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Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Nippon India Mutual FundEquity Scheme - Small Cap Fund13.8 years
The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments of small cap companies.
- NAV
- 196.0349
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +1.3%
- Trailing CAGR
- Upside capture
- +98%
- Vs NIFTY SMALLCAP 250 TRI
- Downside capture
- +75%
- Lower is better
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
Prefer peers first
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
In three lines
Watch if · Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
Watch if · Maximum drawdown exceeded 35%.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Bajaj Finserv Small Cap Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
13.8 years of path to read.
Engine status
Fail
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.68% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Watch
Peak-to-trough -48.6%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Pass
97% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Watch
Amber Singhania · 0.6 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
Pass
Top 10 holdings ≈ 16.1% 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 49%. 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
Review does not mean stop the SIP tomorrow - compare peers first. Stopping on a red label often locks in the worst path.
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+1.3%
- 3Y+13.7%
- 5Y+17.5%
- 10Y+19.5%
- SI+23.2%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.2%
- 3Y+6.0%
- 5Y+14.7%
- 10Y+20.8%
- Since inception
- +23.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -4.1%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +97%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 38
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +6.0%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- -8.3%
- 2653 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +25.5%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 2160 daily-ending windows
Official benchmark
Date-aligned against NIFTY SMALLCAP 250 TRI. Capture ratios use common month-end observations through 30 Oct 2026.
- 1Y excess
- +2.6%
- Fund minus TRI
- 3Y excess
- +0.6%
- Fund minus TRI
- Upside capture
- +98%
- Benchmark-up months
- Downside capture
- +75%
- Lower is better
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -48.6%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -7.1%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 51 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +85%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 13 days
- 160 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 476 days
- Trough to prior peak
15 Jan 2018 – 14 Dec 2020
Trough 24 Mar 2020 · recovered in 265 days
-48.6%
24 Sept 2024 – 22 Jun 2026
Trough 3 Mar 2025 · recovered in 476 days
-24.2%
7 Jan 2013 – 28 Nov 2013
Trough 28 Aug 2013 · recovered in 92 days
-22.1%
1 Jan 2016 – 11 Jul 2016
Trough 29 Feb 2016 · recovered in 133 days
-21.7%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
38
Vs category
24
Consistency
83
Risk-adjusted
74
Drawdown
0
Mean
44
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Review
Buying stance
Prefer peers first
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
Why this status
- Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
- Maximum drawdown exceeded 35%.
Supporting reads
- The fund beat the category median in 97% of rolling 3-year windows.
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 258 holdings · top 10 are 16.1%.
- Top 5
- 9.8%
- Top 10
- 16.1%
- Largest holding
- 2.7%
- Effective holdings
- 140.9
Repo
Unspecified
2.7%
TD Power Systems Ltd
Industrials
1.9%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Industrials
1.8%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
1.8%
Apar Industries Ltd
Diversified
1.7%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
29 Oct 2026
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
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
21 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
19 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
16 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
24 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
22 Sept 2026
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bajaj Finserv Small Cap Fund
Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +9.5%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 16.2%
- Max DD
- -16.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.10
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
BANDHAN Small Cap Fund
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +2.5%
- 3Y
- +22.6%
- Vol
- 17.2%
- Max DD
- -24.3%
- Sharpe
- 1.24
- 3Y win
- +76%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
LIC MF Small Cap Fund
LIC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +8.9%
- 3Y
- +16.6%
- Vol
- 19.0%
- Max DD
- -27.0%
- Sharpe
- 0.60
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER
TRUSTMF SMALL CAP FUND
Trust Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +21.2%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 18.6%
- Max DD
- -24.0%
- Sharpe
- 0.59
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER
PGIM India Small Cap Fund
PGIM India Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.0%
- 3Y
- +15.0%
- Vol
- 15.9%
- Max DD
- -24.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.48
- 3Y win
- +5%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER