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Best Sectoral/Thematic funds in India

256 sectoral/thematic funds in India, of which 96 meet the eligibility criteria, ranked on 5Y return. What compounds over 5–10 years?

Ranked on 5-year annualised return (CAGR), because the question is a 5–10 year one. Funds younger than 5 years are listed after those with a 5-year record. Past performance does not predict future returns.

Sectoral/Thematic funds ranked by 5Y return

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1SBI PSU Fund - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTHSilver+23.77%+5.48%+19.71%+10.77%35%-47.1%₹6,703 Cr0.98%
2Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthGold+23.47%+8.81%+18.74%+32.77%100%-33.8%₹6,073 Cr0.77%
3LIC MF Infrastructure Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthGold+22.34%+8.97%+23.90%+15.63%45%-39.6%₹1,174 Cr1.33%
4ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthBronze+21.90%+2.29%+17.42%+18.32%51%-46.8%₹8,558 Cr1.30%
5DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+21.72%+13.45%+20.24%+19.62%53%-46.9%₹6,467 Cr1.06%
6BANK OF INDIA Manufacturing & Infrastructure Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthPlatinum+21.25%+15.90%+21.68%+20.75%57%-43.5%₹949 Cr0.98%
7Invesco India PSU Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+21.22%+0.41%+18.73%+18.37%52%-33.4%₹1,448 Cr1.25%
8Nippon India Power & Infra Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth OptionGold+21.03%+6.98%+18.26%+18.37%51%-53.2%₹8,137 Cr1.10%
9UTI-Transportation and Logistics Fund-Growth Option- Direct+20.64%-0.13%+17.71%+19.76%55%-56.9%₹4,341 Cr0.97%
10HDFC Infrastructure Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan+19.94%-2.57%+14.44%+13.35%41%-63.1%₹2,325 Cr1.33%
11quant Quantamental Fund - Growth Option - Direct PlanPlatinum+19.89%+10.63%+15.83%+23.47%94%-23.3%₹1,632 Cr1.61%
12CANARA ROBECO INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTIONBronze+19.68%+1.00%+19.02%+21.34%57%-44.1%₹987 Cr1.14%
13ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative OptionGold+19.56%+6.83%+19.33%+25.94%98%-37.6%₹7,175 Cr1.20%
14quant Infrastructure Fund - Growth Option-Direct PlanGold+19.40%+10.81%+17.93%+18.74%53%-46.0%₹3,164 Cr1.05%
15Invesco India Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionBronze+19.35%+3.51%+18.85%+22.82%62%-36.2%₹1,548 Cr1.20%
16quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Growth Option - Direct PlanPlatinum+18.95%+19.25%+17.26%+21.27%71%-25.1%₹337 Cr1.84%
17SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND - DIRECT PLAN -GROWTHPlatinum+18.93%+20.88%+24.31%+20.95%61%-30.5%₹5,796 Cr1.03%
18Franklin India Opportunities Fund - Direct - GrowthGold+18.77%+3.31%+21.33%+19.19%54%-39.3%₹9,717 Cr0.89%
19Kotak Infrastructure & Economic Reform Fund- Direct Plan- Growth OptionGold+18.76%+6.21%+16.02%+19.05%54%-46.0%₹2,493 Cr0.85%
20Franklin Build India Fund - Direct - Growth+18.71%-1.44%+16.39%+21.57%61%-42.8%₹3,152 Cr1.13%
21Aditya Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund - Growth - Direct PlanGold+18.26%+12.27%+17.15%+18.93%53%-53.5%₹1,251 Cr1.50%
22ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option+17.71%-1.36%+13.37%+26.34%96%-40.1%₹38,338 Cr0.94%
23DSP Natural Resources and New Energy Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+17.46%+17.35%+19.28%+21.96%73%-48.0%₹2,574 Cr1.00%
24BANDHAN Infrastructure Fund-Direct Plan-Growth+16.93%-3.67%+15.32%+19.72%57%-56.9%₹1,433 Cr1.05%
25Tata Infrastructure Fund -Direct Plan -Growth Option+16.78%+3.38%+12.75%+17.87%50%-42.5%₹2,022 Cr1.22%
26ICICI Prudential Pharma Healthcare and Diagnostics (P.H.D) Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative OptionPlatinum+16.49%+5.87%+21.99%+25.26%89%-20.6%₹6,803 Cr1.32%
27UTI Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionPlatinum+16.46%+16.82%+24.15%+17.80%50%-27.1%₹1,444 Cr1.33%
28Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+16.31%+19.58%+23.00%+23.24%85%-20.0%₹3,555 Cr0.61%
