Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF

Direct Plan where a fund has one, Growth option · Data as on 30-10-2026

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund is an Index fund and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF is an ETF fund. In the year to 30-10-2026, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct) returned −3.7% and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF returned −3.6%. Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund charges 0.38% a year and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF 0.32%. Their portfolios overlap 85.0%: they hold 217 of the same securities.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund

Index

1 year return: −3.7%
Expense ratio: 0.38%
NAV: ₹12.15

See Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund

HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF

ETF

1 year return: −3.6%
Expense ratio: 0.32%
NAV: ₹168.79

See HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF

Which is better, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index or HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF? Key differences

It depends on what you want from the fund. These are the differences in numbers, from the data on this page.

HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF returned more over 1 year: −3.6% against −3.7%.
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF costs less: 0.32% a year against 0.38%.
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF fell less in its worst fall since 26-12-2023: −26.1% against −26.1%.
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF is the larger fund: ₹2,708 Cr against ₹99 Cr.
Their portfolios overlap 85.0%: 217 of the same holdings.

Past returns do not promise future returns. This page is information, not investment advice.

NAV comparison

How each fund's NAV moved over the same days, as % change since the first day of the range

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)
+21.2%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
+21.7%

Change in NAV from 26-12-2023 to 30-10-2026

0%+10%+20%+30%+40%

Key facts

From each fund's scheme summary document and AMFI

Fact	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Fund house	Bandhan Mutual Fund	HDFC Mutual Fund
Category	Index	ETF
AUM	₹99 Cr (31-08-2026)	₹2,708 Cr (30-09-2026)
NAV	₹12.15 (Direct)	₹168.79
Expense ratio (Direct)	0.38%	Not available
Expense ratio (Regular)	1.08%	Not available
Riskometer	Very High	Very High
Benchmark	Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI	Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI
Launch date	22-12-2023	15-02-2023
Minimum investment	₹1,000	On an On-going Basis: A. On the Stock Exchange: Investors (including Market Makers and Large Investors) can subscribe (buy) Units on a continuous basis on the Stock Exchanges, in minimum lot of 1 (one) unit and in multiples thereof. B. Directly with the F
Lock in	None	None
Fund managers	Abhishek Jain	Abhishek Mor, Nandita Menezes, Arun Agarwal
Exit load	Nil	Not available

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Returns Comparison

Returns as on 30-10-2026. Up to one year they are absolute returns. Longer periods are a rate per year.

Fund	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	−5.85%	−6.12%	+0.27%	−3.69%	--	--	--
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	−5.84%	−6.11%	+0.28%	−3.65%	+11.85%	--	--

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Year-wise Returns

Year	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 IndexBandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFHDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI
2026to date	+0.48%	+0.52%	+1.00%
2025	−6.11%	−5.79%	−5.48%
2024	+26.61%	+26.59%	+27.21%

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Rolling Returns

Every holding period of both funds, against Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI, the benchmark of both

Rolling returns

Every 1-year holding period, 461 of them, one for each trading day from 26-12-2024 to 30-10-2026: the yearly return (CAGR) of each, plotted on the day it ended. One lucky or unlucky start day cannot flatter or hide a fund.

−20%−10%0%10%20%30%

Feb 2024
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Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFNifty Smallcap 250 TRI

How the periods spread

Fund	Below 0%	0-5%	5-10%	10-15%	15-20%	20-25%	Above 25%	Mean	Median	Lowest	Highest	Beat benchmark
Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	39.7	30.8	19.7	5.9	1.5	0.9	1.5	1.8%	1.5%	−12.4%	27.9%	2%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	38.3	31.3	20.1	6.6	1.3	0.9	1.5	2.0%	1.7%	−12.1%	27.9%	1%
Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI	36.7	30.4	20.6	8.0	2.0	0.9	1.5	2.4%	2.0%	−11.9%	28.5%	--

The table shows the % of periods in each return band; a darker cell holds more of them. Lumpsum: the yearly rate (CAGR) from a period's first NAV to its last. SIP: the XIRR of the monthly instalments. The benchmark is Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI, over the same periods. "Beat benchmark" counts the periods in which the fund did better. Every fund is measured over the days all of them have, from 26-12-2023. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: SIP and Lumpsum Returns

What the same monthly or one-time investment would be worth in each fund today, from their own NAV history

Growth of an investment

Every month₹

Step up each year

PeriodFor

₹10,000 on the first trading day of every month, from 26-12-2023 to 30-10-2026: 35 instalments, ₹3,50,000 in all.

