Should I invest in Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

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Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹20.3679

As of

17 Jul 2026

1,076 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	-0.19%	+0.21%	-0.40	285 / 353	Q4
1W	-0.41%	-0.05%	-0.36	247 / 353	Q3
2W	+1.19%	+0.24%	+0.96	16 / 353	Q1
1M	+4.41%	+0.78%	+3.63	11 / 353	Q1
3M	+12.09%	+2.20%	+9.88	10 / 350	Q1
6M	+12.71%	+1.36%	+11.34	12 / 336	Q1
YTD	+11.42%	+0.54%	+10.88	13 / 333	Q1
1Y	+3.89%	+2.69%	+1.20	177 / 318	Q3
2Y	+4.14%	+3.33%	+0.81	103 / 213	Q2
3Y	+23.02%	+10.79%	+12.22	5 / 172	Q1
4Y	+23.82%	+13.23%	+10.59	4 / 84	Q1
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+17.93%	+7.52%	+10.42	27 / 353	Q1

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	+11.42%	+0.51%	+10.90	13 / 331
2025	-4.54%	+6.05%	-10.59	225 / 260
2024	+24.49%	+14.12%	+10.38	30 / 180
2023	+62.53%	+21.09%	+41.44	2 / 130
2022	—	—	—	—

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+26.15%

41 windows

min -16.7% · max 75.9%

83% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+25.02%

17 windows

min 17.8% · max 32.4%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

—

Insufficient history

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

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Today's value

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XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

21.22%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.77

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.24

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-24.94%

Dec 2024 → Feb 2025

% positive months

66.7%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC BSE 500 Index Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹15.7579	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option	ICICI Prudential	₹26.0695	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India BSE Sensex Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹10.2484	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan BSE Healthcare Index Fund Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹11.4943	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life BSE 500 Momentum 50 Index Fund-Direct Growth	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.6277	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India INDEX FUND- NSE NIFTY 50 INDEX FUND- Direct - Growth	Franklin India	₹207.9005	17 Jul 2026
Kotak BSE Housing Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Kotak	₹13.4540	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss BSE Internet Economy Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Edelweiss	₹10.9780	17 Jul 2026
DSP BSE SENSEX Next 30 Index Fund - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹12.0593	17 Jul 2026
HSBC CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Apr 2028 Index Fund - Direct - Growth	HSBC	₹13.2877	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹20.3679
16 Jul 2026	₹20.4065
15 Jul 2026	₹20.3859
14 Jul 2026	₹20.2664
13 Jul 2026	₹20.4870
10 Jul 2026	₹20.4514
9 Jul 2026	₹20.1426
8 Jul 2026	₹19.7793
7 Jul 2026	₹20.2575
6 Jul 2026	₹20.3563

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹20.3679. It's a Index Fund from Axis, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 15 Mar 2022, a track record of about 4 years 4 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is managed by Axis. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Index Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 3.89% — +1.2 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 2.69%. The fund ranks #177 of 318 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 23.02% — +12.22 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 10.79%. The fund ranks #5 of 172 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹186,159 today — a multiplier of 1.86×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 23.02%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹136,005.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹441,942 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 13.78%.

Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹441,942 — XIRR 13.78%.

On a 3-year basis, Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option ranks #5 out of 172 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 10.79%; this fund delivered 23.02%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 24.94% — its NAV fell from a high on 11 Dec 2024 to a low on 28 Feb 2025. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option averaged 25.02% (best 32.39%, worst 17.80%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.77 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option returned -4.54% — lagging the Index Fund category average of 6.05% by 10.59 pp. It ranked #225 of 260 in its category that year.

Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.