29SBI INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTHBronze+16.12%+1.67%+12.96%+18.73%53%-42.1%₹4,810 Cr1.19%
30ICICI Prudential Commodities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionGold+16.03%+8.80%+14.89%+22.55%86%-41.2%₹4,277 Cr1.05%
31Sundaram Infrastructure Advantage Fund Direct Plan - Growth+15.96%+4.01%+15.59%+17.07%48%-50.6%₹971 Cr1.79%
32DSP Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+15.87%+16.48%+21.81%+22.88%90%-21.7%₹3,835 Cr0.75%
33Aditya Birla Sun Life Manufacturing Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+15.82%+20.84%+21.10%+15.46%36%-39.2%₹1,402 Cr1.40%
34ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct Plan GrowthSilver+15.67%-3.91%+14.09%+23.55%93%-14.4%₹15,873 Cr1.01%
35Kotak Pioneer Fund- Direct Plan- Growth OptionGold+15.23%+7.76%+19.26%+22.05%95%-35.7%₹4,281 Cr0.63%
36Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthPlatinum+15.05%+9.24%+19.81%+21.21%69%-19.8%₹1,565 Cr1.06%
37Tata Business Cycle Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthSilver+14.95%+1.13%+11.80%+20.01%77%-20.0%₹2,602 Cr0.91%
38Aditya Birla Sun Life Pharma and Healthcare Fund-Direct-GrowthPlatinum+14.85%+17.58%+21.57%+19.88%69%-20.5%₹1,103 Cr1.07%
39Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund-Direct-GrowthPlatinum+14.26%+10.90%+18.11%+19.96%80%-20.3%₹1,279 Cr1.22%
40Invesco India Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthSilver+14.23%+6.56%+17.40%+18.66%56%-42.4%₹1,896 Cr0.95%
41Sundaram Financial Services Opportunities Fund Direct Plan - GrowthSilver+14.16%+7.81%+12.53%+16.39%40%-43.2%₹1,722 Cr0.92%
42Nippon India Pharma Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth OptionPlatinum+14.14%+10.63%+18.57%+19.88%59%-24.0%₹9,479 Cr0.99%
43ICICI Prudential Exports & Services Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthBronze+14.01%+1.17%+14.11%+18.62%54%-37.5%₹1,549 Cr1.79%
44Tata Resources & Energy Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthGold+13.69%+7.76%+15.34%+19.65%61%-33.2%₹1,409 Cr0.81%
45Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth OptionBronze+13.63%+2.64%+11.54%+16.25%43%-50.6%₹7,910 Cr1.06%
46Sundaram Services Fund Direct Plan - GrowthSilver+13.57%+3.71%+14.10%+21.70%81%-39.6%₹5,262 Cr0.85%
47Tata India Consumer Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthGold+13.45%+2.47%+14.40%+18.67%56%-32.5%₹2,901 Cr0.91%
48Nippon India Quant Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option+13.43%-1.50%+13.06%+13.81%37%-32.8%₹116 Cr0.87%
49UTI Infrastructure Fund-Growth Option- Direct+13.36%+0.52%+12.46%+14.87%40%-42.8%₹2,118 Cr2.00%
50ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthPlatinum+13.26%+17.41%+15.64%+15.07%25%-24.6%₹4,071 Cr1.18%
51Mirae Asset Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthGold+12.93%+4.90%+12.25%+17.56%47%-21.0%₹2,357 Cr0.74%
52ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option+12.92%-6.48%+9.54%+19.45%66%-31.3%₹3,238 Cr1.31%
53SBI BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTHBronze+12.62%+0.75%+14.85%+17.20%45%-43.8%₹10,873 Cr0.41%
54Mirae Asset Great Consumer Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+12.50%-5.66%+10.65%+18.46%56%-35.5%₹4,742 Cr0.66%
55Tata Banking And Financial Services Fund-Direct Plan-GrowthBronze+12.40%+3.95%+11.72%+16.30%38%-41.6%₹3,301 Cr0.92%
56Nippon India Consumption Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option+12.29%-8.24%+9.34%+16.70%46%-31.0%₹2,452 Cr0.89%
57HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - Growth Option - Direct PlanGold+12.25%+5.31%+11.75%+16.92%36%-21.7%₹4,688 Cr0.98%
58Edelweiss Recently Listed IPO Fund Direct Plan GrowthPlatinum+12.23%+18.60%+18.30%+19.07%60%-32.3%₹1,230 Cr1.14%
59Baroda BNP Paribas Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct - Growth OptionBronze+12.22%+4.48%+14.14%+14.14%23%-42.8%₹460 Cr1.08%
60Axis Innovation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionPlatinum+12.17%+14.22%+18.39%+16.25%28%-23.6%₹1,363 Cr1.34%
