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DSP

DSP Banking & Financial Services Fund

Sectoral / ThematicEquityVery High risk Rank 57 of 258

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹15.69+0.01+0.03%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+16.1%
Aug ’25Aug ’26
Arthkar verdictSolid on the numbers

Returns

Beats category

1Y all ahead

Cost

Average

0.51% vs NaN% peers

Consistency

Strong

positive in 3 of 3 years

Beats its Sectoral / Thematic category on 1Y.

1Y return

+16.1%

+6.6 vs cat

3Y CAGR

5Y CAGR

AUM

₹1.9K Cr

fund size

Expense

0.51%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

3Y std dev

In plain English

DSP Banking & Financial Services Fund is a Sectoral / Thematic scheme from DSP. The portfolio is ~94% in equities with 6% kept in cash and short-term debt. Worst historical drawdown: -15% in Mar 2026, recovered in 3 months. Wrong fit if you need this money in less than 7 years.

Auto-generated from holdings, returns and risk data. No paid placement, no copy-pasted boilerplate.

NAV history

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NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹15.6920

Last 1Y

+16.08%

Aug 25Min ₹12.96 · Max ₹15.78 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

The crashes you should know about — and how long the fund took to recover.

Mar 2026

-14.7%

Peak ₹15.19 on 26 Feb 2026 → trough ₹12.96 on 31 Mar 2026 (1 months down).

Recovered in 3 months· 24 Jun 2026

Jan 2025

-11.4%

Peak ₹12.78 on 23 Sept 2024 → trough ₹11.32 on 27 Jan 2025 (4 months down).

Recovered in 3 months· 17 Apr 2025

Computed from the full NAV history. We show drawdowns deeper than 10%, sorted by depth.

Honesty score

A 1–5 grade on the dimensions other sites won't surface — expense bloat, AUM bloat, concentration, mandate compliance.

4

Honesty score

4 / 5

Solid scheme on the dimensions we check. No red flags.

  • Expense ratio

    0.51% — well below typical 1% for equity.

  • AUM size

    ₹1.9K Cr.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 97.3% — heavy concentration risk.

Computed from expense ratio, AUM, sector concentration and SEBI mandate compliance. No paid review.

Performance

Returns for various periods, with category average and peer rank.

PeriodReturnsCategory avgRank
1W-0.07%-0.40%82/ 286
1M+1.21%+2.47%197/ 286
3M+9.09%+8.01%102/ 286
6M+3.43%+6.33%154/ 278
YTD+6.96%+6.03%102/ 273
1Y+16.08%+9.52%57/ 258
2Y+18.79%+5.82%10/ 203

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity93.60%
  • Cash6.40%

By market cap

  • Large cap51.31%
  • Mid cap20.28%
  • Small cap12.08%
  • Others16.33%

Concentration

Holdings

35

Avg market cap

₹1.34 L Cr

Top 10 stocks

56.28%

Top 5 stocks

33.71%

Top 3 sectors

97.29%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    9.57%
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    9.57%
  • 2

    Axis Bank Ltd

    8.59%
  • 2

    Axis Bank Ltd

    8.59%
  • 3

    Bajaj Finance Ltd

    5.23%
  • 3

    Bajaj Finance Ltd

    5.23%
  • 4

    Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd

    5.17%
  • 4

    Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd

    5.17%
  • 5

    Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd

    5.14%
  • 5

    Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd

    5.14%
  • 6

    State Bank of India

    4.93%
  • 6

    State Bank of India

    4.93%
  • 7

    SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd

    4.74%
  • 7

    SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd

    4.74%
  • 9

    Shriram Finance Ltd

    4.37%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio19.6218.31+1.31
  • P/B ratio2.712.26+0.45
  • Price / Sales3.633.94-0.31
  • Price / Cash Flow0.00
  • Dividend yield0.78%0.94%-0.16
  • Return on equity (ROE)16.78%15.70%+1.08

Risk metrics

Standard deviation, Sharpe, Sortino, Beta — all vs category average.

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    12.6122.8417.0817.14
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    0.280.010.420.45
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    0.410.020.630.70
  • Beta

    1 = moves with the market. <1 = less volatile.

    0.971.040.980.97

Peers in Sectoral / Thematic

Other schemes in the same SEBI category, ranked by AUM.

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