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Mutual Funds/Categories/Small Cap

Best Small Cap Mutual Funds in India

Funds investing in small companies with high growth potential and volatility. Ranked by 3-year annualised returns (Direct-Growth plans).

#FundNAV1Y3Y5YAUM (Cr)
1BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN GROWTHBandhan Mutual Fund₹55.41+6.09%+28.02%+20.72%28,466
2ITI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionITI Mutual Fund₹36.71+13.08%+26.12%+17.46%3,322
3Invesco India Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthInvesco Mutual Fund₹52.22+10.59%+24.01%+20.54%13,385
4BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan GrowthBank of India Mutual Fund₹62.46+16.35%+23.24%+20.36%2,572
5Mahindra Manulife Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthMahindra Manulife Mutual Fund₹22.62+9.64%+22.45%+0.00%4,930
6quant Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Planquant Mutual Fund₹311.25+9.79%+19.94%+19.44%33,739
7Union Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionUnion Mutual Fund₹64.17+17.50%+19.76%+17.77%2,268
8DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthDSP Mutual Fund₹244.88+10.54%+18.70%+18.61%19,635
9Sundaram Small Cap Fund Direct Plan - GrowthSundaram Mutual Fund₹319.21+8.40%+18.48%+17.42%3,872
10Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthEdelweiss Mutual Fund₹52.58+6.55%+18.44%+18.82%6,580
11LIC MF Small Cap Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthLIC Mutual Fund₹37.29+7.70%+18.31%+18.70%743
12Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth OptionNippon India Mutual Fund₹202.16+4.40%+17.59%+20.09%78,407
13Axis Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthAxis Mutual Fund₹131.74+5.45%+17.21%+17.33%29,394
14UTI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionUTI Mutual Fund₹29.58+4.19%+17.05%+16.96%5,213
15Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund - Growth - Direct PlanAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund₹109.62+9.38%+16.92%+14.05%5,731
16PGIM India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan- Growth OptionPGIM India Mutual Fund₹19.06+7.81%+16.30%+0.00%1,650
17HSBC Small Cap Fund - Direct GrowthHSBC Mutual Fund₹96.67+2.69%+16.08%+18.16%17,830
18Franklin India Small Cap Fund - Direct - GrowthFranklin Templeton Mutual Fund₹201.89+0.54%+15.88%+17.41%14,336
19CANARA ROBECO SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTIONCanara Robeco Mutual Fund₹45.02+2.54%+14.78%+17.00%13,967
20SBI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI Mutual Fund₹207.67+2.65%+13.55%+15.17%40,157
21Kotak-Small Cap Fund - Growth - DirectKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund₹315.45-0.06%+13.47%+13.97%18,691
22Tata Small Cap Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthTata Mutual Fund₹43.39-6.91%+13.39%+16.19%12,529
23HDFC Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct PlanHDFC Mutual Fund₹159.27-2.22%+13.19%+15.83%40,417
24ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential Mutual Fund₹100.04-0.34%+12.75%+14.57%9,379
25JM Small Cap Fund (Direct) - Growth OptionJM Financial Mutual Fund₹11.68+13.02%+0.00%+0.00%809
26BAJAJ FINSERV SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT - GROWTHBajaj Finserv Mutual Fund₹10.83+8.33%+0.00%+0.00%2,211
27Baroda BNP Paribas Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth optionBaroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund₹14.44+5.13%+0.00%+0.00%1,259
28Groww Small Cap Fund-Direct-GrowthGroww Mutual Fund₹11.99+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%440
29Helios Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionHelios Mutual Fund₹11.02+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%1,243
30Abakkus Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthAbakkus Mutual Fund₹12.20+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%1,494

Returns are annualised for periods over 1 year. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. This is not investment advice.

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