61SBI CONSUMPTION OPPORTUNITIES FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH+11.93%-12.77%+5.33%+17.38%46%-35.4%₹2,827 Cr1.19%
62ICICI Prudential MNC Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionBronze+11.87%+3.53%+10.15%+19.77%57%-30.7%₹1,808 Cr1.21%
63HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan+11.75%-6.84%+9.02%+17.48%49%-42.2%₹1,167 Cr1.39%
64Sundaram Consumption Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Rural and Consumption Fund Direct Plan - Growth)+11.52%-6.14%+9.30%+17.32%47%-35.7%₹1,516 Cr1.66%
65UTI Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option+11.51%+2.75%+12.07%+14.48%28%-49.0%₹1,452 Cr1.44%
66Mahindra Manulife Consumption Fund - Direct Plan -Growth+11.41%-7.04%+10.03%+17.88%51%-34.0%₹489 Cr1.09%
67CANARA ROBECO CONSUMPTION FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTION+11.38%-4.77%+10.58%+18.16%53%-34.7%₹1,987 Cr0.96%
68SBI COMMA Fund - DIRECT PLAN - GrowthSilver+11.36%+9.85%+15.62%+17.41%47%-40.8%₹1,237 Cr1.24%
69Baroda BNP Paribas Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthBronze+11.32%+2.32%+12.65%+17.38%41%-20.3%₹574 Cr1.04%
70ICICI Prudential Quant Fund Direct Plan Growth+11.01%-1.46%+11.16%+17.63%46%-16.5%₹169 Cr2.07%
71Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+10.73%+2.57%+9.57%+16.14%39%-47.5%₹3,668 Cr1.14%
72LIC MF Banking and Financial Services Fund-Direct Plan-Growth+10.66%+3.02%+7.84%+10.79%12%-44.8%₹275 Cr1.65%
73Franklin Asian Equity Fund - Direct - GrowthSilver+9.96%+34.46%+23.10%+8.82%4%-40.2%₹996 Cr1.57%
74ICICI Prudential ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+9.86%-7.15%+11.14%+18.10%59%-19.2%₹1,356 Cr1.26%
75ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+9.82%-2.94%+8.99%+15.80%39%-47.8%₹11,331 Cr1.25%
76Aditya Birla Sun Life Consumption Fund - Growth - Direct Plan+9.54%-8.50%+8.22%+17.43%47%-34.5%₹6,085 Cr0.97%
77Axis Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+9.41%+1.25%+8.63%+14.50%20%-23.0%₹827 Cr2.71%
78Taurus Ethical Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+9.03%-2.87%+8.52%+15.46%34%-29.4%₹442 Cr1.35%
79UTI India Consumer Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option+8.65%-5.54%+9.85%+12.45%14%-29.7%₹733 Cr1.70%
80SBI MNC FUND - DIRECT PLAN -GROWTHGold+8.40%+13.32%+7.27%+12.95%32%-27.5%₹6,718 Cr1.44%
81UTI - MNC Fund - Growth Option - Direct+8.18%-2.88%+8.65%+13.03%18%-31.6%₹2,790 Cr1.52%
82SBI ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Direct Plan -Growth+8.12%-3.44%+8.08%+14.14%20%-36.7%₹5,356 Cr1.50%
83SBI Equity Minimum Variance Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+8.08%-5.00%+6.49%+17.13%42%-33.0%₹208 Cr0.53%
84Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option+7.57%-5.06%+8.23%+14.50%6%-21.9%₹741 Cr1.16%
85Aditya Birla Sun Life ESG Integration Strategy Fund-Direct Plan-Growth+7.39%-1.35%+10.07%+14.09%7%-26.2%₹580 Cr1.43%
86Franklin India Technology Fund - Direct - Growth+7.39%-10.22%+9.15%+17.84%50%-30.8%₹1,759 Cr1.17%
87Invesco India ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+7.17%-3.71%+8.79%+14.26%8%-22.8%₹395 Cr1.29%
88SBI TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH+6.91%-9.47%+8.15%+16.82%47%-29.9%₹4,488 Cr1.08%
89Tata Ethical Fund -Direct Plan- Growth Option+6.15%-8.43%+4.25%+13.46%37%-29.5%₹3,861 Cr0.82%
90Aditya Birla Sun Life MNC Fund - Growth - Direct Plan+5.74%-8.97%+6.20%+11.41%18%-32.4%₹3,293 Cr1.47%
91Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option+5.48%-3.91%+8.44%+13.29%9%-24.3%₹1,073 Cr1.83%
92DSP Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+4.65%-4.35%+6.29%+12.33%14%-32.7%₹767 Cr1.01%
93ICICI Prudential FMCG Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+4.52%-19.17%-3.63%+13.93%18%-29.6%₹1,557 Cr1.69%
94Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund - Growth - Direct Plan+4.10%-10.06%+4.08%+16.48%44%-34.5%₹4,109 Cr1.07%
95ICICI Prudential Technology Fund - Direct Plan - Growth+3.31%-12.04%+5.12%+15.69%42%-35.1%₹13,661 Cr1.20%
96Tata Digital India Fund-Direct Plan-Growth+3.26%-14.54%+4.25%+20.40%59%-33.3%₹10,322 Cr0.66%

