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Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund: Returns, Risk and Cost

How the direct plan has done against other mid 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
18.92%A year over 3 years, direct plan
4 of 29Rank among mid cap funds over 3 years
0.68%Expense ratio, direct
60/100Genvest AI score

Returns vs category

3 years: 18.92% a year, 4th of 29 mid cap funds

1 year16th of 31
This fund+1.50%
Category+1.83%
3 years4th of 29
This fund+18.92%
Category+14.98%
5 years5th of 25
This fund+15.77%
Category+13.18%

Direct-Growth plan, a year, to 16 October 2026, from AMFI NAVs. Ranks and averages cover the 34 mid cap funds AMFI lists that are old enough for each period.

Year by year

Ahead of the category average in 7 of the last 9 calendar years

  • 2017+53.1%avg +42.8%
  • 2018−14.6%avg −10.0%
  • 2019+6.8%avg +4.7%
  • 2020+28.4%avg +25.7%
  • 2021+52.5%avg +46.9%
  • 2022+4.0%avg +4.0%
  • 2023+40.4%avg +38.7%
  • 2024+40.8%avg +30.6%
  • 2025+5.1%avg +3.1%
  • 2026to 23 Oct−5.4%avg −3.5%

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

3-year returns

3-year returns since 2016 ranged from −4.9% to 41.5% a year

Lowest
−4.9%
to March 2020
Middle
+26.0%
Highest
+41.5%
to March 2023
4% of 3-year periods lost money86% made 10% a year or more

Every 3-year holding period ending on a NAV day from 28 November 2019 to 23 October 2026 (1,706 periods), annualised.

Worst fall

Worst fall: 39.2% (Jan 2018–Mar 2020), back at its high 8 months later

High
15 Jan 2018
Low
23 Mar 2020
Back at the high
13 Nov 2020
Now
11.9% below the 31 Aug 2026 high

Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 28 November 2016.

Cost

The regular plan costs 1.19% a year more: about ₹2.98 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years

Direct 0.68%₹29.2 lakh
Regular 1.87%₹26.2 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 18 October 2026. Try your own numbers in the fee calculator.

Size and facts

₹19,084 crore of assets: the 9th largest of 34 mid cap funds

Average assets, July–September 2026
₹19,084 crore
Fund house
Edelweiss Mutual Fund
Category
Mid cap

Genvest AI score

Genvest AI score 60 out of 100, ranked 13 of 31

Ranked 13 of 31 mid cap funds

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

  • Holding up in fallsDeeper or longer falls than most mid cap funds
  • How bad the bad days wereBad days about in line with other mid 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 31 mid cap funds Genvest scores. How the score works.

Similar funds

Other mid cap funds of a similar size

Every mid 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.