Canara Robeco Small Cap Fund Direct Growth NAV Advances to ₹45.26 on 17 September; 5-Year CAGR at 14.75%

Key Takeaways

• Canara Robeco Small Cap Fund Direct Growth NAV increased 0.64% to ₹45.26 on 17 September 2026. Its latest three-year CAGR stood at 12.06%. 
• The fund recorded a one-year return of 3.57%, a three-year CAGR of 12.06% and a five-year CAGR of 14.75%. The five-year annualised figure was 11.18 percentage points above the latest one-year return. 
• TREPS represented the largest disclosed overall allocation at 3.82%. Multi Commodity Exchange was the largest listed equity holding at 2.68%, and the five leading disclosed entries together accounted for 13.81%. 
• The scheme managed approximately ₹14,661 crore and carried a Direct Growth expense ratio of 0.68%. The minimum SIP was ₹1,000 and the minimum lump-sum amount was ₹5,000. 

Canara Robeco Small Cap Fund Direct Growth NAV increased 0.64% to ₹45.26 on 17 September 2026. The scheme's three-year CAGR stood at 12.06%. Its fund size was approximately ₹14,661 crore, while the Direct Growth expense ratio was 0.68%. The minimum SIP stood at ₹1,000 and the minimum lump-sum investment at ₹5,000. 

The latest one-year return came in at 3.57%. Over three years, annualised performance increased to 12.06%, followed by a five-year CAGR of 14.75%. The five-year return was therefore 11.18 percentage points above the one-year figure. It also exceeded the three-year CAGR by 2.69 percentage points. 

TREPS represented the largest disclosed portfolio allocation at 3.82%. Multi Commodity Exchange was the largest listed equity holding at 2.68%, followed by TBO Tek at 2.52%, RBL Bank at 2.40% and Eternal at 2.39%. Including TREPS, those five entries accounted for 13.81% of assets, leaving 86.19% distributed across other positions and portfolio components. 

Historical beta stood at 0.80 and standard deviation at 5.17. Alpha was -0.18, while the Sharpe ratio came in at 0.53. These figures reflect historical risk and return statistics rather than future expectations. 

As a small-cap fund, the scheme primarily invests in companies outside the large- and mid-cap universe. The relatively small individual weights among its largest disclosed positions are notable: even after including TREPS, the five largest entries accounted for less than 14% of the portfolio. 

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