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HDFC Dividend Yield Fund

Dividend YieldVery HighOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹25.14+0.46%1 day
Return since launch
16.8%
52-week range
₹21.95 — ₹25.58
AUM
₹5,274 Cr

HDFC Dividend Yield Fund is a Dividend Yield equity fund from HDFC Mutual Fund with ₹5,274 Cr under management, launched in 2020. Over three years it has returned 3.7% a year, against 12.1% for its category. The expense ratio is 1.92% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.

Performance

Returns

How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y4.6%+4.5 pts0.1%0.8%
2Y3.2%+0.2 pts3.0%1.2%
3Y3.7%−8.3 pts12.1%2.5%
5Y10.3%−1.0 pts11.3%8.9%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund4.6%
Category0.1%
3Y
Fund3.7%
Category12.1%
5Y
Fund10.3%
Category11.3%

Since launch (27 Nov 2020): 16.8%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
Show as a table
Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20253.3%−3.0 pts6.3%
202416.0%−4.5 pts20.5%
202338.0%+0.4 pts37.6%
20226.9%+2.9 pts3.9%
202141.8%+2.0 pts39.8%

Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.

Costs & terms

Costs and terms

What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.

Costs

1.90%

Expense ratio as on 4 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
1.59%
Brokerage
0.01%
Transaction charges
0.00%
Statutory levies
0.30%
Exit load
Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year.
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
NIFTY 500 TRI
Short-term capital gains
Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long-term capital gains
After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Risk

Risk

What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.

Very High

Your principal is treated as being at very high risk — typically small cap, sectoral and thematic equity schemes.

Risk ratios
RatioFundCategory avgRead as
Alpha-0.422.23Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better.
Beta1.000.97How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe0.300.45Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino0.420.62Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation15.7215.74How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 5 category peers

Portfolio

HDFC Dividend Yield Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Equity98.9%
  • Other1.1%

Market cap split

  • Large63.3%
  • Mid12.4%
  • Small24.2%
P/E
19.12
P/B
2.51

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
ICICI Bank Ltd.Financial5.38%₹284 Cr+5.22%+4.98%+5.60%
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial4.97%₹262 Cr+5.50%+5.49%+6.07%
Axis Bank Ltd.Financial3.72%₹196 Cr+3.88%+3.64%+3.11%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.Construction2.64%₹139 Cr+2.71%+2.56%+2.42%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.Communication2.62%₹138 Cr+2.57%+2.70%+2.43%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.Financial2.45%₹129 Cr+2.15%+2.16%+2.29%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy2.25%₹119 Cr+2.29%+2.59%+2.20%
Tech Mahindra Ltd.Technology2.24%₹118 Cr+1.99%+2.13%+2.26%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.Automobile2.20%₹116 Cr+2.42%+2.30%+2.59%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Healthcare2.14%₹113 Cr+2.07%+2.13%+1.65%

Sectors

  • Financial25.9%
  • Energy8.9%
  • Healthcare8.7%
  • Automobile8.6%
  • Capital Goods7.8%
  • Technology7.8%
  • Services6.9%
  • Communication5.5%

