If you invested ₹one lakh in SBI Contra Fund, the investment would have grown to ₹1.45 lakh in one year. In three years, an investment of ₹one lakh would have swelled to ₹2.35 lakh.
Quant Small Cap Fund topped the list with 46.70% SIP returns. Nippon India Small Cap Fund offered 37.92% returns. Quant Mid Cap Fund, Bank of India Small Cap Fund, and Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund also performed well with returns of 34.45%, 34.44%, and 34.05% respectively. The analysis considered XIRR (% returns) for schemes with a five-year horizon from January 2019 to January 2024.
We considered equity categories such as large cap, mid cap, large & mid cap, small cap, ELSS, flexi cap, focused fund, multi cap, value and contra fund categories. We considered regular and growth schemes.
The contra fund category gave an average return of around 29.19% in the three year horizon. The category has three schemes. They have offered returns ranging between 23.18%-38.87%. SBI Contra Fund offered the highest return of around 38.87% in the three year horizon.