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Compare HDFC Flexi Cap Fund against another fund →NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1
Since inception
3 Apr 2006
ISIN
INF179K01608
AI briefing
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund is a growth-oriented equity fund that has delivered consistent returns over the long term, with a moderate risk profile. It has provided significantly higher returns than the Nifty 50 over 3, 5, and 10 years while having a relatively lower volatility. The fund has also experienced a sharp drawdown in the past, but recovered quickly.
The fund's high upside capture and moderate downside capture suggest a balanced approach that leans towards growth stocks, with the aim of minimizing losses during market downturns. The moderate correlation with the Nifty 50 and relatively low beta also imply that the fund manager may be employing a style that differs from a purely market-cap-weighted approach.
Suits
Not for
News & sentiment
Bullish
7 headlines · 4 outlets · 7d
Tone · daily average
Performance
| Window | Fund | Nifty 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | 0.94% | 1.03% | -0.09% |
| 3M | 4.06% | 2.58% | +1.48% |
| 6M | -0.58% | 1.17% | -1.75% |
| 1YCAGR | 3.47% | 2.21% | +1.25% |
| 3YCAGR | 16.04% | 11.28% |
SIP simulator
Monthly amount
For how long
Buys units at the actual published NAV on the same date each month, then computes XIRR over the real cash flows. Not a projection — this is what the SIP would have done.
₹5,000/mo × 181 months
XIRR 15.91%After tax
Tax treatment
Equity
LTCG 12.5% over ₹1.25L (held >1y); STCG 20%
Lock-in
None
Open-ended — redeem any day
₹10,00,000 lumpsum · 5 years at the fund's 17.9% CAGR
Illustrative, using FY2025-26 rules on a hypothetical lumpsum at this fund's realised 5-year CAGR — not a projection or tax advice. Debt gains are added to your income and taxed at your slab (shown at 30%); your actual rate may differ. Surcharge and cess are excluded.
Risk profile
Volatility
20.0%
Annualised, daily NAV
Sharpe
0.40
Excess return per unit of risk
Sortino
0.51
Downside risk only
Max drawdown
-59.9%
7 Jan 2008 → 9 Mar 2009
Recovery
267 days
To reclaim the prior peak
Best 1 year
144.8%
Rolling, any start date
Worst 1 year
-52.9%
Rolling, any start date
Worst-case entry
The unluckiest possible lumpsum: buy at the peak of , and you'd have watched it fall and waited just to break even. A monthly SIP would have softened this by buying through the fall; this is the lumpsum-at-the-top case.
Consistency
Every 3-year holding period since inception — 854 overlapping windows. This is what the fund returned depending on when you happened to buy.
Positive 3y windows
94%
Of 854 windows tested
Median 3y CAGR
16.3%
The typical outcome, not the best one
Vs Nifty 500
Beta
0.93
Tracks the index
Alpha
+4.09%
Annualised, risk-adjusted
Correlation
0.94
1.0 = moves in lockstep
Upside capture
99%
Of index gains captured
Downside capture
94%
Of index falls absorbed
Capture below 100% on the downside and above it on the upside is the pattern investors pay for. Alpha assumes a 6.5% risk-free rate. Measured against the Nifty 500— the category-appropriate index, though not necessarily this fund's exact stated benchmark.
Cost of advice
| Window | Direct | Regular | Drag |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | 4.14% | 3.47% | 0.68% |
| 3Y | 16.81% | 16.04% | 0.77% |
| 5Y | 18.67% | 17.90% | 0.78% |
| 10Y | 16.15% | 15.35% | 0.80% |
₹10,00,000 held 10 years
Category
| Fund | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDFCthis fund | 3.5% | 16.0% | 17.9% | 20.0% |
| ICICI Prudential | 8.8% | 15.9% | 15.0% | 13.6% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life | 9.4% | 15.0% | 12.6% | 19.9% |
Category rank
5-year return
17.9% CAGR100th percentile
Out-returned 100% of its category.
Calm (low volatility)
20.0% vol8th percentile
Steadier than 8% of its category.
Ranked against 21 same-category Direct-Growth schemes (the largest AMCs in Flexi Cap Fund by scheme count). A high return percentile with a high calm percentile is the rare combination — most funds trade one for the other. Percentile is of this sample, not the whole category.
Both sides
What the numbers support
What they warn about
Not shown, and why
Portfolio holdings, sector allocation, AUM, expense ratio and the fund manager are absent because no free machine-readable feed publishes them — SEBI mandates monthly disclosure, but each AMC posts its own spreadsheet. Rather than estimate them, this page shows only what AMFI's published NAV series can prove. The cost section derives the expense difference from Direct vs Regular NAVs instead.
NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1 · Educational only, not investment advice.
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The Economic Times·7h ago·portfolio check question
The Economic Times·1d ago·high cash holding ranking
Value Research·2d ago·favour large caps
Myinvestmentideas·2d ago·top picks list inclusion
The Economic Times·6d ago·consistent returns record
The Economic Times·6d ago·top flexi cap ranking
financialexpress.com·6d ago·rising above expectation
Real press coverage from the last 7 days, scored by AI for tone — click any headline for the source. This is news sentiment, not social: X / Reddit / Telegram scoring needs a paid social provider. Educational only.
| +4.76% |
| 5YCAGR | 17.90% | 11.45% | +6.45% |
| 10YCAGR | 15.35% | 12.27% | +3.07% |
| InceptionCAGR | 14.46% | 10.67% | +3.78% |
Compared against the Nifty 500, the category-appropriate index — a small-cap fund judged against the large-cap Nifty 50 would look better than it is. Windows under 1 year are absolute; 1 year and beyond are annualised (CAGR). Only windows the fund has actually lived through are shown. Past performance does not indicate future returns.
Sharpe and Sortino assume a 6.5% risk-free rate (~Indian 1-year T-bill).
Both plans hold the identical portfolio, so the gap between their NAVs is the commission — measured here from the published NAV series, not quoted from a TER sheet. Compared against scheme 118955. Distributors provide advice for that fee; whether it's worth it is your call.
| 0.2% |
| 12.0% |
| 11.4% |
| 15.6% |
| Nippon India | 1.1% | 10.8% | — | 14.9% |
| UTI | 0.1% | 8.6% | 6.2% | 17.3% |
| SBI | -0.0% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 19.1% |
Same category (Equity Scheme - Flexi Cap Fund), same plan type, sorted by 3-year CAGR. Peers are the largest AMCs in the category by scheme count — a size proxy, since scheme-level AUM isn't published in a machine-readable feed.