Bandhan Small Cap Fund Direct Growth NAV today
AMFI: 147946ISIN: INF194KB1AL4MUTF_IN: BAND_SMAL_CAP_11G09BPBandhan Mutual FundSmall Cap funds
NAV ₹53.2280up ₹0.00 (0.00%)
NAV for 31 Oct 2026, against 30 Oct 2026. Declared once a day.
Other plans: Regular IDCW ₹33.4410 · Direct IDCW ₹37.0450 · Regular Growth ₹48.0400, 0.00%
- Fund sizeAssets under management. The money the fund manages for all its investors, across every plan, at the end of the month. Assets under management in the glossary
- ₹35,759 CrSep 2026
- Expense ratioTotal expense ratio. What the fund charges each year as a share of the money invested, taken out of the NAV every day, so the returns shown are already after it. Total expense ratio: how it is worked out
- 0.65%22 Oct 2026
- P/EP/E. What the fund pays for each rupee of yearly profit its companies earn: the total value of its shares divided by those companies' last four quarters of profit, each in proportion to what the fund holds. The profit leaves out one-off items (exceptional items and businesses sold or demerged), so one company's one-off gain cannot pull the fund's P/E down. A loss-making company lowers the profit. Shown when at least 80% of the fund's shares are counted. P/E in the glossary
- 17.130 Sep 2026
- Risk levelRiskometer. The fund's own risk label on SEBI's six-step scale, from Low to Very High, set from what the fund holds and reviewed every month. Riskometer in the glossary
- Very HighAug 2026
- HoldingsHoldings. The number of different securities in the fund's latest monthly portfolio: shares, bonds, money market paper and units of other funds, not cash, overnight lending or futures. Holdings in the glossary
- 26430 Sep 2026
- LaunchedLaunch date. The day the fund first allotted units to investors, at the close of its new fund offer. Launch date in the glossary
- 25 Feb 2020
Bandhan Small Cap Fund returns
Direct Growth plan
Over each window to 31 Oct 2026
| Over | Direct GrowthTrailing return. The change in NAV from the start date to the latest NAV; over a year and longer, the yearly rate that would compound to the same change (CAGR). Trailing return: how it is worked out | Regular Growth | BenchmarkBenchmark. The index the fund house chose to measure the fund against, in its total return form, with dividends added back. Benchmark in the glossary | Rank in categoryRank in category. The fund's place among the funds of its category with a return over the same window, highest return first. Rank in category in the glossary | Category medianCategory median. The middle return of the funds in the category over the same window: half returned more, half less. Category median in the glossary | Middle halfMiddle half of the category. The returns of the fund a quarter of the way down the category and the fund a quarter of the way up, over the same window: half the category's funds returned between the two. Middle half of the category in the glossary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.44% | −0.46% | – | – | – | – |
| 1 month | −6.08% | −6.17% | – | 21 of 36 | −5.77% | −6.7% to −5.0% |
| 3 months | −4.67% | −4.94% | – | 25 of 36 | −3.74% | −5.4% to −1.5% |
| 6 months | +2.05% | +1.44% | – | 24 of 36 | +4.55% | +1.4% to +7.8% |
| 1 year | +1.22% | +0.03% | +5.22%to 30 Sep 2026 | 18 of 31 | +2.35% | −1.3% to +7.6% |
| 3 years | +21.56% | +19.99% | +12.31%to 30 Sep 2026 | 2 of 24 | +13.62% | +10.7% to +16.1% |
| 5 years | +18.05% | +16.39% | +13.69%to 30 Sep 2026 | 3 of 23 | +14.42% | +12.4% to +16.6% |
| 10 years | Needs 10 years | – | – | – | +16.37% | +15.2% to +17.0% |
₹10,000 put in on 26 Feb 2020 is ₹53,228 at the NAV of 31 Oct 2026Growth of ₹10,000. What ₹10,000 put in at the NAV of the first day would be worth at the latest NAV, after the fund's expenses and before tax and any exit load. Growth of ₹10,000 in the glossaryOver a year and longer, a return is the yearly rate. Benchmark: BSE 250 Smallcap TRI, over the same days as the fund, or to the month end its cell names. Rank, median and middle half among the Direct plans of Small Cap funds, each fund's return to its latest NAV on or before 1 Nov 2026.
At the month end, 30 Sep 2026
| Over | Fund | BenchmarkBenchmark return. The change in the benchmark index's total return level over the same dates as the fund's return, as a yearly rate over a year and longer. Benchmark return in the glossary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +12.63% | +5.22% |
| 3 years | +23.60% | +12.31% |
| 5 years | +19.51% | +13.69% |
| Since launch | +30.08% | +21.17% |
Benchmark: BSE 250 Smallcap TRI. Both as the fund house states them for the month.
Return in each calendar year
- Fund, Direct GrowthCalendar year return. The change in NAV from the last NAV of one year to the last NAV of the next.
