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NAV: 12 Dec 2025
₹23.43
Rating
NA
Min. SIP amount
Not Supported
Fund size
₹7,402.96Cr
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Monthly SIP
One-Time
₹5,000 per month
Over the past
Total investment of ₹0
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Holdings (23)
| Name | Sector | Instrument | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
Bharat Electronics Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 18.82% |
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 13.81% |
Bharat Forge Ltd. | Automobile | Equity | 12.90% |
Solar Industries India Ltd. | Chemicals | Equity | 11.03% |
BEML Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 7.04% |
Bharat Dynamics Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 5.52% |
Astra Microwave Products Ltd. | Communication | Equity | 5.17% |
MTAR Technologies Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 3.63% |
Eicher Motors Ltd. | Automobile | Equity | 3.33% |
Premier Explosives Ltd. | Chemicals | Equity | 3.29% |
Cyient DLM Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 3.19% |
Data Patterns (India) Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 2.13% |
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 1.84% |
Centum Electronics Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 1.52% |
Avalon Technologies Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 1.31% |
Power Mech Projects Ltd. | Construction | Equity | 0.98% |
Cummins India Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.84% |
The Anup Engineering Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.77% |
Rishabh Instruments Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.56% |
Diffusion Engineers Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.22% |
ideaForge Technology Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.20% |
JNK India Ltd. | Capital Goods | Equity | 0.20% |
DEE Development Engineers Ltd. | Services | Equity | 0.02% |
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Minimum investment amounts
| Min. for 1st investment | Not Supported |
| Min. for 2nd investment onwards | Not Supported |
| Min. for SIP | Not Supported |
Returns and rankings
Category: Equity Thematic
Absolute returns
| 3M | 6M | 1Y | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund returns | 1.5% | -8.6% | 5.2% | 139.8% |
| Category average | NA | NA | -1.4% | NA |
| Rank with in category | 54 | 41 | 11 | NA |
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Expense ratio, exit load and tax
Expense ratio: 0.81%
Inclusive of GST
Exit load
Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 year.
Stamp duty
0.005% (from July 1st, 2020)
Tax implication
If you redeem within one year, returns are taxed at 20%. If you redeem after one year, returns exceeding Rs 1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%.
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Fund management
Rahul BaijalApr 2025 - PresentView details
Rahul Baijal
Apr 2025 - Present
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Education
Mr. Baijal has done PGDM(MBA) from IIM Calcutta and is an engineering graduate of Delhi college of Engineering
Experience
Prior to joining HDFC Mutual Fund, he has worked with Sundaram Mutual Fund, Bharti AXA Life Insurance, TVF Capital, HSBC Securities, Credit Suisse Securities & Standard Chartered Bank.
Also manages these schemes
Priya RanjanApr 2025 - PresentView details
Priya Ranjan
Apr 2025 - Present
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Education
Mr. Ranjan is B.E(Computer Science) and PGDBM (Finance).
Experience
He has over 14 years of experience in equity research.
Also manages these schemes
Fund house & investment objective
Fund house contact details
Address
"HDFC House", 2nd Floor, H. T. Parekh Marg, 165-166, BackbayReclamation, Churchgate Mumbai 400020
Phone
022 – 66316333
Launch Date
10 Dec 1999
E-mail
[email protected]Website
www.hdfcfund.com
HDFC Mutual Fund
Asset Management Company
Custodian
NA
Registrar & Transfer Agent
Cams
Address
7th Floor, Tower II, Rayala Towers, 158, Anna Salai,
Email
[email protected]Website
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