Samir Arora backed Helios Mid Cap Fund adds Aurobindo Pharma, 2 others, increase stake in Paytm, MCX and 16 others

Samir Arora backed Helios Mid Cap Fund has added Aurobindo Pharma and two other stocks in its portfolio in October and has increased its exposure in Paytm, Multi Commodity Exchange of India and 16 more stocks in the same period, according to the monthly portfolio disclosed on ACE MF.

The fund added 2.54 lakh shares of Aurobindo Pharma in its portfolio worth a market value of Rs 42.74 crore. The fund added 11.77 lakh shares of Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses in its portfolio and this was followed by addition of 1.29 lakh shares of PVR Inox in the portfolio in October.

The midcap fund added 27,200 stocks of One97 Communication (Paytm) in its portfolio taking the total count of shares to 5.10 lakh in October compared to 4.83 lakh shares in September. The fund added 51,430 shares of Multi Commodity Exchange of India in its portfolio and had 1.89 lakh shares in the said time period.


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Among the other 16 stocks, the fund added the maximum number of shares of Ace Vector. The fund added 12.77 lakh shares of AceVector in its portfolio and had a total 47.77 lakh shares in its portfolio in October.

This was followed by addition of 3.13 lakh shares of ITC Hotels in the portfolio and the fund had 11.17 lakh shares in its portfolio in October. The fund added 2.57 lakh shares of The Indian Hotels Company, 1.54 lakh shares of Gokaldas Exports, 1.05 lakh shares of AU Small Finance Bank and 86,600 shares of Ather Energy.

The other 10 stocks where the fund increased its exposure were Siemens Energy India, Rentomojo, Bosch, Schaeffler India, GE Vernova T&D India, Radico Khaitan, Coforge, APL Apollo Tubes, Sona BLW Precision Forgings and 360 One Wam.

A complete exit was made from Park Medi World by selling 4.89 lakh shares from the portfolio worth a market value of Rs 13.45 crore. The fund did not reduce its exposure in any stock.

The exposure remained unchanged in 56 stocks which included some names such as Physicswallah, Swiggy, Delhivery, Billionbrains Garage Ventures, Cummins India, Marico, Piramal Finance, City Union Bank, Edelweiss Financial Services, Nippon AMC, and Bharti Hexacom.

As a percentage of NAV, the fund had the highest allocation in Coforge of around 3.50%, followed by 3.44% in Paytm and 2.74% in Sona BLW Precision Forgings.

In October, the fund had 77 stocks in its portfolio compared to 75 stocks in the previous month. The portfolio of the fund was spread across 23 sectors with the highest allocation in the finance sector of around 16.22%. This was followed by 15.76% allocation in automobiles & ancillaries, 11.21% in healthcare and 10.04% in the IT sector.

The fund had an AUM of Rs 2,421 crore as of October 31, 2026. The fund holds 65.27% in mid caps, 2.98% in large caps, 27.75% in small caps and 4% in others.

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Launched on March 13, 2025 the fund has delivered a CAGR of 20.51% since its inception. In the last six months, the fund delivered a return of 6.75% compared to a loss of 0.85% by the benchmark. In the last one year, the fund delivered a return of 6.58% compared to 2.24% by the benchmark.

The performance is benchmarked against Nifty Midcap 150 - TRI. The fund is suitable for investors who are seeking long term wealth creation and want investment in equity and equity related securities predominantly of midcap companies.

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