HDFC Defence Fund - IDCW - Regular Plan

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Fund Overview IDCW | Regular 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 - IDCW Option Jan 15, 2019 0.76 22.39 29.36 1.58 29,871.10
Franklin INDIA OPPORTUNITIES FUND - IDCW Feb 21, 2000 Unrated 0.12 27.91 29.12 1.76 7,509.40
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - IDCW Option Oct 11, 2018 -0.53 24.45 28.22 1.82 6,490.27
SBI ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) Jan 01, 1991 Unrated -2.04 12.64 17.67 1.94 5,604.75
Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund-Regular - Payout of IDCW Dec 30, 2019 -8.84 26.47 30.53 1.80 5,227.05

Fund Holdings as on 31-August-2025

  • Bharat Electronics Ltd.

  • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  • Solar Industries India Ltd.

  • BEML Limited

  • TREPS - Tri-party Repo

  • Astra Microwave Products Ltd.

  • Bharat Dynamics Limited

  • Bharat Forge Ltd.

  • Cyient DLM Limited

  • Premier Explosives Ltd.

  • MTAR Technologies Limited

  • Centum Electronics Ltd.

  • Data Patterns (India) Limited

  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd

  • Avalon Technologies Limited

  • Techno Electric & Engin. Co. Ltd.

  • Power Mech Projects Ltd.

  • The Anup Engineering Limited

  • Cummins India Ltd.

  • Rishabh instruments Limited

  • Larsen and Toubro Ltd.

  • Diffusion Engineers Limited

  • JNK India Limited

  • DEE Development Engineers Limited

  • IDEAFORGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

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  • Defence

  • Chemicals

  • Construction Vehicles

  • Electronics - Components

  • Miscellaneous

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  • Engineering - Construction

  • Engineering

  • Ship Building

  • Engineering - Industrial Equipments

  • Diesel Engines

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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 ₹6,532.01 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 ₹0.9(3.83%)yesterday to ₹24.368.

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