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252297 people have invested ₹ 70Cr in HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth in the last three months
About HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth
HDFC Flexi Cap is a flexi-cap mutual fund launched on 1st January 1995. These funds follow a diversified equity investment strategy where they invest in companies across all market captialization and adjust allocations based on market conditions. The fund uses Nifty 500 TRI as its benchmark. Nifty 500 represents the broader market and helps the fund compare its returns with those of other companies.
HDFC Mutual Fund follows a bottom-up approach, which involves paying attention to individual businesses instead of macroeconomic factors. They also pay close attention to Quantitative (Growth, Cash Flows, Risks) and Qualitative (Management, Track Record, Insights) aspects of the companies.
Staying true to the nature of the fund, they diversify across market caps and asset classes. Diversification is achieved through a balanced mix of asset types, loan sizes, contract volumes, and geographies, while risk in less diversified pools is mitigated using credit enhancements. HDFC Flexi Cap maintains a strong focus on industries like Financials, Automobiles, Healthcare, Technology, etc.
Currently, the fund's portfolio comprises 9.5% small-cap stocks, 73.59% large-cap stocks, and 4.23% mid-cap stocks.
With an AUM of ₹69639.0 crores, HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth generated a return of 15.6% in 1 year, 24.0% in 3 years, 32.0% in 5 years. while its benchmark index (Nifty 500) generated 7.7% in 1 year, 14.3% in 3 years, and 23.9% in 5 years.
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth Overview
| Expense ratio | 0.81% |
Benchmark | Nifty 500 TR INR |
| AUM | ₹69639 Cr |
| Inception Date | 1 January, 2013 |
| Min Lumpsum/SIP | ₹100/₹100 |
Exit Load | 1.0% |
| Lock In | No Lock-in |
TurnOver | 33.99% |
| STCG | Selling mutual fund before 1 year, returns taxed at 20%. |
| LTCG | After 1 year, 12.5% tax on returns over ₹1.25 lakh/year. |
| Risk |   Very High Risk |
INDmoney Rank for HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth
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87% Performance
69% Risk Management
56% Cost
1 out of 21 among flexi cap
Generated Consistent Returns
Consistently beats benchmark
Lower probablity of downside risk
No bad points found for this fund.
Trailing Returns
as on (28-Apr-25)
Fund Distribution
as on (31-Mar-25)
Large cap
73.6%
Small cap
9.5%
Mid cap
4.2%
Sector Allocation
Financial Services
44.5%
Consumer Cyclical
16.4%
Health
10.8%
Tech
6.2%
Industrial
5.7%
Basic Materials
5.5%
Communication
3.9%
Real Estate
2.9%
Utilities
2.2%
Consumer Defensive
1.3%
Energy
0.5%
All changes are between Jan'25 and Mar'25
- This fund’s returns stands at 6.49% whereas the fund’s underlying benchmark Nifty 500 returns stands at 7.25% as on Mar'25
- This fund underperformed Nifty 500 by 0.76% in Mar'25
- AUM of the fund stands at 69.6K Cr as of Mar'25
- AUM increased by 5.5K Cr between Mar'25 and Feb'25
Top Stocks bought last month
ICICI Bank Ltd's allocation increased from 9.29% to 9.58%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd's allocation increased from 4.9% to 5.14%
Piramal Pharma Ltd's allocation increased from 2.4% to 2.62%
Top Stocks sold last month
HDFC Bank Ltd's allocation decreased from 9.73 % to 9.45 %
Axis Bank Ltd's allocation decreased from 8.87 % to 8.86 %
SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd's allocation decreased from 4.35 % to 4.33 %
Mid Cap allocation has gone down from 4.3% to 4.2%
Large Cap allocation has gone down from 74.4% to 73.6%
Small Cap allocation has gone down from 9.7% to 9.5%
Cash allocation has gone up from 7.9% to 9.1%
Debt allocation has gone down from 1.6% to 1.5%
Top 3 Sectors in March were Financial Services, Consumer Cyclical & Health
Mar'25
Financial Services
44%
Consumer Cyclical
16%
Health
11%
Feb'25
Financial Services
44%
Consumer Cyclical
17%
Health
11%
Holdings | Weight% | 1M Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
 ICICI Bank Ltd | 9.58% | 0% | |
 HDFC Bank Ltd | 9.45% | 0% | |
 Axis Bank Ltd | 8.86% | 0% | |
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd | 5.14% | 0% | |
 SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd | 4.33% | 0% |
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Funds | 1Y Returns | 3Y Returns | 5Y Returns | Since Inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | 15.63% | 23.99% | 31.96% | 17.11% |
 Motilal Oswal Flexicap Fund Direct Plan Growth | 17.78% | 22.49% | 23.83% | 18.45% |
 UTI Flexi Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct | 16.06% | 10.1% | 21.43% | 14.62% |
 Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Direct Growth | 14.58% | 19.82% | 29.63% | 20% |
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Top Growth Drivers | 1M Return |
|---|---|
 Axis Bank Ltd | 6.2% |
 ICICI Bank Ltd | 5.1% |
 HDFC Bank Ltd | 4.7% |
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Roshi Jain
Fund Manager of HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth, since 29 July 2022
Top funds managed
Fund House
HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹7.63L Cr
as on 31-Mar-2025
Address
HDFC Asset Management Company Limited,“HUL House”, 2nd Floor,,H.T. Parekh Marg,165-166, Backbay Reclamation,,Churchgate,
Phone
+912266316333
Website
cliser@hdfcfund.com
Mutual Fund Insights
In the last 1 year, this fund has outperformed all funds in its category.
