Mutual Funds

HDFC Defence Fund-Reg(G)
Equity | Very High | Equity - Thematic Fund - Other

22.54 +0.05
NAV(₹) as on 29/8/2025

0.20%
1D

2.05%
1Y

-
3Y

-
5Y

HDFC Defence Fund-Reg(G)
Growth Chart of the Scheme

Scheme Details
Expense Ratio: 1.81	Launch Date: 02 Jun 2023
Exit Load: 1% on or before 1Y, Nil after 1Y	AUM: ₹ 6,497.99 Crs
Lock-in: Nil	Investing Style: Large Growth
Portfolio Price To Book Value: 12.05	Min. Investment: SIP : ₹ NA Lumpsum : ₹ 100.0
Scheme Benchmark: NA
Fund Manager: Rahul Baijal ,Priya Ranjan

FUND OBJECTIVE

To provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Defence & allied sector companies. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized.

LATEST ASSET & PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION		Others		Equity
as on 31/7/2025		5.38 %		94.62 %

TOP HOLDINGS

Bharat Electronics Ltd.

19.36 %

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

15.70 %

Solar Industries India Ltd.

14.20 %

BEML Ltd.

9.51 %

Astra Microwave Products Ltd.

5.97 %

Bharat Dynamics Ltd.

4.26 %

Cyient DLM Ltd.

3.89 %

Bharat Forge Ltd.

3.06 %

Premier Explosives Ltd.

2.46 %

Interglobe Aviation Ltd.

2.41 %

See All Holding

ALLOCATION BY MARKET CAP (Equity)

ALLOCATION BY RATING (Debt & Others)

No Data

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

Defence

47.51 %

Chemicals

16.66 %

Construction Vehicles

9.51 %

Electronics - Components

6.54 %

Engineering - Construction

3.34 %

See All Sectors

PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS (Debt)

Average Maturity

Modified Duration

Yield to Maturity

(in )

5 YEAR HISTORY

Financial Year	2023-24	2024-25
NAV (31/3/2025)	16.41	19.73
Net Assets (Rs Crores)	2,24,841.24	4,97,551.24
Scheme Returns(%)(Absolute)	64.07	17.57
B'mark Returns(%)(Absolute)	NA	NA
Category Rank	7/82	1/119

RISKOMETER
Level of Risk in the Scheme

Clients will understand that their principal will be at Very High risk.

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR SCHEMES

Fund Details	Inception Date	Aum(₹ Crs)	1Y	3Y	5Y	Since Inception
Sundaram Business Cycle Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 10.78 +-0.01	25/6/2024	₹ 1,788.91	1.84%	-	-	6.59%
Union Innovation & Opp Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 13.98 +-0.04	6/9/2023	₹ 1,015.12	0.58%	-	-	18.43%
HDFC Defence Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 22.54 +0.05	2/6/2023	₹ 6,497.99	2.05%	-	-	43.66%
Tata Housing Opportunities Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 14.81 +-0.02	2/9/2022	₹ 546.24	-9.70%	-	-	14.04%
ICICI Pru Transportation and Logistics Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 19.42 +-0.11	28/10/2022	₹ 3,162.27	0.31%	-	-	26.34%
Bandhan Transportation and Logistics Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 18.41 +-0.06	25/10/2022	₹ 572.75	-2.19%	-	-	23.92%
Invesco India Manufacturing Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 10.08 +-0.04	14/8/2024	₹ 799.66	-0.88%	-	-	0.77%
Axis Business Cycles Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 16.18 +-0.02	22/2/2023	₹ 2,334.55	-2.59%	-	-	21.06%
Samco Active Momentum Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 13.57 +-0.01	5/7/2023	₹ 861.32	-10.61%	-	-	15.23%
ICICI Pru Innovation Fund-Reg(G) Equity - Thematic Fund - Other \| Very High \| 18.28 +-0.08	28/4/2023	₹ 7,025.71	1.61%	-	-	29.41%