DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth
Invests in smaller companies (ranked 251+). Can grow the fastest, but also drops the hardest during market slumps. From DSP Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Jan 2013.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 6 of last 7 years were positive.
Price over time
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 17% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
A lump sum invested at the previous peak would have temporarily lost about this much before recovering. Finance-speak calls this max drawdown.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth against other small cap funds.
Technical details (for the pros)
Fund info
- Fund house
- DSP Mutual Fund
- Category
- Equity Scheme - Small Cap Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Growth
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF740K01QD1
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119212
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 3,365 daily prices
About DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth
DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is a Equity Scheme - Small Cap Fund offered by DSP Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the Growth option. It has approximately 14 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the small cap category — Invests in smaller companies (ranked 251+). Can grow the fastest, but also drops the hardest during market slumps.
The current NAV of DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹259.5530 (as of 1 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered 19.79% over the last year, 18.28% CAGR over 3 years, 19.58% CAGR over 5 years. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 17.0% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 49.1%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth?+
The latest NAV of DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹259.5530 as of 1 Sep 2026, down 0.20% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth?+
DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered 1-year return 19.79%, 3-year CAGR 18.28%, 5-year CAGR 19.58%, since-inception CAGR 21.73%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth belong to?+
DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is categorised as Equity Scheme - Small Cap Fund. Invests in smaller companies (ranked 251+). Can grow the fastest, but also drops the hardest during market slumps.
How risky is DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 17.0%, DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth a direct plan?+
DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the Growth option (all returns compound within the fund, no interim payouts).
How old is DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth?+
DSP Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has NAV history available from 2 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 3,365 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.