Investment	Invested	Value now	Gain	Return a year
Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 IndexBandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	₹3,50,000	₹3,58,234	₹8,234	1.6%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFHDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	₹3,50,000	₹3,59,324	₹9,324	1.8%

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Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 IndexBandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFHDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFAmount invested

From each plan's published NAV (Growth option), over the same days. Return a year: XIRR for a SIP, CAGR for a lumpsum, shown for a year or more. It does not include exit load, stamp duty or tax. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Risk and Drawdowns

How much each fund swings, and the worst fall over the same days

Risk and return

Measure	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Return (CAGR)	−3.69%	−3.65%
Standard deviation	18.05%	18.11%
Sharpe ratio	-0.50	-0.49
Sortino ratio	-0.67	-0.66
Maximum drawdown	−18.4% (23-03-2026)	−18.3% (23-03-2026)
Beta	1.00	1.00
Alpha	−0.54%	−0.49%

From daily NAVs, 30-10-2025 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta and alpha compare each fund with its own benchmark's TRI.

Measure	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Return (CAGR)	+7.00%	+18.07%
Standard deviation	19.20%	17.99%
Sharpe ratio	0.05	0.66
Sortino ratio	0.07	0.87
Maximum drawdown	−26.1% (03-03-2025)	−26.1% (03-03-2025)
Beta	1.00	1.00
Alpha	−0.63%	−0.52%

From daily NAVs, 26-12-2023 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta and alpha compare each fund with its own benchmark's TRI.

Drawdowns

How far below its previous high each one was on every day: the falls an investor had to sit through. 0% means it was at a new high.

−30%−25%−20%−15%−10%−5%0%

202420252026

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFNifty Smallcap 250 TRI

Fund	Worst fall	High before it	Bottom	Back at the high	Time to climb back	Below its high today
Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	−26.1%	23-09-2024	03-03-2025	Not yet	--	−10.1%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	−26.1%	23-09-2024	03-03-2025	Not yet	--	−9.8%
Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI	−26.0%	23-09-2024	03-03-2025	26-08-2026	18 months	−9.4%

From daily values since 26-12-2023, the first day every fund has.

Rolling standard deviation

Whether the swings have grown or calmed over time: the standard deviation of daily changes over every 1-year window, scaled to a year, plotted on the window's last day. Higher means a bumpier ride.

0%5%10%15%20%25%

20252026

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETFNifty Smallcap 250 TRI

Against Nifty Smallcap 250 TRI

Fund	Up capture	Down capture	Tracking error
Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund (Direct)	99%	101%	0.24%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	99%	101%	0.16%

From month-end values since 26-12-2023. Up capture: a fund's average month when the benchmark rose, as % of the benchmark's; above 100% it gained more. Down capture: the same for months the benchmark fell; below 100% it fell less. Tracking error: how far the monthly returns strayed from the benchmark's, a year; an index fund aims near 0.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Portfolio Overlap

From each fund's latest monthly portfolio: Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund, August 2026; HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF, September 2026

Holdings in common

Overlap: 85.0%
Held by both: 217
Only in Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index: 33
Only in HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: 33

