Quant Small Cap Fund adds Jio Platforms and 4 others; increases stake in Adani Power, 5 more

Quant Small Cap Fund added Jio Platforms and four other stocks to its portfolio in October. It also increased its exposure to Adani Power, LIC Housing Finance and four other stocks during the month, according to the monthly portfolio disclosure by Quant Mutual Fund.

The smallcap fund added 72.05 lakh shares of Jio Platforms to its portfolio in October. Among the other four stocks, it added 45.56 lakh shares of Primo Chemicals, 33.77 lakh shares of Zetwerk Manufacturing Business, 16.82 lakh shares of Sumitomo Chemical India and 5.56 lakh shares of Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals.

The fund added 20 lakh shares of Adani Power, taking its total holding to 6.41 crore shares in October, up from 6.21 crore shares in September. It also added nearly 4.88 lakh shares of LIC Housing Finance, taking its total holding to 33.99 lakh shares in October.


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Among the other four stocks, Aequs saw the largest addition, with the fund buying 6.22 lakh shares during the month. Its total holding stood at 13.03 lakh shares in October, compared to 6.80 lakh shares in the previous month.

This was followed by the addition of 5.01 lakh shares of Piramal Finance, 1 lakh shares of Sonata Software and 82,850 shares of Info Edge (India) to its portfolio on a monthly basis.

The fund made a complete exit from five stocks, including Delhivery, Heubach Colorants India, Jubilant Pharmova, Moneyview and Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals. It sold 45.56 lakh shares of Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals, 29.47 lakh shares of Jubilant Pharmova, 16.82 lakh shares of Heubach Colorants India, 12.41 lakh shares of Moneyview and 9.52 lakh shares of Delhivery from its portfolio.

The fund reduced its exposure to three stocks in October. It sold 15.19 lakh shares of Bandhan Bank, taking its holding to 31.06 lakh shares in October compared to 46.26 lakh shares in the previous month.

Around 1.14 lakh shares of Maharashtra Seamless were also sold from the portfolio. This was followed by the sale of 10,954 shares of Sula Vineyards.

The fund's exposure remained unchanged in nearly 90 stocks in October. It held 104 stocks in its portfolio during the month, the same as in the previous month.

As a percentage of total assets, the fund had its highest exposure to HFCL at around 6.54%. This was followed by RBL Bank and Adani Enterprises, with exposures of 4.38% and 4.08%, respectively.

Launched on October 29, 1996, the fund had an AUM of Rs 30,809.27 crore in October, compared to Rs 35,572 crore as of September 2026. Its performance is benchmarked against the Nifty Smallcap250 TRI. The fund is managed by Sandeep Tandon, Ankit Pande, Varun Pattani, Ayusha Kumbhat, Yug Tibrewal, Sameer Kate and Sanjeev Sharma.

According to the monthly factsheet, the fund increased its exposure to Telecom by 3.51% in October 2026, while exposure to Healthcare, Financial Services and Oil & Gas was reduced by 0.97%, 0.70% and 0.55%, respectively.

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Quant Small Cap Fund is suited to investors with a long-term investment horizon and a high risk appetite. A majority of its portfolio is invested in high-growth companies with attractive valuations and relatively low ownership.

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