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Edelweiss Small Cap Fund Direct Growth: NAV, Returns and AI Analysis

The latest NAV, how the direct plan has done against other small cap funds, its worst fall, what it costs and its Genvest AI score.

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NAV to 9 NovSource: AMFIDirect plan
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₹51.7850NAV on 9 Nov, Direct Growth · +0.97% on the day
13.63%A year over 3 years, 14th of 26 small cap funds
0.63%Expense ratio, direct
63/100Genvest AI score

Returns vs category

3 years: 13.63% a year, 14th of 26 small cap funds

1 year20th of 31
This fund+6.28%
Category+9.39%
3 years14th of 26
This fund+13.63%
Category+14.38%
5 years11th of 23
This fund+15.00%
Category+14.51%

Direct-Growth plan, a year, to 9 November 2026, from AMFI NAVs. Ranks and averages cover the 37 small cap funds AMFI lists that are old enough for each period.

Year by year

Ahead of the category average in 5 of the last 6 calendar years

  • 2020+36.9%avg +33.6%
  • 2021+70.2%avg +64.1%
  • 2022+3.4%avg +2.7%
  • 2023+44.3%avg +43.2%
  • 2024+26.8%avg +28.4%
  • 2025−1.1%avg −3.3%
  • 2026to 9 Nov+5.9%avg +12.1%

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

3-year returns

Every 3-year stretch since 2019 made money: 12.3% to 48.7% a year

Lowest
+12.3%
to October 2026
Middle
+27.9%
Highest
+48.7%
to March 2023
0% of 3-year periods lost money100% made 10% a year or more

Every 3-year holding period ending on a NAV day from 14 February 2022 to 9 November 2026 (1,168 periods), annualised.

Worst fall

Worst fall: 37.1% (Feb 2020–Mar 2020), back at its high 5 months later

High
20 Feb 2020
Low
23 Mar 2020
Back at the high
24 Aug 2020
Now
5.8% below the 31 Aug 2026 high

Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 14 February 2019.

Cost

The regular plan costs 1.31% a year more: about ₹3.28 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years

Direct 0.63%₹29.4 lakh
Regular 1.94%₹26.1 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 10 November 2026. Try your own numbers in the fee calculator.

Size and facts

₹6,986 crore of assets: the 16th largest of 37 small cap funds

Average assets, July–September 2026
₹6,986 crore
Fund house
Edelweiss Mutual Fund
Category
Small cap

Genvest AI score

Genvest AI score 63 out of 100, ranked 12 of 31

Ranked 12 of 31 small cap funds

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

  • Holding up in fallsSmaller, shorter falls than most small cap funds
  • How bad the bad days wereBad days about in line with other small 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 6 November 2026, among the 31 small cap funds Genvest scores. How the score works.

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