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 1.67 21.07 21.91 0.65 35,665.82
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct Plan Growth Jan 18, 2021 1.19 19.93 17.51 0.73 16,201.80
Franklin INDIA OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct - Growth Jan 01, 2013 Unrated -0.51 24.73 18.60 0.56 8,428.48
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option Oct 11, 2018 6.82 23.55 20.01 0.78 6,600.72
SBI PSU Fund - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH Jan 02, 2013 10.45 31.09 26.71 0.80 6,545.08

Fund Holdings as on 28-February-2026

  • Bharat Electronics Ltd.

  • Bharat Forge Ltd.

  • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  • Solar Industries India Ltd.

  • BEML Limited

  • Astra Microwave Products Ltd.

  • Bharat Dynamics Limited

  • Eicher Motors Ltd.

  • TREPS - Tri-party Repo

  • MTAR Technologies Limited

  • Premier Explosives Ltd.

  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd

  • Centum Electronics Ltd.

  • Cyient DLM Limited

  • Data Patterns (India) Limited

  • Bosch Limited

  • Power Mech Projects Ltd.

  • Rishabh instruments Limited

  • Diffusion Engineers Limited

  • Avalon Technologies Limited

  • JNK India Limited

  • IDEAFORGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

  • AEQUS LIMITED

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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 ₹8,096.66 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 down ₹-0.62(-2.67%)yesterday to ₹22.478.

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