Instruments

  • Real Estate Investment Trusts0.8%
  • Infrastructure Investment Trust0.3%
  • Repo0.1%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
Sterlite Technologies Ltd.1.56%1.81%+0.25%
STL Networks Ltd.0.25%0.47%+0.22%
ICICI Bank Ltd.5.58%5.38%-0.20%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.2.13%1.96%-0.17%
HEG Advanced Materials Ltd.0.00%0.16%+0.16%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.2.35%2.20%-0.15%
HDFC Bank Ltd.4.82%4.97%+0.15%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.1.42%1.29%-0.13%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.2.33%2.45%+0.12%
Others0.02%-0.10%-0.12%
Infosys Ltd.1.53%1.42%-0.11%
Indusind Bank Ltd.1.55%1.45%-0.10%
Finolex Cables Ltd.0.67%0.77%+0.10%
Coal India Ltd.1.08%1.17%+0.09%
State Bank of India2.09%2.00%-0.09%
Eicher Motors Ltd.1.65%1.57%-0.08%
Tata Steel Ltd.1.32%1.40%+0.08%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.2.55%2.62%+0.07%
NTPC Ltd.1.64%1.71%+0.07%
PNC Infratech Ltd.0.27%0.20%-0.07%
Whirlpool Of India Ltd.0.38%0.45%+0.07%
Nestle India Ltd.0.86%0.79%-0.07%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.2.20%2.14%-0.06%
West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.0.22%0.28%+0.06%
Electronics Mart India Ltd.0.27%0.33%+0.06%
RHI Magnesita India Ltd.0.64%0.70%+0.06%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.1.87%1.93%+0.06%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.0.54%0.49%-0.05%
PVR Inox Ltd.0.62%0.57%-0.05%
TD Power Systems Ltd.0.70%0.75%+0.05%
Sun TV Network Ltd.0.13%0.18%+0.05%
Fusion Finance Ltd.0.71%0.66%-0.05%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.2.68%2.64%-0.04%
Reliance Industries Ltd.2.29%2.25%-0.04%
UTI Asset Management Company Ltd.0.51%0.55%+0.04%
Embassy Office Parks REIT0.79%0.83%+0.04%
Aster DM Quality Care Ltd.1.26%1.23%-0.03%
Dilip Buildcon Ltd.0.36%0.39%+0.03%
Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.0.30%0.33%+0.03%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.1.70%1.67%-0.03%
Sagility Ltd.0.55%0.52%-0.03%
Siemens Energy India Ltd.0.58%0.61%+0.03%
Castrol India Ltd.0.20%0.23%+0.03%
Emami Ltd.0.33%0.36%+0.03%
AIA Engineering Ltd.0.69%0.66%-0.03%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.0.96%0.93%-0.03%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.0.91%0.94%+0.03%
Tata Motors Ltd.0.59%0.56%-0.03%
Apollo Tyres Ltd.0.63%0.61%-0.02%
Asian Paints Ltd.0.45%0.43%-0.02%
Biocon Ltd.0.54%0.52%-0.02%
CESC Ltd.0.78%0.76%-0.02%
DAM Capital Advisors Ltd.0.12%0.14%+0.02%
Diffusion Engineers Ltd.0.31%0.29%-0.02%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.0.73%0.75%+0.02%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.1.00%1.02%+0.02%
ITC Ltd.1.05%1.07%+0.02%
Indraprastha Gas Ltd.0.43%0.45%+0.02%
PNB Housing Finance Ltd.0.66%0.68%+0.02%
Power Finance Corporation Ltd.0.66%0.68%+0.02%
Quess Corp Ltd.0.27%0.25%-0.02%
Bluspring Enterprises Ltd.0.09%0.11%+0.02%
BEML Ltd.0.13%0.15%+0.02%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.0.41%0.39%-0.02%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.0.68%0.70%+0.02%
Tech Mahindra Ltd.2.26%2.24%-0.02%
Afcons Infrastructure Ltd.0.13%0.12%-0.01%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.0.93%0.92%-0.01%
Anthem Biosciences Ltd.0.29%0.30%+0.01%
BEML Land Assets Ltd.0.54%0.55%+0.01%
Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.0.97%0.98%+0.01%
Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd.0.13%0.14%+0.01%
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd.0.76%0.75%-0.01%
Cipla Ltd.1.10%1.11%+0.01%
Cummins India Ltd.0.73%0.72%-0.01%
Cyient Ltd.0.49%0.48%-0.01%
Digitide Solutions Ltd.0.07%0.06%-0.01%
GAIL (India) Ltd.0.64%0.65%+0.01%
Gland Pharma Ltd.0.27%0.28%+0.01%
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.0.18%0.19%+0.01%
HCL Technologies Ltd.1.69%1.68%-0.01%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.0.57%0.58%+0.01%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.0.95%0.96%+0.01%
Indus Infra Trust0.25%0.26%+0.01%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.0.13%0.12%-0.01%
KEC International Ltd.0.23%0.22%-0.01%
Kaynes Technology India Ltd.0.59%0.60%+0.01%
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd.0.34%0.33%-0.01%
Medi Assist Healthcare Services Ltd.0.30%0.29%-0.01%
REC Ltd.0.58%0.57%-0.01%
Rubicon Research Ltd.0.26%0.25%-0.01%
SKF India (Industrial) Ltd.0.50%0.49%-0.01%
SKF India Ltd.0.26%0.27%+0.01%
Siemens Ltd.0.72%0.71%-0.01%
Tata Communications Ltd.0.62%0.63%+0.01%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.0.33%0.32%-0.01%
Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd.0.13%0.14%+0.01%
UPL Ltd.0.76%0.77%+0.01%
Vardhman Textiles Ltd.0.63%0.62%-0.01%
Stanley Lifestyles Ltd.0.10%0.11%+0.01%
Bharti Hexacom Ltd.0.47%0.46%-0.01%
GHCL Ltd.0.29%0.28%-0.01%
Axis Bank Ltd.3.72%3.72%0.00%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.0.63%0.63%0.00%
Birlasoft Ltd.0.13%0.13%0.00%
Blue Dart Express Ltd.0.57%0.57%0.00%
Bosch Ltd.0.71%0.71%0.00%
Canara Bank0.45%0.45%0.00%
DCX Systems Ltd.0.13%0.13%0.00%
EPACK Durable Ltd.0.12%0.12%0.00%
Endurance Technologies Ltd.0.23%0.23%0.00%
GHCL Textiles Ltd.0.10%0.10%0.00%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.0.58%0.58%0.00%
Go Fashion (India) Ltd.0.14%0.14%0.00%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.0.48%0.48%0.00%
ITC Hotels Ltd.0.07%0.07%0.00%
Inox India Ltd.0.28%0.28%0.00%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.0.45%0.45%0.00%
Kwality Wall's (India) Ltd.0.02%0.02%0.00%
Latent View Analytics Ltd.0.02%0.02%0.00%
Lupin Ltd.0.35%0.35%0.00%
NHPC Ltd.0.54%0.54%0.00%
Popular Vehicles And Services Ltd.0.15%0.15%0.00%
RBL Bank Ltd.0.61%0.61%0.00%
Sai Silks (Kalamandir) Ltd.0.07%0.07%0.00%
Sonata Software Ltd.0.04%0.04%0.00%
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd.0.29%0.29%0.00%
Timken India Ltd.0.10%0.10%0.00%
VRL Logistics Ltd.0.73%0.73%0.00%
Voltamp Transformers Ltd.0.19%0.19%0.00%

