Kotak Special Opportunities Fund

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

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a 1 yrs 7 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of -5.76% since inception. Kotak Special Opportunities Fund Returns 1-Year Since Inception -2.17% -5.76%

NAV as of Feb 02, 2026	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹9.119-1.12% 1 day change	-5.76% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹1,627 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹9.119 as on Feb 02, 2026

This fund Category average

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹1,627 Cr
Exit load	0.5% 0.5% for redemption within 90 Days!
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	1 yrs 7 m since Jun 10, 2024
Benchmark	NIFTY 500 TRI
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	2.12% as on Feb 01, 2026
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%

Kotak Special Opportunities 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 Feb 03, 2026

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	-10.04%	-8.79%
3 Months	-8.05%	-8.32%
6 Months	-2.93%	-5.01%
1 Year	-2.17%	0.77%

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Asset allocationas on Dec 31, 2025

Large Cap 19%

Mid Cap 27.63%

Small Cap 53.51%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.8.52%

Hero Motocorp Ltd.7.1%

Midwest Ltd.4.74%

Jubilant Pharmova Ltd.4.29%

Top sectors

Automobile 15.62%

Healthcare 11.9%

Financial 11.329999999999998%

Services 10.64%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Allocation by Instruments

Repo 0.21%

Other Holdings

Others 0.21%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	-10.04%	-2.93%	-2.17%	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	-3.02%	5.18%	11.87%	22.83%	24.41%	13.86%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	-3.55%	3.69%	11.27%	19.95%	20.57%	16.67%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	-3.71%	3.15%	10.38%	22.01%	23.15%	17.4%
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	-4.85%	1.14%	8.2%	20.31%	19.81%	11.98%
SBI Contra Fund	-3.77%	1.88%	6.55%	19.59%	21.15%	17.19%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	11.3	0.83	1.35	2.2
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	11.09	0.81	1.18	2.0
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	11.93	0.87	1.26	1.98
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	11.66	0.89	1.16	1.79
SBI Contra Fund	12.07	0.91	1.07	1.65

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Kotak Special Opportunities Fund	N.A.	1,627 Cr	1 yrs 7 m	2.12%
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	N.A.	34,779 Cr	7 yrs 1 m	1.57%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	N.A.	61,272 Cr	21 yrs 6 m	1.48%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	N.A.	6,400 Cr	11 yrs 9 m	1.8%
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	N.A.	258 Cr	5 yrs 11 m	1.02%
SBI Contra Fund	N.A.	49,967 Cr	20 yrs 8 m	1.5%

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

Risk ratios are based on three-year data. The required data is unavailable for the scheme.

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About this fund

About Kotak Special Opportunities Fund

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a Strategy mutual fund scheme from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 1 yrs 7 m, having been launched on 10/06/2024. Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has ₹1,627 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/12/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund as of 02/02/2026 is ₹9.12. The fund has an expense ratio of 2.12%, which is higher than what most other Strategy funds charge.

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund returns of last 1-year are -2.24%. Since launch, it has delivered -5.61% average annual returns.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Automobile, Healthcare, Financial, Services, Capital Goods sectors. It has taken less exposure in Automobile, Healthcare sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Hero Motocorp Ltd., Midwest Ltd., Jubilant Pharmova Ltd., Indusind Bank Ltd..

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Fund AUM	1,627 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Devender Singhal

Mr. Singhal has done B.A. (Maths) from Delhi University and PGDM, Finance from Fore School of Management, Delhi. Prior to joining Kotak Mahindra AMC , he has worked with Kotak Securities Ltd.(July 2007 -- January 2009) ,Religare (February 2006 -- June 2007), Karvy (July 2004 -- January 2006), P N Vijay Financial Services Pvt Ltd(2001 -- 2004) and Dundee Mutual Fund( Summer Trainee ) (May 2000 -- June 2000 ).

Abhishek Bisen

Mr. Bisen is a BA and MBA in Finance. Prior to joining Kotak AMC, he was working with Securities Trading Corporation Of India Ltd where he was looking at Sales & Trading of Fixed Income Products apart from doing Portfolio Advisory. His earlier assignments also include 2 years of merchant banking experience with a leading merchant banking firm.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in opportunities presented by Special Situations such as Company Specific Event/Developments, Corporate Restructuring, Government Policy change and/or Regulatory changes, Technology led Disruption/ Innovation or companies going through temporary but unique challenges and other similar instances.

Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	84 view all schemes
Total AUM	5,88,199 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025
Address	The Capital Building, Behind ICICI Bank, G Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai, 400051
Phone	022-61152100 / 1800-22-2626

More funds from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	5Y
Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund	N.A.	2,353 Cr	4.21%	22.47%
Kotak Midcap Fund	N.A.	60,637 Cr	8.35%	19.75%
Kotak US Specific Equity Passive FoF	N.A.	3,770 Cr	26.62%	18.64%
Kotak Contra Fund	N.A.	5,136 Cr	9.74%	17.26%
Kotak Large & Midcap Fund	N.A.	30,039 Cr	11.95%	17.22%
Kotak Small Cap Fund	N.A.	17,258 Cr	-6.28%	17.1%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Kotak Special Opportunities Fund plan is approximately ₹9.119 as of Feb 02, 2026.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund is a 1 yrs 7 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of -5.76% since inception.

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund Returns

1-Year	Since Inception
-2.17%	-5.76%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has an expense ratio of 2.12%, 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 Kotak Special Opportunities Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 1,627 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has invested the majority of its money in the stocks of the following companies -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	8.52%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.	7.1%
Midwest Ltd.	4.74%
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd.	4.29%
Indusind Bank Ltd.	4.09%
Radico Khaitan Ltd.	4.06%
NLC India Ltd.	3.9%
Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd.	3.69%
Indus Towers Ltd.	3.43%
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.	3.17%

What are the top sectors Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has invested in?

The Kotak Special Opportunities Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Automobile	15.62%
Healthcare	11.9%
Financial	11.329999999999998%
Services	10.64%
Capital Goods	9.629999999999999%
Consumer Staples	8.559999999999999%
Materials	8.21%
Communication	5.61%
Technology	4.89%
Energy	3.9%

What is risk level of Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

This is a Strategy 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 Kotak Special Opportunities Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the Kotak Special Opportunities 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.