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quant Small Cap Fund

Small Cap Fund · quant Money Managers Limited

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Among the 142 similar small cap funds we track, this one has grown money faster than most. ₹1 lakh invested 5 years ago would be about ₹2.4 lakh today. Investing ₹10,000 every month for the last 10 years would have put in ₹12.1 lakh and grown it to about ₹46.5 lakh. Be warned: in its worst stretch, ₹1 lakh briefly shrank to about ₹48,400. Funds like this reward patience and punish panic-selling.

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quant Small Cap Fund is a small cap fund from quant Money Managers Limited. It has a track record of about 13.7 years. As of the latest data it carries an RS rating of 64/99 (its recent momentum versus category peers) and a King Score of 64/100 (a long-term quality composite). The current NAV is ₹314.18 (as of 2026-09-16).

At a glance. Long-term quality (King Score): 64/100 · Current momentum (RS): 64/99 · 5-year CAGR: 18.87% · Worst-ever fall: -51.6%
64RS rating
64King Score
16.84%3Y CAGR
18.87%5Y CAGR
-51.6%Max drawdown
0.55Sharpe 3Y
0.81%Expense
31773AUM ₹Cr

Growth of ₹100 - last 5 years

2021-092026-08
What ₹100 invested 5 years ago would be worth today, from actual NAV history.

quant Small Cap Fund returns: last 1, 3, 5 and 10 years

PeriodThis fundCategory average
1 month0.28%-1.1%
3 months5.39%6.19%
6 months24.28%23.67%
1 year13.31%11.06%
3 years (CAGR)16.84%15.56%
5 years (CAGR)18.87%16.16%
10 years (CAGR)20.73%17.64%

The last 10 years return of quant Small Cap Fund works out to 20.73% a year (CAGR) - ₹1 lakh invested 10 years ago would be about ₹6.6 lakh today. The last 5 years return is 18.87% a year (₹1 lakh → ₹2.4 lakh), and the last 3 years return is 16.84% - ahead of its category's 15.56% average by 1.3 points. Its trailing one-year return is 13.31%. Trailing returns flatter or disappoint depending on the end date you pick - the year-by-year and rolling-return sections below are a fairer read.

Year-by-year returns

Yearquant Small Cap FundBenchmark
2018+3.1%n/a
2019-23.2%n/a
2020+76.1%+25.9%
2021+91.7%+61.2%
2022+11.2%-3.4%
2023+48.0%+48.3%
2024+23.5%+26.5%
2025-1.4%-5.6%
2026+13.5%+7.2%

quant Small Cap Fund beat its benchmark in 5 of the last 7 calendar years. That is a strong hit-rate - most active funds fail to clear their index this often. Consistency against the benchmark matters more than any single great year.

Calendar-year returns show how bumpy the ride really was - an average hides the good years and the ugly ones.

What a monthly SIP in quant Small Cap Fund would have made

A ₹10,000-a-month SIP, using this fund's actual NAV history. SIP returns (XIRR) differ from lumpsum CAGR because your money goes in gradually, averaging your entry price.

SIP durationYou investedIt becameXIRR
3 years₹370,000₹442,20311.92%
5 years₹610,000₹970,73518.61%
10 years₹1,210,000₹4,653,81825.36%

Over 10 years, ₹1,210,000 invested in monthly instalments would have grown to about ₹4,653,818 - an XIRR of 25.36%. Figures are pre-tax and assume you stayed invested throughout.

Risk & drawdowns

MeasureThis fundCategory average
Worst drawdown (lifetime)-51.6%-31.84%
Worst drawdown (3Y)-24.42%-23.78%
Volatility (1Y)19.56%20.34%
Sharpe (3Y)0.550.49
Sortino (3Y)0.910.8
Beta (3Y)0.860.85
Alpha (3Y)4.55%3.36%
Up capture91.3%87.88%
Down capture82.4%80.49%
Bull-market return39.2%36.9%
Bear-market return-24.9%-24.3%

Timing matters more than people admit: the best possible 1-year stretch in quant Small Cap Fund (starting 2020-05-18) gained 222.8%, while the worst (starting 2019-03-22) lost 43.6%. The worst peak-to-bottom fall quant Small Cap Fund has ever put investors through is -51.6% - the real test of whether you'd have stayed invested. In falling markets (Nifty below its 200-day average) it has returned about -24.9% annualised, versus 39.2% in rising markets. It has captured roughly 91.3% of its benchmark's up-moves and 82.4% of its down-moves.

