Fund Tracker India by Ishaan Dungarwal
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Fund categoriesHybridSep 2026

Equity savings funds: what they hold and bought

SEBI's rule: At least 65 % in equity and equity-related instruments and at least 10 % in debt. Source: SEBI categorisation circular, 6 Oct 2017, as amended

22 equity savings funds from 22 fund houses filed a portfolio for Sep 2026. Here is what most of them hold, and what they added and cut.

Category as AMFI lists it; the two AMFI spellings of a category are one page. Counted over open-ended schemes with an equity portfolio for the month, share counts from each fund house's monthly file. Value added or cut = change in shares × the month's value per share in that file, never a change in price.

Schemes22portfolio filed for Sep 2026, of 25
Fund houses22running one
Stocks held362listed on NSE, any scheme

Stocks most equity savings funds hold, Sep 2026

Ranked by how many schemes in the category hold the stock; the average is its % of net assets in the schemes holding it.

schemes holding · average weight
  1. HDFCBANK HDFC Bank Ltd.
    21 of 22 · 5.04%
  2. ICICIBANK ICICI Bank Ltd.
    21 of 22 · 4.22%
  3. RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd.
    21 of 22 · 3.69%
  4. BHARTIARTL Bharti Airtel Ltd.
    21 of 22 · 3.00%
  5. KOTAKBANK Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
    20 of 22 · 3.24%
  6. SBIN State Bank of India
    20 of 22 · 1.80%
  7. BAJFINANCE Bajaj Finance Ltd.
    20 of 22 · 1.64%
  8. LT Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
    20 of 22 · 1.41%
  9. AXISBANK Axis Bank Ltd.
    19 of 22 · 3.19%
  10. INFY Infosys Ltd.
    19 of 22 · 0.95%
  11. SUNPHARMA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    18 of 22 · 1.39%
  12. NTPC NTPC Ltd.
    18 of 22 · 1.37%
  13. HINDALCO Hindalco Industries Ltd.
    18 of 22 · 0.91%
  14. MARUTI Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
    18 of 22 · 0.90%
  15. M&M Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
    17 of 22 · 2.10%
  16. ETERNAL Eternal Ltd.
    16 of 22 · 0.99%
  17. ULTRACEMCO Ultratech Cement Ltd.
    16 of 22 · 0.83%
  18. SBILIFE SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
    16 of 22 · 0.67%
  19. BEL Bharat Electronics Ltd.
    16 of 22 · 0.47%
  20. TATASTEEL Tata Steel Ltd.
    15 of 22 · 1.63%

Most bought, Sep 2026

value of shares added · schemes adding
  1. HDFCBANK HDFC Bank Ltd. · 3
    +₹171 cr
  2. RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd. · 7
    +₹124 cr
  3. BHARTIARTL Bharti Airtel Ltd. · 5
    +₹62.7 cr
  4. CASTROLIND Castrol India Ltd. · 1, 1 new
    +₹60.4 cr
  5. HEROMOTORS Hero Motors Ltd. · 1, 1 new
    +₹54.4 cr
  6. MARUTI Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. · 2
    +₹46.0 cr
  7. MUTHOOTFIN Muthoot Finance Ltd. · 1, 1 new
    +₹45.4 cr
  8. ICICIBANK ICICI Bank Ltd. · 7
    +₹42.1 cr
  9. PAYTM One 97 Communications Ltd. · 1
    +₹37.0 cr
  10. BIOCON Biocon Ltd. · 3
    +₹33.2 cr

Most sold, Sep 2026

value of shares cut · schemes cutting
  1. TMCV Tata Motors Ltd. · 3, 3 sold out
    −₹141 cr
  2. DLF DLF Ltd. · 7, 1 sold out
    −₹94.3 cr
  3. CIPLA Cipla Ltd. · 4, 1 sold out
    −₹87.6 cr
  4. M&M Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. · 6, 1 sold out
    −₹80.2 cr
  5. OIL Oil India Ltd. · 1, 1 sold out
    −₹72.6 cr
  6. COALINDIA Coal India Ltd. · 2
    −₹68.9 cr
  7. PIRAMALFIN Piramal Finance Ltd. · 3, 3 sold out
    −₹58.8 cr
  8. TCS Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. · 2
    −₹48.5 cr
  9. SAIL Steel Authority of India Ltd. · 2, 1 sold out
    −₹41.5 cr
  10. MPHASIS Mphasis Ltd. · 1
    −₹41.1 cr

