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HDFC

HDFC Manufacturing Fund

Sectoral / ThematicEquityVery High risk Rank 91 of 261

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹11.74-0.17-1.39%

As of 1 Oct 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+4.9%
Oct ’25Oct ’26
Arthkar verdictSolid on the numbers

Returns

Beats category

1Y all ahead

Cost

Average

0.82% vs 0.79% peers

Beats its Sectoral / Thematic category on 1Y.

1Y return

+4.4%

+1.6 vs cat

3Y CAGR

—

5Y CAGR

—

AUM

₹10.3K Cr

fund size

Expense

0.82%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

—

3Y std dev

In plain English

HDFC Manufacturing fund is a Sectoral / Thematic scheme from HDFC. The portfolio is ~99% in equities. Worst historical drawdown: -22% in Feb 2025, recovered in 14 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

Showing Direct · Growth · INF179KC1II1

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹11.7420

Last 1Y

+4.94%

Oct 25Min ₹10.10 · Max ₹12.40 · 247 ptsOct 26

Drawdown stories

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

Feb 2025

-21.5%

Peak ₹11.54 on 27 Sept 2024 → trough ₹9.05 on 28 Feb 2025 (5 months down).

Recovered in 14 months· 6 May 2026

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

    0.82% — typical for category.

  • AUM size

    ₹10.3K Cr.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 64.5% — fairly concentrated.

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-3.60%-2.97%215/ 291
1M-4.37%-4.80%93/ 289
3M-0.05%-2.87%69/ 286
6M+14.15%+11.48%98/ 286
YTD+3.85%+0.50%90/ 273
1Y+4.41%+2.78%91/ 261
2Y+2.60%+1.38%83/ 211

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity99.10%
  • Cash0.90%

By market cap

  • Large cap54.90%
  • Mid cap18.27%
  • Small cap20.61%
  • Others6.22%

Concentration

Holdings

85

Avg market cap

₹86.2K Cr

Top 10 stocks

33.38%

Top 5 stocks

20.50%

Top 3 sectors

64.47%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    Reliance Industries Ltd

    —6.13%
  • 1

    Reliance Industries Ltd

    —5.27%
  • 2

    Divi's Laboratories Ltd

    —4.55%
  • 2

    Divi's Laboratories Ltd

    —4.50%
  • 3

    Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

    —3.88%
  • 3

    Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

    —3.63%
  • 4

    JSW Steel Ltd

    —3.59%
  • 4

    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

    —3.59%
  • 5

    JSW Steel Ltd

    —3.46%
  • 5

    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

    —3.25%
  • 6

    Tata Motors Ltd

    —2.86%
  • 7

    Bharat Electronics Ltd

    —2.81%
  • 6

    Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd

    —2.74%
  • 8

    Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd

    —2.66%
  • 7

    Tata Motors Ltd

    —2.57%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio25.5928.47-2.88
  • P/B ratio3.684.25-0.57
  • Price / Sales1.693.21-1.52
  • Price / Cash Flow15.6619.97-4.31
  • Dividend yield1.21%1.23%-0.02
  • Return on equity (ROE)18.50%18.47%+0.03

Risk metrics

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

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    16.10—————
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    0.16—————
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    0.25—————
  • Beta

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

    ——————

Peers in Sectoral / Thematic

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

Available plans & options

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