Samir Arora-backed Helios Flexi Cap Fund increases stake in Eternal, ICICI Bank, MCX, and 7 others in October

Samir Arora-backed Helios Flexi Cap Fund has increased its exposure to Eternal, ICICI Bank, Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) and seven other stocks in October, according to the monthly portfolio disclosed by ACE MF.

The flexicap fund added 3.53 lakh shares of Eternal to its portfolio, taking the total number of shares in the portfolio to 1.22 crore in October, up from 1.19 crore in the previous month. Around 4.50 lakh shares of ICICI Bank were added to the portfolio, and the fund had 31.90 lakh shares in its portfolio.

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The fund added 80,500 shares of MCX to its portfolio and had 4.82 lakh shares in its portfolio in the said period. Among the other seven stocks, the fund added a maximum number of shares of Billionbrains Garage Ventures (Groww). The fund added 10.02 lakh shares of Groww to its portfolio in October.

This was followed by the addition of 9.70 lakh shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), 4.74 lakh shares of Honasa Consumer, 2.18 lakh shares of Bharti Airtel, 1.67 lakh shares of The Indian Hotels Company, 88,576 shares of Siemens Energy India, and 70,900 shares of Cummins India.

The fund did not make any complete exit, nor did it reduce its exposure in any stock in the said time period.

Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses was the new entrant as the fund added 28.59 lakh shares of this stock in its portfolio worth a market value of Rs 46.62 crore.

In October, the fund had 72 stocks in its portfolio compared to 71 stocks in the previous month.

The fund had an AUM of Rs 11130 crore in October. Launched on November 13, 2023, the fund delivered a CAGR of 36.14% since its inception. Over the last one year, the fund delivered a 19.89% return against 14.11% by the benchmark.

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The performance is benchmarked against Nifty 500 - TRI. The fund holds 45.25% in largecaps, 22.6% in midcaps, 28.89% in smallcaps and 3.26% in others.

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