HDFC Equity Savings Fund

HDFC Mutual Fund

Hybrid › Equity Savings Direct plan Growth SEBI riskometer: Moderately High
60/100
Good · Tradinity score
₹75.2790
-0.2450 (-0.32%)
NAV on 1 Oct 2026

NAV history

Returns as of 1 Oct 2026

Up to one year: absolute. Longer: annualised. Category = median of Equity Savings direct-plan Growth funds.

PeriodThis fundCategory medianRank in category
1 month -2.37% -1.72% —
3 months -0.92% -0.27% —
6 months +2.41% +4.11% —
1 year +1.15% +2.91% #21 of 23 Top 92%
3 years +7.74% +8.07% #12 of 20 Top 60%
5 years +7.88% +7.54% #8 of 17 Top 48%
10 years +9.39% +8.49% —
Since launch of NAV data+9.71%——

NAV high and low

WindowHighLow
1 month77.106075.2790
3 months77.587075.2790
6 months77.587073.5100
1 year77.587073.1690

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+9.60%+17.74%+6.98%+14.83%+11.33%+7.84%-1.32%
Category median+11.44%+13.94%+4.24%+14.83%+11.72%+7.58%+0.87%

Tradinity fund score

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

60/100
Good · based on 15 of 20 checks
Performance0/15
  • ✗ 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
  • – Keeps pace with its reference index on the index's up days
Portfolio15/15
  • ✓ Largest holding is 10% of the fund or less (largest holding 6.7%)
  • ✓ Top ten holdings are 50% of the fund or less (top ten 38.4%)
  • ✓ Holds at least 20 stocks (107 holdings)
  • – No single sector is more than 35% of the fund (diversified equity categories)
  • – Portfolio P/E is at or below the category median
Operations20/25
  • ✓ Has a track record of at least 5 years (13.7 years of NAV history)
  • ✓ Has a track record of at least 10 years
  • ✗ Expense ratio is at or below the category median (expense ratio 1.27%)
  • ✓ Fund size is above the category median (AUM Rs 1,849 crore)
  • ✓ Lead manager has run the fund for 3 years or more (22.0 years)
Risk and reward10/20
  • ✗ 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

Risk and return ratios 3-year window

Risk-free rate 6.06% (3-year annualised return of the NSE 1-day (overnight) rate index). This category has no reference index in our data, so benchmark-relative ratios are not shown.

RatioThis fundCategory medianAgainst category
Sharpe ratio 0.35 0.41 Worse
Sortino ratio 0.48 0.56 Worse
Standard deviation 4.75% 4.80% Better
Maximum drawdown -4.77% -4.83% Better
Beta — — —
R-squared — — —
Jensen's alpha — — —
Treynor ratio — — —
Information ratio — — —
Upside capture — — —
Downside capture — — —

SIP returns (monthly instalments, XIRR)

1 year
-1.40%
3 years
+3.91%
5 years
+7.04%

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
107
Top 5 / top 10
24.6% / 38.4%
Largest holding
6.7%
Mapped to Tradinity companies
71%
Portfolio P/E
—
category median 37.6
Portfolio ROE
16.8%
category median 13.9%
Portfolio dividend yield
—
category median 1.73%
Largest sector
—

