Kotak-Small Cap Fund - Growth - Direct is an equity scheme managed by Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. Over rolling three-year windows since inception, investors earned a median compounded return of 21.27%, with the bottom and top quartiles at 16.63% and 26.19% respectively. It has ranked in the top half of its category for 0 of the last 2 reported years. The total expense ratio is 0.85% on assets of ₹17,416Cr. The fund is currently managed by Mr. Harish Bihani, appointed within the last year.
Lower is better.
This scheme classifies as Mid-Value on the 3x3 equity style box, with 68% of its portfolio classified as of 2026-05-29.
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| Window | Min | P25 | Median |
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Point-in-time CAGRs cherry-pick a single start date. The chart below shows the distribution of every possible rolling start over the fund's history, so you see the range of investor outcomes — not just one date's number.
Backtested SIP outcomes across both rolling-window scenarios and named historical stress events (COVID, Election uncertainty, Russia/Ukraine, etc.), plus per-manager alpha during their tenure on this scheme.
Same fund, monthly SIPs over rolling 1/3/5-year windows.
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In-house derivations using 3-year daily NAV vs benchmark. See methodology.
| Weight |
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| ASTER DM HEALTHCARE LIMITED | Healthcare | 4.56% |
| VIJAYA DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE LIMITED | Healthcare | 3.70% |
| Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences Limited | Healthcare | 3.24% |
| SANSERA ENGINEERING LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 3.00% |
| TECHNO ELECTRIC & ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED | Industrials | 2.68% |
| CENTURY PLYBOARDS INDIA LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 2.67% |
| MINDA CORPORATION LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 1.97% |
| Shriram Finance Limited | Financial Services | 1.94% |
| FIVE-STAR BUSINESS FINANCE LIMITED | Financial Services | 1.92% |
| ICICI BANK LIMITED | Financial Services | 1.91% |
| BRIGADE ENTERPRISES LIMITED | Real Estate | 1.87% |
| AJANTA PHARMA LIMITED | Healthcare | 1.86% |
| MEDPLUS HEALTH SERVICES LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 1.79% |
| METROPOLIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED | Healthcare | 1.74% |
| GARWARE TECHNICAL FIBRES LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 1.70% |
| APTUS VALUE HOUSING FINANCE INDIA LIMITED | Financial Services | 1.69% |
| CYIENT LIMITED | Industrials | 1.66% |
| AXIS BANK LIMITED | Financial Services | 1.59% |
| V-GUARD INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Industrials | 1.52% |
| JUBILANT INGREVIA LIMITED | Basic Materials | 1.49% |
| ALEMBIC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED | Healthcare | 1.49% |
| AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED | Consumer Defensive | 1.48% |
| VISHAL MEGA MART PRIVATE LIMITED | Consumer Cyclical | 1.46% |
| CARBORUNDUM UNIVERSAL LIMITED | Industrials | 1.44% |
| RATNAMANI METALS AND TUBES LTD | Basic Materials | 1.43% |
| Sector | Holdings | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 11 | 19.00% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 17.28% |
| Consumer Durables | — | 11.05% |
| Capital Goods | — | 10.22% |
| Consumer Services | — | 9.48% |
| Automobile and Auto Components | — | 7.47% |
| Construction | — | 5.97% |
| Realty | — | 3.56% |
| Information Technology | — | 3.10% |
| Chemicals | — | 2.90% |
Active bets vs the average Equity fund. Biggest deviations shown first.
Accent bar = fund's actual sector weight. Vertical black tick = category average for the same sector. Green overlay = overweight, dashed red = underweight. The biggest active bets show first.
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| Max |
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| Positive % |
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| 1Y | -12.03% | 2.44% | 18.87% | 41.79% | 131.35% | 80.9% |
| 3Y | 11.06% | 16.63% | 21.27% | 26.19% | 45.79% | 100.0% |
| 5Y | 14.18% | 17.43% | 23.44% | 29.40% | 36.42% | 100.0% |
Each cell is one year. Q1 = top quartile within the AMFI category for that period. Cell label is the last two digits of the year.
Top-10 weight 27.6% means the portfolio is broad — even the top names don't dominate. Effective-N is the inverse Herfindahl index — a measure of "how many positions effectively drive the fund" after weighting. Category: Equity.
Compounding maths on a notional ₹10 lakh lumpsum at 12% gross annual return. Green bar is what you'd have without the fee; red overlay is the fee drag. Fee is constant in this scenario — actual outcomes depend on real returns and any future TER changes.
What an investor SIPping into this fund actually got during named market shocks.
Each row is a back-tested SIP — monthly contribution over the regime's duration, no fees adjustment beyond NAV-baked TER. XIRR is the annualised IRR of those cashflows; Abs return is the absolute cash-on-cash; Max DD is the deepest drawdown experienced mid-investment. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Alpha is the annualised excess return vs benchmark over the manager's tenure on this scheme. Beat-benchmark = total return beat the index over the same window.