Last Updated on August 22, 2022
Here are twenty mutual funds (out of 144) that have consistently outperformed Nifty Next 50 total returns index. I did the short-listing using the same criterion followed in the freefincal equity mutual fund consistency screener. Readers may recall a List of Equity Mutual Funds with most consistent performance (Feb 2019) published with the respective category benchmarks based on this screener.
In this post, I compare ELSS, Large and mid cap, mid cap, small cap and value oriented funds with Nifty Next 50 TRI. This as we have seen before is one hard benchmark to beat as it has a concentrated mix of large and mid cap stocks (although officially considered as a large cap index). As discussed earlier: Nifty Next 50 is NOT a large cap index, it is a more mid-cap like fund.
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Criterion used for short listing
We expect a fund to beat Nifty Next 50 Total Returns Index over 3,4 and 5-year periods. Since we consider every possible 3,4 and 5 year periods from Jan 2013 to Feb 2019, we expect 70% or higher outperformance. This means, if we compare 100 index and fund returns, the fund must have beat the index at least 70% of the time.
Twenty mutual funds that have outperformed Nifty Next 50 Index
| Category | Fund |
| EQ-ELSS | Quant Tax Plan-Growth Option-Direct Plan |
| EQ-L&MC | Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-L&MC | Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund – Direct Plan – Growth Option |
| EQ-L&MC | Canara Robeco Emerging Equities-Direct Plan-Growth Option |
| EQ-MC | Kotak Emerging Equity Scheme – Growth – Direct |
| EQ-MC | HDFC Mid Cap Opportunities Fund -Direct Plan – Growth Option |
| EQ-MC | L&T Mid Cap Fund-Direct Plan-Growth |
| EQ-MC | Sundaram Mid Cap Fund – Direct Plan |
| EQ-MC | DSP BlackRock Midcap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-MLC | Quant High Yield Equity Plan – Growth Option-Direct Plan |
| EQ-SC | DSP BlackRock Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-SC | SBI Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-SC | HSBC Small Cap Equity Fund – Growth Direct |
| EQ-SC | Reliance Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan Growth Plan – Growth Option |
| EQ-SC | Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund – Direct – Growth |
| EQ-SC | Aditya Birla Sun Life Small Cap Fund – Growth – Direct Plan |
| EQ-SC | Kotak Small Cap |
| EQ-VAL | L&T India Value Fund-Direct Plan-Growth |
| EQ-VAL | Tata Equity P/E Fund -Direct Plan Growth |
| EQ-VAL | Invesco India Contra Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
Funds (from above 20) with poor downside protection
If you want your actively managed fund to beat Nifty Next 50, consistent downside protection may have to be sacrificed. You cannot consistenly expect your fund to beat NN50 during months when NN50 falls (-ve return). However funds with consistently poor downside protection is a problem.
Sundaram Mid Cap Fund – Direct Plan (read review here) has consistently les than 50% downside protection consistency. The following funds have < 50% downside protection over 3Y.
| Invesco India Contra Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| DSP BlackRock Midcap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| Kotak Small Cap |
Funds (from above 20) with 70% or more downside protection
These ten funds (or I should say only these ten) funds have 70% + return outperformance and 70%+ downside protection wrt NN50 TRI
| EQ-L&MC | Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-L&MC | Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund – Direct Plan – Growth Option |
| EQ-MC | Kotak Emerging Equity Scheme – Growth – Direct |
| EQ-SC | DSP BlackRock Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-SC | SBI Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan – Growth |
| EQ-SC | HSBC Small Cap Equity Fund – Growth Direct |
| EQ-SC | Reliance Small Cap Fund – Direct Plan Growth Plan – Growth Option |
| EQ-MLC | Quant High Yield Equity Plan – Growth Option-Direct Plan |
| EQ-SC | Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund – Direct – Growth |
| EQ-ELSS | Quant Tax Plan-Growth Option-Direct Plan |
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Summary
Nifty Next 50 TRI should be a benchmark for mid-cap and small cap fund investors as it is readily available as an index fund. If your mid cap or small cap fund has a poor track record wrt NN50, and you do not care about downside protection you can consider switching to NN50, If you like volatility managed better, then an aggressive hybrid fund would be a better choice: Why Aggressive Hybrid (balanced) Mutual Funds score over diversified funds
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