Security	% of Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	% of HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Limited	1.65%	1.67%
Welspun Corp Limited	1.42%	1.60%
Karur Vysya Bank Limited	1.49%	1.37%
Navin Fluorine International Limited	1.45%	1.36%
Ather Energy Limited	1.50%	1.21%
Delhivery Limited	1.16%	1.10%
RBL Bank Limited	1.07%	1.12%
Gland Pharma Limited	1.04%	1.04%
HFCL Limited	1.16%	1.03%
Central Depository Services (India) Limited	1.13%	1.01%
City Union Bank Limited	1.00%	0.98%
Redington Limited	0.96%	1.08%
PNB Housing Finance Limited	0.98%	0.94%
Sai Life Sciences Limited	0.91%	0.94%
Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences Limited	0.89%	0.89%
Anand Rathi Wealth Limited	0.89%	0.87%
Neuland Laboratories Limited	0.90%	0.82%
Angel One Limited	0.85%	0.80%
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited	0.79%	0.86%
Manappuram Finance Limited	0.85%	0.78%
Acutaas Chemicals Limited	0.74%	0.76%
Computer Age Management Services Limited	0.85%	0.72%
Aegis Logistics Limited	0.72%	0.78%
Poonawalla Fincorp Limited	0.75%	0.71%
Wockhardt Limited	0.71%	0.78%
Craftsman Automation Limited	0.74%	0.70%
Kalpataru Projects International Limited	0.72%	0.70%
Himadri Speciality Chemical Limited	0.70%	0.72%
Bandhan Bank Limited	0.68%	0.79%
Dr. Lal Path Labs Limited	0.68%	0.69%
Amber Enterprises India Limited	0.76%	0.65%
IIFL Finance Limited	0.68%	0.63%
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited	0.67%	0.62%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited	0.69%	0.60%
Nuvama Wealth Management Limited	0.62%	0.60%
PTC Industries Limited	0.61%	0.60%
Elgi Equipments Limited	0.61%	0.59%
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited	0.59%	0.69%
Data Patterns (India) Limited	0.62%	0.58%
Carborundum Universal Limited	0.58%	0.65%
Piramal Pharma Limited	0.61%	0.57%
Star Health And Allied Insurance Company Limited	0.60%	0.56%
Cartrade Tech Limited	0.58%	0.56%
Granules India Limited	0.55%	0.56%
Tata Technologies Limited	0.65%	0.54%
Onesource Specialty Pharma Limited	0.54%	0.54%
Asahi India Glass Limited	0.52%	0.52%
Syrma SGS Technology Limited	0.51%	0.62%
KFin Technologies Limited	0.59%	0.50%
Timken India Limited	0.51%	0.50%
Kaynes Technology India Limited	0.52%	0.49%
Brigade Enterprises Limited	0.55%	0.48%
ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited	0.52%	0.48%
Home First Finance Company India Limited	0.51%	0.48%
The Ramco Cements Limited	0.50%	0.48%
Deepak Nitrite Limited	0.55%	0.47%
Sammaan Capital Limited	0.51%	0.47%
Indraprastha Gas Limited	0.48%	0.46%
Five Star Business Finance Limited	0.47%	0.45%
Kajaria Ceramics Limited	0.47%	0.45%
Sagility Limited	0.49%	0.44%
Aarti Industries Limited	0.49%	0.44%
Aditya Infotech Limited	0.44%	0.47%
Affle 3i Limited	0.46%	0.43%
Tata Chemicals Limited	0.46%	0.43%
Capri Global Capital Limited	0.45%	0.43%
Finolex Cables Limited	0.43%	0.49%
Atul Limited	0.46%	0.42%
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd	0.50%	0.41%
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited	0.43%	0.41%
Anant Raj Limited	0.42%	0.41%
Usha Martin Limited	0.41%	0.41%
Netweb Technologies India Limited	0.44%	0.40%
Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Limited	0.40%	0.41%
Castrol India Limited	0.40%	0.43%
Belrise Industries Ltd.	0.40%	0.41%
Motherson Sumi Wiring India Limited	0.42%	0.39%
Cyient Limited	0.42%	0.39%
PVR INOX Limited	0.39%	0.40%
Indian Energy Exchange Limited	0.43%	0.38%
Ola Electric Mobility Ltd	0.42%	0.38%
CESC Limited	0.42%	0.38%
Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd	0.38%	0.40%
R R Kabel Limited	0.44%	0.37%
Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited	0.40%	0.37%
Force Motors Limited	0.38%	0.37%
Acme Solar Holdings Ltd	0.37%	0.40%
PG Electroplast Limited	0.43%	0.36%
NBCC (India) Limited	0.41%	0.36%
Firstsource Solutions Limited	0.38%	0.36%
Gabriel India Limited	0.41%	0.35%
Nava Limited	0.36%	0.35%
Shyam Metalics and Energy Limited	0.35%	0.34%
Balrampur Chini Mills Limited	0.34%	0.34%
BEML Limited	0.34%	0.34%
HBL Engineering Limited	0.34%	0.40%
Zen Technologies Limited	0.37%	0.33%
eClerx Services Limited	0.37%	0.33%
Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited	0.36%	0.33%
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited	0.35%	0.33%
Natco Pharma Limited	0.34%	0.33%
Engineers India Limited	0.33%	0.38%
Emami Limited	0.33%	0.33%
EID Parry India Limited	0.37%	0.32%
Ramkrishna Forgings Limited	0.35%	0.32%
CCL Products (India) Limited	0.35%	0.32%
Cohance Lifesciences Limited	0.34%	0.32%
Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Limited	0.34%	0.32%
Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited	0.32%	0.32%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited	0.39%	0.31%
Syngene International Limited	0.35%	0.31%
CreditAccess Grameen Limited	0.34%	0.31%
IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited	0.34%	0.31%
CEAT Limited	0.32%	0.31%
Inox Wind Limited	0.31%	0.30%
Paradeep Phosphates Limited	0.31%	0.30%
Cemindia Projects Ltd	0.31%	0.30%
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited	0.30%	0.31%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited	0.34%	0.29%
Jindal Saw Limited	0.33%	0.29%
Rainbow Childrens Medicare Limited	0.32%	0.29%
Honasa Consumer Limited	0.30%	0.29%
Poly Medicure Limited	0.30%	0.29%
Titagarh Rail Systems Limited	0.30%	0.29%
PhysicsWallah Limited	0.29%	0.33%
Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited	0.29%	0.36%
Triveni Turbine Limited	0.31%	0.28%
Choice International Limited	0.30%	0.28%
The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited	0.30%	0.28%
Welspun Living Limited	0.28%	0.32%
Whirlpool of India Limited	0.28%	0.30%
Aditya Birla Real Estate Limited	0.32%	0.27%
Can Fin Homes Limited	0.30%	0.27%
Mahanagar Gas Limited	0.28%	0.27%
Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited	0.28%	0.27%
Reliance Power Limited	0.29%	0.26%
TBO Tek Limited	0.27%	0.26%
Intellect Design Arena Limited	0.28%	0.25%
LT Foods Limited	0.28%	0.25%
Gillette India Limited	0.27%	0.25%
Devyani International Limited	0.27%	0.25%
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited	0.26%	0.25%
Urban Company Ltd.	0.26%	0.25%
Minda Corporation Limited	0.26%	0.25%
EIH Limited	0.25%	0.27%
PCBL Chemical Limited	0.25%	0.26%
Sumitomo Chemical India Limited	0.29%	0.24%
Godawari Power And Ispat limited	0.27%	0.24%
Vardhman Textiles Limited	0.26%	0.24%
Sobha Limited	0.25%	0.24%
NCC Limited	0.27%	0.23%
Lemon Tree Hotels Limited	0.24%	0.23%
Caplin Point Laboratories Limited	0.23%	0.24%
Central Bank of India	0.23%	0.23%
KEC International Limited	0.25%	0.22%
Zensar Technologies Limited	0.24%	0.22%
Indiamart Intermesh Limited	0.24%	0.22%
Aavas Financiers Limited	0.23%	0.22%
CIE Automotive India Limited	0.23%	0.22%
Zydus Wellness Limited	0.23%	0.22%
Tenneco Clean Air India Limited	0.22%	0.23%
Techno Electric & Engineering Company Limited	0.22%	0.23%
JM Financial Limited	0.22%	0.22%
IFCI Limited	0.27%	0.21%
Gravita India Limited	0.26%	0.21%
NMDC Steel Limited	0.24%	0.21%
Olectra Greentech Limited	0.24%	0.21%
IDBI Bank Limited	0.23%	0.21%
Aadhar Housing Finance Limited	0.23%	0.21%
Graphite India Limited	0.21%	0.23%
Sun TV Network Limited	0.21%	0.27%
Action Construction Equipment Limited	0.21%	0.23%
Shipping Corporation Of India Limited	0.22%	0.20%
Concord Biotech Limited	0.22%	0.20%
Birlasoft Limited	0.22%	0.20%
Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited	0.21%	0.20%
Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Limited	0.20%	0.20%
JK Tyre & Industries Limited	0.22%	0.19%
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited	0.21%	0.19%
Tejas Networks Limited	0.21%	0.18%
Bata India Limited	0.20%	0.18%
Brainbees Solutions Ltd	0.19%	0.18%
Swan Corp Limited	0.19%	0.18%
Aegis Vopak Terminals Limited	0.18%	0.19%
Doms Industries Limited	0.18%	0.21%
Afcons Infrastructure Limited	0.20%	0.17%
Clean Science and Technology Limited	0.18%	0.17%
IRCON International Limited	0.18%	0.17%
Canara HSBC Life Insurance company Ltd	0.17%	0.24%
UTI Asset Management Company Limited	0.17%	0.17%
Anupam Rasayan India Limited	0.17%	0.16%
Pine Labs Limited	0.16%	0.43%
Elecon Engineering Company Limited	0.16%	0.18%
Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited	0.15%	0.15%
Allied Blenders And Distillers Limited	0.15%	0.17%
JSW Cement Limited	0.15%	0.16%
International Gemological Institute Limited	0.16%	0.14%
Jupiter Wagons Limited	0.15%	0.14%
Transformers And Rectifiers (India) Limited	0.15%	0.13%
Trident Limited	0.14%	0.13%
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited	0.14%	0.13%
SignatureGlobal (India) Limited	0.14%	0.13%
RITES Limited	0.13%	0.13%
BLS International Services Limited	0.13%	0.12%
UCO Bank	0.13%	0.12%
Tega Industries Limited	0.12%	0.16%
ITI Limited	0.12%	0.11%
RailTel Corporation of India Limited	0.11%	0.10%
JBM Auto Limited	0.11%	0.10%
RHI Magnesita India Limited	0.10%	0.11%
The India Cements Limited	0.12%	0.09%
Jain Resource Recycling Limited	0.09%	0.09%
Prime Focus Limited	0.09%	0.14%
HEG Limited	0.27%	0.08%
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited	0.09%	0.08%
Gallantt Ispat Limited	0.08%	0.07%
MMTC Limited	0.04%	0.04%

