Should I invest in Edelweiss Small Cap Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option 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: 26.0%. 5-year CAGR: 14.73%.

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Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹40.9280

As of

17 Jul 2026

1,828 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	-0.38%	-0.59%	+0.21	4 / 27	Q1
1W	-0.82%	-0.86%	+0.04	12 / 27	Q2
2W	+0.61%	+0.21%	+0.40	8 / 27	Q2
1M	+3.36%	+2.47%	+0.89	8 / 27	Q2
3M	+9.26%	+9.68%	-0.42	15 / 27	Q3
6M	+9.88%	+10.90%	-1.02	12 / 26	Q2
YTD	+6.94%	+7.44%	-0.50	12 / 25	Q2
1Y	+3.16%	+1.74%	+1.42	10 / 23	Q2
2Y	+3.79%	+0.70%	+3.10	6 / 20	Q2
3Y	+16.70%	+13.03%	+3.67	5 / 17	Q2
4Y	+19.67%	+15.67%	+4.01	3 / 14	Q1
5Y	+14.73%	+11.94%	+2.79	3 / 14	Q1
7Y	+21.53%	+18.80%	+2.74	3 / 10	Q2
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+20.98%	+15.09%	+5.89	3 / 27	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	+6.94%	+7.44%	-0.50	12 / 25
2025	-3.05%	-8.95%	+5.90	2 / 21
2024	+24.58%	+26.60%	-2.02	11 / 19
2023	+41.43%	+35.46%	+5.97	4 / 16
2022	-6.26%	-1.15%	-5.11	12 / 14
2021	+56.12%	+51.10%	+5.02	6 / 13
2020	+34.52%	+28.16%	+6.35	3 / 10
2019	—	—	—	—

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

+24.89%

79 windows

min -19.4% · max 96.0%

81% positive

3-Year rolling

+24.12%

55 windows

min 15.1% · max 37.6%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+24.73%

30 windows

min 14.2% · max 33.7%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+19.77%

6 windows

min 17.7% · max 21.5%

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

17.63%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.59

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.90

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-23.11%

Dec 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

72.2%

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
SBI Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹106.9843	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Smallcap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹33.6000	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND - REGULAR PLAN IDCW	Bandhan	₹35.0010	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund - Regular - IDCW	Motilal Oswal	₹16.2772	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹12.1060	17 Jul 2026
DSP Small Cap Fund - Regular - IDCW	DSP	₹60.7100	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Small Cap Fund - Regular IDCW	HSBC	₹39.2317	17 Jul 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW option	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹13.4998	17 Jul 2026
CANARA ROBECO SMALL CAP FUND - REGULAR PLAN - IDCW (Payout/Reinvestment)	Canara Robeco	₹34.5400	17 Jul 2026
UTI Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW (Payout)	UTI	₹27.4175	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹40.9280
16 Jul 2026	₹41.0830
15 Jul 2026	₹41.1700
14 Jul 2026	₹40.8330
13 Jul 2026	₹41.2420
10 Jul 2026	₹41.2670
9 Jul 2026	₹40.6290
8 Jul 2026	₹40.0150
7 Jul 2026	₹40.6160
6 Jul 2026	₹40.9100

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 Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option is ₹40.9280. It's a Small Cap Fund from Edelweiss, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 14 Feb 2019, 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.

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option is managed by Edelweiss. 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, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 3.16% — +1.42 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 1.74%. The fund ranks #10 of 23 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 16.70% — +3.67 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 13.03%. The fund ranks #5 of 17 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 14.73% — +2.79 pp ahead of the Small Cap Fund category average of 11.94%. The fund ranks #3 of 14 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹198,805 today — a multiplier of 1.99×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 14.73%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹175,797.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹875,970 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 15.12%.

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,690,574 — XIRR 19.62%.

On a 5-year basis, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option ranks #3 out of 14 funds in the Small Cap Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 11.94%; this fund delivered 14.73%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 26.00% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 Jan 2022 to a low on 20 Jun 2022. 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, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option averaged 24.73% (best 33.73%, worst 14.23%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.50 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option returned -3.05% — beating the Small Cap Fund category average of -8.95% by 5.90 pp. It ranked #2 of 21 in its category that year.

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option 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. Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option 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: 26.0%. 5-year CAGR: 14.73%.

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

Edelweiss Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option

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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