- Loss
Highest year to Dec 2023, +55.8%; lowest year to Dec 2022, −4.6%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund SIP returns
₹10,000 on the 1st of every month, valued at the NAV of 31 Oct 2026SIP calculator
| Period | InvestedAmount invested. ₹10,000 on the 1st of every month, or the next day the fund priced, added up over the period. Amount invested in the glossary | Value todayValue today. What the units bought by every instalment are worth at the latest NAV. Value today in the glossary | Invested against value today | SIP returnSIP return (XIRR). The yearly rate that, applied to each monthly instalment from the day it was invested, gives the value of all the units today. SIP return (XIRR) in the glossary | After stamp dutySIP return after stamp duty. The same SIP return with stamp duty of 0.005% taken from every instalment since 1 Jul 2020, so ₹10,000 buys ₹9,999.50 of units. SIP return after stamp duty in the glossary | Stamp dutyStamp duty paid. The stamp duty on all the instalments, in rupees: 0.005% of each purchase made since 1 Jul 2020. Stamp duty paid in the glossary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year12 instalments | ₹1,20,000 | ₹1,22,499₹1,22,493 after stamp duty | +3.89% | +3.88% | ₹6 | |
| 3 years36 instalments | ₹3,60,000 | ₹4,16,356₹4,16,336 after stamp duty | +9.68% | +9.68% | ₹18 | |
| 5 years60 instalments | ₹6,00,000 | ₹9,71,808₹9,71,759 after stamp duty | +19.37% | +19.37% | ₹30 | |
| Since Feb 202080 instalments | ₹8,00,000 | ₹17,57,261₹17,57,185 after stamp duty | +23.30% | +23.30% | ₹38 |
10 years: Launched 25 Feb 2020, needs 10 years of history.
A SIP that rises every year: Step-up SIP calculator
Rolling returns
Per cent a year, every window from 26 Feb 2020 to 31 Oct 2026
Lowest to highestAverage
LowestLowest rolling return. The lowest yearly return of any window of this length in the fund's history, one window starting on each day it priced. Lowest rolling return in the glossaryAverageAverage rolling return. The average of the yearly returns of every window of this length in the fund's history. Average rolling return in the glossaryHighestHighest rolling return. The highest yearly return of any window of this length in the fund's history. Highest rolling return in the glossaryEnded higherWindows that ended higher. The share of all the windows of this length in which the NAV ended above where it started. Windows that ended higher in the glossary
1 year1,408 windows−9.9%+34.1%+114.9%84.4%
3 years914 windows+21.3%+30.9%+38.6%100.0%
5 years420 windows+17.9%+28.6%+40.8%100.0%
10 yearsLaunched 25 Feb 2020, needs 11 years of history
Every 3 and 5-year window ended higher than it started.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund expense ratio and exit load
Per cent of the money invested, a year. Each month shows its last day filed; the parts were redefined from Apr 2026.
- Regular over directDirect and regular plan cost gap. The regular plan's expense ratio less the direct plan's: what buying through a distributor costs each year, since both plans own the same portfolio. Direct and regular plan cost gap in the glossary
- 1.08 ptsA year, on 22 Oct 2026
- Direct, 30-day averageExpense ratio, 30-day average. The total expense ratio averaged over the last 30 days the fund filed it, which evens out the day-to-day moves in brokerage and levies. Expense ratio, 30-day average in the glossary
- 0.62%Over the last 30 days filed
- Regular, 30-day average
- 1.72%Over the last 30 days filed
Total expense ratio, month by month
- Regular plan
- Direct plan
Direct plan highest 0.80%, Apr 2026.Direct plan lowest 0.28%, Jan 2024.
What the expense ratio is made of
| Part | Direct | Regular |
|---|---|---|
| Base expense ratioBase expense ratio. The part of the expense ratio that pays the fund house and the distributor, before brokerage, transaction costs, levies and GST. Base expense ratio in the glossary | 0.40% | 1.32% |
| Brokerage | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| Transaction costs | None | None |
| Statutory levies | 0.19% | 0.35% |
Per cent of assets a year, filed for 22 Oct 2026. The parts add up to that day's total.
Exit load, in the fund house's words
Entry Load: Nil Exit Load: 1% if redeemed/switched out within 1 year from the date of allotment Transaction Charges applicable for this Scheme as disclosed in SID and KIM.
Buying and selling
- Lump-sum purchases
- Accepted
- Minimum investmentMinimum investment. The smallest amount the plan accepts for a first purchase. Minimum investment in the glossary
- ₹1,000
- Minimum top-up
- ₹1,000
- Minimum redemption
- ₹500
- SIP
- Accepted
- SIP minimum
- ₹100
- SIP instalments, at least
- 6
- STP, transfers to another fund
- Not accepted
- SWP, regular withdrawals
- Accepted
- Switches
- Accepted
- Lock-inLock-in. The time after each purchase during which those units cannot be sold. Lock-in in the glossary
- None
- SIP dates
- Monthly - Investor may choose any day of the month from 1st to 31st as the date of the instalment and Quarterly -Investor may choose any day of the month from 1st to 31st as the date of the instalment
As listed for this plan on 31 Oct 2026.
How Bandhan Small Cap Fund is taxed
Gains on units held over 12 months are taxed at 12.5% above ₹1.25 lakh a year; gains on units held 12 months or less at 20%.
