Quant Mid Cap Fund adds ICICI Bank, Paytm and 2 others, exits Escorts Kubota and GMR Airports

Quant Mid Cap Fund has added ICICI Bank, Paytm, and two other stocks in its portfolio as new entrants in February, according to the monthly portfolio disclosure by Quant Mutual Fund. In the same time period, the mid cap fund made complete exit from Escorts Kubota and GMR Airports from its portfolio.

Among the four new entrants, the fund added 26.15 lakh shares of ICICI Bank, 3.95 lakh shares of Colgate-Palmolive (India), 2.37 lakh shares of Paytm, and 35,434 shares of LG Electronics India.

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The mid cap fund sold 91.68 lakh shares of GMR Airports from its portfolio in February followed by 3.38 lakh shares of Escorts Kubota.

The stake was reduced in two stocks which were Godrej Properties and Linde India. Around 5.30 lakh shares of Godrej Properties were sold out from the portfolio taking the total share count to 2.06 lakh in February compared to 7.36 lakh shares in January. Nearly 50,000 shares of Linde India were offloaded from the portfolio in the month of February.

The exposure was increased in three stocks in February. This mid cap fund added 40.61 lakh shares of NMDC to its portfolio and had 1.05 crore shares in its portfolio. This was followed by 12.76 lakh shares of Nippon Life India AMC and 2.11 lakh shares of Tata Communications.

Adani Wilmar, JSW Infrastructure, LIC, Lloyds Metals And Energy, Oracle Financial Services Software, Premier Energies, RIL, and SBI Cards & Payment Services were among the 13 stocks where the stake remained unchanged in February compared to previous month.

As a percentage to NAV, the fund had the highest exposure in Aurobindo Pharma of around 9.92%, followed by Tata Communications where the exposure was 9.09%.

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Launched on March 20, 2001, the fund is overweight on these sectors compared to benchmark - healthcare, telecom, metals, construction, FMCG, and services.

In February, the mid cap fund had 22 stocks whereas in January, the fund had 20 stocks in its portfolio. The mid cap fund had an AUM of Rs 7,341 crore as of February 27, 2026. The fund is benchmarked against Nifty Midcap 150 - TRI and is managed by Sandeep Tandon, Ankit Pande, Varun Pattani, Ayusha Kumbhat, Yug Tibrewal, Sameer Kate, Sanjeev Sharma.

The primary investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate capital appreciation and provide long-term growth opportunities by investing in a portfolio of mid cap companies

According to the monthly release by the fund house, the top 10 holdings are 61.75% of the portfolio. The fund holds 11.26% in large caps, 69.80% in mid caps, and 8.10% in small caps.

The monthly release further said that the portfolio of the fund is designed to capture the dynamism, innovation, and earnings momentum that define the mid-cap universe. The mid cap fund is an equity-oriented strategy that predominantly invests in mid-cap companies with strong growth potential across both medium-term and long-term horizons.

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“During the month, we have increased net deployment, raised our mid-cap exposure, and selectively added to higher-beta names—reflecting our constructive outlook on the segment. Additions were made in the metals, FMCG and financial services sector while exposure towards capital goods was reduced. This proactive repositioning aligns with our view that mid-caps are entering a favourable phase supported by improving fundamentals,” the fund house said through its release.

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