HDFC Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Hybrid

Equity Savings

Moderately High Risk

Rs 76.29

0.06

NAV as on Feb 6, 2026

Benchmark

Nifty 50 Arbitrage

Expense Ratio

0.94%

Fund Category

Hybrid - Equity Savings

Fund Size

Rs 5,897 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

16.77%

Launch Date

Jan 1, 2013

Type

Open Ended

Riskometer

Moderately High

Ratio Analysis

Standard Deviation

4.42 vs 4.27

Fund Vs Category Avg

Beta

0.99 vs 0.83

Fund Vs Category Avg

Sharpe Ratio

0.94

Category Avg

Portfolio Turnover Ratio

347.14

Category Avg

Top Holdings

Name	Assets (%)	Sector	Instrument
HDFC Bank Ltd.	8.72	Banks	Equity
Reliance Industries Ltd.	6.36	Petroleum	Equity
ICICI Bank Ltd.	5.44	Banks	Equity
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	3.71	Construction	Equity
Titan Company Ltd.	3.29	Gems and Jewellery	Equity
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.	3.26	Pharmaceuticals and health care	Equity
State Bank of India	2.93	Banks	Equity
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	2.20	Telecommunications	Equity
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.	2.20	Infrastructure	Equity
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	1.97	Automobiles	Equity

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Performance Analysis

	1W	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y	SI
Fund Returns (%)	0.49	-0.40	1.42	4.00	8.22	11.42	10.76	11.40	16.77
Category Average (%)	0.52	-0.28	0.86	2.98	6.28	9.25	7.92	NA	8.63
Rank within Category	49	94	50	31	23	29	7	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	25.03	18,060	0.36	-0.24	1.34	3.39	7.56	9.13	8.47	9.34	8.56	0.45
Kotak Equity Savings Fund	29.83	9,651	0.88	-1.30	0.71	4.55	9.08	12.35	11.25	10.55	10.14	0.69
SBI Equity Savings Fund	27.02	5,919	0.36	0.18	0.83	2.68	7.82	12.19	9.70	10.14	9.75	0.94
HDFC Equity Savings Fund	76.29	5,897	0.49	-0.40	1.42	4.00	8.18	11.42	10.76	11.40	16.77	0.94
DSP Equity Savings Fund	24.99	3,905	0.11	-0.58	0.90	2.33	6.36	10.88	9.77	NA	9.73	0.65
Mirae Asset Equity Savings Fund	22.51	1,865	0.63	-0.31	1.34	4.18	9.83	12.59	10.93	NA	12.03	0.34
Sundaram Equity Savings Fund	84.11	1,207	0.82	-0.43	0.79	3.04	8.18	13.23	12.04	11.28	17.65	0.72
Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund	28.94	1,106	0.60	-0.15	0.99	3.98	9.19	12.46	10.43	10.38	9.84	0.61
Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings Fund	25.40	1,023	0.51	-0.04	1.64	4.06	9.11	10.26	8.29	9.34	8.69	0.54
Axis Equity Savings Fund	25.82	927	0.62	-0.54	0.78	3.65	6.92	11.55	9.64	10.05	9.48	1.07

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Return Calculator

₹ One-Time

Over the past

Invested

₹5000

Invested Amount
Estimated Return

Total investment of ₹5000

Would have become ₹5,409 (+8.18%)

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 - Wholesale Plan	Hybrid - Arbitrage	20.97	24,031	6.91	6.47
HDFC Arbitrage Fund	Hybrid - Arbitrage	33.24	24,031	6.92	6.47
HDFC Nifty 50 Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	249.80	22,718	9.89	12.52
HDFC BSE Sensex Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	794.94	9,187	8.11	11.56
HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund	Others - Fund of Funds	47.28	8,501	75.58	24.92
HDFC Equity Savings Fund	Hybrid - Equity Savings	76.29	5,897	8.18	10.76
HDFC Multi-Asset Allocation Fund	Hybrid - Multi Asset Allocation	85.95	5,460	15.18	14.61
HDFC Silver ETF Fund of Fund	Others - Fund of Funds	38.89	3,281	142.45	NA
HDFC NIFTY Next 50 Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	16.27	2,159	9.22	NA
HDFC NIFTY50 Equal weight Index Fund	Others - Index Funds/ETFs	18.78	1,630	13.53	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	575.41	1,08,205	0.88	-1.22	0.57	3.98	9.21	18.63	18.05	16.93	36.23	0.76
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund	2,268.17	96,295	1.09	-1.53	1.02	6.06	13.47	22.80	21.45	18.93	51.26	0.67
HDFC Mid Cap Fund	223.96	92,642	1.14	-1.18	1.27	7.12	14.14	26.52	24.58	19.97	26.77	0.74
HDFC Liquid Fund	5,363.09	63,820	0.14	0.50	1.49	2.96	6.46	7.00	5.90	6.15	13.67	0.20
HDFC Large Cap Fund	1,269.65	40,604	2.05	-1.73	1.81	4.81	8.79	16.65	15.40	15.65	44.71	0.98
HDFC Small Cap Fund	154.34	37,753	0.94	-2.91	-4.90	-2.61	5.40	20.36	22.96	19.71	23.22	0.67