Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
Invests in smaller companies (ranked 251+). Can grow the fastest, but also drops the hardest during market slumps. From quant Mutual Fund. It's been running since 7 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 18% 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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Technical details (for the pros)
Fund info
- Fund house
- quant Mutual Fund
- Category
- Equity Scheme - Small Cap Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Growth
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF966L01689
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 120828
- First price on record
- 7 Jan 2013 · 3,363 daily prices
About Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is a Equity Scheme - Small Cap Fund offered by quant 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 Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹318.4865 (as of 2 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered 16.67% over the last year, 17.59% CAGR over 3 years, 20.45% 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 18.0% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 51.6%. 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 Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
The latest NAV of Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹318.4865 as of 2 Sep 2026, up 0.07% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered 1-year return 16.67%, 3-year CAGR 17.59%, 5-year CAGR 20.45%, since-inception CAGR 17.78%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option belong to?+
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 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 Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 18.0%, Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option a direct plan?+
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 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 Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history available from 7 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 3,363 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.