IDCW payouts are added to the holder's income and taxed at the income tax slab rate. The fund deducts 10% tax at source for a resident when its payouts to them in a year counted from April to March are above ₹10,000.
Rules in force from 23 Jul 2024, checked 27 Oct 2026. Surcharge and cess are not included.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund AUM
₹ crore, every plan of the fund together.
- Average assetsAverage assets under management. The money the fund managed, averaged over every day of the quarter, added up across its plans.
- ₹32,794 CrQuarter to Sep 2026
- In the direct plansShare of assets in the direct plans. The direct plans' average assets for the quarter as a percentage of the fund's total; the rest is in the regular plans, bought through distributors. Share of assets in the direct plans in the glossary
- 44.9%Of the quarter's average
Average assets by quarter, by plan
- Regular plans
- Direct plans
The latest quarter is the largest since the quarter to Mar 2020.
Assets at each month end
The latest month end is the highest since Feb 2021.Lowest ₹934 Cr, Feb 2021.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund portfolio
Portfolio disclosed for 30 Sep 2026.
Holdings on 30 Sep 2026
| Large, mid and small cap. Companies ranked by average market value over six months: the first 100 are large cap, the next 150 mid cap, the rest small cap, by the list in force for the portfolio's month. Large, mid and small cap in the glossary | Weight in the fund. The holding's market value on the portfolio date as a share of the fund's net assets. Weight in the fund in the glossary | Held since. The first month end of the fund's current run of holding this position; marked "or earlier" where that month is the fund's first portfolio on record or the first after a gap in its portfolios. Held since in the glossary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SobhaRealty | Shares | Small cap424th | 2.30% | 824.90 | 67,52,588 | Aug 2023 |
| RECFinance | Shares | Mid cap117th | 2.13% | 763.68 | 2,55,41,185 | Jul 2023 |
| Cholamandalam Financial HoldingsFinance | Shares | Small cap264th | 1.90% | 682.17 | 49,21,182 | May 2023 |
| LT FoodsAgricultural Food & other Products | Shares | Small cap463rd | 1.81% | 648.84 | 1,62,04,914 | Apr 2024 |
| State Bank of IndiaBanks | Shares | Large cap4th | 1.75% | 628.30 | 65,48,245 | Jul 2025 |
| CyientIT - Services | Shares | Small cap538th | 1.62% | 582.39 | 52,91,077 | Mar 2021or earlier |
| The South Indian BankBanks | Shares | Small cap534th | 1.55% | 554.15 | 11,48,74,575 | Feb 2024 |
| HDFC BankBanks | Shares | Large cap2nd | 1.46% | 525.15 | 74,10,000 | Apr 2026 |
| ArvindTextiles & Apparels | Shares | Small cap547th | 1.43% | 512.91 | 95,00,000 | Jul 2023 |
| Jubilant PharmovaPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | Shares | Small cap422nd | 1.40% | 501.33 | 48,72,987 | Sep 2024 |
| The Karnataka BankBanks | Shares | Small cap594th | 1.38% | 494.36 | 1,50,26,009 | Jul 2023 |
| PNB Housing FinanceFinance | Shares | Small cap313th | 1.32% | 472.54 | 42,19,119 | Jul 2023 |
| Paradeep PhosphatesFertilizers & Agrochemicals | Shares | Small cap477th | 1.29% | 461.13 | 2,98,89,071 | Oct 2025 |
| Rashi PeripheralsIT - Hardware | Shares | Small cap984th | 1.24% | 442.89 | 46,44,906 | Feb 2024 |
| Sky Gold and DiamondsConsumer Durables | Shares | Small cap713th | 1.20% | 430.82 | 53,14,114 | Oct 2025 |
Weight is per cent of the fund's net assets; value in ₹ crore. 3 lines filed with no weight are listed without one.
Cash and receivables on 30 Sep 2026
| Triparty Repo TRP_011026 | 13.42% | 4,813.30 |
| Net Receivables/Payables | −0.70% | −250.60 |
| Cash / Bank Balance | 0.11% | 40.89 |
| Cash Margin - CCIL | 0.08% | 30.36 |
| Cash Margin - Derivatives | 0.06% | 21.00 |
Weight is per cent of the fund's net assets; value in ₹ crore. 3 lines filed with no weight are listed without one.
- Largest holdingLargest holding. The share of the fund in its single largest position, cash and futures not counted as positions. Largest holding in the glossary
- 2.30%Sobha
- Top 5 holdingsTop 5 holdings. The share of the fund held in its five largest positions. Top 5 holdings in the glossary
- 9.89%
- Top 10 holdingsTop 10 holdings. The share of the fund held in its ten largest positions. Top 10 holdings in the glossary
- 17.35%
- Effective holdingsEffective number of holdings. The number of equal-sized positions that would be as concentrated as the fund's actual weights. Effective number of holdings in the glossary
- 110.3Taken over 87.03% of the fund
Asset allocation
Asset allocation. What the fund owns, by kind of asset, each as a share of its net assets; futures and options are shown beside it, not in it, since they are contracts rather than assets bought. Asset allocation in the glossary- Indian shares86.37%
- REIT and InvIT units0.64%
- Preference shares0.02%
- Cash and receivables12.97%
Per cent of the fund's net assets.