How quant Small Cap Fund behaves when markets fall

When the market is falling (the Nifty below its 200-day average), quant Small Cap Fund has historically returned about -24.9% annualised, versus roughly 39.2% when the market is rising. Its deepest fall on record is -51.6%. Right now it sits about 2.47% below its all-time high (last hit 2026-09-11). The real question isn't the average year - it's whether you could hold on through the worst one.

How quant Small Cap Fund ranks in its category

Percentile versus its ~142 category peers - 100th is best-in-class, 50th is average. This is the fairest apples-to-apples read.

3-year return
82th
Drawdown resilience
20th
Consistency
60th
Risk-adjusted (Sharpe)
81th

Consistency (rolling returns)

MeasureValue
Median 3Y rolling CAGR18.3%
3Y windows positive89.3%
Worst 3Y window-15.24%
3Y windows beating Nifty 50084.4%
Median 5Y rolling CAGR22.12%
Median 10Y rolling CAGR20.08%

Instead of one lucky start date, rolling returns test every start date. Across all 3-year windows in its history, quant Small Cap Fund returned a median of 18.3% a year, and 89.3% of those windows were positive.

What quant Small Cap Fund holds

Its latest monthly portfolio disclosure. This is what your money actually owns.

Top holdings

Reliance Industries Limited · Energy
8.4%
HFCL Limited · Communication Services
5.1%
RBL Bank Limited · Financials
4.7%
Adani Power Limited · Power
4.6%
Adani Green Energy Limited · Utilities
3.2%
Adani Enterprises Limited · Industrials
2.8%
Piramal Finance Ltd · Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)
2.6%
Aster DM Healthcare Limited · Health Care
2.6%
Anand Rathi Wealth Limited · Finance & Investments
2.6%
SUN TV Network Limited · Communication Services
2.3%

Sector allocation

Health Care
11.2%
Financials
10.4%
Energy
10.2%
Communication Services
8.0%
Industrials
7.2%
Materials
6.8%
Consumer Discretionary
6.1%
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)
4.6%

The top 10 holdings make up 38.8% of the portfolio, across 103 stocks. A higher concentration means the fund's fortunes ride on fewer names.

Portfolio overlap with similar funds

quant Small Cap Fund shares Bandhan Small Cap Fund (5%), Invesco India Smallcap Fund (5%), BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund (5%) of its portfolio with these category peers (overlap = the slice of the two portfolios invested in the same stocks). The lower the overlap, the more genuinely different the portfolios are.

Who manages quant Small Cap Fund - and how good are they?

quant Small Cap Fund is managed by Sanjeev Sharma, Ankit A. Pande and Sandeep Tandon. Below is each manager's complete track record - every fund they currently run, judged on the same numbers as everything else on this page - so you can see whether this fund is in strong hands or is the outlier in a weak book.

Sanjeev Sharma's full record

Sanjeev Sharma currently runs 24 funds, across Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage, ELSS, Flexi Cap Fund, Focused Fund and more, with about ₹88,700 Cr under management. The book's average King Score is 62.5/100. Their strongest fund by King Score is quant Overnight Fund (88/100); quant Small Cap Fund ranks #13 of 24 in their book.

