Nippon India Small Cap Fund

Details as on January 31, 2023
Small Cap Fund
Type of Scheme

An open-ended equity scheme predominantly investing in small cap stocks

Current Investment Philosophy

The fund attempts to generate relatively better risk adjusted returns by focusing on the smaller capitalization companies. Small cap stocks, for the purpose of the fund are defined as stocks whose market capitalization is below top 250 companies in terms of full market capitalization. Small cap companies are potential mid caps of tomorrow and offer twin advantage of high growth prospects & relatively lower valuation. The fund focuses on identifying good growth businesses with reasonable size, quality management and rational valuation. The investment approach adopts prudent risk management measures like margin of safety and diversification across sectors & stocks with a view to generate relatively better risk adjusted performance over a period of time.

Date of Allotment

September 16, 2010

Fund Manager

Samir Rachh
Tejas Sheth (Assistant Fund Manager) w.e.f Feb 01 2023

Benchmark

Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI

Fund Size
Monthly Average : ₹ 23,749.66 Cr
Month End : ₹ 23,756.50 Cr
NAV as on January 31, 2023
Growth Plan ₹91.5802
IDCW Plan ₹62.7115
Bonus Option ₹91.5802
Direct - Growth Plan ₹100.6416
Direct - IDCW Plan ₹69.8828
Direct - Bonus Option ₹100.6416

Load structure
Entry Load: Nil
Exit Load: 1% if redeemed or switched out on or before completion of 1 month from the date of allotment of units.
Nil, thereafter.


Volatility Measures
Standard Deviation7.99
Beta0.88
Sharpe Ratio 0.26
Note: The above measures have been calculated using monthly rolling returns for 36 months period with 6.5% risk free return (FBIL Overnight MIBOR as on 31/01/2023).

Portfolio Turnover (Times)
Portfolio Turnover0.24

Total Expense Ratio^
Regular/Other than Direct1.76
Direct0.86
Company/Issuer% of Assets
Aerospace & Defense
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1.14
Agricultural Food & other Products
Balrampur Chini Mills Limited* 1.48
Auto Components
Tube Investments of India Limited* 3.59
Banks
HDFC Bank Limited* 1.82
Bank of Baroda* 1.77
Axis Bank Limited 1.28
State Bank of India 1.27
Karur Vysya Bank Limited 1.12
Beverages
Radico Khaitan Limited 1.06
Capital Markets
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited 1.18
Cement & Cement Products
Birla Corporation Limited 1.10
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Navin Fluorine International Limited 1.31
Fine Organic Industries Limited 1.27
Commercial Services & Supplies
eClerx Services Limited 1.06
Construction
Larsen & Toubro Limited* 1.42
Consumer Durables
Bajaj Electricals Limited* 1.39
Orient Electric Limited 1.14
Finance
Poonawalla Fincorp Limited 1.29
CreditAccess Grameen Limited 1.22
Food Products
Zydus Wellness Limited 1.31
IT - Services
Affle (India) Limited 1.02
IT - Software
KPIT Technologies Limited* 1.53
Industrial Products
Timken India Limited* 1.40
Carborundum Universal Limited 1.34
Elantas Beck India Limited 1.18
Other Consumer Services
NIIT Limited* 1.46
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories
Tejas Networks Limited* 1.37
Textiles & Apparels
Raymond Limited 1.03
Equity Less Than 1% of Corpus 58.16
Cash and Other Receivables 3.30
Grand Total 100.00

*Top 10 Holdings


Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. It is assumed that a SIP of ₹10,000 each executed on 10th of every month including the first installment in the Growth option of the Fund. Returns on SIP and Benchmark are annualized and cumulative investment return for cash flows resulting out of uniform and regular monthly subscriptions have been worked out on excel spreadsheet function known as XIRR. Load has not been taken into consideration.
B: Benchmark, AB: Additional Benchmark, TRI: Total Return Index
TRI - Total Returns Index reflects the returns on the index arising from (a) constituent stock price movements and (b) dividend receipts from constituent index stocks, thereby showing a true picture of returns.
For scheme performance please click here. For Fund manager wise scheme performance click here.

This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*:
• Long term capital growth
• Investment in equity and equity related securities of small cap companies

Fund Riskometer
Nippon India Small Cap Fund



Benchmark Riskometer
Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI

* Investors should consult their financial advisers if in doubt about whether the product is suitable for them.



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