Badges are our own quality tiers — Platinum (top 10%), Gold (25%), Silver (50%), Bronze (75%) — scored within each sub-category, so they compare a fund with its peers and not with funds of a different type. “3Y typical” is the median annualised return across every 3-year holding period the fund has lived through, not a single 3-year figure; “3Y loss odds” is the share of those periods that ended down. “Beat peers” is the share in which it beat its category's median, and “worst fall” is its deepest peak-to-trough drop. Open a fund for the full distribution. Click any column heading to re-sort — including the fund name, which groups a house’s funds together. Funds with no value for a column sort last. Returns over 1 year are annualised (CAGR). Past performance does not indicate future returns. Eligibility: Direct, Growth only, minimum AUM ₹100 Cr, at least 5 year(s) old. Past performance. Returns for 3y/5y are annualised (CAGR) and are withheld where the NAV series does not support the period.

Sectoral/Thematic funds — FAQs
What horizon suits equity funds?

Equity funds are volatile over short periods, so they are generally considered for horizons of five years or more. Over shorter spans the range of outcomes is wide enough that the average return is a poor guide.

What do large, mid and small cap mean?

SEBI defines them by market-capitalisation rank: the top 100 listed companies are large cap, ranks 101–250 are mid cap, and 251 onward are small cap. Categories differ in how much they must hold in each band, which drives most of the difference in volatility.

Should I pick the fund with the highest past return?

Past return alone is a weak signal — it reflects the period measured as much as the fund. Consistency across rolling periods, behaviour in falling markets, cost, and whether the fund still follows the mandate you signed up for all matter. Past performance does not indicate future returns.