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#FundRSKing3M6M1Y3Y CAGR5Y CAGR10Y CAGRSharpeRoll 3YWorst fall
1quant Overnight Fund60881.2%2.5%5.1%6.1%n/an/a-1.276.5%-0.0%
2quant BFSI Fund78831.9%13.1%17.1%21.5%n/an/a0.74n/a-22.3%
3quant Large Cap Fund9682-0.6%9.6%4.4%12.2%n/an/a0.3616.4%-21.1%
4Quant Value Fund9481-2.4%15.2%16.0%19.4%n/an/a0.6623.8%-24.0%
5quant Gilt Fund70780.9%2.0%3.9%5.9%n/an/a-0.286.4%-2.2%
6quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund93751.5%13.2%10.9%13.6%14.7%19.8%0.4122.0%-36.1%
7quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund3674-2.1%3.9%-1.4%12.4%n/an/a0.4218.8%-18.4%
8quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund86711.9%24.9%18.7%15.9%17.7%n/a0.5621.4%-25.1%
9quant Healthcare Fund966711.7%25.0%17.6%19.9%n/an/a0.75n/a-25.2%
10quant Focused Fund87670.6%15.4%8.8%12.2%12.8%14.8%0.3518.6%-36.4%
11quant Quantamental Fund5766-2.5%10.9%9.8%14.4%18.6%n/a0.4623.6%-23.3%
12quant Flexi Cap Fund8265-0.7%13.7%11.0%14.4%14.1%19.2%0.4619.6%-41.3%
13quant Small Cap Fund (this page)64645.4%24.3%13.3%16.8%18.9%20.7%0.5518.3%-51.6%
14quant Large & Mid Cap Fund91620.3%16.4%8.8%13.6%15.2%15.6%0.4221.4%-45.7%
15quant Infrastructure Fund7359-0.7%18.3%10.3%16.9%18.1%20.3%0.4918.7%-46.0%
16quant Manufacturing Fund82512.2%24.2%11.9%15.6%n/an/a0.47n/a-29.6%
17quant Business Cycle Fund5343-1.8%12.0%4.6%11.2%n/an/a0.27n/a-29.2%
18quant Mid Cap Fund3133-1.0%10.4%2.8%10.0%15.1%17.9%0.215.2%-33.4%
19quant Multi Cap Fund63261.5%15.2%5.8%8.9%11.0%17.7%0.1417.7%-36.3%
20quant Teck Fund62141.2%24.2%-8.0%3.8%n/an/a-0.12n/a-41.9%
21quant Consumption Fund65n/a2.3%15.9%0.7%n/an/an/a-0.33n/a-30.4%
22quant Momentum Fund62n/a-0.6%12.1%8.0%n/an/an/a0.55n/a-22.7%
23quant Commodities Fund62n/a-4.1%15.4%11.8%n/an/an/a0.35n/a-25.9%
24quant PSU Fund44n/a-3.6%8.7%5.2%n/an/an/a-0.17n/a-31.1%

Ankit A. Pande's full record

Ankit A. Pande currently runs 22 funds, across Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage, ELSS, Flexi Cap Fund, Focused Fund and more, with about ₹88,625 Cr under management. The book's average King Score is 60.2/100. Their strongest fund by King Score is quant BFSI Fund (83/100); quant Small Cap Fund ranks #11 of 22 in their book.

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#FundRSKing3M6M1Y3Y CAGR5Y CAGR10Y CAGRSharpeRoll 3YWorst fall
1quant BFSI Fund78831.9%13.1%17.1%21.5%n/an/a0.74n/a-22.3%
2quant Large Cap Fund9682-0.6%9.6%4.4%12.2%n/an/a0.3616.4%-21.1%
3Quant Value Fund9481-2.4%15.2%16.0%19.4%n/an/a0.6623.8%-24.0%
4quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund93751.5%13.2%10.9%13.6%14.7%19.8%0.4122.0%-36.1%
5quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund3674-2.1%3.9%-1.4%12.4%n/an/a0.4218.8%-18.4%
6quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund86711.9%24.9%18.7%15.9%17.7%n/a0.5621.4%-25.1%
7quant Healthcare Fund966711.7%25.0%17.6%19.9%n/an/a0.75n/a-25.2%
8quant Focused Fund87670.6%15.4%8.8%12.2%12.8%14.8%0.3518.6%-36.4%
9quant Quantamental Fund5766-2.5%10.9%9.8%14.4%18.6%n/a0.4623.6%-23.3%
10quant Flexi Cap Fund8265-0.7%13.7%11.0%14.4%14.1%19.2%0.4619.6%-41.3%
11quant Small Cap Fund (this page)64645.4%24.3%13.3%16.8%18.9%20.7%0.5518.3%-51.6%
12quant Large & Mid Cap Fund91620.3%16.4%8.8%13.6%15.2%15.6%0.4221.4%-45.7%
13quant Infrastructure Fund7359-0.7%18.3%10.3%16.9%18.1%20.3%0.4918.7%-46.0%
14quant Manufacturing Fund82512.2%24.2%11.9%15.6%n/an/a0.47n/a-29.6%
15quant Business Cycle Fund5343-1.8%12.0%4.6%11.2%n/an/a0.27n/a-29.2%
16quant Mid Cap Fund3133-1.0%10.4%2.8%10.0%15.1%17.9%0.215.2%-33.4%
17quant Multi Cap Fund63261.5%15.2%5.8%8.9%11.0%17.7%0.1417.7%-36.3%
18quant Teck Fund62141.2%24.2%-8.0%3.8%n/an/a-0.12n/a-41.9%
19quant Consumption Fund65n/a2.3%15.9%0.7%n/an/an/a-0.33n/a-30.4%
20quant Momentum Fund62n/a-0.6%12.1%8.0%n/an/an/a0.55n/a-22.7%
21quant Commodities Fund62n/a-4.1%15.4%11.8%n/an/an/a0.35n/a-25.9%
22quant PSU Fund44n/a-3.6%8.7%5.2%n/an/an/a-0.17n/a-31.1%

