Mutual funds: These small cap funds were star performers in last 6 months

The equity markets performed rather indifferently in the past six months. However, even in this time period, a few small-cap mutual funds have performed well, generating significant returns for the investors.

Trust MF Small Cap Fund tops the chart with the highest returns in the past six months.

Avijit Ghosal | Updated on: Nov 15, 2025 | 06:36 PM

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Kolkata: SEBI regulations stipulate that smallcap funds have to , these funds must invest at least 65% of their total assets in small-cap stocks. The small cap mutual funds that are detailed here have generated a return of at least 10% in the past six months. Smallcap companies are those ranked 251 or lower by market capitalisation. These are often companies with high growth potential but they also carry higher risk and volatility. Let's have a look at these funds.

Trust MF Small Cap Fund

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Six-month return: 15.65%

Fund Size: Rs 1146.93 crore

Top stocks

Shaily Engineering Plastics: 2.73%

Karur Vysya Bank: 2.67%

Acutaas Chemicals: 2.57%

GE Vernova T&D India: 2.52%

Radico Khaitan: 2.39%

Navin Fluorine International: 2.21%

Welspun Corp: 2.20%

Aster DM Healthcare: 2.18%

SJS Enterprises: 2.12%

Allied Blenders And Distillers: 2.11%

Union Small Cap Fund

Six-month return: 12.59%

Fund size: Rs 1,790 crore

Top stocks

Shaily Engineering Plastics: 2.73%

Karur Vysya Bank: 2.67%

Acutaas Chemicals: 2.57%

GE Vernova T&D India: 2.52%

Radico Khaitan: 2.39%

Navin Fluorine International: 2.21%

Welspun Corp: 2.20%

Aster DM Healthcare: 2.18%

SJS Enterprises: 2.12%

Allied Blenders And Distillers: 2.11%

Gabriel India: 4.42%

Acutaas Chemicals: 3.48%

Karur Vysya Bank% 3.34%

Amber Enterprises India: 2.95%

SJS Enterprises: 2.90%

Kaynes Technology India: 2.81%

Eureka Forbes: 2.72%

Kei Industries: 2.56%

KFin Technologies: 2.50%

Data Patterns (India): 2.30%

Mirae Asset Small Cap Fund

Six-Month Return: 12.9%

Fund Size: Rs 2,729 crore

Top stocks

Karur Vysya Bank: 3.12%

Cholamandalam Financial Holdings: 2.98%

Godawari Power and Ispat: 2.43%

Welspun Corp: 2.43%

Motherson Sumi Wiring India: 1.98%

Narayana Hrudayalaya: 1.97%

Navin Fluorine International: 1.96%

Can Fin Homes: 1.93%

HDFC Small Cap Fund

Six-Month Return: 10.48%

Fund Size: Rs 38,412 crore

Top stocks

Firstsource Solutions: 5.09%

eClerx Services: 4.46%

Aster DM Healthcare: 4.22%

Bank of Baroda: 3.39%

Gabriel India: 3.14%

Eris Lifesciences: 2.69%

Fortis Healthcare: 2.66%

Indian Bank: 2.17%

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences: 2.09%

PGIM India Small Cap Fund

Six-month return: 10.41%

Fund size: Rs 1633 crore

Top stocks

Multi Commodity Exchange Of India: 3.64%

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences: 2.99%

Solar Industries India: 2.75%

Apple 31: 2.60%

CCL Products (India): 2.50%

DOMS Industries: 2.47%

Navin Fluorine International: 2.45%

Blue Star: 2.23%

Awfis Space Solutions: 2.22%

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals: 2.12%

The data has been sourced from Groww as on November 15, 2025.

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