HDFC · Ultra Short Duration

HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund

Debt Scheme - Ultra Short Duration Fund Direct plan, growth benchmark: CRISIL Ultra Short Duration Debt A-I Index launched 18 Sep 2018 open-ended

At a glance

the fund as it stands today, from public disclosures

NAV, 21 Sep 2026

₹16.72

+0.06% since 18 Sep 2026, the previous NAV

1 year

6.5%

return

3 years

7.2%

a year

5 years

6.6%

a year

Since launch

6.6%

a year, over 8.0 years

Assets (AUM)

₹17,243 Cr

Aug 2026 factsheet

Expense ratio, Direct / Regular

0.39% / 0.75%

a year, as of Aug 2026

Holdings

126

top ten are 34% of the fund · Aug 2026

Disclosed history

2.3 yrs

Apr 2024 – Aug 2026 · 3 of 11 checks could run

Fund managers

not parsed from the factsheets yet

All managers →

What only Anveshan can tell you

measured from the disclosures, not quoted from a brochure — each links to how it was done

P5Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 0.34% a year more than Direct

₹5,962 on ₹1 lakh over ten years. Same portfolio, two prices — the difference is what the Regular plan's distribution costs you, read from the two NAVs.

See how it is measured →

P7Whose record

Not known yet: no factsheet named a manager for this fund.

How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

See what is missing →

NAVTracking gap

Not replicated: the portfolio cannot be priced line by line in this build.

Each day, the NAV the fund published against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at that day's prices. A gap that opens and stays is a change the fund has made and not disclosed yet.

See the daily gap →

P4Consistency

Beat its category in 34% of three-year stretches, yet averaged 0.0 points a year across all of them

61 rolling windows since 2018 · ahead by 0.2 points a year when it won, behind by 0.0 when it lost. A single five-year figure depends on the day you look; the share of stretches won does not — and the average margin says whether winning often was worth anything.

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NAV and drawdown

Direct plan, growth class · as of 21 Sep 2026

Month-end NAV, indexed to 100 at Sep 2018

97 month-ends · ₹10.01 → ₹16.72, 1.7× since Sep 2018

Deepest fall (max drawdown)

−0.1%

6 Jul 2026 → 8 Jul 2026

Worst month

0.2%

May 2026

Days to recover

from the deepest trough back to the old high

Drawdown is measured on the last year of daily NAV; trailing returns are CAGR of the direct growth class. A single end date decides them — the consistency card (P4) below is the record that does not, and it reports both how often the fund beat its category and by how much, because the first without the second can point the wrong way.

Holdings

Aug 2026 disclosure · 126 lines · when each was first held and the change over the last three disclosures

#	Holding	Sector	Weight	First held	Held for	3-mo change
1	National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development^ derivative	—	7.74%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.18%
2	182 Days Tbill Mat 311226^ derivative	—	4.50%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+4.50%
3	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	4.35%	Dec 2025	9 mo	-0.25%
4	182 Days TBILL MAT 140127^ derivative	—	3.37%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+3.37%
5	Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd.^ derivative	—	2.82%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+2.82%
6	Yes Bank Ltd.^ derivative	—	2.78%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.06%
7	TREPS / cash equivalents TREPS - Tri-party Repo · money market	—	2.50%	Apr 2024	2.4 yrs	-1.55%
8	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	2.14%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+2.14%
9	IIFL CAPITAL SERVICES LIMITED^ derivative	—	2.10%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+2.10%
10	Punjab National Bank money market	—	2.09%	Feb 2026	7 mo	+0.66%
11	Indian Overseas Bank^ derivative	—	2.08%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.19%
12	Radhakrishna Securitisation Trust (Originator - Jamnagar Utilities & Power Private Limited)^ derivative	—	1.97%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.10%
13	Mindspace Business Parks REIT^ derivative	—	1.95%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+1.95%
14	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. corporate bond	—	1.71%	Apr 2025	1.4 yrs	-0.08%
15	REC Limited.^ derivative	—	1.71%	Jul 2025	1.2 yrs	+1.41%
16	ADITYA BIRLA RENEWABLES LIMITED^ derivative	—	1.58%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	+1.28%
17	Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	1.58%	Apr 2026	5 mo	-0.07%
18	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. corporate bond	—	1.43%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.07%
19	Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd corporate bond	—	1.41%	Oct 2025	11 mo	-0.07%
20	TATA Capital Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	1.40%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.03%
21	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited^ derivative	—	1.38%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.04%
22	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. money market	—	1.38%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-1.45%
23	Net Current Assets cash equivalent	—	1.30%	Apr 2024	2.4 yrs	+0.31%
24	360 One Prime Limited^ derivative	—	1.14%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.05%
25	182 Days TBILL MAT 221026 government security	—	1.14%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+1.14%
26	BROOKFIELD INDIA REAL ESTATE TRUST^ derivative	—	1.13%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.05%
27	Union Bank of India^ derivative	—	1.12%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+1.12%
28	Canara Bank^ derivative	—	1.11%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+1.11%
29	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	1.08%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+1.08%
30	LIC Housing Finance Ltd. corporate bond	—	1.00%	Mar 2025	1.5 yrs	-0.05%
31	National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development^ derivative	—	0.97%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.02%
32	360 One Prime Limited^ derivative	—	0.94%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.05%
33	Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.94%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+0.94%
34	ONGC Petro Additions Limited (Letter Of Comfort By ONGC Limited)^ derivative	—	0.89%	Apr 2025	1.4 yrs	+0.26%
35	Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd^ derivative	—	0.86%	May 2025	1.3 yrs	+0.71%
36	Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd^ derivative	—	0.86%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.86%
37	Truhome Finance Limited^ derivative	—	0.86%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.86%
38	Globe Capital Market Ltd^ derivative	—	0.85%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.85%
39	Bank of Baroda^ derivative	—	0.84%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.31%
40	Canara Bank money market	—	0.83%	Mar 2026	6 mo	+0.55%
41	IDFC First Bank Limited^ derivative	—	0.83%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.02%
42	Bharti Telecom Limited^ derivative	—	0.82%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.04%
43	REC Limited.^ derivative	—	0.77%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.03%
44	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. corporate bond	—	0.71%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.04%
45	Power Finance Corporation Ltd. corporate bond	—	0.71%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.03%
46	Infina Finance Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.71%	Dec 2025	9 mo	-0.16%
47	Godrej Properties Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.57%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.57%
48	Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.57%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.03%
49	Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd^ derivative	—	0.57%	Nov 2025	10 mo	-0.02%
50	SBFC Finance Limited^ derivative	—	0.57%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.57%
51	SK FINANCE LIMITED^ derivative	—	0.57%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.57%
52	SMFG India Home Finance Company Ltd^ derivative	—	0.57%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.02%
53	182 Days TBILL MAT 19112026^ derivative	—	0.57%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.57%
54	Axis Bank Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.56%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.56%
55	Punjab National Bank^ derivative	—	0.56%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+0.56%
56	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	0.56%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.56%
57	Julius Baer Capital (India) Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.56%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.01%
58	Julius Baer Capital (India) Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.56%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.01%
59	Indian Overseas Bank^ derivative	—	0.55%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.55%
60	Punjab & Sind Bank^ derivative	—	0.55%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.02%
61	LIC Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.54%	May 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.02%
62	Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.48%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.48%
63	360 One Prime Limited^ derivative	—	0.43%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.43%
64	Bharti Telecom Limited corporate bond	—	0.43%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.02%
65	Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.43%	Dec 2025	9 mo	+0.13%
66	National Housing Bank^ derivative	—	0.43%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.02%
67	Nexus Select Trust REIT^ derivative	—	0.43%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.43%
68	ONGC Petro Additions Limited (Letter Of Comfort By ONGC Limited)^ derivative	—	0.43%	May 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.02%
69	Power Finance Corporation Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.43%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.02%
70	Torrent Power Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.43%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.43%
71	Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd^ derivative	—	0.41%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
72	IGH Holdings Private Limited^ derivative	—	0.41%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
73	Muthoot Fincorp Limited^ derivative	—	0.38%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
74	REC Limited.^ derivative	—	0.37%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.37%
75	Jubilant Beverages Limited^ derivative	—	0.35%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.01%
76	CanFin Homes Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.34%	Nov 2025	10 mo	-0.02%
77	Tata Teleservices Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.33%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
78	Globe Fincap Ltd^ derivative	—	0.29%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.29%
79	Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.29%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.29%
80	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	0.29%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.29%
81	TATA Capital Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.29%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	-0.01%
82	Jubilant Bevco Limited^ derivative	—	0.29%	Jun 2025	1.3 yrs	0.00%
83	Corporate Debt Market Development Fund structured product	—	0.29%	Apr 2024	2.4 yrs	-0.01%
84	Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.28%	Jul 2025	1.2 yrs	-0.01%
85	MAS Financial Services Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.28%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.28%
86	Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.28%	May 2026	4 mo	-0.02%
87	Bank of Baroda^ derivative	—	0.28%	Mar 2026	6 mo	0.00%
88	Bank of India^ derivative	—	0.28%	Feb 2026	7 mo	0.00%
89	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. money market	—	0.28%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.01%
90	Yes Bank Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.28%	Mar 2026	6 mo	0.00%
91	Kotak Mahindra Prime Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.28%	Dec 2025	9 mo	-0.01%
92	NHPC Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.26%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.01%
93	Indigo 049 (Originator - Muthoot Capital Services Limited)^ derivative	—	0.25%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.08%
94	Power Finance Corporation Ltd. corporate bond	—	0.23%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.01%
95	Indigo 043 (Originator - Muthoot Capital Services Limited)^ derivative	—	0.21%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.11%
96	360 One Prime Limited^ derivative	—	0.20%	Oct 2025	11 mo	-0.01%
97	LIC Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.20%	Nov 2025	10 mo	-0.01%
98	Aavas Financiers Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.17%	Apr 2025	1.4 yrs	-0.01%
99	MANKIND PHARMA LIMITED corporate bond	—	0.17%	Oct 2024	1.9 yrs	-0.01%
100	Vastu Finserve India Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.17%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.17%
101	Vastu Finserve India Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.17%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.17%
102	Vastu Finserve India Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.17%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.17%
103	Bharti Telecom Limited^ derivative	—	0.14%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.01%
104	L&T Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
105	LIC Housing Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.01%
106	Motilal Oswal Home Fin Ltd. (Erst Aspire Home Fin)^ derivative	—	0.14%	Jun 2026	3 mo	+0.14%
107	Muthoot Finance Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Dec 2025	9 mo	-0.01%
108	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev. corporate bond	—	0.14%	Mar 2026	6 mo	-0.01%
109	NHPC Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.01%
110	Pipeline Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Aug 2026	1 mo	+0.14%
111	Power Finance Corporation Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Aug 2025	1.1 yrs	-0.01%
112	Power Finance Corporation Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.14%
113	REC Limited.^ derivative	—	0.14%	Jul 2025	1.2 yrs	-0.01%
114	Small Industries Development Bank^ derivative	—	0.14%	Sep 2025	1.0 yrs	-0.01%
115	SMFG India Home Finance Company Ltd^ derivative	—	0.14%	Nov 2025	10 mo	-0.01%
116	364 Days TBILL MAT 191126^ derivative	—	0.14%	Jul 2026	2 mo	+0.14%
117	7.23% Tamil Nadu Mat 261026^ derivative	—	0.11%	Oct 2025	11 mo	-0.01%
118	7.24% Uttar Pradesh Mat 261026^ derivative	—	0.11%	Oct 2025	11 mo	-0.01%
119	Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.06%	Jul 2025	1.2 yrs	0.00%
120	Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.06%	Jul 2025	1.2 yrs	0.00%
121	Power Finance Corporation Ltd.^ derivative	—	0.06%	Dec 2025	9 mo	0.00%
122	Bank of Baroda money market	—	0.06%	Feb 2026	7 mo	-0.51%
123	7.15% Kerala SDL - Mat 131026^ derivative	—	0.03%	Oct 2025	11 mo	0.00%
124	National Bank for Agri & Rural Dev.^ derivative	—	0.03%	Mar 2026	6 mo	0.00%
125	Jamnagar Utilities & Power Pvt. Limited corporate bond	—	0.01%	Apr 2024	2.4 yrs	-0.78%
126	364 Days TBILL ISD 080426 MAT 080427^ derivative	—	0.01%	Apr 2026	5 mo	0.00%

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Largest sectors, latest disclosure

Not yet computable. Sector labels come from the disclosures; none were mapped for this fund.

By market cap, latest disclosure

Not yet computable. Needs cap tiers for every holding.

The seven checks, in full

each: the plain claim, where it sits in the category, and — folded — how it is measured and the case against. A flag fires only where headline and record disagree.

P4 Consistency, not a single end date

Beat its category in 34% of three-year stretches, yet averaged 0.0 points a year across all of them

61 rolling windows since 2018 · ahead by 0.2 points a year when it won, behind by 0.0 when it lost

What this means. Take every three-year stretch since the fund had a NAV, one starting each month, and ask two things of each: did it beat the typical fund in its category, and by how much. Counting the wins tells you the record does not depend on when you happen to look; averaging the margin tells you whether winning often was worth anything, because four small wins do not pay for one large loss.

How often, and by how much. It lost more windows than it won, but the wins were bigger. Ahead by 0.2 points a year in the 20 windows it won and behind by 0.0 in the 36 it lost, so the average across all 61 is 0.0 points. The worst window ended Jun 2026, 0.1 points behind. Counting windows makes this fund look worse than the arithmetic does.

No category distribution for this measure yet.

windows measured61windows won21average across every window+0.05 pts a year · median −0.02when ahead, by how much+0.23 pts a year over 20 windowswhen behind, by how much−0.05 pts a year over 36 windowsworst window−0.09 pts a year, ended Jun 2026best window+0.39 pts a year, ended Sep 2021non-overlapping windows in that span2 — the rolling count overlaps, this does not

Fund minus category, each rolling three-year window

ahead of categorybehind

Each bar is one window's margin in percentage points a year. The height of the bars, not the count of green ones, is what the average across every window measures.

How it is measured, and the case against

A fund that beats its category in most rolling three-year windows has a record; one that beats it in a few has an end date. How often it won and by how much are different questions, and this card answers both, because a fund can win four windows in five and still be behind across all five.

How often has it beaten its category, across every window?

Why this might matterRolling every three-year window forward month by month gives hundreds of overlapping observations instead of one. A single end date decides a headline five-year figure; the share of windows won cannot be flattered by when you happen to look. The average margin across every window is that share and the payoff multiplied together — win share x average beat plus loss share x average shortfall is exactly the average — so a high share bought with a few ruinous windows cannot hide behind the count.

Why it might notRolling windows overlap heavily, so they are not independent observations and the true sample is far smaller than the count suggests — the card says how many non-overlapping windows the same span holds, and it is usually a handful. A fund that changed manager or mandate carries a record that is only partly its own. The average margin is only as meaningful as the category: where a category is a grab bag (“Other ETFs” holds gold beside equity), a large shortfall says the comparison is wrong, not that the fund is. And none of this forecasts: our own study found the share of windows won does not predict the next three years, and weighting it by payoff gives no reason to think otherwise.

P5 Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 0.34% a year more than Direct

₹5,962 on ₹1 lakh over ten years

What this means. The Regular and Direct plans hold the same portfolio; the Regular one pays a distributor out of your money every day. The gap between the two NAVs is that cost, measured from the NAVs rather than quoted from a document.

No category distribution for this measure yet.

on ₹1,00,000 over ten years₹5,962Direct vs Regular, annualised6.6% vs 6.3%measured over8 years

How it is measured, and the case against

The Direct plan is the same portfolio, priced differently; the divergence of the two NAVs is the cost, measured rather than quoted.

What does the Regular plan actually cost against its Direct twin?

Why this might matterSame manager, same holdings, same day. The gap between the two NAV series is the one number on this page that is knowable today rather than hoped for, and it compounds for as long as the units are held.

Why it might notA Regular plan buys advice. If that advice stops someone selling in a drawdown it can be worth more than the fee — the cost is visible and the behavioural saving is not, which makes this comparison unfair in exactly one direction.

P1 Churn, and what it bought

Not measurable yet. Needs at least two consecutive monthly disclosures.

What this means. How much of the portfolio was bought and sold in a year, computed from what the fund disclosed each month. Trading costs something certain; the extra return it is meant to buy is not.

How it is measured, and the case against

Turnover measured from consecutive disclosures — Σ|Δweight|/2 — costs something certain; the excess return it is meant to buy is not.

Is the trading paying for itself?

Why this might matterAMCs define their own turnover figure inconsistently. This one is computed from what the fund disclosed month to month, so two funds are comparable on it. Read it beside the excess return per unit of turnover.

Why it might notTurnover computed from month-end snapshots misses everything bought and sold inside a month, and a fund forced to sell by redemptions is charged for churn it did not choose.

P2 Conviction or inertia

Not measurable yet. Needs the holdings history for this fund; not computed yet.

What this means. How long a typical top-10 position has been in the top ten. Long-held positions are a decision; a top ten that changes every quarter is a reaction.

How it is measured, and the case against

The median months a top-10 position has been held separates a portfolio somebody chose from one that drifted.

How long does a top-10 position stay a top-10 position?

Why this might matterConcentration is how a manager expresses conviction, and persistence is how long they keep it. Long-held positions with a rising weight are a decision; a top ten that turns over every quarter is a reaction.

Why it might notPersistence without active share is inertia: a portfolio of 166 names that tracks its category closely has diversified away the reason to pay for it. Active share needs index constituent files, which are not loaded yet.

P3 Hit rate of the top ten

Not measurable yet. Detector not yet written: needs each disclosure's top ten joined to six months of forward prices. Holdings and prices are in hand.

What this means. Take each month's ten largest holdings and check whether each one beat the typical stock its category holds over the next six months, and by how much. A blended return can hide two wins and eight losses; a count of wins can hide one position that lost half its value.

How it is measured, and the case against

A manager's largest bets, judged one by one over the following six months, say more than the fund's blended return — and how far each one beat or missed the median stock says more than counting how many did.

Of its top-10 positions, how often did they beat the category-median stock?

Why this might matterA fund can beat its category on two positions and lose on eight; the hit rate shows the pattern the aggregate hides. The average margin then shows what the hit rate hides in turn: six winners worth a point each do not pay for four losers worth ten, and only the margin says which happened.

Why it might notSix months is short, sizing matters more than counting, and a manager who is right on the biggest position and wrong on nine small ones has done their job — the margins here are unweighted, so they answer the counting question better, not the sizing one. Overlapping disclosures judge the same position again each month it is held, so one long-held winner is counted many times. And this is a description of six months already past, not a forecast of the next six.

P6 Size against edge

₹17,243 Cr; 10% of growth came from inflows

Regular plan expense ratio 0.75% a year

What this means. Where the fund sits by size in its category, and how much of its growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding. A very large fund cannot buy what a small one can; size should buy a lower fee in return.

No category distribution for this measure yet.

expense ratio, Regular / Direct0.75% / 0.39% · category median 0.80%AUM, Sep 2023 → Aug 2026₹13,777 Cr → ₹17,243 Cr (+8% a year)of that change, from flows rather than returns10% net inflows · NAV +23% over the window

Assets under management, ₹ crore, Sep 2018 – Aug 2026

45 points · months without a factsheet figure use AMFI's quarterly average · Regular-plan expense ratio 0.60% in Sep 2018 → 0.75% in Sep 2026

How it is measured, and the case against

Past a certain size the smaller end of a mandate becomes unreachable, and the fund starts to look like its index; what size should buy in return is a lower expense ratio.

Has the fund outgrown the universe it invests in — and did size buy a lower fee?

Why this might matterSize narrows what the manager can meaningfully hold and should lower what the investor pays. Read the AUM history beside the expense ratio: a fund that has tripled through inflows while its Regular-plan TER sits above the category median has kept the benefit of scale for the house. The flow decomposition says how much of the growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding.

Why it might notScale funds research teams, and plenty of large funds have gone on compounding for decades. Inflows follow performance, so a fund growing fast is usually one that did well; the constraint is real but not automatically binding, and a TER is a ceiling the AMC can cut at any time.

P7 Whose record is this

Not measurable yet. Needs manager names from the monthly factsheet archive; none were parsed for this fund yet.

What this means. How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

How it is measured, and the case against

A record earned under different people is not evidence about these ones.

Does the displayed record predate the people running it?

Why this might matterA five-year figure on a fund whose longest-serving manager joined two years ago is the house's record more than the person's. The tenure here comes from what each monthly factsheet named, so a change of hands is dated to the month it was disclosed, and the fund's return against its category can be read over exactly those months.

Why it might notFund houses have processes, research desks and mandates that outlast individuals, so a manager change is not a reset. Co-managed funds attribute the same months to every named manager, and a factsheet names the manager of record, not necessarily the person making the calls.

Tracking gap

the NAV the fund published, against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at each day's prices

No signal. About 100% of this fund is outside listed Indian equity — a foreign or derivative sleeve, or debt — and there are no daily prices to replicate it with. A wrong signal would be worse than none.

Share classes

latest NAV per AMFI code

Plan	Option	NAV	Date
direct HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Direct Plan-Growth Option	growth	₹16.72	21 Sep 2026
direct HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Direct Plan-Weekly IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.06	21 Sep 2026
direct HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Direct Plan-Monthly IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.09	21 Sep 2026
direct HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Direct Plan-Daily IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.09	21 Sep 2026
regular HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Growth Option	growth	₹16.30	21 Sep 2026
regular HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Monthly IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.19	21 Sep 2026
regular HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Weekly IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.06	21 Sep 2026
regular HDFC Ultra Short Term Fund - Daily IDCW Option	idcw	₹10.10	21 Sep 2026

The Direct / Regular gap, in rupees

Direct growth NAV: ₹16.72
Regular growth NAV: ₹16.30
NAV divergence to date: 2.6% — same portfolio, priced differently
Regular costs more by: 0.34% a year
On ₹1,00,000 over ten years: ₹5,962

A Regular plan buys advice. The fee is visible and the behavioural saving is not; both are shown, neither is netted off.

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