Fund SIP returns · Small Cap Funds
Small Cap Fund SIP returns compared
25 small cap funds, ordered by the XIRR of a monthly SIP over the same last 5 years, so every fund is measured over identical dates. Funds with under 5 years of history are listed last. Official AMFI NAVs, as of 4 Oct 2026.
| Fund | Data from | 5-yr SIP XIRR (to today) | Ahead of Nifty Smallcap 250 index fund | Median rolling 5-yr | Worst rolling 5-yr | 5-yr SIPs that lost money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITI Small Cap Fund | Mar 2020 | 22.5% | 73%44 3-yr SIPs | 22.9% | 14.9% | 0% |
| Bank Of India Small Cap Fund | Jan 2019 | 22.5% | 73%49 3-yr SIPs | 25.1% | 12.4% | 0% |
| Bandhan Small Cap Fund | Mar 2020 | 22.2% | 84%44 3-yr SIPs | 25.6% | 18.2% | 0% |
| Invesco India Small Cap Fund | Nov 2018 | 20.3% | 94%49 3-yr SIPs | 27.7% | 15.6% | 0% |
| Union Small Cap Fund | Jul 2014 | 18.5% | 53%49 3-yr SIPs | 21.0% | -8.7% | 7% |
| Quant Small Cap Fund | Apr 2006 | 18.2% | 88%49 3-yr SIPs | 9.8% | -16.5% | 7% |
| DSP Small Cap Fund | May 2010 | 18.1% | 57%49 3-yr SIPs | 22.9% | -10.9% | 4% |
| Nippon India Small Cap Fund | Oct 2010 | 16.1% | 98%49 3-yr SIPs | 26.9% | -8.6% | 2% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund | Jul 2010 | 15.9% | 18%49 3-yr SIPs | 17.4% | -17.2% | 9% |
| Edelweiss Small Cap Fund | Mar 2019 | 14.9% | 69%49 3-yr SIPs | 24.4% | 12.2% | 0% |
| Axis Small Cap Fund | Dec 2013 | 14.9% | 51%49 3-yr SIPs | 22.9% | 0.7% | 0% |
| PGIM India Small Cap Fund | Aug 2021 | 14.6% | 37%27 3-yr SIPs | 15.1% | 14.5% | 0% |
| Franklin India Small Cap Fund | Apr 2006 | 13.2% | 67%49 3-yr SIPs | 19.3% | -14.4% | 4% |
| UTI Small Cap Fund | Jan 2021 | 13.0% | 44%34 3-yr SIPs | 14.3% | 10.2% | 0% |
| Tata Small Cap Fund | Dec 2018 | 12.9% | 53%49 3-yr SIPs | 26.8% | 7.7% | 0% |
| ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund | Nov 2007 | 12.4% | 35%49 3-yr SIPs | 17.4% | -11.0% | 3% |
| HDFC Small Cap Fund | Jul 2014 | 12.0% | 59%49 3-yr SIPs | 21.8% | -9.5% | 5% |
| Kotak Small Cap Fund | Apr 2006 | 11.7% | 24%49 3-yr SIPs | 20.6% | -8.6% | 2% |
| Canara Robeco Small Cap Fund | Mar 2019 | 11.5% | 35%49 3-yr SIPs | 22.5% | 9.7% | 0% |
| SBI Small Cap Fund | Dec 2013 | 11.4% | 27%49 3-yr SIPs | 21.3% | -0.3% | 1% |
| Sundaram Small Cap Fund | Apr 2006 | 7.5% | 0%49 3-yr SIPs | 18.4% | -16.4% | 10% |
| Baroda BNP Paribas Small Cap Fund | Nov 2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LIC MF Small Cap Fund | Aug 2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahindra Manulife Small Cap Fund | Jan 2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quantum Small Cap Fund | Nov 2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
Direct plan where it has 3+ years of history, otherwise Regular. Rolling columns use the plan with the longer history and cover each fund's own history (see “Data from”), so they are not comparable across funds with different start dates. “Ahead of Nifty Smallcap 250 index fund” is the share of rolling SIPs (5-year where that spans 3+ years of start dates, else 3-year) in which the fund beat a Nifty Smallcap 250 index fund on the same dates; it only covers months since that index fund launched. Ordering is by historical figures only — it is not a ranking of which fund to buy. Past performance does not indicate future returns.
Small Cap Fund comparisons, head to head
The same SIP on identical dates in two funds. All comparisons.
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Axis Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Bandhan Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs DSP Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs HDFC Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs Bandhan Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs DSP Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs HDFC Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Axis Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs DSP Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs HDFC Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Bandhan Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs HDFC Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- DSP Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- HDFC Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs Kotak Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- ICICI Prudential Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Kotak Small Cap Fund vs Nippon India Small Cap Fund
- Kotak Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- Kotak Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Kotak Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Kotak Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Nippon India Small Cap Fund vs Quant Small Cap Fund
- Nippon India Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Nippon India Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Nippon India Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Quant Small Cap Fund vs SBI Small Cap Fund
- Quant Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- Quant Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- SBI Small Cap Fund vs Tata Small Cap Fund
- SBI Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund
- Tata Small Cap Fund vs UTI Small Cap Fund