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Sectoral and Thematic Funds Compared

Every sectoral and thematic mutual fund's 1, 3 and 5-year return, SIP return and record against the Nifty 50, ranked by a stated measure, from AMFI NAVs.

In short · Updated 30 Oct 2026

As of 30 Sep 2026, there are 142 sectoral and thematic funds with at least 3 years of NAVs. Over 5 years their direct plans returned a median 12.0% a year. The highest 5-year return was SBI PSU Fund at 21.8% a year.

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All sectoral and thematic funds, ranked by 5-year return

#Fund1y3y5y10y5y regular5y SIP XIRRExpense ratio (direct)Beat Nifty 50 (rolling 3y)
1SBI PSU Fund2.0%18.0%21.8%13.6%20.5%19.0%0.98%45/96
2LIC MF Infrastructure Fund10.9%23.0%21.7%17.7%20.2%21.2%1.33%64/96
3Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund5.3%17.3%21.4%—19.7%18.5%0.77%46/46
4Bank Of India Manufacturing & Infrastructure Fund19.4%21.6%20.9%19.5%19.1%21.5%0.98%65/96
5DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund13.2%19.1%20.6%17.5%19.5%19.9%1.06%64/96
6ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund1.4%16.5%20.0%17.5%19.3%17.1%1.30%62/96
7Nippon India Power & Infra Fund7.9%17.5%19.8%17.8%18.9%18.7%1.10%60/96
8Invesco India PSU Equity Fund-1.7%17.6%19.5%16.3%17.9%17.5%1.26%60/96
9UTI - Transportation and Logistics Fund-0.6%17.2%19.1%12.4%17.7%16.7%0.98%54/96
10Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund1.0%17.8%18.7%15.8%17.2%16.5%1.16%64/96
11quant Quantamental Fund8.3%14.5%18.5%—16.8%15.1%1.62%30/30
12HDFC Infrastructure Fund-3.0%13.4%18.4%11.6%17.4%15.3%1.33%47/96
13Invesco India Infrastructure Fund6.7%18.2%18.4%18.8%16.8%17.4%1.21%67/96
14Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund8.8%15.9%18.0%16.3%16.4%16.2%0.85%64/96
15SBI Healthcare Opportunities Fund21.6%23.0%18.0%14.6%16.7%22.0%1.01%72/96
16Franklin India Opportunities Fund4.0%20.0%17.9%16.6%16.7%19.0%0.88%62/96
17Franklin Build India Fund-1.7%14.7%17.5%16.7%16.3%15.2%1.10%70/96
18quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund20.3%16.4%17.5%—15.6%16.6%1.84%36/36
19Quant Infrastructure Fund9.5%17.1%17.4%20.1%15.7%14.9%1.06%68/96
20Aditya Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund14.1%16.6%17.2%15.1%16.2%18.3%1.49%57/96
21Bandhan Infrastructure Fund-1.9%14.8%16.5%16.2%15.0%14.5%1.05%64/96
22DSP Natural Resources And New Energy Fund13.9%18.6%15.8%17.0%14.5%16.8%1.01%75/96
23Tata Infrastructure Fund5.3%12.1%15.7%14.8%14.6%13.0%1.23%65/96
24Kotak Pioneer Fund10.9%20.2%15.6%—13.9%18.1%0.63%48/48
25UTI - Healthcare Fund18.3%22.7%15.5%14.7%14.3%20.8%1.34%65/96
26DSP Healthcare Fund17.4%20.9%15.4%—13.9%19.1%0.75%51/59
27Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund21.0%21.7%15.4%—13.7%20.1%0.62%54/64
28SBI Infrastructure Fund1.9%12.1%15.3%15.1%14.5%12.6%1.16%65/96
