HDFC Defence Fund

HDFC Mutual Fund

Equity › Sectoral/Thematic Direct plan Growth SEBI riskometer: Very High
50/100
Average · Tradinity score
₹30.2240
-0.1290 (-0.42%)
NAV on 1 Oct 2026

NAV history

When comparing, both lines start at 100. Tradinity's reference for the category: a total-return index (dividends reinvested). The fund's declared benchmark (Nifty India Defence Index TRI (Total Returns Index)) is not available to us as a series.

Returns as of 1 Oct 2026

Up to one year: absolute. Longer: annualised. Category = median of Sectoral/Thematic direct-plan Growth funds; index = NIFTY 500 TRI.

PeriodThis fundCategory medianNIFTY 500 TRIRank in category
1 month -3.81% -5.43% -6.32% —
3 months -1.27% -2.83% -5.14% —
6 months +28.63% +8.81% +5.07% —
1 year +22.63% +1.34% -3.80% #8 of 224 Top 4%
3 years +36.08% +12.83% +9.14% #2 of 137 Top 2%
5 years — +11.70% +8.89% —
10 years — +14.63% +12.66% —
Since launch of NAV data+39.33%———

NAV high and low

WindowHighLow
1 month32.579030.0760
3 months32.579029.8150
6 months32.579023.4970
1 year32.579022.4770

A period is a dash when the fund has not existed that long or its NAV history has a hole at the start date — never a partial figure.

Calendar-year returns

202020212022202320242025YTD
This fund————+41.88%+10.75%+25.59%
Category median+14.76%+32.13%+5.11%+32.77%+22.00%+4.37%-2.14%
NIFTY 500 TRI+17.89%+31.60%+4.25%+26.91%+16.24%+7.76%-7.72%

Tradinity's reference for the category: a total-return index (dividends reinvested). The fund's declared benchmark (Nifty India Defence Index TRI (Total Returns Index)) is not available to us as a series.

Tradinity fund score

Twenty checks of five points each: performance, portfolio, operations, and risk against reward. Only checks we have data for are counted.

50/100
Average · based on 18 of 20 checks
Performance15/20
  • ✓ Ranks in the top quarter of its category over 1 year
  • ✓ Ranks in the top quarter of its category over 3 years
  • – Ranks in the top quarter of its category over 5 years
  • ✗ Loses less than its reference index on the index's down days (downside capture 119%)
  • ✓ Keeps pace with its reference index on the index's up days (upside capture 146%)
Portfolio5/20
  • ✗ Largest holding is 10% of the fund or less (largest holding 15.2%)
  • ✗ Top ten holdings are 50% of the fund or less (top ten 79.7%)
  • ✓ Holds at least 20 stocks (25 holdings)
  • – No single sector is more than 35% of the fund (diversified equity categories)
  • ✗ Portfolio P/E is at or below the category median (portfolio P/E 61.0)
Operations10/25
  • ✗ Has a track record of at least 5 years (3.3 years of NAV history)
  • ✗ Has a track record of at least 10 years
  • ✓ Expense ratio is at or below the category median (expense ratio 0.89%)
  • ✓ Fund size is above the category median (AUM Rs 2,441 crore)
  • ✗ Lead manager has run the fund for 3 years or more (1.5 years)
Risk and reward15/25
  • ✓ Sharpe ratio is at or above the category median
  • ✓ Sortino ratio is at or above the category median
  • ✗ Volatility is at or below the category median
  • ✗ Worst 3-year fall is no deeper than the category median
  • ✓ Jensen's alpha is positive (alpha 25.87%)

Risk and return ratios 3-year window

Risk-free rate 6.06% (3-year annualised return of the NSE 1-day (overnight) rate index). Benchmark-relative ratios use NIFTY 500 TRI. Tradinity's reference for the category: a total-return index (dividends reinvested). The fund's declared benchmark (Nifty India Defence Index TRI (Total Returns Index)) is not available to us as a series.

RatioThis fundCategory medianAgainst category
Sharpe ratio 1.16 0.42 Better
Sortino ratio 1.60 0.57 Better
Standard deviation 25.92% 15.72% Worse
Maximum drawdown -34.54% -21.28% Worse
Beta 1.35 0.93 —
R-squared 56.1% 82.5% —
Jensen's alpha 25.87% 3.49% Better
Treynor ratio 22.28 6.74 Better
Information ratio 1.50 0.55 Better
Upside capture 146.3% 93.7% Better
Downside capture 119.5% 91.0% Worse

SIP returns (monthly instalments, XIRR)

1 year
+28.48%
3 years
+24.67%
5 years
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What if you had invested?

Computed from this fund's actual NAVs. A SIP buys at the first NAV of each month and is valued at the latest NAV. Past returns do not guarantee future ones.

Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026

Weights are % of the scheme's assets from the latest month-end disclosure available to Tradinity. The feed carries weights only: no quantities or rupee values.

