HDFC Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Hybrid

Equity Savings

Moderately High Risk

Rs 75.26

0.04

NAV as on Nov 7, 2025

Benchmark

Nifty 50 Arbitrage

Expense Ratio

0.93%

Fund Category

Hybrid - Equity Savings

Fund Size

Rs 5,739 Crores

Exit Load

1.00%

Min. Investment

Rs 100

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Asset Allocation

Sector Allocation

HDFC Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Fund Details

Investment Objective - The Investment objective will be changed to provide capital appreciation and income distribution to the investors using arbitrage opportunities, investment in equity/equity related instruments and debt/money market instruments.

Fund House

HDFC Mutual Fund

Return Since Launch

17%

Launch Date

Jan 1, 2013

Type

Open Ended

Riskometer

Moderately High

Ratio Analysis

Standard Deviation

4.47 vs 4.32

Fund Vs Category Avg

Beta

1.00 vs 0.83

Fund Vs Category Avg

Sharpe Ratio

0.97 vs 0.89

Fund Vs Category Avg

Portfolio Turnover Ratio

442.82 vs 336.66

Fund Vs Category Avg

Top Holdings

Name	Assets (%)	Sector	Instrument
HDFC Bank Ltd.	8.59	Banks	Equity
Reliance Industries Ltd.	5.68	Petroleum	Equity
ICICI Bank Ltd.	5.61	Banks	Equity
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	3.41	Construction	Equity
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.	3.11	Pharmaceuticals and health care	Equity
Titan Company Ltd.	2.81	Gems and Jewellery	Equity
State Bank of India	2.67	Banks	Equity
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.	2.30	Infrastructure	Equity
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	2.11	Telecommunications	Equity
Infosys Ltd.	1.98	Information Technology	Equity

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Performance Analysis

	1W	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y	SI
Fund Returns (%)	-0.24	0.74	2.62	4.42	11.69	11.02	13.14	11.00	17.00
Category Average (%)	-0.12	0.68	2.12	4.06	5.52	9.02	9.33	NA	8.71
Rank within Category	95	66	58	52	48	31	4	2	2

* Returns over 1 year are CAGR

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Peer Comparision

Scheme Name(Growth Direct)	NAV (Rs)	AUM (Rs Cr)	1W(%)	1M(%)	3M(%)	6M(%)	1Y(%)	3Y(%)	5Y(%)	10Y(%)	SI(%)	ER(%)
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund	24.71	16,487	0.04	0.77	2.07	4.09	7.58	9.35	10.10	8.97	8.63	0.45
Kotak Equity Savings Fund	29.60	8,782	-0.28	0.13	3.61	6.49	8.05	12.65	12.44	10.45	10.30	0.66
SBI Equity Savings Fund	26.77	6,169	-0.30	0.87	1.79	4.52	5.01	11.44	11.79	10.09	9.89	0.99
HDFC Equity Savings Fund	75.26	5,739	-0.24	0.74	2.62	4.42	6.04	11.02	13.14	11.00	17.00	0.93
DSP Equity Savings Fund	24.80	3,773	0.10	0.65	1.64	2.64	5.72	10.95	11.49	NA	9.91	0.55
Mirae Asset Equity Savings Fund	22.22	1,670	-0.11	1.19	2.85	5.82	8.70	12.16	12.73	NA	12.28	0.36
Sundaram Equity Savings Fund	83.45	1,153	-0.17	0.80	2.21	4.81	7.62	12.57	14.20	11.00	17.95	0.60
Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund	28.69	947	-0.02	0.98	2.95	6.33	9.67	12.36	11.99	10.21	9.98	0.60
Axis Equity Savings Fund	25.64	936	0.16	1.06	2.85	4.40	6.21	11.25	11.38	9.93	9.65	1.08
Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings Fund	24.98	912	-0.12	0.77	2.34	4.74	8.61	9.55	9.97	9.05	8.73	0.54

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Return Calculator

₹ One-Time

Over the past

Invested

₹5000

Invested Amount
Estimated Return

Total investment of ₹5000

Would have become ₹5,302 (+6.04%)

Fund Manager

Nandita Menezes

Anil Bamboli

Srinivasan Ramamurthy

Ms. Nandita Menezes holds CA (ICAI, INDIA), B.Com (University of Mumbai). Prior to joining HDFC AMC, she was associated with S.V. Ghatalia & Associates LLP.

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Here is the list of funds managed by Nandita Menezes

Scheme Name(Growth Direct)	Category	NAV(Rs)	AUM(Rs Cr)	1Y(%)	5Y(%)
HDFC Arbitrage Fund	Hybrid - Arbitrage	32.65	21,984	6.97	6.26
HDFC Arbitrage Fund - Wholesale Plan	Hybrid - Arbitrage	20.60	21,984	6.97	6.27
HDFC Nifty 50 Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	247.73	20,930	6.40	16.83
HDFC BSE Sensex Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	791.45	8,509	5.64	15.81
HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund	Others - Fund of Funds	37.73	6,329	55.57	17.08
HDFC Equity Savings Fund	Hybrid - Equity Savings	75.26	5,739	6.04	13.14
HDFC Multi Asset Fund	Hybrid - Multi Asset Allocation	82.98	4,930	10.82	16.47
HDFC NIFTY Next 50 Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	16.35	2,062	-1.41	NA
HDFC NIFTY50 Equal weight Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	18.41	1,566	7.03	NA
HDFC Developed World Overseas Equity Passive FOF	Others - Fund of Funds	17.78	1,433	24.05	NA

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Top Performing Related Funds

Scheme Name(Growth Direct)	NAV (Rs)	AUM (Rs Cr)	1W(%)	1M(%)	3M(%)	6M(%)	1Y(%)	3Y(%)	5Y(%)	10Y(%)	SI(%)	ER(%)
HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund	572.04	1,03,041	-0.52	1.28	3.31	5.64	5.51	18.68	23.87	15.78	36.99	0.74
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund	2,245.31	85,560	-0.92	0.67	4.71	7.31	9.04	22.07	28.48	17.31	52.36	0.70
HDFC Mid Cap Fund	221.57	84,855	0.02	2.59	5.41	12.80	7.38	25.60	29.61	19.39	27.25	0.72
HDFC Liquid Fund	5,285.16	63,043	0.10	0.48	1.44	3.02	6.74	7.06	5.75	6.19	13.82	0.20
HDFC Large Cap Fund	1,245.80	38,251	-0.87	0.74	2.70	3.97	3.39	15.83	20.89	14.16	45.54	0.98
HDFC Money Market Fund	5,971.02	36,986	0.12	0.48	1.48	3.38	7.72	7.68	6.26	6.89	14.91	0.23