Sandeep Tandon's full record

Sandeep Tandon currently runs 22 funds, across Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage, ELSS, Flexi Cap Fund, Focused Fund and more, with about ₹88,625 Cr under management. The book's average King Score is 60.2/100. Their strongest fund by King Score is quant BFSI Fund (83/100); quant Small Cap Fund ranks #11 of 22 in their book.

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#FundRSKing3M6M1Y3Y CAGR5Y CAGR10Y CAGRSharpeRoll 3YWorst fall
1quant BFSI Fund78831.9%13.1%17.1%21.5%n/an/a0.74n/a-22.3%
2quant Large Cap Fund9682-0.6%9.6%4.4%12.2%n/an/a0.3616.4%-21.1%
3Quant Value Fund9481-2.4%15.2%16.0%19.4%n/an/a0.6623.8%-24.0%
4quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund93751.5%13.2%10.9%13.6%14.7%19.8%0.4122.0%-36.1%
5quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund3674-2.1%3.9%-1.4%12.4%n/an/a0.4218.8%-18.4%
6quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund86711.9%24.9%18.7%15.9%17.7%n/a0.5621.4%-25.1%
7quant Healthcare Fund966711.7%25.0%17.6%19.9%n/an/a0.75n/a-25.2%
8quant Focused Fund87670.6%15.4%8.8%12.2%12.8%14.8%0.3518.6%-36.4%
9quant Quantamental Fund5766-2.5%10.9%9.8%14.4%18.6%n/a0.4623.6%-23.3%
10quant Flexi Cap Fund8265-0.7%13.7%11.0%14.4%14.1%19.2%0.4619.6%-41.3%
11quant Small Cap Fund (this page)64645.4%24.3%13.3%16.8%18.9%20.7%0.5518.3%-51.6%
12quant Large & Mid Cap Fund91620.3%16.4%8.8%13.6%15.2%15.6%0.4221.4%-45.7%
13quant Infrastructure Fund7359-0.7%18.3%10.3%16.9%18.1%20.3%0.4918.7%-46.0%
14quant Manufacturing Fund82512.2%24.2%11.9%15.6%n/an/a0.47n/a-29.6%
15quant Business Cycle Fund5343-1.8%12.0%4.6%11.2%n/an/a0.27n/a-29.2%
16quant Mid Cap Fund3133-1.0%10.4%2.8%10.0%15.1%17.9%0.215.2%-33.4%
17quant Multi Cap Fund63261.5%15.2%5.8%8.9%11.0%17.7%0.1417.7%-36.3%
18quant Teck Fund62141.2%24.2%-8.0%3.8%n/an/a-0.12n/a-41.9%
19quant Consumption Fund65n/a2.3%15.9%0.7%n/an/an/a-0.33n/a-30.4%
20quant Momentum Fund62n/a-0.6%12.1%8.0%n/an/an/a0.55n/a-22.7%
21quant Commodities Fund62n/a-4.1%15.4%11.8%n/an/an/a0.35n/a-25.9%
22quant PSU Fund44n/a-3.6%8.7%5.2%n/an/an/a-0.17n/a-31.1%

A caveat worth keeping: funds often have co-managers, and results belong to the whole team and process rather than one person. A manager's book tells you about their range and consistency, not a guarantee of skill.

