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HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund
HDFC Mutual FundEquity Scheme - Sectoral/ Thematic5.3 years
The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments of companies engaged in banking and financial services.
- NAV
- 17.945
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- -5.0%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹4,425.37 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- High
- 16.1% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · The fund beat the category median in 60% of rolling 1-year windows.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Kotak Business Cycle Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
5.3 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.96% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -21.7%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
29% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Pass
Dhruv Muchhal · 3.4 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Watch
Top 10 holdings ≈ 66.1% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
Drawdown rehearsal
This scheme’s worst fall on file is about 22%. Before you SIP, ask whether you would keep contributing through a similar drop - pausing on fear is the usual India MF failure mode.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
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-5.0%
- 3Y+11.3%
- 5Y+10.1%
- 10Yn/a
- SI+11.8%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-7.4%
- 3Y+4.5%
- 5Y+10.2%
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +11.8%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -2.4%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +29%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 52
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +4.5%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +10.8%
- 577 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +16.8%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 84 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -21.7%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -9.7%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 253 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +89%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 12 days
- 59 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 148 days
- Trough to prior peak
26 Oct 2021 – 11 Nov 2022
Trough 16 Jun 2022 · recovered in 148 days
-21.7%
18 Feb 2026 – open
Trough 30 Mar 2026 · not recovered
-17.1%
23 Sept 2024 – 22 Apr 2025
Trough 13 Mar 2025 · recovered in 40 days
-13.9%
14 Dec 2022 – 15 May 2023
Trough 15 Mar 2023 · recovered in 61 days
-10.2%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
52
Vs category
35
Consistency
45
Risk-adjusted
46
Drawdown
46
Mean
45
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
Supporting reads
- The fund beat the category median in 60% of rolling 1-year windows.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 38 holdings · top 10 are 66.1%.
- Top 5
- 49.2%
- Top 10
- 66.1%
- Largest holding
- 13.9%
- Effective holdings
- 15.7
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
13.9%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
12.9%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Financial
8.6%
Axis Bank Ltd
Financial
7.8%
State Bank of India
Financial
6.1%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
28 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
27 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
26 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
22 Oct 2026
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Kotak Business Cycle Fund
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +0.3%
- 3Y
- +16.1%
- Vol
- 12.7%
- Max DD
- -18.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.72
- 3Y win
- +98%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Nippon India Innovation Fund
Nippon India Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -5.1%
- 3Y
- +13.1%
- Vol
- 14.3%
- Max DD
- -21.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.47
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Baroda BNP Paribas Energy Opportunities Fund
Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -6.6%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 13.9%
- Max DD
- -16.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.04
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
ICICI PRUDENTIAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FUND
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -9.1%
- 3Y
- +10.7%
- Vol
- 12.6%
- Max DD
- -16.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.55
- 3Y win
- +65%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +15.9%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 17.2%
- Max DD
- -16.6%
- Sharpe
- 1.01
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER