16 equity mutual funds offer over 30% return since last independence day. Do you own any?

A total of 16 equity mutual funds have offered more than 30% return since the last Independence Day, an analysis of the performance showed. There were nearly 619 equity and equity oriented funds in the said time period.A further analysis of the data showed that the top 41 funds in the list were international funds indicating an outperformance over the domestic funds.
The top two performers were from Mirae Asset Mutual Fund. Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF FoF and Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ETF FoF delivered 82.37% and 67.35% returns respectively since the last independence day.

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Invesco India – Invesco Global Consumer Trends FoF offered a return of 57.46% in the same period. Mirae Asset S&P 500 Top 50 ETF FoF posted a return of 47.50% since the last independence day in 2024. Edelweiss Gr China Equity Off-Shore Fund and Mirae Asset Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF FoF delivered 41.42% and 39.25% returns respectively in the said time period.Edelweiss US Technology Equity FOF delivered a return of 37.39% since the last independence day, followed by Axis Greater China Equity FoF which gave 36.67% return in the same period. Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund and Kotak NASDAQ 100 FoF delivered 36.63% and 31.31% returns respectively.Three Nasdaq based funds – Navi US Nasdaq100 FOF, ICICI Pru NASDAQ 100 Index Fund, and Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 FOF – delivered 30.68%, 30.54%, and 30.30% returns respectively in the said time period.

Mirae Asset Global Electric & Autonomous Vehicles Equity Passive FOF and Invesco India – Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 ETF FoF were the last ones to deliver over 30% return. These funds delivered 30.28% and 30.24% returns respectively since the last independence day.

Two other NASDAQ based funds – Aditya Birla SL NASDAQ 100 FOF and Axis NASDAQ 100 FoF – delivered 29.82% and 29.56% returns respectively since August 15, 2024.

Two banking & financial services funds – SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund and WOC Banking & Financial Services Fund – delivered 16.37% and 16.09% returns respectively in the mentioned time period.

Motilal Oswal Large Cap Fund delivered a return of 13.93% since the last independence day. SBI Healthcare Opp Fund delivered 11.70% since the last independence day.

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Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, the largest active fund and flexi cap fund based on assets managed, was the last one in the list to offer double-digit positive returns and delivered 10.12% return since the last independence day.

HDFC Defence Fund, the only actively managed defence sector based fund, posted a return of 8.81% since August 15, 2024.

HDFC Flexi Cap Fund and Kotak Pioneer Fund delivered 8.22% return each since the last independence day. Six arbitrage funds offered returns ranging between 6.58% to 6.66% in the same period.

Helios Flexi Cap Fund offered 6% return since the last independence day. Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund posted a return of 3.39% since August 15, 2024. Mirae Asset Midcap Fund delivered a return of 1.29% in the said time period.

Edelweiss Focused Fund was the last one to offer positive return and the fund offered 0.04% return in the similar time horizon.

Negative performers

The top two losers were from Quant Mutual Fund – Quant Manufacturing Fund and Quant PSU Fund – lost 16.67% and 16.49% respectively since the last independence day. Samco Flexi Cap Fund lost 15.30% in the said time period.

The five funds in the list of negative performers were from Quant Mutual Fund. Quant Consumption Fund, Quant Business Cycle Fund, Quant Multi Cap Fund, Quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund, and Quant Mid Cap Fund – lost 14.26%, 13.99%, 13.48%, 12.51%, 12.27% respectively in the mentioned time period.

Tata Ethical Fund was the last one to lose in double-digit in the mentioned time period. The fund lost 10% since August 15, 2024.

SBI Energy Opportunities Fund delivered a negative return of around 7.30% since the last independence day. Quant Small Cap Fund lost 6.38% in the same time period. Franklin Build India Fund lost the lowest of around 0.02% since the last independence day.

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We considered all equity and equity oriented funds including sectoral, thematic, and equity oriented hybrid funds. We considered regular and growth options. We calculated the performance between August 15, 2024 to August 13, 2025.

Note, the above exercise is not a recommendation. The exercise was done to find how equity mutual funds have performed since last independence day.

One should not make investment or redemption decisions based on the above exercise. One should always consider their risk appetite, investment horizon, and goals before making any investment decisions.