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HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is ₹9.29 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund delivered?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund has returned -7.02% 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 Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.87% 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 Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund's largest holdings are Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (22.7%), Maruti Suzuki India Limited (13.7%), Bajaj Auto Limited (10.4%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (8.5%) and TVS Motor Company Ltd. (7.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 16.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -14.5%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Auto Index (TRI). Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is managed by Nandita Menezes and Arun Agarwal at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund taxed?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund 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.

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NAV

₹9.29

-3.46% 1D

as of 01 Oct 2026

This is the Regular plan of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund — bought through a distributor, whose commission is paid out of its expense ratio. Income is retained in the fund, so it shows up as NAV rather than as a payout.

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Performance

-7.02%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹9.62

Latest ₹9.29

Low ₹9.290th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹10.87

Scorecard

Not rated

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. Not rated — this fund has no full year of NAV history yet. A rating needs at least a 1-year return to rank its performance against peers.

Performance—

Not enough Index Funds peers to rank yet

RiskHigh

Volatility 16.3% vs 12.3% category avg

CostHigh

1.9% expense vs 1.0% category avg

Consistency—

Not enough history for a rolling 3Y view

Strengths & concerns

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

Strengths

No standout strengths identified.

Concerns

More volatile than its Index Funds peers (16.3% vs 12.3%)
High expense ratio (1.87%) vs the Index Funds average of 0.96%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

1.87%

Category 0.96%▲0.91%

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

26.67

Category —

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

—

Category 0.33

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

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

None

Exit Load

None

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

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Allowed

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

₹100

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹100

Nifty Auto Index (TRI)

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.

07 Jul 2026

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-10.98%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-7.02%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

—

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

-7.02%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

—

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

Annualized return (CAGR) since the first NAV we hold for this plan — the Inception date under Key metrics. AMFI's history starts in April 2006, so an older scheme is measured from there.

-7.02%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

16.32%

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

—

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

—

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-14.50%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 500 TRI · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

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

—

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

—

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 500 TRI explains

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Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

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Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

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Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

—

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

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

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Computed vs the Nifty 500 TRI over the last 36 complete months — the closest match to this fund's mandate. TRI means dividends reinvested, as they are in the fund's own NAV; ₹ means a US index converted at each day's USD/INR, since the fund is priced in rupees. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Index Funds)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-10.98%	-4.51%	-6.47%
3M abs	-7.02%	-2.98%	-4.04%
6M abs	—	+5.28%	—
1Y CAGR	—	-0.50%	—
3Y CAGR	—	+8.56%	—
5Y CAGR	—	+7.99%	—

Category average across peers in Index Funds (365 of 373 carry a figure for at least one period), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

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

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹20.00K

Current value

₹18.90K

Absolute

-5.49%

XIRR

-75.74%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

2 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Recent changes

Expense-ratio, fund-manager, exit-load and minimum-investment changes we've picked up in the last 30 days.

Expense ratio down: 2.91% → 1.87%
10 Sep 2026

History points

Expense ratio

1.87%

Exit load

NIL

Portfolio, AUM & scheme details shown from another plan of this scheme (same underlying portfolio).

P/E ratio

26.7

P/B ratio

6.5

Avg market cap

₹2,28,303Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 14 of 15 equity holdings (95% of the portfolio); loss-making companies are excluded.

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 · Index Funds

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Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

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

Large cap72.7%
Mid cap27.3%
Small cap0.0%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity99.73%
Cash & Equivalents0.27%

Holds the same stocks as (by portfolio overlap, not by category)

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Nippon India Nifty Auto ETF Nippon India · Other ETFs	100.0%	—	0.23%	+16.88%
ICICI Prudential Nifty Auto Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Index Funds	100.0%	★★★★☆	0.36%	+16.69%
Nippon India Nifty Auto Index Fund Nippon India · Index Funds	100.0%	★★☆☆☆	0.54%	—
Tata Nifty Auto Index Fund Tata · Index Funds	99.9%	★☆☆☆☆	0.54%	—
UTI - Transportation and Logistics Fund UTI · Sectoral/ Thematic	53.9%	★★★☆☆	0.98%	+16.10%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Transportation and Logistics Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life · Sectoral/ Thematic	48.1%	★★★★☆	1.06%	—
Bandhan Transportation and Logistics Fund Bandhan · Sectoral/ Thematic	46.8%	★★★★☆	1.07%	+17.34%
ICICI Prudential Transportation and Logistics Fund ICICI Prudential · Sectoral/ Thematic	45.4%	★★★★☆	1.26%	+20.27%

Overlap is the share of each fund's equity book invested in the same stocks, by weight, across the Direct-plan universe — so a fund that is only part equity is labelled as such. ! marks a pair holding more in common than nine pairs in ten of its type, where that type has a measured distribution.

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.

-14.5%07 Aug 2026 → 01 Oct 2026
Still below that high — 2 months down, and no recovery yet.

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.

AMC Profile

HDFC Mutual Fund is run by HDFC Asset Management, part of the HDFC Bank group and listed on the exchanges since 2018. It has been in business since 1999, absorbed Zurich India's schemes in 2003, and is consistently among the two or three largest fund houses by assets.

Launched

09 Dec 1999

Total AUM

₹9,35,100Cr+0.8% QoQ

Avg AUM · April - June 2026

Website

hdfcfund.com

Fund Managers

NMNandita MenezesManaging since 07 Jul 2026

Education

• B.Com (University of Mumbai)

Experience

Collectively over 3 years’ experience in Equity Dealing and auditing • December 29, 2021 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited • April 26, 2020 till March 5, 2021: S.R. Batliboi & Co LLP Last Position held: Executive - Assurance

Funds managed (30)

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AAArun AgarwalManaging since 07 Jul 2026

Education

• B.Com • Chartered Accountant

Experience

Collectively over 27 years’ experience in equity, debt and derivative dealing, fund management, internal audit and treasury operations. • September 16, 2010 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited

Funds managed (44)

All schemes Arun Agarwal runs →

Fund managers from the AMC's filed Scheme Summary — its most recent filing for this scheme. Each manager's qualifications and role are reconciled across every filing this fund house makes for them, including its Statement of Additional Information. Total AUM via AMFI.

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Fund managers

Nandita Menezes Arun Agarwal

Top holdings

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Maruti Suzuki India Limited Bajaj Auto Limited Eicher Motors Ltd.TVS Motor Company Ltd.Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.Hero MotoCorp Ltd.Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited Bharat Forge Ltd.Ashok Leyland Ltd Bosch Limited Sona Blw Precision Forgings

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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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is ₹9.29 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund delivered?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund has returned -7.02% 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 Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.87% 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 Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund's largest holdings are Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (22.7%), Maruti Suzuki India Limited (13.7%), Bajaj Auto Limited (10.4%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (8.5%) and TVS Motor Company Ltd. (7.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 16.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -14.5%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Auto Index (TRI). Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund is managed by Nandita Menezes and Arun Agarwal at HDFC.

How is HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund taxed?

HDFC Nifty Auto Index Fund 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.