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Compare ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund against another fund →NAV as of 28 Jul 2026 · AMFI publishes T+1
Since inception
3 Jan 2013
ISIN
INF109K015M0
AI briefing
ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth is an equity‑oriented small‑cap scheme that aims to generate long‑term capital appreciation. Historically it has delivered returns higher than the broader market over longer horizons (10‑year CAGR 16.52% vs Nifty 12.27%) but its short‑term performance has been volatile, even under‑performing the Nifty over the past 1‑month and 1‑year.
The fund appears to pursue a growth‑oriented small‑cap bias, taking higher exposure to volatile stocks to capture upside (median 3‑year rolling CAGR 18.2% and best 1‑year return 131.6%). The beta below 1 (0.79) and upside capture of 84% suggest a somewhat moderated market exposure, while the downside capture of 77% indicates some protection during market declines, possibly via quality or sector‑tilt within the small‑cap universe.
Suits
Not for
News & sentiment
Bullish
3 headlines · 2 outlets · 7d
Tone · daily average
Performance
| Window | Fund | Nifty 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | -1.48% | 1.03% | -2.51% |
| 3M | 3.81% | 2.58% | +1.23% |
| 6M | 8.15% | 1.17% | +6.98% |
| 1YCAGR | 2.21% | 2.21% | -0.01% |
| 3YCAGR | 12.46% | 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 × 120 months
XIRR 18.29%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 14.6% 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
15.0%
Annualised, daily NAV
Sharpe
0.68
Excess return per unit of risk
Sortino
0.81
Downside risk only
Max drawdown
-45.1%
24 Jan 2018 → 24 Mar 2020
Recovery
254 days
To reclaim the prior peak
Best 1 year
131.6%
Rolling, any start date
Worst 1 year
-29.8%
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 — 515 overlapping windows. This is what the fund returned depending on when you happened to buy.
Positive 3y windows
95%
Of 515 windows tested
Median 3y CAGR
18.2%
The typical outcome, not the best one
Vs Nifty 500
Beta
0.79
Moves less than the index
Alpha
+5.56%
Annualised, risk-adjusted
Correlation
0.85
1.0 = moves in lockstep
Upside capture
84%
Of index gains captured
Downside capture
77%
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 | 2.21% | 1.18% | 1.02% |
| 3Y | 12.46% | 11.27% | 1.18% |
| 5Y | 14.57% | 13.26% | 1.30% |
| 10Y | 16.52% | 15.28% | 1.23% |
₹10,00,000 held 10 years
Category
| Fund | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon India | 6.2% | 16.7% | 19.4% | 17.4% |
| Nippon India | 6.2% | 16.7% | 19.4% | 17.4% |
| UTI | 5.7% | 16.1% | 16.4% | 15.7% |
| Kotak Mahindra | 2.6% |
Category rank
5-year return
14.6% CAGR12th percentile
Out-returned 12% of its category.
Calm (low volatility)
15.0% vol96th percentile
Steadier than 96% of its category.
Ranked against 18 same-category Direct-Growth schemes (the largest AMCs in Small 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·1d ago·high returns across smallcap funds
The Economic Times·6d ago·bandhan gains in smallcap mutual funds
livemint.com·7d ago·IPO unrelated to ICICI Prudential
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.
| +1.18% |
| 5YCAGR | 14.57% | 11.45% | +3.11% |
| 10YCAGR | 16.52% | 12.27% | +4.24% |
| InceptionCAGR | 16.65% | 12.31% | +4.34% |
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 106823. Distributors provide advice for that fee; whether it's worth it is your call.
| 13.2% |
| 13.9% |
| 15.4% |
| HDFC | -0.3% | 12.8% | 15.8% | 16.5% |
| SBI | 4.4% | 12.5% | 14.7% | 15.2% |
| ICICI Prudentialthis fund | 2.2% | 12.5% | 14.6% | 15.0% |
Same category (Equity Scheme - Small 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.