Equity savings schemes (22)

largest AUM first
SchemeFund houseAUM1-year return
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings FundICICI Prudential Mutual Fund₹15,905 cr+4.0%
Kotak Equity Savings FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund₹10,518 cr+3.7%
HDFC Equity Savings FundHDFC Mutual Fund₹5,699 cr+4.1%
SBI EQUITY SAVINGS FUNDSBI Mutual Fund₹5,539 cr+3.2%
DSP Equity Savings FundDSP Mutual Fund₹3,334 cr+3.5%
Mirae Asset Equity Savings FundMirae Asset Mutual Fund₹2,018 cr+6.0%
HSBC Equity Savings FundHSBC Mutual Fund₹1,388 cr+9.4%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings FundAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund₹1,126 cr+5.4%
Sundaram Equity Savings Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Equity Savings Fund)Sundaram Mutual Fund₹1,012 cr+1.4%
Axis Equity Savings FundAxis Mutual Fund₹881 cr+6.0%
UTI - Equity Savings FundUTI Mutual Fund₹833 cr+4.0%
Nippon India Equity Savings Fund (Existing number of Segregated Portfolios - 2)Nippon India Mutual Fund₹789 cr+3.4%
Franklin India Equity Savings FundFranklin Templeton Mutual Fund₹590 cr+4.5%
BANDHAN EQUITY SAVINGS FUNDBandhan Mutual Fund₹401 cr+4.8%
Baroda BNP Paribas Equity Savings FundBaroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund₹285 cr+4.8%
Invesco India Equity Savings FundInvesco Mutual Fund₹284 cr+2.0%
WhiteOak Capital Equity Savings FundWhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund₹271 cr+6.4%
Union Equity Savings FundUnion Mutual Fund₹119 cr+3.8%
PGIM India Equity Savings FundPGIM India Mutual Fund₹59.0 cr+4.5%
quant Equity Savings Fundquant Mutual Fund₹56.7 cr+8.9%
Bajaj Finserv Equity Savings FundBajaj Finserv Mutual Fund₹39.9 cr+5.0%
LIC MF Equity Savings FundLIC Mutual Fund₹38.0 cr+2.6%

AUM = AMFI's latest average AUM for the scheme; 1-year return = change in NAV over the year, as on each scheme page. Filter and compare every scheme

Questions about equity savings funds

from the figures on this page

Which stocks do equity savings funds hold the most?

In Sep 2026, 21 of the 22 equity savings funds with a portfolio held HDFC Bank Ltd.. The five held by the most schemes: HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDFCBANK), ICICI Bank Ltd. (ICICIBANK), Reliance Industries Ltd. (RELIANCE), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BHARTIARTL), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (KOTAKBANK). Funds holding HDFCBANK

What did equity savings funds buy and sell in Sep 2026?

Most bought by value of shares added: HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDFCBANK), Reliance Industries Ltd. (RELIANCE), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BHARTIARTL). Most sold: Tata Motors Ltd. (TMCV), DLF Ltd. (DLF), Cipla Ltd. (CIPLA). All stocks bought and sold by mutual funds, Sep 2026

How many equity savings funds are there?

AMFI lists 25 open-ended equity savings funds; 22 from 22 fund houses filed an equity portfolio for Sep 2026. Filter every scheme

Other fund categories

Aggressive hybrid Arbitrage Balanced advantage or dynamic asset allocation Balanced hybrid Children's Conservative hybrid Contra Dividend yield ELSS (tax saver) Flexi cap Focused Large & mid cap Large cap Life cycle Mid cap Multi asset allocation Multi cap Retirement Sectoral or thematic Small cap Value