29Aditya Birla Sun Life Manufacturing Equity Fund22.9%20.7%15.0%13.8%14.0%19.1%1.40%44/96
30Sundaram Infrastructure Advantage Fund (Erstwhile Sundaram Capex Opportunities)3.4%14.4%14.9%14.3%14.2%13.6%1.81%62/96
31ICICI Prudential Commodities Fund7.6%14.9%14.6%—13.3%14.7%1.05%49/49
32Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund9.5%18.5%14.3%14.8%12.6%16.8%1.07%71/94
33ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund-4.0%13.8%14.3%—13.0%12.3%1.01%34/34
34Aditya Birla Sun Life Pharma and Healthcare Fund19.0%20.2%14.2%—12.6%18.8%1.07%38/52
35Nippon India Pharma Fund13.9%17.7%13.7%15.5%12.7%16.7%1.00%69/96
36Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund14.3%18.3%13.7%—12.3%16.4%1.19%37/37
37Tata Business Cycle Fund-0.4%10.2%13.3%—11.6%10.7%0.92%27/27
38Invesco India Financial Services Fund4.9%15.9%13.1%15.1%11.7%13.9%0.96%60/96
39ICICI Prudential Exports & Services Fund1.6%13.5%13.0%13.8%12.3%12.2%1.79%61/96
40Sundaram Financial Services Opportunities Fund4.8%11.3%13.0%13.9%11.4%12.1%0.93%64/96
41Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund17.9%22.4%12.9%13.8%12.2%18.0%1.99%39/96
42Tata India Consumer Fund3.7%13.5%12.9%16.4%11.4%13.0%0.92%72/94
43ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund15.4%16.4%12.9%16.2%11.8%14.7%1.19%59/94
44Nippon India US Equity Opportunities Fund16.3%21.3%12.8%16.4%11.5%17.3%1.30%63/94
45UTI - Infrastructure Fund0.0%11.6%12.6%12.2%12.2%10.9%2.01%51/96
46Sundaram Services Fund2.6%13.0%12.4%—11.0%12.4%0.85%62/62
47Nippon India Quant Fund-1.9%12.2%12.4%13.7%11.8%10.7%0.87%61/96
48Tata Resources & Energy Fund6.5%15.1%12.3%16.1%10.5%13.3%0.82%71/94
49Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund-0.4%10.3%12.2%12.6%11.3%10.6%1.07%57/96
50Edelweiss Recently Listed IPO Fund21.9%17.3%12.0%—10.5%17.6%1.13%57/69
51Mirae Asset Great Consumer Fund-4.9%9.9%11.7%15.6%10.1%9.9%0.67%90/96
52Axis Innovation Fund15.4%18.3%11.7%—10.4%15.6%1.35%27/35
53Mirae Asset Banking and Financial Services Fund2.1%11.4%11.7%—10.0%11.4%0.78%33/35
54SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund-1.6%14.3%11.6%14.7%10.4%11.8%1.19%69/96
55ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund-6.2%8.5%11.5%—10.5%8.6%1.31%50/55
56Nippon India Consumption Fund-8.0%8.6%11.4%12.9%10.0%8.3%0.90%67/96
57Tata Banking & Financial Services Fund0.6%10.3%11.3%14.1%9.7%11.0%0.93%61/94
58HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund3.5%11.2%11.3%—9.8%11.1%0.98%28/28
59Nippon India Japan Equity Fund29.6%23.3%11.2%11.7%9.8%—1.37%25/84
60Baroda BNP Paribas Banking and Financial Services Fund2.7%13.2%11.1%11.7%9.7%11.5%1.08%48/96
61ICICI Prudential MNC Fund4.7%9.6%11.0%—9.7%10.2%1.21%52/53
62SBI Consumption Opportunities Fund-11.3%4.5%10.9%13.6%9.7%4.9%1.15%66/96
63Baroda BNP Paribas Business Cycle Fund3.4%12.0%10.9%—9.3%10.3%1.04%26/26
64UTI - Banking and Financial Services Fund1.9%11.8%10.7%10.6%9.5%10.8%1.45%50/96
