Bandhan Small Cap Fund

Q: What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund is a 5 yrs 7 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 31.35% since inception. Bandhan Small Cap Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year Since Inception -5.11% 28.96% 29.84% 31.35%

Q: How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund has an expense ratio of 1.66% , representing the annual cost of managing and operating the fund. This fee is deducted from the fund's AUM while declaring the daily NAV, reducing investor returns.

Previously called: Bandhan Emerging Businesses Reg-G

NAV as of Sep 29, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹46.018+0.08% 1 day change	31.35% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹11,744 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹46.018 as on Sep 29, 2025

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Bandhan Small Cap Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹11,744 Cr
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 year.!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	5 yrs 7 m since Feb 03, 2020
Benchmark	BSE 250 SmallCap TRI
Min. investment	This scheme is currently not buyable
Expense ratio	1.66% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Risk	Very High
Short term capital gains (STCG)	Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long term capital gains (LTCG)	After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Bandhan Small Cap Fund Returns calculator

Investment type

Monthly investment

₹ 10,000

Investment period

Lumpsum investment

₹1 lakh

Investment period

Disclaimer: Products compared like fixed deposits may provide fixed guaranteed returns. Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.

Total investment ₹ 12 lakh
Profit ₹12 lakhs
Total corpus ₹1 lakh
Absolute return 52.69%

Trailing returns as on Sep 30, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	2.14%	-0.38%
3 Months	-2.44%	-3.34%
6 Months	13.2%	10.75%
1 Year	-5.11%	-7.71%
2 Years	27.41%	15.44%
3 Years	28.96%	19.12%
4 Years	19.53%	15.75%
5 Years	29.84%	27.62%

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Asset allocationas on May 31, 2025

Large Cap 5.77%

Mid Cap 9.07%

Small Cap 72.15%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Sobha Ltd.3.37%

LT Foods Ltd.2.36%

The South Indian Bank Ltd.2.27%

REC Ltd.2.16%

Top sectors

Financial 20.8%

Healthcare 11.890000000000002%

Services 10.209999999999999%

Construction 9.090000000000002%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Others 0.08%

Allocation by Instruments

Reverse Repo 12.91%

Margin Money 0.08%

Rights 0.02%

Cash Margin 0.01%

Other Holdings

Others 12.91%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	2.14%	13.2%	-5.11%	28.96%	29.84%	N.A.
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	-0.51%	10.81%	-8.83%	22.38%	31.54%	20.9%
Tata Small Cap Fund	-0.35%	8.95%	-9.32%	20.13%	29.03%	14.71%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	-0.68%	11.41%	-3.79%	24.1%	29.24%	15.03%
Edelweiss Small Cap Fund	-1.02%	10.7%	-7.0%	19.58%	27.98%	15.76%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	17.94	0.92	1.12	1.84
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	16.46	0.85	0.94	1.3
Tata Small Cap Fund	16.01	0.79	0.87	1.19
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	16.15	0.8	1.03	1.26
Edelweiss Small Cap Fund	15.9	0.82	0.79	1.11

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	N.A.	11,744 Cr	5 yrs 7 m	1.66%
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	N.A.	58,029 Cr	15 yrs 1 m	1.4%
Tata Small Cap Fund	N.A.	10,529 Cr	6 yrs 11 m	1.67%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	N.A.	7,718 Cr	6 yrs 11 m	1.73%
Edelweiss Small Cap Fund	N.A.	4,921 Cr	6 yrs 8 m	1.82%

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Key risk & return ratios Compared to other funds in the category

Alpha	6.75 vs. 5.05 Higher outperformance against benchmark
Sharpe	1.12 vs. 5.93 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.92 vs. 0.74 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	17.94 vs. 12.64 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About Bandhan Small Cap Fund

Bandhan Small Cap Fund is a Small Cap mutual fund scheme from Bandhan Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 5 yrs 7 m, having been launched on 03/02/2020. Bandhan Small Cap Fund has ₹11,744 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/05/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Bandhan Small Cap Fund as of 29/09/2025 is ₹46.02. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.66%, which is higher than what most other Small Cap funds charge.