Overlap: for each holding both funds own, the smaller of its two weights, added up. 85.0% means 85.0% of each fund's money sits in positions the other also holds. Matched by ISIN. Cash and hedged positions are left out.

Largest holdings only in Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund

Security	% of fund
Piramal Finance Limited	1.26%
Aster DM Quality Care Limited	0.92%
Hindustan Copper Limited	0.78%
Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited	0.60%
Meesho Ltd	0.52%

Largest holdings only in HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF

Security	% of fund
BROOKFIELD INDIA REAL ESTATE TRUST	1.01%
Cupid Limited	0.94%
Sansera Engineering Limited	0.90%
TD Power Systems Ltd.	0.80%
MTAR Technologies Limited	0.69%

Asset and sector split

Share of each fund, from its latest monthly portfolio

Asset allocation

Asset	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Equity	100.2%	97.8%
Debt	0.0%	0.0%
Cash and others	-0.2%	2.2%

Market cap of stocks

Market cap	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Large Cap	0.0%	0.0%
Mid Cap	7.3%	2.7%
Small Cap	92.9%	94.3%
Not on AMFI's list	0.0%	0.8%

Share of the whole fund. Groups follow AMFI's latest list: Large Cap is the 100 largest companies, Mid Cap the next 150, Small Cap the rest.

Largest sectors

Sector	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Finance	9.6%	7.6%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	8.5%	7.7%
Industrial Products	7.8%	8.4%
Auto Components	6.9%	8.4%
Capital Markets	5.9%	5.4%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals	5.8%	5.7%

The six largest sectors of each fund's stocks, % of the fund.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Expense Ratio

What each plan charges a year, from AMFI's expense ratio file

Charge	Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF
Total expense ratio (Direct)	0.38%	Not available
Base expense ratio (Direct)	0.17%	0.00%
Total expense ratio (Regular)	1.08%	Not available
Base expense ratio (Regular)	0.77%	0.21%

The expense ratio comes out of the fund's assets every day, so every return on this page is already after it. Base expense ratio: the fund house's own fee. The total adds brokerage, transaction costs, and levies with GST.

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund vs HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund is an Index fund, HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF is an ETF fund, run by Bandhan Mutual Fund and HDFC Mutual Fund. Their portfolios overlap 85.0%. Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund charges 0.38% a year and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF 0.32%.

Which has given higher returns, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund or HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

Over 1 year: Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund −3.69%, HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF −3.65%. As on 30-10-2026. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Which has the lower expense ratio, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund or HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF charges less: 0.32% a year against 0.38%. These are the total expense ratios reported to AMFI.

How much do Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF overlap?

85.0%. They hold 217 of the same securities, the largest shared ones being SONACOMS, WELCORP, KARURVYSYA. From each fund's latest monthly portfolio.

Which is riskier, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund or HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

On SEBI's riskometer, Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund is rated Very High and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF Very High. Over 1 years, the standard deviation of daily returns was 18.05% and 18.11% a year.

Can I invest in both Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

Yes. 85.0% of each fund's money sits in the same holdings, so a large part of the two investments would move together.

Who manages Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund and HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF?

Bandhan Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund: Abhishek Jain. HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF: Abhishek Mor, Nandita Menezes, Arun Agarwal.

Sources: NAV and expense ratio from AMFI. Holdings from each fund house's monthly portfolio statement. Fund facts from each scheme summary document.

This page is information, not investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not promise future returns. Figures come from AMFI, NSE, BSE and each fund house's own documents.