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Axis Flexi Cap Fund: Returns, Risk and Cost

How the direct plan has done against other flexi cap funds, its worst fall, what it costs and its Genvest AI score.

Genvest ResearchSEBI-registered Investment Adviser INA000018382
NAV to 23 OctSource: AMFIDirect plan
Contents
12.57%A year over 3 years, direct plan
15 of 36Rank among flexi cap funds over 3 years
0.84%Expense ratio, direct
48/100Genvest AI score

Returns vs category

3 years: 12.57% a year, 15th of 36 flexi cap funds

1 year13th of 40
This fund+0.16%
Category−0.86%
3 years15th of 36
This fund+12.57%
Category+11.89%
5 years23rd of 27
This fund+7.06%
Category+9.64%

Direct-Growth plan, a year, to 16 October 2026, from AMFI NAVs. Ranks and averages cover the 46 flexi cap funds AMFI lists that are old enough for each period.

Year by year

Ahead of the category average in 4 of the last 8 calendar years

  • 2018+8.8%avg −3.6%
  • 2019+19.0%avg +11.1%
  • 2020+21.1%avg +19.0%
  • 2021+29.9%avg +34.4%
  • 2022−7.6%avg +1.4%
  • 2023+21.4%avg +29.9%
  • 2024+23.5%avg +22.4%
  • 2025+2.4%avg +4.8%
  • 2026to 23 Oct−0.7%avg −5.2%

Calendar-year returns of the Direct-Growth plan. The average covers today’s flexi cap funds that had a full year then.

3-year returns

Every 3-year stretch since 2017 made money: 8.2% to 27.9% a year

Lowest
+8.2%
to January 2025
Middle
+15.4%
Highest
+27.9%
to October 2021
0% of 3-year periods lost money98% made 10% a year or more

Every 3-year holding period ending on a NAV day from 24 November 2020 to 23 October 2026 (1,466 periods), annualised.

Worst fall

Worst fall: 29.9% (Feb 2020–Mar 2020), back at its high 8 months later

High
12 Feb 2020
Low
23 Mar 2020
Back at the high
9 Nov 2020
Now
9.2% below the 31 Aug 2026 high

Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 24 November 2017.

Cost

The regular plan costs 0.99% a year more: about ₹2.47 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years

Direct 0.84%₹28.8 lakh
Regular 1.83%₹26.3 lakh

₹10 lakh invested once and held 10 years, assuming 12% a year before costs (an assumption, not a forecast). Expense ratios as disclosed on 15 October 2026. Try your own numbers in the fee calculator.

Size and facts

₹13,588 crore of assets: the 10th largest of 46 flexi cap funds

Average assets, July–September 2026
₹13,588 crore
Fund house
Axis Mutual Fund
Category
Flexi cap

Genvest AI score

Genvest AI score 48 out of 100, ranked 23 of 43

Ranked 23 of 43 flexi cap funds

Two of the things the score looks at, against other flexi cap funds:

  • Holding up in fallsFalls about in line with other flexi cap funds
  • How bad the bad days wereBad days about in line with other flexi cap funds

The Genvest AI score is Genvest’s proprietary score that ranks mutual funds within their category using quantitative methods. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund.

Scored on data to 23 October 2026, among the 43 flexi cap funds Genvest scores. How the score works.

Similar funds

Other flexi cap funds of a similar size

Every flexi cap fund compared, from the category guide.

Questions people ask

This page is educational research based on AMFI data and Genvest’s own analysis. It is not a recommendation to invest in any scheme, or personalised investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not guarantee future returns. Registration granted by SEBI, enlistment with IAASB and certification from NISM in no way guarantee performance of the intermediary or provide any assurance of returns to investors.