HDFC Nifty 50 ETF vs ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF

ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF has delivered the higher 3-year CAGR (9.20% vs 9.17%). ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF is the cheaper of the two with an expense ratio of 0.03% against 0.05%. ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF manages the larger corpus at ₹44.11k Cr. There is no single "better" ETF — the right choice depends on your holding period, risk appetite and what you already own. Use the returns, risk and portfolio overlap tables above to judge which fits your portfolio, and remember that past returns do not guarantee future performance.

Over 1 year, ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF returned 2.07% against 2.04% for HDFC NIFTY 50 ETF-IDCW; and over 3 years, ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF leads with a 9.20% CAGR versus 9.17%. Returns beyond one year are CAGR (annualised). Short-period returns are heavily influenced by market cycles, so compare over at least three to five years before drawing conclusions.

ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF has the lower expense ratio at 0.03%, compared with 0.05% for HDFC NIFTY 50 ETF-IDCW — a difference of 0.02% a year. The expense ratio is deducted from NAV daily, so a lower ratio directly improves your net return, though it should not be the only reason to pick an ETF.

Both HDFC NIFTY 50 ETF-IDCW and ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF carry a "Very High" rating on the SEBI Riskometer. Within the same riskometer band, differences still show up in maximum drawdown, volatility and market-cap mix — all of which are compared in the tables above.

The portfolio overlap between the two funds is 99.6%, which is considered high. At this level, most of your money would be riding on the same set of stocks through two schemes, so holding both adds little extra diversification. You can see the shared stocks in the overlap section above.

Yes — both are Equity: Large Cap ETFs, which means they follow similar mandates and are benchmarked against comparable indices. That makes a direct comparison of returns, expense ratio and risk meaningful.

HDFC NIFTY 50 ETF-IDCW has a NAV of ₹277.26 and an AUM of ₹5.44k Cr, and was launched on 8 Dec 2015. ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 ETF has a NAV of ₹278.86 and an AUM of ₹44.11k Cr, launched on 19 Mar 2013. NAV on its own says nothing about how expensive or cheap a fund is — only the return on it matters.