+91-22-48913909Nippon India/Reliance Small Cap Fund Vs L&T Emerging Businesses Fund
Both Reliance small cap Fund and L&T Emerging Businesses Fund are small-cap category schemes offered by different fund houses. Though the category of both the schemes is same, yet they differ in terms of various factors such as performance, AUM, their current NAV and other related parameters. So, let us try to understand the differences between both the differences between Reliance Small Cap Fund and L&T Emerging Businesses Fund through this article.
About Nippon India/Reliance Small Cap Fund
Nippon India Small Cap Fund (Formerly known as Reliance Small Cap Fund) is offered by Nippon Mutual Fund and was incepted on September 16, 2010. The investment objective of the scheme is to attain long-term capital growth by predominantly Investing the corpus in equity and equity-related instruments of small cap companies.
As on January 31, 2018, some of the stocks that constituted the top 10 holdings of Reliance Small Cap Fund’s Portfolio include Navin Fluorine International Limited, Deepak Nitrite Limited, RBL Bank Limited, and ITD Cementation India Limited.
Important Information
From October 2019, Reliance Mutual Fund has been renamed as Nippon India Mutual Fund. Nippon Life has acquired majority (75%) stakes in Reliance Nippon Asset Management (RNAM). The company will continue to run its operations without any change in structure and management.
About L&T Emerging Businesses Fund
L&T Emerging Businesses Fund is an open-ended equity scheme that aims for long-term capital appreciation. It tries to attain its objective by forming a diversified portfolio mainly consisting of equity and equity-related instruments of the small-cap category. This scheme was launched on May 13, 2014. This scheme uses S&P BSE Small Cap Index to construct its portfolio.
As on January 31, 2018, some of the top 10 holdings of L&T Emerging Businesses Fund constituted of HEG Limited, Supreme Industries Limited, NOCIL Limited, and Grindwell Norton Limited.
Nippon India Small Cap Fund Vs L&T Emerging Businesses Fund
The various comparison parameters between both these funds are classified into four sections. These sections are basics section, performance section, yearly performance section and other details section. So, let us understand how these funds are differentiated on the basis of various parameters.
Basics Section
In this basics section, some of the comparable elements include Current NAV, Category, Fincash Ratings, AUM, expense ratio, and many more. To being with the category of both the schemes, they belong to the same category of Mid & Small-Cap Fund. With respect to Current NAV, it can be seen that the NAV of Nippon India/Reliance Small Cap Fund is higher as compared to L&T Emerging Businesses Fund.
As per Fincash Rating, we can see that L&T Emerging Businesses Fund has 5-Star Rating and Reliance Small Cap Fund has 4-Star Rating.
A summary of the parameters that are a part of the Basics Section is given below.
Parameters Basics NAV Net Assets (Cr) Launch Date Rating Category Sub Cat. Category Rank Risk Expense Ratio Sharpe Ratio Information Ratio Alpha Ratio Benchmark Exit Load Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹168.912 ↓ -1.51 (-0.89 %) ₹72,673 on 30 Apr 26 16 Sep 10 ☆☆☆☆ Equity Small Cap 6 Moderately High 1.44 0.29 -0.16 0.91 Not Available 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹374.464 ↓ -4.27 (-1.13 %) ₹46,042 on 30 Apr 26 11 Oct 04 ☆☆ Equity Focused 32 Moderately High 1.58 0.56 0.59 11.44 Not Available 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)
Performance Section
This section compares the performance of both the schemes at different time periods. On a hindsight, it can be said that there is not much difference in the performance of both the funds at different time periods. Though in case of Performance since Inception, L&T Emerging Businesses Fund leads Nippon India/Reliance Small Cap Fund yet; in many other time periods, the performance of Nippon India Small Cap Fund has been better. With respect to 5 Year Returns, there is no data shown in case of L&T Emerging Businesses Fund as the fund has launched in May 2014. The table given below summarizes the data of performance section.
Parameters Performance 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year Since launch Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details -3% 8% 2.9% -1% 17.1% 19% 19.7% SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details -3.4% 3.5% -0.7% 6.4% 16% 12.4% 18.1%
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Yearly Performance
With respect to yearly performance, L&T Emerging Businesses Fund and Nippon India/Reliance Small Cap Fund both are almost performing the same. For the year 2016, however, L&T Emerging Businesses Fund performed better than Nippon India Small Cap Fund. The table given below shows the yearly performance of both the schemes.