Large, mid and small cap
- Large cap7.77%Category 5.10%
- Mid cap11.20%Category 11.49%
- Small cap79.15%Category 79.99%
Per cent of the fund's Indian shares. By the list for the six months to Jun 2026. Shares not on the list: 1.63% of the fund. Category is the average of 36 Small Cap funds.
Sector allocation
Sector weight. The fund's shares grouped by the business each company is in, less the futures sold on them, each group as a share of the fund's net assets. Sector weight in the glossary21sectors
- Financial Services23.65%Category 17.19%
- Healthcare8.72%Category 11.88%
- Capital Goods7.60%Category 17.31%
- Realty6.05%Category 1.53%
- Consumer Durables5.57%Category 5.03%
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods4.86%Category 4.05%
- Chemicals4.75%Category 4.95%
- Services4.61%Category 4.35%
- Information Technology4.52%Category 3.20%
- Consumer Services4.09%Category 5.52%
- Textiles2.71%Category 1.97%
- Metals & Mining1.70%Category 1.14%
- Telecommunication1.35%Category 0.76%
- Construction Materials1.22%Category 0.81%
- Automobile And Auto Components0.93%Category 9.52%
- Power0.92%Category 0.95%
- Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels0.91%Category 0.59%
- Diversified0.68%Category 0.17%
- Construction0.65%Category 1.59%
- Media Entertainment & Publication0.64%Category 0.59%
- Utilities0.03%Category 0.36%
- Sector not known0.21%Category –
Per cent of the fund's net assets, less the futures sold on its shares, Sep 2026. Category is the average of 36 Small Cap funds. Category average. The sector's weight, less the futures sold on it, averaged over the 36 Small Cap funds that disclosed a portfolio for Sep 2026. A fund holding none of the sector counts as 0.
Sector allocation month by month
| 13 months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Services43 companies | 23.65% | 23.00% | 24.95% | 25.51% | 24.76% | 23.33% | 24.02% | 24.42% | 24.44% | 22.77% | 23.18% | 23.51% | |
| Healthcare29 companies | 8.72% | 8.78% | 8.71% | 9.47% | 9.52% | 9.57% | 9.88% | 9.94% | 10.27% | 11.08% | 10.77% | 11.07% | |
| Capital Goods31 companies | 7.60% | 7.81% | 8.16% | 8.18% | 8.09% | 8.01% | 8.07% | 8.09% | 8.05% | 8.08% | 7.41% | 7.56% | |
| Realty11 companies | 6.05% | 6.34% | 7.15% | 7.49% | 7.57% | 7.80% | 7.40% | 8.12% | 8.37% | 8.70% | 7.75% | 8.16% | |
| Consumer Durables21 companies | 5.57% | 5.92% | 5.43% | 6.04% | 5.90% | 5.41% | 4.95% | 5.28% | 5.09% | 5.34% | 4.90% | 5.06% | |
| Fast Moving Consumer Goods13 companies | 4.86% | 5.00% | 5.04% | 4.60% | 4.50% | 4.42% | 4.62% | 4.78% | 4.62% | 4.52% | 4.32% | 4.69% | |
| Chemicals16 companies | 4.75% | 4.99% | 5.16% | 4.84% | 4.68% | 4.82% | 4.56% | 4.87% | 4.64% | 4.88% | 5.04% | 4.97% | |
| Services15 companies | 4.61% | 4.26% | 4.41% | 4.27% | 3.85% | 3.56% | 3.31% | 3.25% | 3.52% | 3.82% | 3.39% | 3.72% | |
| Information Technology9 companies | 4.52% | 4.25% | 3.81% | 3.74% | 3.57% | 3.28% | 2.98% | 3.26% | 3.68% | 3.56% | 2.97% | 2.90% | |
| Consumer Services17 companies | 4.09% | 4.16% | 4.35% | 3.94% | 4.08% | 3.99% | 4.03% | 4.36% | 4.81% | 5.03% | 4.91% | 4.99% | |
| Textiles6 companies | 2.71% | 2.91% | 2.94% | 3.37% | 3.06% | 3.01% | 3.12% | 3.25% | 3.17% | 3.14% | 3.37% | 3.33% | |
| Metals & Mining7 companies | 1.70% | 1.77% | 1.83% | 1.84% | 1.69% | 2.00% | 1.98% | 1.63% | 1.50% | 1.54% | 1.55% | 1.62% |
Per cent of the fund's net assets, less the futures sold on its shares, at each month end, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026; the line runs from Sep 2025.
Bought and sold
Sep 2026 against Aug 2026, position by position.