Holdings
25
Top 5 / top 10
58.5% / 79.7%
Largest holding
15.2%
Mapped to Tradinity companies
98%
Portfolio P/E
61.0
category median 40.3
Portfolio ROE
17.2%
category median 15.4%
Portfolio dividend yield
—
category median 1.22%
Largest sector
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Valuation ratios are weighted over the holdings we can match to a company (harmonic mean for P/E) and are withheld when they cover under half the portfolio.

Holdings

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HoldingSectorWeight3M changeP/E
Bharat Electronics Ltd. Capital Goods 15.17% — 46.4
Bharat Forge Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 13.40% — 112.5
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Capital Goods 12.57% — 33.6
Solar Industries India Ltd. Chemicals 10.77% — 137.1
Astra Microwave Products Ltd. Capital Goods 6.55% — 89.0
BEML Limited Capital Goods 4.89% — 69.4
MTAR Technologies Limited Capital Goods 4.60% — 178.2
Eicher Motors Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 4.16% — 37.4
Bosch Limited Automobile and Auto Components 4.01% — 58.9
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Capital Goods 3.62% — 33.7
Bharat Dynamics Limited Capital Goods 3.61% — 78.1
Cyient DLM Limited Capital Goods 2.94% — 117.5
Premier Explosives Ltd. Chemicals 2.69% — 109.6
Centum Electronics Ltd. Capital Goods 2.12% — —
Data Patterns (India) Limited Capital Goods 2.09% — 89.6
TREPS - Tri-party Repo — 1.93% — —
Tata Motors Limited Capital Goods 1.15% — 44.7
Sedemac Mechatronics Limited Automobile and Auto Components 1.07% — —
IDEAFORGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Capital Goods 0.84% — 274.8
Power Mech Projects Ltd. Construction 0.66% — 22.9
Cochin Shipyard Ltd. Capital Goods 0.39% — 58.5
INDO-MIM Limited Capital Goods 0.25% — —
Diffusion Engineers Limited Capital Goods 0.24% — 40.7
JNK India Limited Capital Goods 0.21% — 31.7
AEQUS LIMITED Capital Goods 0.11% — —

Fund details

Fund houseHDFC Mutual Fund
AMFI scheme code151750
CategoryEquity › Sectoral/Thematic
AMFI categoryOpen Ended Schemes(Equity Schemes - Thematic Fund)
Plan / optionDirect / Growth
ISININF179KC1GI5
NAV history from2 Jun 2023
NAV points on record818

Cost and size

Expense ratio (direct, Sep 2026)
0.89%
category median 1.15%
Assets under management
₹2,441 crore
average, June-2026
Regular plan expense ratio
1.79%

Expense ratio by month: Oct 25 0.78% · Nov 25 0.80% · Dec 25 0.80% · Jan 26 0.82% · Feb 26 0.82% · Mar 26 0.83% · Apr 26 0.83% · May 26 0.89% · Jun 26 0.87% · Jul 26 0.90% · Aug 26 0.89% · Sep 26 0.89%

From the scheme information document

Benchmark
Nifty India Defence Index TRI (Total Returns Index)
Not applicable
SEBI riskometer
Very High
Launch (allotment) date
2 Jun 2023
Registrar
Computer Age Management Services Limited
Minimum investment
Rs.100
Minimum additional
Rs.100
SIP
For SIP DSIP, WSIP, MSIP - Rs. 100; QSIP - Rs. 1500; HSIP - Rs. 2500; YSIP - Rs. 5000. For SWAP Fixed SWAP - Rs. 100; Variable SWAP - Rs. 300. For STP …
Fund manager(s)
FM 1 - Rahul Baijal , FM 2 - Priya Ranjan , FM3 - Mr.Gopal Agrawal, FM 4 - Mr. Bhagyesh Kagalkar
earliest start on record 18 Apr 2025

Exit load

In respect of each purchase/switch-in of units, an Exit load of 1% is payable if units are redeemed/switched-out within 1 yearfrom the date of allotment.; No Exit Load is payable if units are redeemed / switched-out after 1 year from the date of allotment.; In respect of Systematic Transactions such as SIP, Flex SIP,STP, Flex STP, Swing STP, Exit Load, if any, prevailing on the date of registration / enrolment shall be levied.

Objective

To provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Defence & allied sector companies.There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved.

Scheme information document

Fund house: website · factsheets · monthly portfolio · annual report

Not available: Morningstar rating (proprietary). "NAV history from" is the first NAV we hold.

Other plans of this fund

Returns are computed by Tradinity from each scheme's own published NAV, so they are net of the fund's expenses. Periods over one year are annualised (CAGR). Past performance does not indicate future returns. Only Growth-option schemes are ranked: an IDCW scheme pays cash out of its NAV, so its NAV understates what an investor earned.