Best Downside Protection
Equity funds that fell the least in bad markets.
Methodology: Ranked by the shallowest maximum drawdown (worst peak-to-trough fall) over their history — the funds that protected capital best when markets dropped.
| # | Fund | Category | NAV | 1D | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Sharpe | FundScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct Plan Growth ICICI Prudential | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹26.77 | ▼ 0.67% | +4.5% | +17.5% | +17.6% | 0.98 | ||
| LIC MF Healthcare Fund-Direct Plan-Growth LIC | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹36.79 | ▼ 0.24% | +13.8% | +21.4% | — | 1.06 | ||
| SBI Multicap Fund- Direct Plan- Growth option SBI | Multi Cap Fund | ₹18.05 | ▼ 0.63% | +2.1% | +15.0% | — | 0.61 | ||
| WhiteOak Capital Large Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth WhiteOak Capital | Large Cap Fund | ₹16.15 | ▼ 0.43% | +5.2% | +15.4% | — | 0.62 | ||
| 360 ONE ELSS Tax Saver Nifty 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 360 ONE | ELSS | ₹14.01 | ▲ 0.04% | +0.9% | +9.0% | — | 0.30 | ||
| NAVI ELSS TAX SAVER NIFTY 50 INDEX FUND - DIRECT PLAN GROWTH Navi | ELSS | ₹14.98 | ▲ 0.04% | +0.8% | +9.1% | — | 0.50 | ||
| WhiteOak Capital Flexi Cap Fund Direct Plan-Growth WhiteOak Capital | Flexi Cap Fund | ₹19.34 | ▼ 0.22% | +7.9% | +16.9% | — | 0.87 | ||
| Sundaram Flexicap Fund Direct Growth Sundaram | Flexi Cap Fund | ₹15.56 | ▼ 0.42% | +0.8% | +11.3% | — | 0.47 | ||
| Mirae Asset Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Mirae Asset | Flexi Cap Fund | ₹17.21 | ▲ 0.22% | +6.8% | +13.9% | — | 0.79 | ||
| Sundaram Large Cap Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Blue Chip Fund)Direct Plan - Growth Sundaram | Large Cap Fund | ₹23.22 | ▼ 0.54% | +3.1% | +9.9% | +10.3% | 0.68 | ||
| WhiteOak Capital ELSS Tax Saver Fund Direct Plan Growth WhiteOak Capital | ELSS | ₹19.44 | ▼ 0.08% | +6.9% | +18.4% | — | 0.92 | ||
| DSP Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth DSP | Value Fund | ₹25.23 | ▲ 0.50% | +15.9% | +18.1% | +14.3% | 1.10 | ||
| ICICI Prudential Quant Fund Direct Plan Growth ICICI Prudential | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹24.58 | ▼ 0.61% | +5.9% | +14.2% | +12.3% | 0.78 | ||
| ICICI Prudential Innovation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth ICICI Prudential | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹20.48 | ▲ 0.15% | +9.9% | +20.8% | — | 1.38 | ||
| Sundaram ELSS Tax Saver Fund Direct Plan Growth Sundaram | ELSS | ₹544.43 | ▼ 0.42% | +0.1% | +10.7% | — | 0.33 | ||
| ICICI PRUDENTIAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan Growth ICICI Prudential | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹18.47 | ▼ 0.86% | +2.7% | +13.8% | — | 0.71 | ||
| Kotak Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Kotak Mahindra | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹17.45 | ▼ 0.52% | +10.7% | +14.9% | — | 0.72 | ||
| ITI Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option ITI | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹17.89 | ▲ 0.16% | +12.5% | +13.7% | — | 0.43 | ||
| Edelweiss Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Edelweiss | Focused Fund | ₹18.13 | ▼ 0.37% | +6.5% | +15.3% | — | 0.69 | ||
| BANDHAN FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH Bandhan | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹15.88 | ▼ 0.81% | +6.0% | +17.2% | — | 0.66 | ||
| BARODA BNP PARIBAS ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Baroda BNP Paribas | ELSS | ₹116.49 | ▼ 0.26% | +9.6% | +17.5% | — | 0.67 | ||
| ITI Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option ITI | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹19.82 | ▲ 0.15% | +12.4% | +20.2% | — | 0.68 | ||
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund-Direct Growth Aditya Birla Sun Life | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹17.31 | ▲ 0.17% | +10.8% | +14.4% | — | 0.46 | ||
| SBI Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth SBI | Dividend Yield Fund | ₹16.51 | ▼ 0.16% | +8.9% | +13.4% | — | 0.77 | ||
| HDFC Business Cycle Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan HDFC | Sectoral/ Thematic | ₹16.02 | ▼ 0.26% | +5.3% | +12.6% | — | 0.58 | ||
| Axis Multicap Fund - Direct Growth Axis | Multi Cap Fund | ₹20.58 | ▲ 0.15% | +10.9% | +21.3% | — | 0.74 | ||
| 360 ONE FLEXICAP FUND-DIRECT PLAN- GROWTH 360 ONE | Flexi Cap Fund | ₹17.20 | ▲ 0.53% | +11.9% | +19.2% | — | 0.83 | ||
| Canara Robeco Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Canara Robeco | Focused Fund | ₹21.98 | ▲ 0.27% | +3.0% | +15.5% | +14.2% | 0.71 | ||
| BARODA BNP PARIBAS LARGE CAP Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option Baroda BNP Paribas | Large Cap Fund | ₹262.09 | ▼ 0.56% | +4.1% | +13.5% | — | 0.59 | ||
| BANDHAN MULTI CAP FUND - GROWTH - DIRECT PLAN Bandhan | Multi Cap Fund | ₹19.15 | ▼ 0.42% | +6.8% | +15.3% | — | 0.63 |