Positions changed, month by month
- New
- Added
- Trimmed
- Sold out
- New positionsNew positions. Holdings in this month's portfolio that were not in the month before. New positions in the glossary
- 141.75% of the fund
- Sold outSold out. Holdings in last month's portfolio that are gone from this one, other than a bond or deposit repaid on its due date. Sold out in the glossary
- 90.37% of the fund before
- Added toAdded to. Holdings with more units than the month before. Where the fund states no units, a weight that rose by more than a tenth. Added to in the glossary
- 113
- TrimmedTrimmed. Holdings with fewer units than the month before. Where the fund states no units, a weight that fell by more than a tenth. Trimmed in the glossary
- 29
- UnchangedUnchanged. Holdings with the same number of units as the month before. Their weight can still move with the price. Unchanged in the glossary
- 108
- Traded at leastTraded at least. The smaller of the weight bought in new positions and the weight sold out of old ones, cash left out: the least the fund must have bought and sold in the month. Traded at least in the glossary
- 0.37%
- Weight that movedWeight that moved. Half the sum of every position's change in weight between the two month ends, new and sold positions included; price moves alone raise it. Weight that moved in the glossary
- 6.18%
Changes in Sep 2026
| What changed. New: not held the month before. Added or trimmed: more or fewer units than the month before, or, where no units are stated, a weight that moved by more than a tenth. Sold out: held the month before, gone now. Matured: a bond or deposit whose repayment date fell between the two portfolios, so it was repaid rather than sold (one sold in its last days reads the same). What changed in the glossary | Change in weight. The holding's weight this month less its weight the month before, in percentage points; a price move alone changes it. Change in weight in the glossary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Realty Trust | New | 0.51% | 0.00% | +0.51 pts | +1,62,60,000 |
| HDFC Bank | Added | 1.46% | 1.03% | +0.43 pts | +24,60,000 |
| Power Finance Corporation | Added | 0.93% | 0.50% | +0.43 pts | +51,79,068 |
| LT Foods | Added | 1.81% | 2.10% | −0.29 pts | +1,68,106 |
| Cholamandalam Financial Holdings | Added | 1.90% | 1.63% | +0.27 pts | +11,81,689 |
| Jubilant Pharmova | Added | 1.40% | 1.14% | +0.26 pts | +4,56,217 |
| HEG Advanced Materials | Trimmed | 0.10% | 0.35% | −0.25 pts | −1,05,997 |
| Elevate Campuses | New | 0.23% | 0.00% | +0.23 pts | +25,63,079 |
| LNJ Bhilwara group | New | 0.21% | 0.00% | +0.21 pts | +16,25,711 |
| Lalithaa Jewellery Mart | Trimmed | 0.28% | 0.49% | −0.21 pts | −39,37,842 |
| Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions | New | 0.20% | 0.00% | +0.20 pts | +5,40,000 |
| Inox Green Energy Services | Added | 0.43% | 0.24% | +0.19 pts | +45,00,000 |
| EPL | Added | 1.02% | 0.85% | +0.17 pts | +43,61,812 |
| Rashi Peripherals | Added | 1.24% | 1.08% | +0.16 pts | +1,11,348 |
| Apar Industries | Trimmed | 0.49% | 0.63% | −0.14 pts | −19,500 |
Weights are per cent of the fund's net assets; a change in weight is in percentage points.
Holdings month by month
| Holding | Oct 25 | Nov 25 | Dec 25 | Jan 26 | Feb 26 | Mar 26 | Apr 26 | May 26 | Jun 26 | Jul 26 | Aug 26 | Sep 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sobha | 3.40%Added | 3.13%Added | 3.58%Added | 3.64%Added | 3.47%Added | 3.25%Added | 3.28%Added | 3.18%Added | 3.05%Added | 2.86%Added | 2.40%Added | 2.30%Added |
 REC | 2.72%Added | 2.85%Added | 3.41%Added | 3.52%Added | 3.56%Added | 3.57%Added | 3.49%Added | 3.10% | 3.19% | 3.03%Added | 2.42%Added | 2.13% |
 Cholamandalam Financial Holdings | 1.55%Added | 1.43% | 1.35%Added | 1.31%Added | 1.25%Added | 1.12%Added | 1.27%Added | 1.21%Added | 1.41%Added | 1.70%Added | 1.63%Added | 1.90%Added |
 LT Foods | 2.18%Added | 2.11%Added | 2.23%Added | 2.39%Added | 2.46%Added | 2.27%Added | 2.14% | 1.88%Added | 1.84%Added | 2.11%Added | 2.10%Added | 1.81%Added |
 State Bank of India | 1.14%Cut | 1.13%Cut | 1.08% | 1.17% | 1.23% | 0.77%Cut | 0.67% | 2.02%Added | 2.19%Added | 2.00% | 1.88% | 1.75%Added |
 Cyient | 0.73%Added | 0.68%Added | 1.09%Added | 1.12%Added | 0.90%Added | 0.79%Added | 1.05%Added | 1.17%Added | 1.20%Added | 1.17%Added | 1.66%Added | 1.62%Added |
 The South Indian Bank | 2.24%Cut | 2.31%Cut | 2.14% | 2.07% | 2.13%Cut | 1.82%Added | 1.66% | 1.66%Added | 1.74%Cut | 1.65%Added | 1.48%Added | 1.55%Added |
 HDFC Bank | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.22%Bought again | 0.55%Added | 0.57% | 0.94%Added | 1.03%Added | 1.46%Added |
 Arvind | 1.41%Added | 1.52%Added | 1.40%Added | 1.43%Added | 1.65%Added | 1.65%Added | 1.55% | 1.72%Added | 1.91%Cut | 1.54%Added | 1.56%Added | 1.43%Cut |
 Jubilant Pharmova | 1.10%Added | 1.09%Added | 1.11%Added | 1.06%Added | 0.96%Added | 1.03%Added | 1.20%Added | 1.31%Added | 1.28%Added | 1.20%Added | 1.14%Added | 1.40%Added |
