Should I invest in NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND?

We don't give personal investment advice. NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - 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: 53.3%. 5-year CAGR: 12.64%.

Nippon India

NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹88.3086

As of

3 Jun 2026

3,863 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	+0.52%	+0.33%	+0.20	2 / 4	Q2
1W	-1.45%	-0.84%	-0.60	4 / 4	Q4
2W	+0.24%	+1.53%	-1.29	4 / 4	Q4
1M	-0.24%	+1.55%	-1.79	4 / 4	Q4
3M	+7.85%	+8.28%	-0.43	3 / 4	Q3
6M	-0.09%	-0.90%	+0.81	3 / 4	Q3
YTD	+0.91%	-0.41%	+1.32	3 / 4	Q3
1Y	+0.67%	+0.85%	-0.18	3 / 4	Q3
2Y	-1.81%	-1.23%	-0.58	3 / 4	Q3
3Y	+10.72%	+13.49%	-2.77	3 / 4	Q3
4Y	+12.35%	+15.82%	-3.47	3 / 4	Q3
5Y	+12.64%	+14.54%	-1.89	3 / 4	Q3
7Y	+17.06%	+20.35%	-3.28	3 / 4	Q3
10Y	+15.90%	+15.31%	+0.60	3 / 4	Q3
Inception	+14.89%	+12.32%	+2.57	1 / 4	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	+0.91%	-0.41%	+1.32	3 / 4
2025	-13.23%	-7.59%	-5.64	4 / 4
2024	+14.38%	+16.81%	-2.42	3 / 4
2023	+36.85%	+39.33%	-2.49	3 / 4
2022	+2.24%	+3.79%	-1.55	3 / 4
2021	+72.62%	+73.65%	-1.03	3 / 4
2020	+28.41%	+48.87%	-20.46	3 / 4
2019	-2.71%	-17.40%	+14.69	1 / 4
2018	-23.67%	-9.04%	-14.63	4 / 4
2017	+61.89%	+28.75%	+33.15	1 / 4
2016	-1.74%	+2.11%	-3.84	3 / 4

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

+20.16%

180 windows

min -34.5% · max 124.6%

67% positive

3-Year rolling

+19.47%

155 windows

min -12.0% · max 44.8%

92% positive

5-Year rolling

+18.82%

131 windows

min -1.4% · max 32.0%

99% positive

7-Year rolling

+17.05%

107 windows

min 10.4% · max 21.9%

100% positive

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

21.09%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.29

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.40

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-53.27%

Sep 2024 → Apr 2026

% 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 - IDCW Option	HDFC	₹38.5070	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹103.0482	3 Jun 2026
SBI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹132.4685	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹66.7400	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Smallcap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹35.7800	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN IDCW	Bandhan	₹36.6190	3 Jun 2026
quant Small Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹229.2186	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund -Direct - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹73.1715	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund - Direct IDCW	Motilal Oswal	₹15.5856	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Small Cap Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹50.2188	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹88.3086
2 Jun 2026	₹88.3913
1 Jun 2026	₹87.9317
29 May 2026	₹89.0895
27 May 2026	₹90.0144
26 May 2026	₹89.6880
25 May 2026	₹89.5507
22 May 2026	₹88.7875
21 May 2026	₹88.7617
20 May 2026	₹88.2823

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 NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option is ₹88.3086. It's a Small Cap Fund from Nippon India, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 21 Sep 2010, a track record of about 15 years 8 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option is managed by Nippon 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, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 0.67% — -0.18 pp behind the Small Cap Fund category average of 0.85%. The fund ranks #3 of 4 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 10.72% — -2.77 pp behind the Small Cap Fund category average of 13.49%. The fund ranks #3 of 4 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 12.64% — -1.89 pp behind the Small Cap Fund category average of 14.54%. The fund ranks #3 of 4 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹437,491 today — a multiplier of 4.37×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 15.90%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹415,461.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹734,626 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 8.02%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,625,037 (multiplier 2.19×). XIRR: 14.96%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option ranks #3 out of 4 funds in the Small Cap Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 14.54%; this fund delivered 12.64%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 53.27% — its NAV fell from a high on 24 Sep 2024 to a low on 01 Apr 2026. 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, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option averaged 18.82% (best 32.01%, worst -1.42%). 99% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.38 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - IDCW Option returned -13.23% — lagging the Small Cap Fund category average of -7.59% by 5.64 pp. It ranked #4 of 4 in its category that year.

NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - 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. NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - 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: 53.3%. 5-year CAGR: 12.64%.

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