Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth

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Small-Cap
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth

About the Fund

Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is a mutual fund that primarily invests in small-cap companies with strong fundamentals and growth potential. The fund is managed by experienced professionals who use a bottom-up approach to identify high-growth small-cap companies across different sectors such as healthcare, technology, consumer goods, and financial services. The objective of this fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation to investors who are willing to take high risks for potentially high returns.

Small-cap companies typically have higher growth potential than large-cap companies, but they also come with higher risks due to their size and liquidity. Therefore, Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is suitable for investors who are comfortable with taking risks and have a long-term investment horizon.

Key Parameters

  1. Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth has ₹22262 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jun 2024 and is more than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.6.

Returns

Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 25.91% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 39.94%, 24.28% and 31.19% respectively.

Holdings

Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Industrial, Financial Services, Basic Materials, Consumer Cyclical, Health, Tech, Real Estate, Consumer Defensive, Communication, Utilities, Energy. Its top holdings are Brigade Enterprises Ltd, Blue Star Ltd, Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd, Birlasoft Ltd, Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd

Taxation

As it is a small-cap mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 15%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 10% without indexation benefit
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt in case of long term.

Investment objective of Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth

To generate long-term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity & equity related instruments of small cap companies.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 100.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Fund Performance
zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
101362 people have invested ₹ 42Cr in Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

INDmoney Rank

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9
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43% Performance
60% Risk Management
82% Cost
9 out of 17 among small-cap
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Lower volatility within category
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Protects capital during bear phase
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Beats FD returns for both 3Y & 5Y
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Underperforms benchmarks during bull run
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3Y returns in the bottom 25% of the category

Fund Overview

Expense ratio0.55%
Benchmark
S&P BSE Smallcap TR INR
AUM₹22262 Cr
Inception Date5 December, 2013
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹100/₹100
Exit Load
1%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
4.9%
Risk
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Very High Risk

Fund Distribution
as on (30-Jun-24)

  • Equity 94.6%

  • Debt & Cash 5.4%

Small cap
73.6%

Mid cap
14.7%

Large cap
4.3%

Sector Allocation

Jun'24

May'24

Apr'24

Industrial
25%
Financial Services
19.4%
Basic Materials
11.9%
Consumer Cyclical
11.9%
Health
9.4%
Tech
9.2%
Real Estate
7.2%
Consumer Defensive
4.5%
Communication
0.8%
Utilities
0.7%
Energy
0%
All changes are between Apr'24 and Jun'24

Returns for the month of Jun

  • Gainers

  • Losers

Shreyash Devalkar
Shreyash Devalkar
Fund Manager of Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth, since 1 March 2023

Mutual Fund Insights

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In the last 5 years, Quant Small Cap Fund Growth Option Direct Plan has given 46.9% return, outperforming this fund by 15.71% per annum.
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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (small-cap). Its expense ratio is 0.55% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.14%.
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Over the last 1 month, this fund has increased expense ratio by 5.8% moving from 0.52 to 0.55.
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In the last 1 year, Bandhan Small Cap Fund Direct Growth has given 73.61% return, outperforming this fund by 33.67%.
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Over the last 3 months, this fund has experienced a 17.0% growth in AUM moving from 19.02K Cr to 22.26K Cr.
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In the last 3 years, Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Plan has given 32.93% return, outperforming this fund by 8.65% per annum.

Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Very High Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Very High Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 25.91% since inception which is more than its category average return of 21.54%
Fund Allocations

Fund Allocations

This fund has an allocation of 94.56% in Equity, 0% in Debt and 5.44% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹22262 Cr

AUM size ₹22262 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹22262 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 7573 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.55%

Expense Ratio 0.55%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.55% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.22%

Frequently Asked Questions

The current NAV of Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is ₹115.98 as on 25-Jul-2024.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 25-Jul-2024.
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
2.65%
2.65%
6 Month Returns
17.71%
17.71%
1 Year Returns
39.94%
39.94%
3 Years Returns
91.97%
24.28%
5 Years Returns
288.64%
31.19%
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0.55% as on June 2024
₹22262 Cr as on June 2024
Brigade Enterprises Ltd(4.33%), Blue Star Ltd(3.71%), Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd(3.36%), Birlasoft Ltd(2.57%), Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd(2.2%) as on June 2024
Industrial(23.63%), Financial Services(18.3%), Basic Materials(11.28%) as on June 2024
The alpha ratio for the Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Alpha 1 Year
Alpha 3 Years
Alpha 5 Years
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
1.24
5.54
6.07
As on June 2024
The alpha for Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated against S&P BSE Smallcap TR INR. Higher alpha indicates that this fund has generated extra returns compared to the benchmark index. An alpha of 1.0 means the fund has outperformed its benchmark index by 1%.
The Beta ratio for the Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Beta 1 Year
Beta 3 Years
Beta 5 Years
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
0.6
0.62
0.72
As on June 2024
The Beta for Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated with S&P BSE Smallcap TR INR. Beta tells the volatility of the mutual fund relative to its benchmark. If the beta of a mutual fund is more than 1, then the mutual fund is more volatile than its benchmark. If beta is less than 1, then the mutual fund is less volatile than the benchmark.
The sharpe ratio for the Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Sharpe Ratio 1 Year
Sharpe Ratio 3 Years
Sharpe Ratio 5 Years
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
2.44
1.52
1.17
As on June 2024
The sharpe ratio for Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated with S&P BSE Smallcap TR INR. Sharpe ratio tells risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Sharpe ratio, the better a fund's returns have been relative to the risk it has taken on.
The standard deviation for the Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name
Standard Deviation 1 Year
Standard Deviation 3 Years
Standard Deviation 5 Years
Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
11.43
12.1
19.77
As on June 2024
Standard deviation tells the volatility of the returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Standard deviation, the higher the volatility of the fund's returns.
Sortino ratio is 3.21 as on June 2024. Sortino ratio tells the downside risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund.
Shreyash Devalkar is the fund manager of Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth is 1%