 The Karnataka Bank | 1.05%Added | 1.28%Added | 1.20%Added | 1.13%Added | 1.20%Added | 1.35% | 1.29%Added | 1.23%Added | 1.19% | 1.25%Added | 1.34% | 1.38%Added |
 PNB Housing Finance | 1.48% | 1.47%Added | 1.50%Added | 1.37%Added | 1.32%Added | 1.47%Added | 1.66%Added | 1.53% | 1.47% | 1.37%Added | 1.36% | 1.32%Added |
 Paradeep Phosphates | 0.60%Bought again | 0.55%Added | 0.58%Added | 0.50%Added | 0.90%Added | 0.94%Added | 1.05%Added | 1.21%Added | 1.30%Added | 1.39%Added | 1.38%Added | 1.29%Added |
 Rashi Peripherals | 0.85%Added | 0.83%Added | 0.88%Added | 0.89%Added | 0.85%Cut | 0.80%Added | 0.86%Cut | 0.94% | 1.21%Cut | 1.17%Cut | 1.08%Added | 1.24%Added |
 Sky Gold and Diamonds | 0.02%Bought | 0.18%Added | 0.39%Added | 0.57%Added | 0.69%Added | 0.70%Added | 0.73%Cut | 0.96%Added | 1.06%Added | 1.08%Cut | 1.19%Cut | 1.20%Added |
Per cent of the fund's net assets at each month end, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Under it, the change on the fund's previous month. "After a gap" is a holding after a month with no portfolio on record, so when it was bought is not known; "Not filed" is one gone across such a gap.
Portfolio turnover, per cent of assets a year
- TurnoverPortfolio turnover. How much of the portfolio the fund bought or sold over the last year, as a share of its assets, as the fund house states it. Portfolio turnover in the glossary
Highest 22.0% in Mar 2026
Risk ratios
NAV to 31 Oct 2026
Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest figure among the Direct plans of Small Cap funds (24 funds) over the same 3 years; the tick is their average and the dot this fund.
How much the NAV moves
Standard deviationStandard deviation. How far the fund's monthly returns spread around their average, stated as a yearly figure: the wider the spread, the more the NAV moves. Standard deviation in the glossary20.96%
17.00%Lowest19.63%Average21.97%Highest
Downside deviationDownside deviation. Standard deviation counting only the months in which the fund lost money, stated as a yearly figure. Downside deviation in the glossary11.38%
9.90%Lowest11.53%Average13.37%Highest
Sharpe ratioSharpe ratio. The monthly return above the 91-day Treasury bill yield, divided by its standard deviation and stated for a year: the extra return for each unit of movement in the NAV. Sharpe ratio in the glossary0.76
0.29Lowest0.54Average0.87Highest
Sortino ratioSortino ratio. The monthly return above the 91-day Treasury bill yield, divided by how far it fell below that yield and stated for a year: the extra return for each unit of movement on the way down. Sortino ratio in the glossary1.30
0.43Lowest0.86Average1.48Highest
Against BSE 250 Smallcap TRI
BetaBeta. How much the fund's monthly return moved for each 1% move in its benchmark: 1 moves with it, below 1 moves less. Beta in the glossary0.92
0.76Lowest0.86Average0.98Highest
R-squaredR-squared. The share of the fund's monthly movement that its benchmark's movement explains, from 0 to 100. R-squared in the glossary95.8
88.5Lowest92.5Average96.1Highest
CorrelationCorrelation. How closely the fund's monthly returns moved in step with its benchmark's, from minus 1 (always opposite) to 1 (always together). Correlation in the glossary0.98
0.94Lowest0.96Average0.98Highest
Upside captureUpside capture. The fund's return in the months its benchmark rose, as a percentage of the benchmark's return in those months. Upside capture in the glossary112.4%
76.0%Lowest91.9%Average112.4%Highest
Downside captureDownside capture. The fund's return in the months its benchmark fell, as a percentage of the benchmark's fall in those months. Downside capture in the glossary75.2%
64.2%Lowest77.7%Average93.6%Highest
Information ratioInformation ratio. The fund's return above its benchmark, divided by how much that difference varied, as stated by the fund house. Information ratio in the glossaryTo 30 Sep 20262.27
Largest falls
| Largest over | FallLargest fall. The biggest drop in NAV from a high to the low that followed, before the NAV went back above that high. Largest fall in the glossary | High on | Low on | Back at the highBack at the high. The first day the NAV closed at or above the high it had fallen from. Back at the high in the glossary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −15.88% | 3 Nov 2025 | 30 Mar 2026 | 6 May 2026 |
| 3 years | −22.78% | 11 Dec 2024 | 3 Mar 2025 | 3 Nov 2025 |
| 5 years | −23.26% | 17 Jan 2022 | 20 Jun 2022 | 7 Jun 2023 |
| Since Feb 2020 | −24.34% | 18 Oct 2021 | 20 Jun 2022 | 14 Jun 2023 |
Trading days to sell part of the portfolio
- HalfDays to sell half the portfolio. The trading days the fund house says it would take to sell half of every holding, in proportion, trading a set fraction of each stock's recent daily volume. Days to sell half the portfolio in the glossary
- A quarterDays to sell a quarter of the portfolio. The trading days the fund house says it would take to sell a quarter of every holding, in proportion, trading a set fraction of each stock's recent daily volume. Days to sell a quarter of the portfolio in the glossary
