Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth

Q: What are the returns of Nippon India Small Cap Fund?

The Nippon India Small Cap Fund is a 15 yrs old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 20.77% since inception. Nippon India Small Cap Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception -6.47% 22.83% 32.6% 21.58% 20.77%

NAV as of Sep 03, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹168.6281+0.71% 1 day change	20.77% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹58,029 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹168.6281 as on Sep 03, 2025

This fund Category average

Nippon India Small Cap Fund overview

Expense ratio	1.4% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year.!
AUM (Fund size)	₹58,029 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	15 yrs since Aug 26, 2010
Benchmark	NIFTY Smallcap 250 TRI
Min. investment	SIP: ₹100
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%

Nippon India 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 04, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	-0.11%	0.07%
3 Months	1.0%	1.57%
6 Months	20.22%	20.43%
1 Year	-6.47%	-4.81%
2 Years	16.93%	16.75%
3 Years	22.83%	19.54%
4 Years	20.85%	17.01%
5 Years	32.6%	28.76%
7 Years	21.02%	18.4%
10 Years	21.58%	17.6%

Asset allocationas on Apr 30, 2025

Large Cap 12.64%

Mid Cap 14.23%

Small Cap 67.76%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd.2.16%

HDFC Bank Ltd.2.04%

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.1.34%

Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.1.32%

Top sectors

Capital Goods 16.85%

Financial 11.779999999999998%

Services 11.26%

Healthcare 9.0%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Others 0.02%

Allocation by Instruments

Bifurcation by Instrument is not available for this fund

Other Holdings

Others 0.76%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	N.A.	58,029 Cr	15 yrs	1.4%
Tata Small Cap Fund	N.A.	10,529 Cr	6 yrs 10 m	1.67%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	N.A.	11,744 Cr	5 yrs 7 m	1.66%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	N.A.	7,718 Cr	6 yrs 10 m	1.73%
Quant Small Cap Fund	N.A.	28,205 Cr	28 yrs 11 m	1.59%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Nippon India Small Cap Fund	-0.11%	20.22%	-6.47%	22.83%	32.6%	21.58%
Tata Small Cap Fund	-0.59%	18.59%	-6.14%	21.26%	29.88%	14.89%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	-0.58%	21.4%	-2.75%	28.41%	30.78%	16.53%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	0.12%	21.57%	-0.07%	24.76%	29.99%	15.22%
Quant Small Cap Fund	-1.13%	16.72%	-10.7%	23.41%	35.08%	19.33%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
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
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	17.94	0.92	1.12	1.84
Invesco India Smallcap Fund	16.15	0.8	1.03	1.26
Quant Small Cap Fund	17.35	0.87	0.94	1.47

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

Alpha	2.93 vs. 5.05 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	0.94 vs. 5.93 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.85 vs. 0.74 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	16.46 vs. 12.64 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About Nippon India Small Cap Fund

Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth is a Small Cap mutual fund scheme from Nippon India Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 15 yrs, having been launched on 26/08/2010. Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth has ₹58,029 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 30/04/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth as of 03/09/2025 is ₹168.63. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.4%, which is higher than what most other Small Cap funds charge.

Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth returns of last 1-year are -6.43%. Since launch, it has delivered 20.76% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 4 yrs.
Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is in-line with most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is above average.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Capital Goods, Financial, Services, Healthcare, Consumer Staples sectors. It has taken less exposure in Capital Goods, Financial sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., Paradeep Phosphates Ltd., Karur Vysya Bank Ltd..

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Fund AUM	58,029 Cr as on Apr 30, 2025
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Fund managers

Samir Rachh

Mr. Racch is a B.Com (H) from V.G.Vaze College, Mumbai. Prior to joining Nippon India Mutual Fund he has worked in Hinduja Finance, Emkay Research and Anvicon Research.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments of small cap companies.

Nippon India Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	71 view all schemes
Total AUM	6,17,875 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	4th Floor, Tower A, Peninsula Business Park, Ganapatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai, 400013

More funds from Nippon India Mutual Fund

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	1Y	5Y
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund	N.A.	7,417 Cr	-7.51%	30.35%
Nippon India Multi Cap Fund	N.A.	40,261 Cr	0.61%	29.6%
Nippon India Growth Mid Cap Fund	N.A.	36,836 Cr	0.02%	28.92%
Nippon India Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	N.A.	2,033 Cr	-8.36%	N.A.
Nippon India Value Fund	N.A.	8,664 Cr	-3.49%	25.42%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Nippon India Small Cap Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹168.6281 as of Sep 03, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Nippon India Small Cap Fund is a 15 yrs old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 20.77% since inception.

Nippon India Small Cap Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
-6.47%	22.83%	32.6%	21.58%	20.77%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.4%, which reflects the fund's management and operating costs. This percentage is subtracted from the fund's annual returns, impacting net returns for investors.

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

The Nippon India Small Cap Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 58,029 Cr as on Apr 30, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Nippon India Small Cap Fund?

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

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd.	2.16%
HDFC Bank Ltd.	2.04%
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.	1.34%
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.	1.32%
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.	1.27%
Apar Industries Ltd.	1.22%
Elantas Beck India Ltd.	1.21%
State Bank of India	1.1%
Tube Investments Of India Ltd.	1.08%
Zydus Wellness Ltd.	1.04%

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

The Nippon India Small Cap Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Capital Goods	16.85%
Financial	11.779999999999998%
Services	11.26%
Healthcare	9.0%
Consumer Staples	8.74%
Chemicals	7.930000000000001%
Materials	5.01%
Automobile	4.59%
Consumer Discretionary	4.260000000000001%
Technology	3.3400000000000003%

What is risk level of Nippon India 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 do I invest in Nippon India Small Cap Fund?

Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.4% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.64%. That's 0.7599999999999999% less.

Regular plans charge more because when you buy them, the fund pays commission to the agent. This is an additional expense for the fund and to cover this expense, the fund takes a bigger share from the returns generated by your investments.

So, the lower annual cost of the direct plan means you will earn 0.7599999999999999% if you opt for direct plan of Nippon India Small Cap Fund

How can I redeem my investments in Nippon India Small Cap Fund?

Redeeming your investments in Nippon India Small Cap Fund is super easy. If you have invested in this fund via ET Money, just login into the app, go to the investment section and put the redemption request.

If you have invested in Nippon India Small Cap Fund from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

ET Money rank

App exclusive

in Small Cap

#NA

Return Consistency: This fund is one of the best in generating consistent return in it's category.
Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Small Cap funds in the last 10 Years.
Chance: This fund has generated a 19.45% 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.