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Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual FundEquity Scheme - Small Cap Fund13.7 years
The Scheme seeks to generate consistent long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Small cap companies.
- NAV
- 113.458
- 15 Sept 2026
- 1Y
- +16.2%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹6,226.47 Cr
- 31 Aug 2026
- Volatility
- High
- 17.1% annualized
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+16.2%
- 3Y+14.7%
- 5Y+13.6%
- 10Y+13.6%
- SI+16.9%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+26.0%
- 3Y+14.0%
- 5Y+16.6%
- 10Y+16.2%
- Since inception
- +16.9%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +4.0%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +18%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 44
- Vs comparable share classes
- Worst rolling 3Y
- -16.6%
- 2633 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +19.3%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +98%
- 2140 daily-ending windows
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +14.0%
- Simulated monthly SIP
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high. Move across the path to read a date.
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 17 days
- 137 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 469 days
- Trough to prior peak
- Current spell
- 7 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +88%
- NAV observations
15 Jan 2018 – 8 Apr 2021
Trough 24 Mar 2020 · recovered in 380 days
-57.4%
16 Oct 2024 – 15 Jun 2026
Trough 3 Mar 2025 · recovered in 469 days
-26.2%
18 Oct 2021 – 7 Jun 2023
Trough 20 Jun 2022 · recovered in 352 days
-25.0%
9 Jan 2013 – 20 Dec 2013
Trough 28 Aug 2013 · recovered in 114 days
-20.6%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
44
Vs category
75
Consistency
24
Risk-adjusted
61
Drawdown
0
Mean
41
Portfolio
31 Aug 2026 · 88 holdings · top 10 are 27.2%.
- Top 5
- 16.5%
- Top 10
- 27.2%
- Largest holding
- 4.9%
- Effective holdings
- 58.6
Repo
Unspecified
4.9%
TD Power Systems Ltd
Industrials
3.3%
Sai Life Sciences Ltd.
Healthcare
3.0%
Navin Fluorine International Ltd
Materials
2.9%
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd
Financial
2.4%
Decision
Quantitative read of the live evidence. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
As of 15 Sept 2026
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Closer look
Why this status
- Maximum drawdown exceeded 35%.
Supporting reads
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund.
DSP Small Cap Fund
DSP Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +15.1%
- 3Y
- +16.7%
- Vol
- 16.5%
- Max DD
- -49.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.96
- 3Y win
- +29%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Union Small Cap Fund
Union Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +19.1%
- 3Y
- +16.5%
- Vol
- 17.0%
- Max DD
- -44.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.70
- 3Y win
- +39%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Bajaj Finserv Small Cap Fund
Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +14.5%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 16.1%
- Max DD
- -16.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.40
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Lower trailing returns
BANDHAN Small Cap Fund
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +12.1%
- 3Y
- +24.4%
- Vol
- 17.2%
- Max DD
- -24.3%
- Sharpe
- 1.36
- 3Y win
- +75%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility
BANK OF INDIA SMALL CAP FUND
Bank of India Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +27.7%
- 3Y
- +21.4%
- Vol
- 18.0%
- Max DD
- -32.4%
- Sharpe
- 1.19
- 3Y win
- +84%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility