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HDFC Manufacturing Fund

Thematic-ManufacturingVery HighOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹11.94+1.70%1 day
Return since launch
6.2%
52-week range
₹9.89 — ₹12.10
AUM
₹10,280 Cr

HDFC Manufacturing Fund is a Thematic-Manufacturing equity fund from HDFC Mutual Fund with ₹10,280 Cr under management, launched in 2024. The expense ratio is 1.86% 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
1Y12.2%+3.5 pts8.7%7.2%
2Y10.6%−0.3 pts10.8%7.8%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund12.2%
Category8.7%

Since launch (26 Apr 2024): 6.2%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
Show as a table
Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20257.0%+1.7 pts5.3%

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

1.83%

Expense ratio as on 4 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
1.50%
Brokerage
0.02%
Transaction charges
0.00%
Statutory levies
0.31%
Exit load
Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 month.
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
Nifty India Manufacturing 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.

Portfolio

HDFC Manufacturing Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Equity99.3%
  • Other0.7%

Market cap split

  • Large50.3%
  • Mid15.1%
  • Small34.6%
P/E
20.65
P/B
3.66

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.Healthcare6.01%₹618 Cr+4.49%+4.50%+3.44%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy4.50%₹463 Cr+5.16%+6.13%+5.13%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Automobile3.50%₹360 Cr+3.62%+3.25%+1.63%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.Automobile3.33%₹342 Cr+3.91%+3.88%+6.30%
JSW Steel Ltd.Metals & Mining3.29%₹338 Cr+3.32%+3.59%+3.16%
Tata Motors Ltd.Automobile2.87%₹295 Cr+2.87%+2.86%—
Bharat Electronics Ltd.Capital Goods2.42%₹249 Cr+2.55%+2.81%+2.27%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.Capital Goods2.38%₹245 Cr+2.55%+2.23%+2.46%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.Automobile2.22%₹228 Cr+2.26%+2.51%+2.33%
Cummins India Ltd.Capital Goods2.06%₹212 Cr+2.44%+2.31%+2.04%

Sectors

  • Capital Goods28.2%
  • Automobile23.0%
  • Healthcare16.6%
  • Energy9.9%
  • Metals & Mining9.5%
  • Materials3.0%
  • Chemicals2.7%
  • Consumer Discretionary1.9%

Instruments

  • Repo0.9%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
Spectrum Electrical Industries Ltd.0.00%1.68%+1.68%
Anthem Biosciences Ltd.1.04%0.42%-0.62%
Adani Enterprises Ltd.0.62%0.00%-0.62%
Petronet LNG Ltd.0.61%0.00%-0.61%
Graphite India Ltd.0.00%0.58%+0.58%
Siemens Energy India Ltd.0.43%0.00%-0.43%
HEG Advanced Materials Ltd.0.52%0.95%+0.43%
Others0.27%-0.13%-0.40%
HEG Graphite Ltd.0.00%0.35%+0.35%
Centum Electronics Ltd.0.73%1.07%+0.34%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.3.60%3.33%-0.27%
Praj Industries Ltd.0.26%0.00%-0.26%
Archean Chemical Industries Ltd.1.13%1.37%+0.24%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.3.72%3.50%-0.22%
Cyient DLM Ltd.1.80%2.02%+0.22%
Tata Motors Ltd.3.07%2.87%-0.20%
GMM Pfaudler Ltd.0.36%0.54%+0.18%
Lupin Ltd.1.63%1.78%+0.15%
Havells India Ltd.1.01%0.86%-0.15%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.2.37%2.22%-0.15%
Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.2.00%1.85%-0.15%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.0.77%0.91%+0.14%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.1.44%1.31%-0.13%
Reliance Industries Ltd.4.63%4.50%-0.13%
Bosch Ltd.0.93%0.82%-0.11%
Carborundum Universal Ltd.0.55%0.65%+0.10%
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd.0.41%0.50%+0.09%
INDO-MIM Ltd.0.17%0.26%+0.09%
SEDEMAC Mechatronics Ltd.0.49%0.58%+0.09%
Wockhardt Ltd.0.53%0.62%+0.09%
Atlanta Electricals Ltd.1.07%0.99%-0.08%
KSH International Ltd.0.70%0.78%+0.08%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.1.98%1.90%-0.08%
Aequs Ltd.0.40%0.48%+0.08%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.2.07%1.99%-0.08%
Bansal Wire Industries Ltd.0.99%1.06%+0.07%
Bharat Forge Ltd.1.64%1.57%-0.07%
Gland Pharma Ltd.1.37%1.44%+0.07%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.5.94%6.01%+0.07%
Escorts Kubota Ltd.1.06%1.00%-0.06%
Hyundai Motor India Ltd.1.72%1.66%-0.06%
Pearl Global Industries Ltd.1.31%1.37%+0.06%
Premier Energies Ltd.0.50%0.44%-0.06%
Sharda Motor Industries Ltd.0.42%0.48%+0.06%
BEML Ltd.0.81%0.87%+0.06%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.2.47%2.42%-0.05%
ABB India Ltd.0.66%0.61%-0.05%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.1.83%1.78%-0.05%
Ather Energy Ltd.0.36%0.31%-0.05%
Amber Enterprises India Ltd.0.57%0.52%-0.05%
Cummins India Ltd.2.11%2.06%-0.05%
Kaynes Technology India Ltd.1.35%1.40%+0.05%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.1.72%1.68%-0.04%
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd.1.62%1.58%-0.04%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.1.23%1.19%-0.04%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.2.34%2.38%+0.04%
Timken India Ltd.0.88%0.92%+0.04%
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.0.56%0.60%+0.04%
Sudeep Pharma Ltd.0.93%0.97%+0.04%
Balkrishna Industries Ltd.1.10%1.07%-0.03%
CIE Automotive India Ltd.0.88%0.91%+0.03%
Laser Power & Infra Ltd.0.27%0.24%-0.03%
Saatvik Green Energy Ltd.0.83%0.86%+0.03%
Siemens Ltd.0.75%0.72%-0.03%
Tata Steel Ltd.0.72%0.75%+0.03%
Biocon Ltd.0.42%0.39%-0.03%
Craftsman Automation Ltd.0.94%0.91%-0.03%
Dhoot Transmission Ltd.0.31%0.33%+0.02%
Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd.0.75%0.77%+0.02%
Eris Lifesciences Ltd.0.46%0.44%-0.02%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.1.34%1.32%-0.02%
Time Technoplast Ltd.0.57%0.59%+0.02%
Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd.1.67%1.65%-0.02%
Lumino Industries Ltd.0.08%0.10%+0.02%
Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.0.39%0.41%+0.02%
JSW Steel Ltd.3.28%3.29%+0.01%
Arvind Ltd.0.41%0.42%+0.01%
Blue Dart Express Ltd.0.37%0.36%-0.01%
Cohance Lifesciences Ltd.0.38%0.39%+0.01%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.1.82%1.83%+0.01%
Indraprastha Gas Ltd.0.60%0.61%+0.01%
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd.0.76%0.77%+0.01%
Schaeffler India Ltd.0.60%0.61%+0.01%
Vedanta Power Ltd0.39%0.38%-0.01%
CMR Green Technologies Ltd.0.05%0.04%-0.01%
Cello World Ltd.0.11%0.10%-0.01%
JNK India Ltd.0.20%0.21%+0.01%
Bajaj Electricals Ltd.0.35%0.35%0.00%
Birla Corporation Ltd.0.62%0.62%0.00%
M&B Engineering Ltd.0.24%0.24%0.00%
PI Industries Ltd.0.11%0.11%0.00%
Piramal Pharma Ltd.0.48%0.48%0.00%
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.0.38%0.38%0.00%
TCI Express Ltd.0.20%0.20%0.00%
Tempsens Instruments (India) Ltd.0.12%0.12%0.00%
Tenneco Clean Air India Ltd0.30%0.30%0.00%

Compare

Similar funds

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

FundAUMExpense1Y3Y5Y
Category average₹2,256 Cr1.61%10.6%11.1%16.6%
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund₹6,612 Cr2.08%6.1%8.7%16.4%
Kotak Manufacture in India Fund₹3,132 Cr2.07%17.8%14.1%—
Aditya Birla Sun Life Manufacturing Equity Fund₹1,332 Cr2.32%17.6%14.2%16.8%
Mirae Asset Nifty India Manufacturing ETF FoF₹122 Cr0.43%5.5%9.2%—
Navi Nifty India Manufacturing Index Fund₹83.12 Cr1.16%5.8%9.2%—
See all Sectoral and Thematic funds

About

About this fund

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

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in the manufacturing activity.

Fund managers

  • Bhagyesh KagalkarMr. Kagalkar is a B.E. (Production) and MMS (Finance)Prior to joining HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, he has worked with Dolat Capital Markets Ltd., India Infoline Ltd., Sun Engineering Ltd., Al Ahlia Portfolio Securities Co., IIT Investrust.
  • Rakesh SethiaMr. Sethia has done CFA, FRM, MBA and BBMPrior to joining HDFC Mutual Fund, he has worked with HSBC Securities & Capital Markets India Ltd and Morgan Stanley India Co. Pvt Ltd.
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 months5.31% absolute₹60,000₹63,1865.31%
1 year7.20% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,24,7853.99%

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 Manufacturing Fund?
The NAV of HDFC Manufacturing Fund is ₹11.94 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of HDFC Manufacturing Fund?
The expense ratio of HDFC Manufacturing Fund is 1.86% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for HDFC Manufacturing Fund?
You can start a SIP in HDFC Manufacturing Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
Is there a lock-in or exit load on HDFC Manufacturing Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 month..
How risky is HDFC Manufacturing Fund?
HDFC Manufacturing Fund is rated Very High on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Thematic-Manufacturing category.
Which fund house manages HDFC Manufacturing Fund?
HDFC Manufacturing Fund is managed by HDFC Mutual Fund, which runs 86 schemes with ₹9,96,954 Cr under management.