Compare

Similar funds

The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.

FundAUMExpense1Y3Y5Y
Category average₹3,894 Cr2.14%4.5%5.8%12.3%
SBI Dividend Yield Fund₹7,794 Cr2.04%6.3%5.1%—
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Fund₹6,248 Cr1.90%-1.0%4.2%12.4%
UTI Dividend Yield Fund₹3,582 Cr1.98%2.0%4.4%10.8%
Tata Dividend Yield Fund₹1,109 Cr2.30%5.7%7.1%11.8%
LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund₹738 Cr2.49%9.4%8.2%14.1%
See all Dividend Yield funds

About

About this fund

The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to provide capital appreciation and/or dividend distribution by predominantly investing in a well-diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments of dividend yielding companies.

Fund managers

  • Gopal AgrawalMr.Agrawal is a B.E and MBM.Prior to joining HDFC Mutual Fund he has worked with DSP Mutual Fund, Tata AMC, Mirae Asset Mutual Fund ,SBI Mutual Fund, Kotak Securities, HDFC Securities, IDBI Capital, UTI Securities and IPCL.
Scheme information document

Tools

Return calculator

What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.

₹
Over the pastTotal investmentWould’ve becomeGrowthReturns
6 months3.23% absolute₹60,000₹61,9383.23%
1 year−0.43% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,19,721−0.23%
3 years10.70% annualised₹3,60,000₹4,26,06018.35%
5 years11.52% annualised₹6,00,000₹8,14,02035.67%

Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.

How this is calculated

Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.

The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

The things people ask about this scheme.

What is the NAV of HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
The NAV of HDFC Dividend Yield Fund is ₹25.14 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
The expense ratio of HDFC Dividend Yield Fund is 1.92% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
You can start a SIP in HDFC Dividend Yield Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has HDFC Dividend Yield Fund given?
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund has returned 4.6% over 1 year, 3.7% over 3 years and 10.3% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year..
How risky is HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund is rated Very High on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Dividend Yield category.
Which fund house manages HDFC Dividend Yield Fund?
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund is managed by HDFC Mutual Fund, which runs 86 schemes with ₹9,96,954 Cr under management.