HDFC Defence Fund - Growth - Direct Plan

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Fund Objective

To provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Defence & allied sector companies. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized.

Fund Performance

Scheme Name 1-Month Return (%) 3-Month Return (%) 1-Year Return (%) 3-Year Return (%) 5-Year Return (%) Since Inception
NIFTY 50 - TRI N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nifty India Defence - TRI N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Returns upto 1 year is Absolute, and above 1 year are Compounded Annualised

Peer Fund Comparison

Scheme Name Launch Date Ratings 1-Year Return (%) 3-Year Return (%) 5-Year Return (%) Expense Ratio (%) Assets (Cr.)
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option Jan 15, 2019 14.63 27.96 33.69 0.64 28,204.24
Franklin INDIA OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct - Growth Jan 01, 2013 Unrated 10.45 35.53 33.11 0.57 6,863.66
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option Oct 11, 2018 3.52 29.47 32.06 0.77 6,588.71
SBI ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - DIRECT PLAN -GROWTH Jan 01, 2013 Unrated 7.61 17.73 21.61 1.34 5,715.31
Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Dec 30, 2019 0.16 34.77 34.32 0.54 5,581.82

Fund Holdings as on 31-May-2025

  • Bharat Electronics Ltd.

  • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  • Solar Industries India Ltd.

  • BEML Limited

  • Astra Microwave Products Ltd.

  • TREPS - Tri-party Repo

  • Cyient DLM Limited

  • Premier Explosives Ltd.

  • Bharat Forge Ltd.

  • MTAR Technologies Limited

  • InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.

  • Bharat Dynamics Limited

  • Avalon Technologies Limited

  • Techno Electric & Engin. Co. Ltd.

  • Larsen and Toubro Ltd.

  • Power Mech Projects Ltd.

  • The Anup Engineering Limited

  • Centum Electronics Ltd.

  • Rishabh instruments Limited

  • JNK India Limited

  • Bansal Wire Industries Limited

  • Diffusion Engineers Limited

  • DEE Development Engineers Limited

  • Adani Energy Solutions Limited

  • IDEAFORGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

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  • Defence

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  • Construction Vehicles

  • Electric Equipment

  • Engineering - Construction

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  • Electronics - Components

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  • Airlines

  • Steel & Iron Products

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About HDFC Defence Fund

Scheme Analysis

HDFC Defence Fund is a Equity - Thematic Fund - Other fund and belongs to HDFC Mutual Fund. It was launched on 02-Jun-2023 and currently has an AUM of ₹6,664.73 crore. HDFC Defence Fund is benchmarked against NIFTY 50 - TRI as primary index and Nifty India Defence - TRI as secondary index.

The NAV of HDFC Defence Fund ended up ₹0.23(0.9%)yesterday to ₹26.289.

Among its top 3 holdings the fund has exposure to Bharat Electronics Ltd., and

The HDFC Defence Fund is managed by Rahul Baijal and Priya Ranjan.

Fund House Contact

HDFC House, 2nd floor, H.T. Parekh Marg, 165-166 Backbay Reclamation, Churchgate Mumbai - 400 020

+91 (22) 66316333
cliser@hdfcindia.com
+91 (22) 22821144