Cost & fund basics

DetailValue
Expense ratio (Direct)0.81%
Exit load≈1% if redeemed within 1 year (typical)
Minimum investment₹5000
Fund size (AUM)₹31,773 Cr
Age13.7 years
Plan / OptionDirect · Growth
BenchmarkSMALLCAP250

How quant Small Cap Fund compares to peers

FundRSKing3Y CAGR
Bandhan Small Cap Fund598723.9%
Invesco India Smallcap Fund668622.2%
BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund997920.7%
PGIM India Small Cap Fund737715.8%
ITI Small Cap Fund907523.8%
DSP Small Cap Fund757416.8%
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Overlap warning: funds in the same category often own many of the same stocks - holding several rarely adds the diversification people expect.

What these numbers mean

RS rating (1-99) ranks a fund's recent momentum against its category - higher is stronger right now. King Score (0-100) is a long-term quality composite (returns, consistency, drawdown, risk-adjusted return) versus peers. Max drawdown is the worst peak-to-bottom fall the fund has ever experienced. Rolling returns test every possible start date, so one lucky (or unlucky) entry point can't distort the picture. Every formula behind this page is public - see how we calculate every number.

quant Small Cap Fund review: the bottom line

On the data, its strengths are beating the Nifty 500 in 84.4% of 3-year windows. Points to keep your eyes open on: a deep worst-case drawdown (-51.6%). Whether it fits you depends on your goals, horizon and risk appetite - this page describes the fund, it does not recommend it.

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Frequently asked questions

Is quant Small Cap Fund a good mutual fund?

That depends on your goals and risk tolerance - this is descriptive research, not advice. On the numbers, quant Small Cap Fund scores 64/100 on our King Score and RS 64/99 within its category, has compounded 16.84% a year over three years, and its worst drawdown was -51.6%. Compare those against your needs and the peer table above.

What is the NAV of quant Small Cap Fund today?

The latest NAV is ₹314.18 (as of 2026-09-16). NAV (net asset value) is the per-unit price of the fund, published every business day by the AMC.

What is the last 10 years return of quant Small Cap Fund?

Over the last 10 years quant Small Cap Fund has returned about 20.73% a year (CAGR). In rupees: ₹1 lakh invested 10 years ago would be roughly ₹6.6 lakh today, before tax. See the year-by-year table above for how uneven the ride was.

What is the expense ratio of quant Small Cap Fund?

The Direct-plan expense ratio is 0.81% a year. The Direct plan is cheaper than the Regular plan because it carries no distributor commission - over decades that gap compounds meaningfully.

Who is the fund manager of quant Small Cap Fund?

quant Small Cap Fund is managed by Sanjeev Sharma; Ankit A. Pande; Sandeep Tandon; Varun Pattani; Sameer Kate; Ayusha Kumbhat; Yug Tibrewal.

Is quant Small Cap Fund safe? How risky is it?

No market-linked fund is 'safe' in the fixed-deposit sense - the honest question is how deep its falls get. Its worst historical drawdown was -51.6% - ₹1 lakh briefly becoming about ₹48,400. As a equity fund, its risk profile is typical of that category. Look at the drawdown, volatility and bear-market figures above and ask whether you could stay invested through the bad stretches.

Is quant Small Cap Fund good for SIP?

We can't tell you what to do, but here is what actually happened: a ₹10,000 monthly SIP over the last 10 years grew ₹12.1 lakh into about ₹46.5 lakh (XIRR 25.36%). SIPs average your entry price, which helps most in funds that swing hard - check the crash-behaviour section above to see how it treats investors in bad markets.

What are the SIP returns of quant Small Cap Fund?

A ₹10,000/month SIP over 10 years would have grown to about ₹4,653,818 (an XIRR of 25.36%) on ₹1,210,000 invested, using the fund's actual NAV history. See the SIP table above for other durations.

How does quant Small Cap Fund rank among similar funds?

On 3-year returns it sits around the 82th percentile of its category, and its consistency ranks 60th percentile. 100th is best-in-class, 50th is average. See the category-ranking section above.

Is quant Small Cap Fund tax-efficient / what about capital gains?

As a equity fund, gains follow the rules for its asset class - equity-oriented funds are taxed differently from debt. All returns on this page are pre-tax; your actual post-tax return depends on your holding period and slab. This is descriptive information, not tax advice.

Direct or Regular plan - which is shown here?

All figures on this page are for the Direct-Growth plan (no distributor commission, lower cost). Returns are pre-tax; capital-gains tax depends on your own holding period and slab.

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