Stress test, Sep 2026
- Days to sell half
- 19
- Days to sell a quarter
- 10
- Ten largest investorsTen largest investors' share. The share of the fund's assets held by its ten largest investors, as the fund house states it. Ten largest investors' share in the glossary
- 2.00%
- Portfolio P/EPortfolio P/E. The price to earnings ratio of the fund's stocks taken together, on the last twelve months' profit, as the fund house states it. Portfolio P/E in the glossary
- 18.9
- Benchmark P/EBenchmark P/E. The price to earnings ratio of the fund's benchmark index on the last twelve months' profit, as the fund house states it. Benchmark P/E in the glossary
- 34.6
Risk level by month
| Months | Fund | BenchmarkBenchmark's risk level. The riskometer level of the fund's benchmark index for the same month, on the same six-step scale as the fund's own. Benchmark's risk level in the glossary |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2022 to Aug 202653 months | Very High | Very HighBSE 250 Smallcap TRI |
The riskometer at each month end, the fund's and its benchmark's. A month with none on record is left out.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund managers
Managers now
| Manager | Return in the manager's time. The change in the plan's NAV from the day the manager took the fund over to the latest NAV; past a year, the yearly rate that would compound to the same change. Return in the manager's time in the glossary | Benchmark over the same days. The change in the fund's benchmark index over the same days as the manager's return, worked out the same way, with the dividends of the index's companies added back. Benchmark over the same days in the glossary | Difference from the benchmark. The fund's return in the manager's time less its benchmark's over the same days, in percentage points. Difference from the benchmark in the glossary | Portfolio changed after the handover. How much of the portfolio was different three months after the manager took over: half the sum of every holding's change in weight, with each side's holdings scaled to add up to 100 so a move into cash does not count. Portfolio changed after the handover in the glossary | Portfolio changed before the handover. The same measure over the three months before the manager took over, since portfolios change anyway. Portfolio changed before the handover in the glossary | Assets the manager runs. The latest monthly size of every fund the manager runs now, added up; a fund run with others counts in full for each of its managers, and the line under it counts only the funds they run alone. Assets the manager runs in the glossary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manish Gunwani | Jan 2023 | +27.56%a year | – | – | 18.7% | 10.6% | 7 | ₹73,026 Cr |
| Kirthi Jain | Jun 2023 | +26.25%a year | – | – | 41.4% | – | 2 | ₹37,855 Cr |
Returns are the direct plan's growth NAV, from the day each took over to the latest NAV, beside the benchmark over the same days.
Other funds they run
| Fund | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandhan Large & Mid Cap FundManish Gunwani | Jan 2023 | +18.84%a year | +13.85% | +4.99 pts | ₹20,636 Cr |
| Bandhan Flexi Cap FundManish Gunwani | Jan 2024 | +6.74%a year | – | – | ₹7,120 Cr |
| Bandhan Innovation FundManish Gunwani | – | – | – | ₹3,079 Cr | |
| Bandhan Balanced Advantage FundManish Gunwani | Jan 2024 | +7.48%a year | – | – | ₹2,233 Cr |
| Bandhan Large Cap FundManish Gunwani | Dec 2024 | −0.04%a year | – | – | ₹2,103 Cr |
| Bandhan Focused FundManish Gunwani | Dec 2024 | −1.66%a year | – | – | ₹2,096 Cr |
| Bandhan Focused FundKirthi Jain | Dec 2024 | −1.66%a year | – | – | ₹2,096 Cr |
The ten largest by assets, by manager. Returns are the direct plan's.
Portfolio overlap
Funds holding the most of the same securities, by weight.
Closest funds in the category
| Portfolio overlap. The share of the two funds' portfolios that is the same: for every holding they share, the smaller of its two weights, added up. Portfolio overlap in the glossary | Shared holdings. The number of securities both funds hold, cash and futures left out. Shared holdings in the glossary | |
|---|---|---|
| Nippon India Small Cap FundNippon India Mutual Fund | 16.13% | 70 |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap FundAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 12.92% | 30 |
| Axis Small Cap FundAxis Mutual Fund | 11.91% | 40 |
| Sundaram Small Cap FundSundaram Mutual Fund | 11.83% | 29 |
| Franklin India Small Cap FundFranklin Templeton Mutual Fund | 11.53% | 33 |
| Canara Robeco Small Cap FundCanara Robeco Mutual Fund | 10.69% | 34 |
| ITI Small Cap FundITI Mutual Fund | 10.19% | 22 |
| quant Small Cap Fundquant Mutual Fund | 10.02% | 29 |
| Abakkus Small Cap FundAbakkus Mutual Fund | 9.77% | 22 |
| DSP Small Cap FundDSP Mutual Fund | 9.73% | 20 |
Portfolios for Sep 2026. Overlap is per cent of the portfolio the two funds hold in common.
