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JM Financial

JM Small Cap Fund (Direct)

Small CapEquityVery High risk Rank 6 of 35

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹12.08+0.12+0.97%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+22.3%
Aug ’25Aug ’26
Arthkar verdictSolid on the numbers

Returns

Beats category

1Y all ahead

Cost

Average

0.68% vs NaN% peers

Beats its Small Cap category on 1Y.

1Y return

+22.3%

+6.6 vs cat

3Y CAGR

5Y CAGR

AUM

₹729.63 Cr

fund size

Expense

0.68%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

3Y std dev

In plain English

JM Small Cap Fund (Direct) is a Small Cap scheme from JM Financial. The portfolio is ~99% in equities. Worst historical drawdown: -24% in Mar 2025, recovered in 16 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 · INF192K01NH3

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹12.0813

Last 1Y

+22.26%

Aug 25Min ₹8.45 · Max ₹12.08 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

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

Mar 2025

-24.4%

Peak ₹11.12 on 24 Sept 2024 → trough ₹8.41 on 3 Mar 2025 (5 months down).

Recovered in 16 months· 17 Jun 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

    0.68% — typical for category.

  • AUM size

    ₹0.7K Cr — manageable for a small-cap mandate.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 62.4% — fairly concentrated.

  • Style drift

    Allocation matches the declared category mandate.

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+1.27%+0.58%6/ 40
1M+3.35%+3.90%25/ 40
3M+17.09%+13.53%6/ 40
6M+22.95%+17.14%7/ 38
YTD+21.63%+15.70%7/ 37
1Y+22.26%+15.62%6/ 35
2Y+8.30%+6.83%13/ 32

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity99.14%
  • Cash0.86%

By market cap

  • Mid cap7.02%
  • Small cap85.20%
  • Others7.78%

Concentration

Holdings

74

Avg market cap

₹11.9K Cr

Top 10 stocks

33.02%

Top 5 stocks

18.81%

Top 3 sectors

62.38%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    Garware Hi-Tech Films Ltd

    5.04%
  • 2

    Acutaas Chemicals Ltd

    4.89%
  • 1

    Garware Hi-Tech Films Ltd

    4.75%
  • 3

    Godfrey Phillips India Ltd

    4.21%
  • 2

    Godfrey Phillips India Ltd

    4.15%
  • 3

    Acutaas Chemicals Ltd

    3.71%
  • 4

    Amber Enterprises India Ltd Ordinary Shares

    3.51%
  • 5

    CreditAccess Grameen Ltd Ordinary Shares

    3.20%
  • 6

    Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd

    3.18%
  • 4

    Navin Fluorine International Ltd

    3.12%
  • 7

    OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd

    3.10%
  • 5

    TD Power Systems Ltd

    3.06%
  • 6

    Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd

    3.06%
  • 7

    OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd

    3.03%
  • 8

    Navin Fluorine International Ltd

    3.00%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio27.6229.18-1.56
  • P/B ratio2.833.81-0.98
  • Price / Sales2.763.01-0.25
  • Price / Cash Flow22.1222.53-0.41
  • Dividend yield0.73%0.79%-0.06
  • Return on equity (ROE)14.10%15.59%-1.49

Risk metrics

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

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    22.0521.6519.7917.83
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    0.280.090.610.68
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    0.500.201.001.11
  • Beta

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

    1.140.910.860.82

Peers in Small Cap

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

Available plans & options

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