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Kotak Active Momentum Fund

Option IDCW Growth

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Fund basics

Launched28 Aug 2025 1.2 years of history
CategorySectoral / ThematicSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option- Direct code 153755
BenchmarkNifty 500 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on30 Oct 2026source AMFI

Computed from 248 published NAVs between 28 Aug 2025 and 28 Aug 2026 — 1.0 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Kotak Active Momentum Fund Regular 1.337.236.54 11.73—— ———
Nifty 500 benchmark 0.874.312.15 5.2012.4911.41 ——15.49
Sectoral / Thematic category median · 142 funds ——— -6.5811.548.85 —12.68—

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Regular plan in Sectoral / Thematic — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 30 Oct 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Kotak Active Momentum Fund Regular 18.14 0.29 0.40 0.98 6.13 -13.86
Nifty 500 benchmark 15.22 0.39 0.58 —— -37.31

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
18.1%13.0%0.290.40

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-13.9%3 months-1.3%
0%-5%-10%-16%2026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
———0%

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

20266.3%

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

96.65%Equity
3.35%Cash & Equivalents

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

37.33%Large
56.95%Mid
2.16%Small
Large Cap 37.3%37.3%Mid Cap 57.0%57.0%Small Cap 2.2%Large Cap 37.3%Mid Cap 57.0%Small Cap 2.2%
AMFI's half-yearly ranking: 1–100 Large, 101–250 Mid, 251+ Small. The rest is debt, cash, foreign holdings or fund units, which AMFI does not rank.

Concentration

Number of stocks50
Top 5 stocks15.45%
Top 10 stocks28.30%
Top 20 stocks50.81%
Largest single holding4.26%
Largest sectorElectrical Equipment · 11.60%
Number of sectors25
Effective stocks48.4
Cash & equivalents3.35%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Electrical Equipment — 11.6%Banks — 9.8%Automobiles — 7.2%Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology — 6.9%Finance — 6.9%Auto Components — 5.8%Chemicals and Petrochemicals — 4.7%Non - Ferrous Metals — 4.5%Consumer Durables — 4.1%Other — 38.7%Electrical Equipment11.6%Banks9.8%Automobiles7.2%Pharmaceuticals and Biote…6.9%Finance6.9%Auto Components5.8%Chemicals and Petrochemic…4.7%Non - Ferrous Metals4.5%Consumer Durables4.1%Other38.7%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 29.3% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Laurus Labs Ltd 4.26%
Triparty Repo 3.52%
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd 2.94%
BHARAT FORGE LTD. 2.86%
Apar Industries Ltd. 2.72%
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. 2.67%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. 2.63%
National Aluminium Company Ltd. 2.58%
GE VERNOVA T&D INDIA LIMITED 2.57%
AEGIS LOGISTICS LTD 2.55%
TVS Motor Company Ltd. 2.52%
Radico Khaitan Ltd. 2.51%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

What the manager did last month

Between the filing of 30 Jun 2026 and 31 Jul 2026. A position grows for two reasons — the manager bought more, or the price went up — and only the first is a decision. The share count is what separates them, because it moves only when somebody trades.

Bought₹0.0 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹3.8 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions1 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of2 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +6.95% the market's doing, not the manager's

Swipe the table sideways for share counts, price change and values.

Stock Shares traded Change in shares Change in price Value of the trade₹ crore Position now₹ crore
New positiondid not hold this a month ago 1
INE021A01026 19,774 entered — 5.4 5.4
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 1
INE917I01010 3,253 -14.5% +18.6% 3.8 22.2
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 2
INE1CLE01013 408,285 exited — 1.4 —
INE704J01044 408,285 exited — 1.3 —

Only stocks and fund units are listed. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are larger in rupees than most equity trades and are not decisions, so they are summarised as cash above rather than listed as activity. Share counts and values are the fund house's own filing. What a position cost when it was first bought is in no monthly disclosure, so a value here is what the shares were worth at the later filing, not what was paid.

How it compares in its category

Against the Sectoral / Thematic Regular schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Kotak Active Momentum Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund · this scheme — 6.1% 0.98 18.1% 0.29 -13.9%
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund 58.9% 48.8% 0.41 36.4% 1.44 -45.5%
HDFC Defence Fund HDFC Mutual Fund 37.7% 20.8% 1.61 31.1% 1.01 -35.0%
HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund HDFC Mutual Fund — 20.8% 0.71 16.2% 1.51 -15.1%
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund 21.3% 11.8% 0.40 14.3% 1.04 -30.9%
Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 20.3% 11.6% 0.27 13.3% 1.04 -40.2%
HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund HDFC Mutual Fund 26.3% 13.3% 1.05 18.5% 1.07 -24.0%
SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND SBI Mutual Fund 23.6% 13.2% 0.64 14.4% 1.19 -63.4%
Franklin Asian Equity Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund 23.3% 12.8% 0.59 17.4% 0.97 -42.8%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 500. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Sectoral / Thematic scheme is

At least 80% in one sector or theme.

The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

Who it suits. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.

How long money should stay. Through a full cycle.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Kotak Active Momentum Fund — Regular Plan — Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option- Direct?

₹10.1630 as on 30 Oct 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Kotak Active Momentum Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option- Direct option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 80% in one sector or theme. The same concentration risk as any sector fund. Themes are usually launched after the theme has already run, which is why the average investor's return in these funds trails the funds' own published returns.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically Through a full cycle. A small, deliberate satellite position — rarely a core holding.