Should I invest in BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth?

We don't give personal investment advice. BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 27.1%. 5-year CAGR: 21.08%.

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BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth

Latest NAV

₹58.2300

As of

3 Jun 2026

1,830 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	+0.43%	+0.48%	-0.05	22 / 36	Q3
1W	+1.01%	-0.81%	+1.82	2 / 36	Q1
2W	+5.05%	+1.36%	+3.69	1 / 36	Q1
1M	+4.99%	+0.94%	+4.06	3 / 36	Q1
3M	+23.00%	+9.95%	+13.06	1 / 34	Q1
6M	+14.09%	+3.30%	+10.78	1 / 33	Q1
YTD	+15.56%	+4.13%	+11.43	1 / 33	Q1
1Y	+13.73%	+5.56%	+8.18	3 / 32	Q1
2Y	+12.00%	+6.66%	+5.34	4 / 29	Q1
3Y	+23.19%	+18.72%	+4.47	5 / 25	Q1
4Y	+22.98%	+19.54%	+3.44	5 / 22	Q1
5Y	+21.08%	+18.15%	+2.93	6 / 22	Q2
7Y	+27.13%	+21.75%	+5.38	2 / 18	Q1
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+26.71%	+17.38%	+9.33	2 / 36	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	+15.56%	+4.13%	+11.43	1 / 33
2025	-8.20%	-4.11%	-4.09	25 / 30
2024	+31.67%	+27.89%	+3.79	7 / 28
2023	+42.46%	+43.05%	-0.59	15 / 24
2022	+0.10%	+2.92%	-2.82	15 / 22
2021	+71.33%	+63.14%	+8.20	7 / 21
2020	+54.38%	+32.77%	+21.61	2 / 18
2019	+6.06%	+0.57%	+5.49	5 / 16
2018	—	—	—	—

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

+31.68%

79 windows

min -17.0% · max 118.5%

87% positive

3-Year rolling

+30.92%

55 windows

min 15.5% · max 45.8%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+32.11%

30 windows

min 19.7% · max 40.9%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+25.64%

6 windows

min 23.5% · max 27.1%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

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

20.48%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.82

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.45

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-27.08%

Dec 2024 → Mar 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 Small Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹151.9870	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option	Nippon India	₹193.7635	3 Jun 2026
SBI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹194.0810	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹96.4400	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹48.1600	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN GROWTH	Bandhan	₹52.6160	3 Jun 2026
quant Small Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹293.2340	3 Jun 2026
QUANTUM SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN GROWTH OPTION	Quantum	₹13.3000	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund - Growth - Direct Plan	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹104.2448	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund - Direct - Growth	Motilal Oswal	₹15.5856	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹58.2300
2 Jun 2026	₹57.9800
1 Jun 2026	₹57.7600
29 May 2026	₹57.8400
27 May 2026	₹57.6500
26 May 2026	₹57.2000
25 May 2026	₹56.5700
22 May 2026	₹56.0700
21 May 2026	₹56.1300
20 May 2026	₹55.4300

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 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth is ₹58.2300. It's a Small Cap Fund from Bank of India, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth has NAV history starting from 27 Dec 2018, a track record of about 7 years 5 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth is managed by Bank of India. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Small Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth has delivered a absolute return of 13.73% — +8.18 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 5.56%. The fund ranks #3 of 32 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth has delivered a CAGR of 23.19% — +4.47 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 18.72%. The fund ranks #5 of 25 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth has delivered a CAGR of 21.08% — +2.93 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 18.15%. The fund ranks #6 of 22 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹260,188 today — a multiplier of 2.60×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 21.08%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹230,221.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹973,153 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 19.41%.

BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹2,122,646 — XIRR 26.04%.

On a 5-year basis, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth ranks #6 out of 22 funds in the Small Cap Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 18.15%; this fund delivered 21.08%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 27.08% — its NAV fell from a high on 11 Dec 2024 to a low on 03 Mar 2025. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth averaged 32.11% (best 40.94%, worst 19.71%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.78 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth returned -8.20% — lagging the Small Cap Fund category average of -4.11% by 4.09 pp. It ranked #25 of 30 in its category that year.

BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 27.1%. 5-year CAGR: 21.08%.

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

BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Direct Plan Growth

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Small Cap Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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