In the last 5 years, Quant Flexi Cap Fund Growth Option Direct Plan has given 36.07% return, outperforming this fund by 4.11% per annum.
This fund expense ratio is slightly on the lower side within the category (flexi cap). Its expense ratio is 0.81% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.17%.
Over the last 1 month, this fund has experienced a 8.6% growth in AUM moving from 64.12K Cr to 69.63K Cr.
In the last 3 years, JM Flexicap Fund (Direct) Growth Option has given 25.07% return, outperforming this fund by 1.09% per annum.
Over the last 15 months, this fund has decreased expense ratio by 13.8% moving from 0.94 to 0.81.
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth Highlights
Very High Risk
Investors understand that their principal will be at Very High Risk
About the fund
This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 17.11% since inception which is more than its category average return of 15.59%
Fund Allocations
This fund has an allocation of 89.41% in Equity, 1.47% in Debt and 9.12% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹69639 Cr
This fund has AUM of ₹69639 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 9134 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.81%
This fund has an expense ratio of 0.81% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.34%
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5Y CAGR
▲ 36.26
5Y CAGR
▲ 32.42
5Y CAGR
▲ 29.37
3Y CAGR
▲ 22.73
Frequently Asked Questions for HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth
The current NAV of HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth is ₹2096.15 as on 28-Apr-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 28-Apr-2025.
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | Absolute Returns | CAGR Returns |
1 Month Returns | 2.42% | 2.42% |
6 Month Returns | 1.7% | 1.7% |
1 Year Returns | 15.63% | 15.63% |
3 Years Returns | 90.61% | 23.99% |
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0.81% as on March 2025
₹69639 Cr as on March 2025
ICICI Bank Ltd(9.58%), HDFC Bank Ltd(9.45%), Axis Bank Ltd(8.86%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd(5.14%), SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd(4.33%) as on March 2025
Financial Services(39.76%), Consumer Cyclical(14.66%), Health(9.69%) as on March 2025
The alpha ratio for the HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Alpha 1 Year | Alpha 3 Years | Alpha 5 Years |
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | 8.15 | 8.86 | 6.62 |
As on March 2025
The alpha for HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated against Nifty 500 TR INR. Higher alpha indicates that this fund has generated extra returns compared to the benchmark index. An alpha of 1.0 means the fund has outperformed its benchmark index by 1%.
The Beta ratio for the HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Beta 1 Year | Beta 3 Years | Beta 5 Years |
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.94 |
As on March 2025
The Beta for HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated with Nifty 500 TR INR. Beta tells the volatility of the mutual fund relative to its benchmark. If the beta of a mutual fund is more than 1, then the mutual fund is more volatile than its benchmark. If beta is less than 1, then the mutual fund is less volatile than the benchmark.
The sharpe ratio for the HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Sharpe Ratio 1 Year | Sharpe Ratio 3 Years | Sharpe Ratio 5 Years |
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | 0.69 | 1.22 | 1.55 |
As on March 2025
The sharpe ratio for HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth is calculated with Nifty 500 TR INR. Sharpe ratio tells risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Sharpe ratio, the better a fund's returns have been relative to the risk it has taken on.
The standard deviation for the HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Standard Deviation 1 Year | Standard Deviation 3 Years | Standard Deviation 5 Years |
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth | 12.55 | 12.56 | 15.91 |
As on March 2025
Standard deviation tells the volatility of the returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Standard deviation, the higher the volatility of the fund's returns.
Sortino ratio is 2.48 as on March 2025. Sortino ratio tells the downside risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund.
Information ratio is 2.53 as on March 2025. It tells the consistency of the fund in generating superior risk-adjusted performance
Roshi Jain is the fund manager of HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth is 1%