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HDFC ELSS Tax saver

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC ELSS Tax saver is ₹1,392.34 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC ELSS Tax saver delivered?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver has returned -2.42% over 1 year, +14.70% per year over 3 years, +15.57% per year over 5 years and +12.16% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver charges an expense ratio of 1.75% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

Its largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd (9.6%), HDFC Bank Ltd (8.4%), Axis Bank Ltd (7.6%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (5.0%) and State Bank of India (4.6%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

It is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 12.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -59.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.66 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC ELSS Tax saver's 0.66 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is benchmarked against the NIFTY 500 Total Return Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is managed by Amar Kalkundrikar and Dhruv Muchhal at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC ELSS Tax saver taxed?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.

HDFC Mutual Fund · Best ELSS (Tax Saving) Mutual Funds

NAV

₹1,392.34

+0.69% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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Performance

-2.34%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹1,382.74

Latest ₹1,392.34

Low ₹1,252.9063rd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹1,474.50

Scorecard

★★★★★5/5 vs 52 of 50 ELSS peers

Performance 60%
Risk 15%
Cost 10%
Downside 15%

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. The stars weight the same ground 60/15/10/15 (performance/risk/cost/downside) across every fund in the peer group. Ranked within ELSS (same plan and option). 52 of the 50 ELSS funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +14.70% · ranks 17 of 50 ELSS funds

RiskLow

Volatility 12.4% vs 14.7% category avg

CostLow

1.8% expense vs 2.0% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

93% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

3-year return (+14.70%) beats the ELSS average (+13.06%)
5-year return (+15.57%) beats the ELSS average (+12.72%)
Stronger risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.66 vs 0.43 ELSS average
Less volatile than its ELSS peers (12.4% vs 14.7%)
Low expense ratio (1.75%) vs the ELSS average of 1.99%

Concerns

Trails the ELSS average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 5.50pp
Ranks #43 of 50 on 1-year return in its ELSS cohort

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 1.99%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

Category 23.34

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.66

Category 0.43▲0.23

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

Exit Load

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

Benchmark

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

03 Apr 2006

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+1.54%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+5.54%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

-3.46%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

-4.67%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

-2.42%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+14.70%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+15.57%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+12.89%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+12.16%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

12.40%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.66

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

0.93

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-59.89%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 500 · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Nifty 500

3.04%

Sensitivity to Nifty 500 moves; 1 = moves with the index

0.85

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 500 explains

92.8%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

9.14

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

0.64

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

4.26%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

97.4%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

79.4%

Computed vs the Nifty 500 price index — the closest match to this fund's mandate. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (ELSS)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+1.54%	+1.50%	+0.04%
3M abs	+5.54%	+6.06%	-0.52%
6M abs	-3.46%	+3.97%	-7.43%
1Y CAGR	-2.42%	+3.08%	-5.50%
3Y CAGR	+14.70%	+13.06%	+1.64%
5Y CAGR	+15.57%	+12.72%	+2.85%

Category average across peers in ELSS (up to 50 funds with data), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

Not sure what a figure means? The glossary explains every metric, and the methodology shows the formulas.

Category rank

Vs 50 peers in ELSS

1Y return

-2.42%

Beats 16% · rank #43

3Y return

+14.70%

Beats 67.3% · rank #17

5Y return

+15.57%

Beats 75.6% · rank #11

Sharpe

0.66

Beats 88% · rank #7

Sortino

0.93

Beats 92% · rank #5

Rolling returns

Return for every possible 1Y holding period, not just today’s

This fundNifty 500

Average

+16.2%

Median

+10.7%

Best

+126.3%

Worst

-56.0%

Positive periods

76.8%

233 overlapping 1Y windows, sampled monthly across the fund’s history.

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-59.9%07 Jan 2008 → 09 Mar 2009
Fell over 14 months, back to the old high on 05 Apr 2010 — 13 months under water after the low.
-44.9%23 Jan 2018 → 23 Mar 2020
Fell over 2.2 years, back to the old high on 13 Jan 2021 — 10 months under water after the low.
-34.3%10 May 2006 → 14 Jun 2006
Fell over 35 days, back to the old high on 01 Dec 2006 — 6 months under water after the low.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund	Nifty 500	Diff
2026part	-4.54%	-1.50%	-3.04%
2025	+10.26%	+6.69%	+3.57%
2024	+21.32%	+15.16%	+6.16%
2023	+33.20%	+25.76%	+7.44%
2022	+10.47%	+3.02%	+7.45%
2021	+35.28%	+30.19%	+5.09%
2020	+5.76%	+16.67%	-10.91%
2019	+3.73%	+7.66%	-3.93%
2018	-10.94%	-3.38%	-7.56%
2017	+38.66%	+35.91%	+2.75%

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in; those years show no benchmark comparison.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹15,540Cr

April - June 2026

-5%

since January - March 2026

Down +5% from its peak of ₹16,426Cr in January - March 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

Backtest this fund

What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹6.00L

Current value

₹8.21L

Absolute

+36.79%

XIRR

+12.89%

Value vs. invested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into HDFC ELSS Tax saver, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

History points

5,018

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

P/E ratio

P/B ratio

Avg market cap

Taxation

Taxed as equity

This is an equity-oriented fund (≥65% in Indian equities), so gains get the concessional capital-gains rates below — they do not add to your income-tax slab.

Short-term (STCG)

20%

Held under 1 year

Flat, on the whole gain

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

On gains above ₹1.25 L per financial year

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · ELSS

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HDFC ELSS Tax saverThis fund HDFC	★★★★★	-2.42%	+14.70%	+15.57%	21.31	1.75%	₹15,540Cr
Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund Motilal Oswal	★★★☆☆	+12.01%	+22.31%	+17.18%	39.08	2.11%	₹4,627Cr
SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series V SBI	★★★★★	+3.18%	+21.42%	+16.82%	21.37	1.34%	₹345.73Cr
HSBC ELSS Tax saver Fund HSBC	★★★★☆	+7.50%	+17.60%	—	25.66	1.98%	₹3,957Cr
ITI ELSS Tax Saver Fund ITI	★★★☆☆	+6.50%	+17.41%	+13.05%	23.04	2.57%	₹427.06Cr
WhiteOak Capital ELSS Tax Saver Fund WhiteOak Capital	★★★★★	+4.66%	+16.86%	—	23.60	2.60%	₹453.00Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 100% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap81.2%
Mid cap9.5%
Small cap9.3%

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

About ELSS (tax-saving) funds

ELSS funds are equity funds that qualify for a Section 80C deduction (up to ₹1.5 lakh a year) under the old tax regime. They carry a 3-year lock-in — the shortest of any 80C option.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC ELSS Tax saver is ₹1,392.34 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC ELSS Tax saver delivered?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver has returned -2.42% over 1 year, +14.70% per year over 3 years, +15.57% per year over 5 years and +12.16% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver charges an expense ratio of 1.75% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

Its largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd (9.6%), HDFC Bank Ltd (8.4%), Axis Bank Ltd (7.6%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (5.0%) and State Bank of India (4.6%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

It is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 12.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -59.9%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.66 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC ELSS Tax saver's 0.66 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is benchmarked against the NIFTY 500 Total Return Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC ELSS Tax saver?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is managed by Amar Kalkundrikar and Dhruv Muchhal at HDFC.

How is HDFC ELSS Tax saver taxed?

HDFC ELSS Tax saver is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.