Best Small Cap Funds
Aggressive growth for long horizons.
Methodology: Small-cap funds ranked by FundScore. The highest long-term return potential and the deepest drawdowns — only for 7+ year horizons and strong risk appetite.
| # | Fund | Category | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Sharpe | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahindra Manulife Small Cap Fund Mahindra Manulife | Small Cap Fund | +18.4% | +22.5% | — | 1.10 | ||
| BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND Bandhan | Small Cap Fund | +12.9% | +27.0% | +20.3% | 1.29 | ||
| BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Bank of India | Small Cap Fund | +29.0% | +24.4% | +21.5% | 1.13 | ||
| Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund Motilal Oswal | Small Cap Fund | +24.9% | — | — | 0.95 | ||
| BAJAJ FINSERV SMALL CAP FUND Bajaj Finserv | Small Cap Fund | +19.6% | — | — | 0.44 | ||
| ITI Small Cap Fund ITI | Small Cap Fund | +22.2% | +27.1% | +20.0% | 0.84 | ||
| TRUSTMF SMALL CAP FUND Trust | Small Cap Fund | +33.5% | — | — | 0.72 | ||
| Edelweiss Small Cap Fund Edelweiss | Small Cap Fund | +12.8% | +18.4% | +19.3% | 1.05 | ||
| Invesco India Smallcap Fund Invesco | Small Cap Fund | +16.3% | +25.0% | +21.1% | 0.95 | ||
| LIC MF Small Cap Fund LIC | Small Cap Fund | +20.1% | +20.6% | — | 0.72 | ||
| Helios Small Cap Fund Helios | Small Cap Fund | — | — | — | 0.83 | ||
| Axis Small Cap Fund Axis | Small Cap Fund | +12.0% | +18.0% | +17.8% | 1.06 | ||
| JM Small Cap Fund (Direct) JM Financial | Small Cap Fund | +22.3% | — | — | 0.23 | ||
| PGIM India Small Cap Fund PGIM India | Small Cap Fund | +15.3% | +18.6% | +15.2% | 0.55 | ||
| Nippon India Small Cap Fund Nippon India | Small Cap Fund | +12.0% | +18.0% | +20.6% | 0.99 | ||
| Nippon India Small Cap Fund Nippon India | Small Cap Fund | +12.0% | +18.0% | +20.6% | 0.99 | ||
| UTI Small Cap Fund UTI | Small Cap Fund | +9.1% | +17.1% | +17.1% | 0.95 | ||
| DSP Small Cap Fund DSP | Small Cap Fund | +19.6% | +19.5% | +19.2% | 0.90 | ||
| Tata Small Cap Fund Tata | Small Cap Fund | -0.6% | +13.4% | +15.6% | 0.87 | ||
| CANARA ROBECO SMALL CAP FUND Canara Robeco | Small Cap Fund | +9.0% | +15.4% | +17.4% | 0.91 | ||
| Mirae Asset Small Cap Fund Mirae Asset | Small Cap Fund | +12.0% | — | — | 0.69 | ||
| SBI Small Cap Fund SBI | Small Cap Fund | +8.9% | +13.8% | +15.8% | 1.13 | ||
| Union Small Cap Fund Union | Small Cap Fund | +25.2% | +20.3% | +18.9% | 0.65 | ||
| HSBC Small Cap Fund HSBC | Small Cap Fund | +14.8% | +17.0% | — | 0.79 | ||
| QUANTUM SMALL CAP FUND Quantum | Small Cap Fund | +11.5% | — | — | 0.53 | ||
| Sundaram Small Cap Fund Sundaram | Small Cap Fund | +18.8% | +19.5% | +18.3% | 0.68 | ||
| Kotak Small Cap Fund Kotak Mahindra | Small Cap Fund | +7.9% | +14.3% | +14.7% | 0.82 | ||
| Baroda BNP Paribas Small Cap Fund Baroda BNP Paribas | Small Cap Fund | +12.4% | — | — | 0.54 | ||
| Franklin India Small Cap Fund Franklin Templeton | Small Cap Fund | +8.6% | +15.9% | +18.1% | 0.85 | ||
| quant Small Cap Fund quant | Small Cap Fund | +14.5% | +18.9% | +20.6% | 0.60 |