65Mahindra Manulife Consumption Fund-6.9%9.1%10.7%—8.9%8.1%1.09%43/60
66Canara Robeco Consumption Fund-5.0%9.6%10.6%14.9%9.2%8.7%0.96%95/96
67HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund-6.2%8.4%10.6%—9.5%8.3%1.40%45/71
68Sundaram Consumption Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Rural and Consumption Fund)-6.4%8.2%10.3%11.2%9.3%8.3%1.67%49/96
69SBI Comma Fund9.5%14.6%10.1%15.1%9.4%12.7%1.24%68/96
70ICICI Prudential Quant Fund-0.7%10.6%9.9%—9.2%9.4%2.07%35/35
71Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund0.4%8.4%9.6%11.8%8.6%9.5%1.15%54/96
72Taurus Infrastructure Fund-11.4%6.3%9.6%12.5%9.0%6.3%2.05%63/96
73ICICI Prudential ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund-6.6%10.8%9.5%—8.2%9.0%1.26%36/37
74Franklin Asian Equity Fund33.7%23.9%9.3%10.4%8.3%19.0%1.25%27/96
75LIC MF Banking and Financial Services Fund-1.0%6.2%9.0%8.4%7.6%7.4%1.65%31/96
76ICICI Prudential Banking & Financial Services Fund-3.9%8.8%8.9%11.7%8.0%8.2%1.25%54/96
77Aditya Birla Sun Life Consumption Fund-8.0%7.6%8.7%13.1%7.5%6.9%0.98%92/96
78Axis Quant Fund-0.2%7.9%8.4%—6.7%6.9%2.73%26/28
79Taurus Banking & Financial Services Fund-3.9%7.0%8.4%12.0%7.5%6.9%1.84%52/96
80Taurus Ethical Fund-1.1%8.3%8.2%12.3%6.9%7.4%1.35%71/96
81SBI MNC Fund15.9%6.8%8.1%11.4%7.3%8.9%1.39%39/96
82UTI - India Consumer Fund-6.5%8.8%7.8%10.8%6.9%6.8%1.70%41/96
83UTI - MNC Fund-1.8%8.1%7.6%10.2%6.7%7.5%1.53%30/96
84SBI ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund-3.4%7.8%7.5%11.3%6.8%6.4%1.49%62/96
85SBI Equity Minimum Variance Fund-4.5%6.0%7.4%—7.0%5.4%0.53%51/56
86Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund-5.2%7.8%6.9%—5.2%6.4%1.16%23/35
87Aditya Birla Sun Life ESG Integration Strategy Fund-0.3%10.1%6.7%—5.3%7.7%1.44%18/35
88Quantum ESG Best In Class Strategy Fund-4.9%6.9%6.5%—5.3%5.8%0.82%35/52
89Invesco India ESG Integration Strategy Fund-2.7%8.3%6.4%—4.8%6.4%1.29%25/32
90Franklin India Technology Fund-10.6%7.8%6.3%16.0%5.2%6.2%1.16%81/96
91SBI Technology Opportunities Fund-8.5%7.5%6.2%16.8%5.0%5.4%1.04%81/96
92Tata Ethical Fund-7.7%3.8%5.5%11.0%4.2%3.0%0.82%52/96
93Aditya Birla Sun Life MNC Fund-8.7%5.4%5.0%8.1%4.3%4.6%1.47%16/96
94Axis ESG Integration Strategy Fund-4.2%8.0%5.0%—3.8%5.4%1.84%15/45
95DSP Quant Fund-3.9%6.0%4.0%—3.2%4.3%1.01%7/53
96ICICI Prudential Fmcg Fund-18.3%-3.9%3.7%9.1%2.8%-2.5%1.69%50/96
97Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund-7.3%3.4%3.2%17.1%2.0%2.5%1.07%67/96
98ICICI Prudential Technology Fund-10.0%4.5%2.4%17.1%1.5%2.0%1.21%66/96
99Tata Digital India Fund-12.5%3.5%2.2%17.0%0.8%0.7%0.67%77/94
—360 One Quant Fund-4.3%13.7%————1.16%24/24
—Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund7.1%12.0%————1.65%23/23
—Aditya Birla Sun Life Transportation and Logistics Fund14.9%—————1.06%—
—Axis Business Cycles Fund3.5%12.7%————1.60%—
—Bandhan Financial Services Fund0.3%13.7%————1.00%—
