | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Avalon Technologies Limited | 87 | -1.0% | +31.3% | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 8 | |||||
| Jindal Saw Limited | 169,228 | exited | — | 4.4 | — |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited | 31,736 | exited | — | 3.2 | — |
| Apollo Micro Systems Limited | 55,926 | exited | — | 2.2 | — |
| Supriya Lifescience Limited | 22,307 | exited | — | 1.9 | — |
| Rain Industries Limited | 71,663 | exited | — | 1.6 | — |
| Balaji Amines Limited | 5,943 | exited | — | 1.3 | — |
| TD Power Systems Limited | 10,807 | exited | — | 1.2 | — |
| Cemindia Projects Ltd | 7,441 | exited | — | 1.0 | — |
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 Small Cap Direct 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.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samco Small Cap Fund Samco Mutual Fund · this scheme | — | — | — | 17.4% | — | -11.8% |
| Mahindra Manulife Small Cap Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | 19.6% | 9.1% | 0.87 | 16.8% | 0.78 | -26.0% |
| LIC MF Small Cap Fund LIC Mutual Fund | 17.9% | 3.4% | 0.95 | 18.8% | 0.61 | -27.0% |
| PGIM India Small Cap Fund PGIM India Mutual Fund | 17.1% | 1.0% | 0.79 | 15.7% | 0.67 | -24.6% |
| UTI Small Cap Fund UTI Mutual Fund | 14.1% | 2.7% | 0.80 | 15.4% | 0.49 | -22.3% |
Alpha and beta are against Nifty Smallcap 250. 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 Small Cap scheme is
At least 65% in companies ranked 251st and below.
The highest return and the highest pain in Indian equity. These companies are thinly traded, so a fund that grows too large struggles to buy and sell without moving the price — which is why good small-cap funds close to new money.
Who it suits. Only money that will not be needed for a decade, and only alongside steadier funds.
How long money should stay. 10 years or more.
Questions people ask
What is the NAV of Samco Small Cap Fund — Direct Plan — Growth?
₹12.8700 as on 25 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 Samco Small 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 Growth option mean?
Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.
What kind of scheme is this?
At least 65% in companies ranked 251st and below. The highest return and the highest pain in Indian equity. These companies are thinly traded, so a fund that grows too large struggles to buy and sell without moving the price — which is why good small-cap funds close to new money.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 10 years or more. Only money that will not be needed for a decade, and only alongside steadier funds.