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Compare Kotak Midcap Fund against another fund →NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1
Since inception
2 Apr 2007
ISIN
INF174K01DS9
AI briefing
The Kotak Midcap Fund is a mid-cap equity scheme that has delivered returns in line with its category, albeit with a slightly lower CAGR compared to the Nifty 50 index over the long term. The fund has exhibited moderate volatility and has been able to capture a significant portion of the market's upside while limiting its downside. Its performance has been consistent, with a high percentage of positive rolling 3-year returns.
The fund's risk-return signature suggests a strategy that balances growth and risk management, with a moderate beta and a focus on capturing upside while protecting against downsides. The fund's ability to capture a significant portion of the market's upside and limit its downside suggests a quality-tilted or disciplined investment approach. The relatively low correlation with the Nifty 50 index also implies a degree of diversification in the fund's portfolio.
Suits
Not for
News & sentiment
Bullish
8 headlines · 3 outlets · 7d
Tone · daily average
Performance
| Window | Fund | Nifty Midcap 50 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | 0.86% | 2.84% | -1.98% |
| 3M | 4.10% | 6.15% | -2.05% |
| 6M | 10.98% | 8.29% | +2.69% |
| 1YCAGR | 8.03% | 11.28% | -3.25% |
| 3YCAGR | 18.96% | 19.18% |
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 × 180 months
XIRR 19.41%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 16.9% 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
18.1%
Annualised, daily NAV
Sharpe
0.46
Excess return per unit of risk
Sortino
0.55
Downside risk only
Max drawdown
-72.0%
7 Jan 2008 → 9 Mar 2009
Recovery
1915 days
To reclaim the prior peak
Best 1 year
116.2%
Rolling, any start date
Worst 1 year
-66.0%
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 — 804 overlapping windows. This is what the fund returned depending on when you happened to buy.
Positive 3y windows
92%
Of 804 windows tested
Median 3y CAGR
19.9%
The typical outcome, not the best one
Vs Nifty Midcap 50
Beta
0.17
Moves less than the index
Alpha
+5.71%
Annualised, risk-adjusted
Correlation
0.46
1.0 = moves in lockstep
Upside capture
65%
Of index gains captured
Downside capture
65%
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 Midcap 50— the category-appropriate index, though not necessarily this fund's exact stated benchmark.
Cost of advice
| Window | Direct | Regular | Drag |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | 9.12% | 8.03% | 1.09% |
| 3Y | 20.22% | 18.96% | 1.26% |
| 5Y | 18.19% | 16.87% | 1.32% |
| 10Y | 18.39% | 16.98% | 1.41% |
₹10,00,000 held 10 years
Category
| Fund | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICICI Prudential | 12.7% | 21.6% | 17.2% | 19.6% |
| Nippon India | 9.2% | 20.5% | 19.1% | 19.5% |
| Nippon India | 9.2% | 20.5% | 19.1% | 19.5% |
| Kotak Mahindrathis fund |
Category rank
5-year return
16.9% CAGR56th percentile
Out-returned 56% of its category.
Calm (low volatility)
18.1% vol46th percentile
Steadier than 46% of its category.
Ranked against 19 same-category Direct-Growth schemes (the largest AMCs in Mid 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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livemint.com·6d ago·Mid-cap outperformance
The Economic Times·7d ago·Consistent equity returns
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.
| -0.22% |
| 5YCAGR | 16.87% | 19.34% | -2.48% |
| 10YCAGR | 16.98% | 17.39% | -0.41% |
| InceptionCAGR | 14.86% | — | — |
Compared against the Nifty Midcap 50, 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 119775. Distributors provide advice for that fee; whether it's worth it is your call.
| 8.0% |
| 19.0% |
| 16.9% |
| 18.1% |
| HDFC | 7.7% | 18.7% | 19.7% | 17.1% |
| UTI | 3.6% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 19.2% |
| SBI | 5.1% | 12.2% | 14.5% | 19.9% |
Same category (Equity Scheme - Mid 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.