Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund

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

The Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund is a 1 yrs 10 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 21.55% since inception. Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund Returns 1-Year Since Inception 8.02% 21.55%

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

The Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund has an expense ratio of 1.83% , 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.

NAV as of Oct 20, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹14.3522+0.46% 1 day change	21.55% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹5,452 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹14.3522 as on Oct 20, 2025

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Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund overview

AUM (Fund size)	₹5,452 Cr
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 365 days. !
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	1 yrs 10 m since Dec 05, 2023
Benchmark	NIFTY Smallcap 250 TRI
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹1000
Expense ratio	1.83% as on Sep 30, 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%

Motilal Oswal 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 Oct 17, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	2.79%	1.12%
3 Months	2.52%	0.57%
6 Months	13.99%	11.6%
1 Year	8.02%	2.09%

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Asset allocationas on Sep 30, 2025

Large Cap 3.62%

Mid Cap 15.77%

Small Cap 73.15%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Ltd.4.27%

Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.3.73%

CCL Products (India) Ltd.3.49%

Campus Activewear Ltd.2.9%

Top sectors

Capital Goods 16.94%

Services 13.42%

Financial 12.08%

Healthcare 11.55%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Others 2.53%

Allocation by Instruments

Net Receivables 4.92787138%

CBLO 2.52873546%

Other Holdings

Others 4.93%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund	2.79%	13.99%	8.02%	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	1.07%	10.31%	0.27%	22.87%	32.7%	20.54%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	1.91%	13.35%	7.3%	30.71%	30.75%	16.92%
Tata Small Cap Fund	-1.87%	7.64%	-4.39%	19.87%	29.2%	14.7%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	3.61%	14.33%	8.79%	25.84%	31.13%	15.62%
Quant Small Cap Fund	2.37%	10.46%	0.71%	24.5%	33.7%	19.55%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	16.46	0.85	0.93	1.3
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	17.88	0.91	1.17	1.84
Tata Small Cap Fund	16.04	0.8	0.83	1.16
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	16.15	0.81	1.04	1.26
Quant Small Cap Fund	17.35	0.87	0.95	1.47

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund	N.A.	5,452 Cr	1 yrs 10 m	1.83%
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	N.A.	66,136 Cr	15 yrs 1 m	1.4%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	N.A.	15,738 Cr	5 yrs 8 m	1.65%
Tata Small Cap Fund	N.A.	11,637 Cr	7 yrs	1.67%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	N.A.	8,055 Cr	7 yrs	1.73%
Quant Small Cap Fund	N.A.	29,288 Cr	29 yrs 1 m	1.59%

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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 Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund

Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund is a Small Cap mutual fund scheme from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 1 yrs 10 m, having been launched on 05/12/2023. Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund has ₹5,452 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 30/09/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund as of 20/10/2025 is ₹14.35. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.83%, which is higher than what most other Small Cap funds charge.

Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund returns of last 1-year are 1.34%. Since launch, it has delivered 21.97% average annual returns.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Capital Goods, Services, Financial, Healthcare, Consumer Staples sectors. It has taken less exposure in Capital Goods, Services sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Ltd., Karur Vysya Bank Ltd., CCL Products (India) Ltd., Campus Activewear Ltd., VA Tech Wabag Ltd..

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Fund AUM	5,452 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Ajay Khandelwal

Mr. Khandelwal is MBA & Bachelor of Engineering. Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Canara Robeco Mutual Fund, BOI AXA Mutual Fund, B&K Securities and Infosys.

Niket Shah

Mr. Shah is a MBA in Finance Prior to joining Motilal Oswal AMC, he was associated with Motilal Oswal Securities Limited as Head of Midcaps Research from February 2013 to March 2018, Edelweiss Securities Ltd. as Research Analyst - Midcaps from March 2010 to January 2013 and Religare Capital Markets Ltd. as Associate Research Analyst - Midcaps from June 2008 to March 2010.

Rakesh Shetty

Mr. Shetty has done B.Com Prior to joining Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, he has worked with Company engaged in Capital Market Business wherein he was in charge of equity and debt ETFs, customized indices and has also been part of product development.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate capital appreciation by investing predominantly in Small Cap stocks.

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	47 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,27,837 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025
Address	Motilal Oswal Towers - 10th Floor, Rahimtullah Sayani Road, Opposite Parel ST Depot, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, 400025
Phone	022-39804238 / 1800-200-6626

More funds from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	5Y
Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund	N.A.	34,749 Cr	-0.11%	33.38%
Motilal Oswal Large and Midcap Fund	N.A.	13,778 Cr	8.16%	28.46%
Motilal Oswal Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund	N.A.	2,631 Cr	6.3%	27.08%
Motilal Oswal Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	N.A.	997 Cr	1.38%	27.0%
Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund	N.A.	4,377 Cr	1.59%	25.64%
Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 FOF Scheme	N.A.	6,089 Cr	43.18%	22.46%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund plan is approximately ₹14.3522 as of Oct 20, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund is a 1 yrs 10 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 21.55% since inception.

Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund Returns

1-Year	Since Inception
8.02%	21.55%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund has an expense ratio of 1.83%, 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 Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 5,452 Cr as on Sep 30, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund?

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

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Ltd.	4.27%
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.	3.73%
CCL Products (India) Ltd.	3.49%
Campus Activewear Ltd.	2.9%
VA Tech Wabag Ltd.	2.81%
Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd.	2.71%
Rainbow Children's Medicare Ltd.	2.66%
V2 Retail Ltd.	2.53%
Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd.	2.41%
Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd.	2.37%

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

The Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Capital Goods	16.94%
Services	13.42%
Financial	12.08%
Healthcare	11.55%
Consumer Staples	6.98%
Automobile	6.43%
Chemicals	6.4%
Consumer Discretionary	5.55%
Energy	5.28%
Materials	4.76%

What is risk level of Motilal Oswal 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 Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the Motilal Oswal 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.

ET Money rank

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Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Small Cap funds in the last 1 Year.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 365 days.