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Kotak Mahindra

Kotak Contra Fund

Value / ContraEquityVery High risk Rank 7 of 26

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹185.74-0.45-0.24%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+5.0%
Aug ’25Aug ’26
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Returns

Mixed vs category

2 of 3 periods ahead

Cost

Average

0.62% vs NaN% peers

Volatility

Above average

15.6% vs 15.1% cat (3Y)

Consistency

Strong

positive in 10 of 12 years

Beats its Value / Contra category on 3Y & 5Y but trails on 1Y — but has run more volatile than peers.

1Y return

+5.0%

-0.4 vs cat

3Y CAGR

+17.9%

+2.8 vs cat

5Y CAGR

+15.9%

+1.9 vs cat

AUM

₹5.3K Cr

fund size

Expense

0.62%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

15.6%

▲ vs 15.1%

Go deeper on Kotak Contra Fund

Two data-only views, computed from this fund's real NAV history — no projections.

In plain English

Kotak Contra Fund is a Value / Contra scheme from Kotak Mahindra. The portfolio is ~98% in equities. Long-run track record: about 15.9% CAGR over 5 years. Volatility is typical for equity — 20–30 % drawdowns happen during market stress. Worst historical drawdown: -38% in Mar 2020, recovered in 8 months.

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

NAV history

Showing Direct · Growth · INF174K01KZ9

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹185.7400

Last 1Y

+4.99%

Aug 25Min ₹162.16 · Max ₹187.93 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

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

Mar 2020

-37.9%

Peak ₹62.56 on 24 Jan 2020 → trough ₹38.86 on 23 Mar 2020 (2 months down).

Recovered in 8 months· 9 Nov 2020

Feb 2016

-19.9%

Peak ₹38.54 on 3 Mar 2015 → trough ₹30.88 on 25 Feb 2016 (12 months down).

Recovered in 5 months· 27 Jul 2016

Feb 2025

-18.9%

Peak ₹185.18 on 26 Sept 2024 → trough ₹150.09 on 28 Feb 2025 (5 months down).

Recovered in 9 months· 26 Nov 2025

Jun 2022

-16.3%

Peak ₹98.05 on 18 Oct 2021 → trough ₹82.05 on 20 Jun 2022 (8 months down).

Recovered in 3 months· 9 Sept 2022

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.

5

Honesty score

5 / 5

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

  • Expense ratio

    0.62% — typical for category.

  • AUM size

    ₹5.3K Cr.

  • Sector concentration

    Top 3 sectors = 58.8% — diversified across sectors.

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-0.36%-0.57%11/ 28
1M+0.68%+0.84%15/ 28
3M+6.80%+5.46%8/ 27
6M-0.80%+0.82%16/ 27
YTD-0.22%+0.60%14/ 27
1Y+4.99%+5.41%11/ 27
2Y+3.26%+1.91%10/ 26
3Y+17.90%+15.09%7/ 26
5Y+15.92%+14.07%4/ 20
7Y+19.06%+17.75%6/ 18
10Y+16.84%+14.00%1/ 17

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

  • Equity98.00%
  • Cash2.00%

By market cap

  • Large cap53.31%
  • Mid cap29.38%
  • Small cap14.08%
  • Others3.23%

Concentration

Holdings

62

Avg market cap

₹1.50 L Cr

Top 10 stocks

32.51%

Top 5 stocks

19.90%

Top 3 sectors

58.76%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight
  • 1

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.86%
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    5.54%
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    5.54%
  • 1

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    5.54%
  • 2

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.31%
  • 2

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.31%
  • 2

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.31%
  • 1

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.12%
  • 1

    HDFC Bank Ltd

    5.12%
  • 2

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    4.79%
  • 2

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    4.79%
  • 2

    ICICI Bank Ltd

    4.75%
  • 3

    State Bank of India

    3.67%
  • 4

    Reliance Industries Ltd

    3.39%
  • 3

    State Bank of India

    3.37%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff
  • P/E ratio21.0323.08-2.05
  • P/B ratio2.863.28-0.42
  • Price / Sales3.082.79+0.29
  • Price / Cash Flow16.8617.43-0.57
  • Dividend yield1.38%1.45%-0.07
  • Return on equity (ROE)14.99%16.27%-1.28

Risk metrics

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

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y
  • Standard deviation

    Volatility — lower means steadier returns.

    14.7015.7114.4915.6015.0913.95
  • Sharpe ratio

    Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.

    -0.180.730.73-0.470.620.70
  • Sortino ratio

    Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.

    -0.231.101.15-0.580.941.11
  • Beta

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

    0.941.010.970.820.930.90

Peers in Value / Contra

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

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