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HSBC Midcap 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
21.30%A year over 3 years, direct plan
1 of 29Rank among mid cap funds over 3 years
1.10%Expense ratio, direct
97/100Genvest AI score

Returns vs category

3 years: 21.30% a year, 1st of 29 mid cap funds

1 year1st of 31
This fund+11.67%
Category+1.83%
3 years1st of 29
This fund+21.30%
Category+14.98%
5 years4th of 25
This fund+16.30%
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 2 of the last 3 calendar years

  • 2023+41.5%avg +38.7%
  • 2024+41.2%avg +30.6%
  • 2025−0.3%avg +3.1%
  • 2026to 23 Oct+5.6%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.

Worst fall

Worst fall: 26.0% (Dec 2024–Feb 2025), back at its high 14 months later

High
17 Dec 2024
Low
28 Feb 2025
Back at the high
20 Apr 2026
Now
13.1% below the 31 Aug 2026 high

Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 28 November 2022.

Cost

The regular plan costs 1.06% a year more: about ₹2.58 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years

Direct 1.10%₹28.1 lakh
Regular 2.16%₹25.6 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

₹16,299 crore of assets: the 10th largest of 34 mid cap funds

Average assets, July–September 2026
₹16,299 crore
Fund house
HSBC Mutual Fund
Category
Mid cap

Genvest AI score

Genvest AI score 97 out of 100, ranked 2 of 31

Ranked 2 of 31 mid cap funds

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

  • Holding up in fallsSmaller, shorter 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.