Parameters Yearly Performance 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details -4.7% 26.1% 48.9% 6.5% 74.3% SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details 15.7% 17.2% 22.2% -8.5% 43%
Other Details Section
The other details section includes the differentiating parameters such as Minimum SIP and Lumpsum Investment. The minimum lumpsum investment in both the scheme is same that is, INR 5,000. However, the minimum SIP investment in case of Nippon India Mutual Fund is INR 100 and of L&T Emerging Businesses Fund is INR 500. The table showing the factors under other details section are listed below as follows.
The Fund managers managing the Nippon India Small Cap Fund are Mr. Samir Rachh and Mr. Dhrumil Shah.
Mr. S. N. Lahiri and Mr. Karan Desai are the fund managers managing L&T Emerging Businesses Fund.
Parameters Other Details Min SIP Investment Min Investment Fund Manager Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹100 ₹5,000 Samir Rachh - 9.42 Yr. SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details ₹500 ₹5,000 R. Srinivasan - 17.1 Yr.
Growth of 10k Investments over the years
Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 21 ₹10,000 31 May 22 ₹11,954 31 May 23 ₹15,166 31 May 24 ₹23,187 31 May 25 ₹24,609 31 May 26 ₹25,719 SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 21 ₹10,000 31 May 22 ₹10,676 31 May 23 ₹11,860 31 May 24 ₹15,266 31 May 25 ₹17,000 31 May 26 ₹19,111
Detailed Assets & Holdings Comparison
Nippon India Small Cap Fund
Growth
Fund Details Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.95% Equity 97.05% Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 24.39% Financial Services 15.49% Consumer Cyclical 14.32% Basic Materials 10.99% Consumer Defensive 9.84% Health Care 8.84% Technology 6.74% Utility 3.53% Communication Services 1.13% Real Estate 0.88% Energy 0.45% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 22 | HDFCBANK2% ₹1,370 Cr 17,754,929
↑ 2,454,929 Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | MCX2% ₹1,278 Cr 4,300,000
↓ -1,050,645 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 22 | 5001032% ₹1,216 Cr 34,507,422
↑ 2,000,000 TD Power Systems Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 15 | TDPOWERSYS2% ₹1,116 Cr 9,680,747
↓ -72,529 Apar Industries Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 17 | APARINDS1% ₹1,085 Cr 879,502 Karur Vysya Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 17 | 5900031% ₹936 Cr 31,907,252 Zydus Wellness Ltd (Consumer Defensive)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 16 | ZYDUSWELL1% ₹878 Cr 17,273,570
↑ 129,481 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 19 | SBIN1% ₹855 Cr 8,000,000 NLC India Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 22 | NLCINDIA1% ₹855 Cr 26,990,331 Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 12 | KIRLOSBROS1% ₹783 Cr 4,525,148 SBI Focused Equity Fund
Growth
Fund Details Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 7.93% Equity 91.17% Debt 0.9% Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 32.71% Communication Services 16.02% Utility 13.01% Consumer Cyclical 11.14% Health Care 4.2% Consumer Defensive 3.91% Technology 3.74% Basic Materials 3.72% Industrials 2.04% Real Estate 0.67% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Alphabet Inc Class A (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 18 | GOOGL11% ₹5,131 Cr 1,400,000 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 21 | SBIN7% ₹3,205 Cr 30,000,000
↑ 2,100,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 26 | ICICIBANK7% ₹3,032 Cr 24,000,000
↑ 24,000,000 Adani Power Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 25 | 5330966% ₹2,736 Cr 123,342,183
↑ 3,525,794 Muthoot Finance Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 20 | 5333985% ₹2,397 Cr 7,000,000 Bajaj Finance Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 25 | 5000345% ₹2,383 Cr 25,436,048
↑ 1,436,048 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | KOTAKBANK5% ₹2,296 Cr 59,900,000
↑ 14,900,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 26 | BHARTIARTL5% ₹2,245 Cr 11,900,000
↓ -1,100,000 Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 25 | ADANIENSOL4% ₹2,036 Cr 15,171,443 Bajaj Finserv Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 25 | 5329784% ₹1,747 Cr 10,000,000
Thus, we can conclude that both the schemes differ on various parameters. However, investors should be careful while choosing any scheme for investment. Individuals should check and confirm whether the scheme matches their investment objective or not. If required they can also consult a financial advisor and get their queries resolved before investing. This will help them to ensure that their money gives them the required results and the objectives are attained timely.
All efforts have been made to ensure the information provided here is accurate. However, no guarantees are made regarding correctness of data. Please verify with scheme information document before making any investment.
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A nice and well detailed writeup.