The scheme seeks to generate long term capital appreciation/income from a portfolio, predominantly invested in equity and equity related instruments.
To generate income and capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio predominantly investing in Indian equities and equity related securities of large cap and midcap companies at the time of investment.
Fund Manager
Gopal Agrawal, Dhruv Muchhal
Neelesh Surana, Ankit Jain
AMC
HDFC Mutual Fund
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
Taxation
Equity
Equity
Launch Date
31 Dec 2012
31 Dec 2012
Portfolio Overlap
40.2%
Moderate overlap
common holdings
40.2% of the combined portfolio weight is common between HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth and Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth.
60 stocks appear in both portfolios.
The largest shared holding is HDFC Bank Ltd., at 4.00% of HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth and 6.69% of Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth.
The funds share a meaningful part of their portfolios but still differ enough to add some diversification.
Largest common holdings
HDFC Bank Ltd.ICICI Bank Ltd.Axis Bank Ltd.Reliance Industries Ltd.State Bank of IndiaBharti Airtel Ltd.Lupin Ltd.Indusind Bank Ltd.
HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth has delivered the higher 3-year CAGR (15.75% vs 14.73%). Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth is the cheaper of the two with an expense ratio of 0.86% against 0.90%. Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth manages the larger corpus at ₹44.05k Cr. There is no single "better" fund — 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, Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth returned 8.91% against 6.15% for HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth; and over 3 years, HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth leads with a 15.75% CAGR versus 14.73%. 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.
Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth has the lower expense ratio at 0.86%, compared with 0.90% for HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth — a difference of 0.04% 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 a fund.
Both HDFC Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth and Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth 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 40.2%, which is considered moderate. At this level the funds share a meaningful part of their portfolios but still differ enough to add some diversification. You can see the shared stocks in the overlap section above.
Yes — both are Equity: Large & MidCap funds, 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 Large and Mid Cap Fund Direct-Growth has a NAV of ₹374.97 and an AUM of ₹29.28k Cr, and was launched on 31 Dec 2012. Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund Direct-Growth has a NAV of ₹181.61 and an AUM of ₹44.05k Cr, launched on 31 Dec 2012. NAV on its own says nothing about how expensive or cheap a fund is — only the return on it matters.