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
HDFC Bank Ltd.£ Financial Services 6.69% — —
TREPS - Tri-party Repo — 5.52% — —
Reliance Industries Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.41% — 41.0
NTPC Limited Power 3.59% — 13.2
Titan Company Ltd. Consumer Durables 3.42% — 76.4
Larsen and Toubro Ltd. Construction 3.07% — 71.3
ICICI Bank Ltd. Financial Services 3.04% — —
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Healthcare 3.02% — 146.5
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 2.33% — 22.3
7.18% GOI MAT 140833 — 2.32% — —
Maruti Suzuki India Limited Automobile and Auto Components 2.23% — 26.8
Bajaj Finance Ltd. Financial Services 2.12% — —
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Information Technology 2.10% — 14.8
7.1% GOI MAT 180429 — 1.95% — —
Bharti Airtel Ltd. Telecommunication 1.94% — 67.4
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Financial Services 1.68% — —
State Bank of India Financial Services 1.66% — —
Axis Bank Ltd. Financial Services 1.64% — —
State Bank of India (Tier 2 - Basel III)^ — 1.20% — —
Hyundai Motor India Limited Automobile and Auto Components 1.15% — 33.9
7.17% GOI MAT 170430 — 1.06% — —
Hero MotoCorp Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 1.05% — 18.7
Divis Laboratories Ltd. Healthcare 1.01% — 83.9
Infosys Limited Information Technology 0.98% — 13.4
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.93% — 40.7
7.38% GOI MAT 200627 — 0.92% — —
360 One Prime Limited^ — 0.87% — —
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.^ — 0.87% — —
SMFG India Credit Company Ltd^ — 0.87% — —
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.^ — 0.86% — —
Net Current Assets — 0.86% — —
Sundaram Finance Ltd.^ — 0.86% — —
HCL Technologies Ltd. Information Technology 0.80% — 28.3
7.23% GOI MAT 150439^ — 0.79% — —
POWERGRID Infrastructure Investment Trust — 0.78% — —
InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. Services 0.77% — —
Eternal Limited Consumer Services 0.70% — 110.7
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Services 0.68% — 163.2
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. Power 0.67% — 15.5
Embassy Office Parks REIT — 0.65% — —
Eicher Motors Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 0.62% — 37.4
Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co. Ltd.^ — 0.61% — —
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. Financial Services 0.60% — —
BROOKFIELD INDIA REAL ESTATE TRUST — 0.59% — —
Max Financial Services Ltd. Financial Services 0.55% — —
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. Healthcare 0.54% — 74.7
7.1% GOI MAT 080434 — 0.53% — —
Pipeline Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.^ — 0.52% — —
ITC LIMITED Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.51% — 17.4
One 97 Communications Limited Financial Services 0.51% — 578.6
HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited Financial Services 0.49% — —
UltraTech Cement Limited Construction Materials 0.44% — 42.6
Ambuja Cements Ltd. Construction Materials 0.43% — 24.7
Bharti Telecom Limited — 0.43% — —
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. Ltd.^ — 0.43% — —
Siddhivinayak Securitisation Trust (Originator - Sikka Ports & Terminals Limited)^ — 0.43% — —
Small Industries Development Bank^ — 0.43% — —
Bajaj Auto Limited Automobile and Auto Components 0.42% — 28.3
Tata Steel Ltd. Metals & Mining 0.42% — 13.5
Tech Mahindra Ltd. Information Technology 0.42% — 39.1
Union Bank of India^ — 0.42% — —
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.40% — 6.8
United Spirits Limited Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.40% — 50.2
Ipca Laboratories Ltd. Healthcare 0.38% — 39.3
PVR LIMITED Media Entertainment & Publication 0.36% — 32.9
Bajaj Finserv Ltd. Financial Services 0.35% — —
Coal India Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.35% — 13.9
Gland Pharma Ltd. Healthcare 0.35% — 34.3
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. Services 0.35% — 14.7
Paradeep Phosphates Limited Chemicals 0.33% — 14.9
Brigade Enterprises Limited. Realty 0.32% — 45.1
Cipla Ltd. Healthcare 0.32% — 35.4
Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd Financial Services 0.30% — —
Kalpataru Projects International Ltd Construction 0.30% — 26.3
JK Paper Ltd. Forest Materials 0.27% — 26.5
National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev.^ — 0.26% — —
Suprajit Engineering Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 0.26% — 24.2
Bank of Baroda^ — 0.25% — —
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.25% — 58.3
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd Financial Services 0.25% — —
Hindalco Industries Ltd. Metals & Mining 0.24% — 16.1
REC Limited.^ — 0.24% — —
Bayer Cropscience Ltd Chemicals 0.21% — 22.3
CIE Automotive India Ltd Automobile and Auto Components 0.20% — 22.4
Cube Highways Trust — 0.20% — —
7.06% GOI MAT 100428 — 0.18% — —
6.94% GOI MAT 110536 — 0.17% — —
7.34% GOI MAT 220464 — 0.17% — —
National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. — 0.17% — —
Power Finance Corporation Ltd.^ — 0.17% — —
Finolex Industries Ltd. Capital Goods 0.16% — 15.8
7.18% GOI MAT 240737 — 0.14% — —
G R Infraprojects Limited Construction 0.14% — 7.9
Goodyear India Ltd. Automobile and Auto Components 0.13% — 30.1
Gujarat Energy Limited Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.13% — 9.8
Symphony Ltd. Consumer Durables 0.10% — —
6.54% GOI MAT 170132 — 0.09% — —
Bank of Baroda (Tier 2 - Basel III)^ — 0.09% — —
Indian Railways Finance Corp. Ltd.^ — 0.09% — —
Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ — 0.09% — —
RAAJMARG INFRA INVESTMENT TRUST — 0.05% — —
GAIL (India) Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.03% — 12.0
GSPL Transmission Limited** — 0.03% — —
Britannia Industries Ltd. Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.02% — 44.1
Biocon Ltd. Healthcare 0.01% — 597.3
Kwality Wall’s (India) Limited Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.01% — —
Tata Consumer Products Limited Fast Moving Consumer Goods 0.01% — 57.5

Fund details

Fund houseHDFC Mutual Fund
AMFI scheme code119128
CategoryHybrid › Equity Savings
AMFI categoryOpen Ended Schemes(Hybrid Scheme - Equity Savings)
Plan / optionDirect / Growth
ISININF179K01XT4
NAV history from1 Jan 2013
NAV points on record3,367

Cost and size

Expense ratio (direct, Sep 2026)
1.27%
category median 1.24%
Assets under management
₹1,849 crore
average, June-2026
Regular plan expense ratio
2.17%

Expense ratio by month: Oct 25 0.93% · Nov 25 0.94% · Dec 25 0.94% · Jan 26 0.94% · Feb 26 0.94% · Mar 26 0.95% · Apr 26 1.00% · May 26 1.28% · Jun 26 1.27% · Jul 26 1.27% · Aug 26 1.29% · Sep 26 1.27%

From the scheme information document

Benchmark
NIFTY Equity Savings Index
Not applicable
SEBI riskometer
Moderately High
Launch (allotment) date
17 Sep 2004
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 - Mr.Anand Laddha, FM 2 - Mr.Anil Bamboli, FM 3 - Ms. Nandita Menezes, FM 4 - Mr.Arun Agarwal, FM 5 - Mr. Gopal Agrawal, FM 6 - Mr. Bhagyesh Kagalkar
earliest start on record 17 Sep 2004

Exit load

In respect of each purchase /switch-in of Units, upto 15% ofthe units may be redeemedwithout any exit load from thedate of allotment. However,please note that the Units will beredeemed on First In First Out(FIFO) basis.• Any redemption in excess of theabove limit shall be subject to thefollowing exit load:- Exit Load of 1.00% is payable if Units are redeemed /switched-out within 1 month from the date of allotment ofunits.• No Exit Load is payable if Units are redeemed / switched-out after 1 month from the date ofallotment.

Objective

To provide capital appreciation by investing in Equity & equity related instruments, Arbitrage opportunities, and Debt & money market instruments. 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.

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