Top Mutual Funds

Top 5 Direct Growth funds in every equity category
Ranked by 5 Years return
NAV through 09 Aug 2026
3Y and 5Y returns are CAGR

Large Cap

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Nippon India Large Cap - Direct Plan Growth Plan +2.9% +15.7%
2 Invesco India Largecap +9.1% +13.5%
3 ICICI Prudential Large Cap (Erstwhile Bluechip ) +1.7% +13.4%
4 HDFC Large Cap +3.2% +13.0%
5 Bandhan Large Cap +6.5% +12.8%
RefNifty 100 Index +3.0% +10.3%

Mid Cap

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Motilal Oswal Midcap +1.0% +23.3%
2 Invesco India Midcap +13.5% +21.1%
3 HDFC Mid Cap +12.6% +20.7%
4 Nippon India Growth Mid Cap - Direct Plan Growth Plan +13.0% +20.0%
5 Edelweiss Mid Cap +11.7% +19.9%
RefNifty Midcap 150 Index +10.8% +17.5%

Small Cap

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Invesco India Smallcap +18.8% +21.0%
2 Bank of India Small Cap +26.0% +20.7%
3 Bandhan Small Cap +14.1% +20.1%
4 Nippon India Small Cap - Direct Plan Growth Plan +11.6% +20.0%
5 Quant Small Cap +16.2% +19.3%
RefNifty Smallcap 250 Index +9.7% +15.2%

Flexi Cap

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 HDFC Flexi Cap +7.1% +18.7%
2 Bank of India Flexi Cap +16.4% +17.8%
3 Jm Flexicap (Direct) +7.0% +17.8%
4 ICICI Prudential Flexicap +15.3% +17.1%
5 Quant Flexi Cap +18.9% +16.2%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%

Multi Cap

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Nippon India Multi Cap - Direct Plan Growth Plan +4.7% +19.6%
2 Mahindra Manulife Multi Cap +14.2% +17.3%
3 ICICI Prudential Multicap +12.9% +16.6%
4 Baroda Bnp Paribas Multi Cap +8.7% +15.2%
5 Iti Multi Cap +14.5% +14.7%
RefNifty500 Multicap 50:25:25 Index +6.7% β€”

Value / Contra

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 SBI Contra +2.8% +16.8%
2 ICICI Prudential Value (Erstwhile Value Discovery ) +1.7% +16.4%
3 Kotak Contra +7.3% +16.3%
4 Jm Value (Direct) +3.0% +16.1%
5 HDFC Value +11.0% +15.7%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%

ELSS (Tax Saver)

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver +10.4% +18.0%
2 SBI ELSS Tax Saver +3.0% +16.7%
3 HDFC ELSS Tax Saver +1.2% +16.4%
4 Jm ELSS Tax Saver (Direct) +13.6% +16.2%
5 Quant ELSS Tax Saver +18.2% +16.1%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%

Sectoral / Thematic

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity +16.7% +24.5%
2 SBI PSU +13.1% +24.4%
3 Lic Mf Infrastructure +15.3% +24.0%
4 ICICI Prudential Infrastructure +7.8% +23.7%
5 Nippon India Power & Infra - Direct Plan Growth Plan +16.0% +23.3%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%

Focused

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 HDFC Focused +5.5% +19.7%
2 ICICI Prudential Focused Equity +7.9% +17.4%
3 Invesco India Focused +5.1% +16.9%
4 Mahindra Manulife Focused +6.0% +15.8%
5 Jm Focused (Direct) +9.1% +15.5%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%

Dividend Yield

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Fund 1Y 5Y
1 ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity +5.8% +19.0%
2 HDFC Dividend Yield +5.1% +16.0%
3 Tata Dividend Yield +15.6% +15.4%
4 Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield +8.3% +14.6%
5 Franklin India Dividend Yield +3.8% +13.7%
RefNifty 500 Index +5.4% +12.0%