Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund

Small CapEquityVery High risk Rank 5 of 35

NAV · Direct-Growth

₹17.63+0.07+0.38%

As of 18 Aug 2026 · AMFI

NAV growth+24.8%

Aug ’25Aug ’26

Arthkar verdictSolid on the numbers

Returns

Beats category

1Y all ahead

Cost

Average

0.67% vs NaN% peers

Consistency

Steady

positive in 2 of 3 years

Beats its Small Cap category on 1Y.

1Y return

+24.8%

+9.2 vs cat

3Y CAGR

—

5Y CAGR

—

AUM

₹6.5K Cr

fund size

Expense

0.67%

direct plan

Volatility 3Y

—

3Y std dev

In plain English

Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund is a Small Cap scheme from Motilal Oswal. The portfolio is ~96% in equities. Worst historical drawdown: -24% in Mar 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 · INF247L01BY3

NAV (Direct-Growth)

₹17.6294

Last 1Y

+24.85%

Aug 25Min ₹12.52 · Max ₹17.67 · 247 ptsAug 26

Drawdown stories

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

Mar 2025

-23.7%

Peak ₹15.37 on 17 Dec 2024 → trough ₹11.73 on 3 Mar 2025 (3 months down).

Recovered in 14 months· 7 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.

Honesty score

5 / 5

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

Expense ratio
0.67% — typical for category.
AUM size
₹6.5K Cr — manageable for a small-cap mandate.
Sector concentration
Top 3 sectors = 54.6% — diversified across sectors.
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.

Period	Returns	Category avg	Rank
1W	-0.13%	+0.58%	33/ 40
1M	+4.69%	+3.90%	13/ 40
3M	+19.35%	+13.53%	2/ 40
6M	+24.84%	+17.14%	5/ 38
YTD	+23.01%	+15.70%	5/ 37
1Y	+24.85%	+15.62%	5/ 35
2Y	+15.19%	+6.83%	1/ 32

Portfolio composition

Asset allocation

Equity96.34%
Cash3.66%

By market cap

Large cap2.87%
Mid cap10.51%
Small cap73.73%
Others12.89%

Concentration

Holdings

Avg market cap

₹16.3K Cr

Top 10 stocks

32.24%

Top 5 stocks

18.58%

Top 3 sectors

54.62%

Top holdings

Top 15 positions by weight, latest disclosure.

#InstrumentSectorWeight

1
Collateralized Borrowing & Lending Obligation
—6.98%
1
CCL Products (India) Ltd
—4.60%
2
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
—4.30%
2
CCL Products (India) Ltd
—4.10%
3
Rubicon Research Ltd
—3.83%
4
VA Tech Wabag Ltd
—3.78%
3
Rubicon Research Ltd
—3.78%
5
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
—3.64%
4
Dr Agarwal’s Health Care Ltd
—3.31%
5
VA Tech Wabag Ltd
—3.29%
6
Aditya Infotech Ltd
—3.24%
6
Aditya Infotech Ltd
—3.23%
7
Dr Agarwal’s Health Care Ltd
—3.06%
7
V2 Retail Ltd
—2.89%
8
Campus Activewear Ltd
—2.87%

Fundamentals (vs category)

Portfolio-weighted ratios, compared with the category average.

MetricFundCategory avgDiff

P/E ratio29.6629.18+0.48
P/B ratio4.403.81+0.59
Price / Sales2.823.01-0.19
Price / Cash Flow25.7422.53+3.21
Dividend yield0.53%0.79%-0.26
Return on equity (ROE)18.59%15.59%+3.00

Risk metrics

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

Metric1Y3Y5YCat 1YCat 3YCat 5Y

Standard deviation
Volatility — lower means steadier returns.
22.79——21.6519.7917.83
Sharpe ratio
Risk-adjusted return — higher is better.
0.43——0.090.610.68
Sortino ratio
Like Sharpe but only counts downside volatility.
0.84——0.201.001.11
Beta
1 = moves with the market. <1 = less volatile.
1.03——0.910.860.82

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