Overlap with the fund house's other funds
| Bandhan Large & Mid Cap FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 18.51% |
| Bandhan Focused FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 18.27% |
| Bandhan Innovation FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 12.02% |
| Bandhan Contra FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 11.05% |
| Bandhan Multi Cap FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 11.03% |
| Bandhan Financial Services FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 10.89% |
| Bandhan Business Cycle FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 9.53% |
| Bandhan Value FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 9.05% |
| Bandhan Large Cap FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 8.56% |
| Bandhan Flexi Cap FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 7.41% |
As the fund house states it, for Sep 2026.
Bandhan Small Cap Fund dividend history
IDCW (income distribution cum capital withdrawal), once called a dividend: rupees per unit, paid to holders on the record date and taken out of the NAV. Paid by the fund's Direct IDCW plan.Every fund's payouts
Paid per unit, the latest payouts
- Paid per unitIDCW payout. Rupees paid out per unit to holders on the record date; the money comes out of the fund, so the plan's NAV falls by the same amount. IDCW payout in the glossary
Largest ₹2.482 a unit, Mar 2025.
Every payout
| IDCW yield. A payout as a share of the plan's NAV on the record date, before the NAV fell by the amount paid. IDCW yield in the glossary | NAV before | NAV after | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | ₹2.114 | 6.23% | ₹33.9140 | ₹32.4980 |
| 24 Mar 2025 | ₹2.482 | 6.87% | ₹36.1140 | ₹33.1020 |
| 27 Mar 2024 | ₹2.22 | 7.07% | ₹31.3880 | ₹29.3040 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | ₹1.27 | 5.47% | ₹23.2080 | ₹22.0760 |
| 29 Jun 2022 | ₹0.89 | 4.70% | ₹18.9300 | ₹18.0400 |
| 29 Jun 2021 | ₹1.00 | 4.90% | ₹20.4200 | ₹19.5200 |
All 6 payouts since 29 Jun 2021.
Changes to the fund
Newest first.
2026
- 1 AprExpenseExpense ratio stated under the new rules: a base ratio, with brokerage, levies and GST on top
Fund details
Objective
The Fund seeks to generate long term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equities and equity linked securities of small cap segment.
Asset allocation
- Equity and equity related instruments of Small Cap companies - 65% - 100%, Equity and equity related instruments of Other companies - 0% - 35%, Debt Securities and Money Market Instruments (including Government securities, Securitised debt and Cash and Cash equivalents) - 0% - 35%, Units issued by InvITs - 0% - 10%
Type of scheme
An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in small cap stocks
- Benchmark
- BSE 250 SmallCap TRI
- Risk level at launch
- Very High
- New fund offer
- 3 Feb 2020 to 17 Feb 2020
- Units first allotted
- 25 Feb 2020
- Open for sale again
- 26 Feb 2020
- Price at the offer
- ₹10 a unit
- Minimum at the offer
- ₹5,000
Plans and codes
| Plan | AMFI code | ISIN | MUTF_IN | First NAV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Growth | 147946 | INF194KB1AL4 | BAND_SMAL_CAP_11G09BP | 26 Feb 2020 |
| Regular Growth | 147944 | INF194KB1AJ8 | BAND_SMAL_CAP_PJKNIU | 26 Feb 2020 |
| Direct IDCW | 147943 | INF194KB1AM2 | BAND_SMAL_CAP_X34BT | 26 Feb 2020 |
| Regular IDCW | 147945 | INF194KB1AK6 | BAND_SMAL_CAP_DFNGWH | 26 Feb 2020 |
This fund
- Scheme information documentThe fund's objective, terms, costs and risks in full
Factsheet
- October 2026Bandhan Mutual Fund, Sep 2026
Statement of additional information
- SAI Bandhan Mutual FundBandhan Mutual Fund, Oct 2026
Annual report
- Abridged Annual Report - Set 1 - Debt SchemesBandhan Mutual Fund, Mar 2026
- Abridged Annual Report - Set 2 - Equity SchemesBandhan Mutual Fund, Mar 2026
- Abridged Annual Report - Set 3 - Fixed Term PlansBandhan Mutual Fund, Mar 2026
- Abridged Annual Report - Set 4 - Fund of Funds SchemesBandhan Mutual Fund, Mar 2026
Riskometer disclosure
- Annual changes in Risk-o-meterBandhan Mutual Fund, Mar 2026
Portfolio overlap disclosure
- Portfolio Overlap - 30-Sep-2026Bandhan Mutual Fund, Sep 2026