Bandhan Small Cap Fund returns of last 1-year are -4.98%. Since launch, it has delivered 31.35% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 3 yrs.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is higher than most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is high.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Financial, Healthcare, Services, Construction, Chemicals sectors. It has taken less exposure in Financial, Healthcare sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Sobha Ltd., LT Foods Ltd., The South Indian Bank Ltd., REC Ltd., Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd..

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Fund AUM	11,744 Cr as on May 31, 2025
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Fund managers

Manish Gunwani

Mr. Gunwani is a B.Tech. and PGDM. Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund (formerly IDFC Mutual Fund), he has worked with Nippon India Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund as Fund Manager and as Analyst in various organisations: Vicisoft Technologies, Lehman Brothers, Brics Securities , Lucky Securities, SSKI Securities and Prime Securities.

Kirthi Jain

Mr. Jain has done CA Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund, he was associated with Canara HSBC Life Insurance, Sundaram Mutual Fund and B&K Securities

Investment objective

The Scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equities and equity linked securities of small cap segment.

Bandhan Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	67 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,77,378 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	One World Centre, 6th Floor, Tower 1C, Senapati Bapat Marg, Prabhadevi Mumbai, 400013

More funds from Bandhan Mutual Fund

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	5Y
Bandhan Infrastructure Fund	N.A.	1,701 Cr	-12.72%	33.08%
Bandhan Value Fund	N.A.	9,961 Cr	-8.09%	26.58%
Bandhan Large & Mid Cap Fund	N.A.	9,107 Cr	-3.89%	25.23%
Bandhan ELSS Tax Saver Fund	N.A.	6,955 Cr	-6.56%	22.79%
Bandhan Flexi Cap Fund	N.A.	7,357 Cr	-4.82%	18.68%
Bandhan Large Cap Fund	N.A.	1,862 Cr	-4.44%	17.75%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Bandhan Small Cap Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Bandhan Small Cap Fund plan is approximately ₹46.018 as of Sep 29, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund is a 5 yrs 7 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 31.35% since inception.

Bandhan Small Cap Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	Since Inception
-5.11%	28.96%	29.84%	31.35%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund has an expense ratio of 1.66%, representing the annual cost of managing and operating the fund. This fee is deducted from the fund's AUM while declaring the daily NAV, reducing investor returns.

What is the AUM or fund size of this mutual fund?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 11,744 Cr as on May 31, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Bandhan Small Cap Fund?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund has invested the majority of its money in the stocks of the following companies -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Sobha Ltd.	3.37%
LT Foods Ltd.	2.36%
The South Indian Bank Ltd.	2.27%
REC Ltd.	2.16%
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd.	1.76%
Apar Industries Ltd.	1.59%
PCBL Chemical Ltd.	1.54%
Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services Ltd.	1.46%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.	1.34%
Arvind Ltd.	1.3%

What are the top sectors Bandhan Small Cap Fund has invested in?

The Bandhan Small Cap Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Financial	20.8%
Healthcare	11.890000000000002%
Services	10.209999999999999%
Construction	9.090000000000002%
Chemicals	5.39%
Consumer Staples	5.359999999999999%
Capital Goods	4.97%
Textiles	3.869999999999999%
Metals & Mining	3.1499999999999995%
Consumer Discretionary	2.29%

What is risk level of Bandhan Small Cap Fund?

This is a Small Cap fund comes with Very High risk.

Is there any lock-in period in this mutual fund?

No, this fund does not have any lock-in period.

How can I redeem my investments in Bandhan Small Cap Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the Bandhan Small Cap Fund is simple. If you have invested via ET Money, just log in to the app, go to the holdings section, and submit the redemption request.

If you have invested from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

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Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Small Cap funds in the last 5 Years.
Chance: This fund has generated a 32.61% annual return in 70% of times for investors holding for at least 5 years.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 year.