—Bandhan Transportation And Logistics Fund4.0%18.3%————1.08%13/13
—Baroda BNP Paribas India Consumption Fund-7.5%8.9%————1.00%20/20
—HDFC Business Cycle Fund2.6%10.7%————1.14%12/12
—HDFC Consumption Fund-7.5%9.1%————1.40%—
—HDFC Defence Fund26.3%36.9%————0.89%—
—HDFC MNC Fund2.0%6.9%————1.89%—
—HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund27.8%—————1.03%—
—HDFC Technology Fund-13.5%4.7%————1.09%—
—HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund8.0%24.3%————1.10%—
—HSBC Business Cycles Fund3.3%15.6%————1.12%12/12
—HSBC Consumption Fund2.1%15.1%————0.88%—
—HSBC Infrastructure Fund8.9%15.0%————1.10%12/12
—ICICI Prudential Housing Opportunities Fund-2.7%10.1%————1.24%19/19
—ICICI Prudential PSU Equity Fund2.7%18.8%————1.29%14/14
—ICICI Prudential Transportation And Logistics Fund7.1%21.3%————1.27%13/13
—ICICI Prudential Innovation Fund2.8%17.8%————1.24%—
—ITI Banking and Financial Services Fund4.3%10.4%————1.08%22/23
—ITI Pharma and Healthcare Fund13.9%19.0%————0.92%24/24
—Kotak Banking and Financial Services Fund2.4%11.1%————0.80%—
—Kotak Business Cycle Fund5.7%15.4%————0.77%13/13
—Kotak Consumption Fund-1.9%—————0.87%—
—Kotak Manufacture in India Fund17.5%20.1%————0.77%20/20
—Kotak Quant Fund-0.3%12.7%————1.58%—
—LIC MF Healthcare Fund14.9%21.0%————1.37%—
—Mahindra Manulife Business Cycle Fund6.0%16.4%————0.93%—
—Nippon India Innovation Fund1.1%13.4%————0.87%—
—Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund121.4%—————1.06%15/18
—Samco Active Momentum Fund17.9%15.3%————1.92%—
—Samco Flexi Cap Fund-5.2%-3.5%————1.83%0/21
—Tata Housing Opportunities Fund-2.3%6.9%————1.10%12/14
—UTI Innovation Fund-2.4%—————1.24%—
—Union Innovation & Opportunities Fund11.5%18.1%————1.01%—
—quant Bfsi Fund13.0%20.5%————1.95%—
—quant Business Cycle Fund5.7%11.1%————1.45%—
—quant Healthcare Fund21.8%20.6%————1.51%—
—quant Manufacturing Fund14.5%16.1%————1.45%—
—quant Momentum Fund8.1%—————1.88%—
—quant Teck Fund-6.2%3.0%————2.28%—

Direct plans, Growth option, to 30 Sep 2026. Funds that closed or merged are not in AMFI's current list, so the category looks a little better than investors actually did (survivorship). Returns are yearly (CAGR) from AMFI month-end NAVs of the Growth option. An index's return is measured through a low-cost index fund's direct plan, so it is a little below the index itself. Past returns do not tell you what a fund will do next, and this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund. Other categories: all mutual fund categories.

Key takeaways

Frequently asked questions

Which sectoral and thematic fund has given the highest returns?

Over the 5 years to 30 Sep 2026, SBI PSU Fund (direct plan) at 21.8% a year. Past returns do not predict future ones.

What is the average return of sectoral and thematic funds?

The median direct plan returned 12.0% a year over 5 years to 30 Sep 2026.

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