54% equity mutual funds outperformed their benchmarks in April
equity mutual funds have managed to outperform their respective benchmarks in April, an analysis of performance of categories showed. There were around 265 schemes in the market during the said period.
Out of 265 equity schemes, 143 schemes outperformed their benchmarks in April. We considered regular and growth options only.
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Value funds had an outperformance percentage of 70% in April. There were 20 schemes in the category and 14 schemes managed to beat their benchmarks. The ELSS fund and large & mid cap funds had an outperformance percentage of 69% and 66%, respectively.
The large cap funds had an outperformance percentage of 65%. There were 31 schemes and around 20 schemes managed to outperform their respective benchmarks.
Three categories — flexi cap funds, multi cap funds, and focused funds — had similar outperformance percentages of around 54%. Mid cap funds had an outperformance of 38%. Out of 29 mid cap schemes, 11 schemes managed to beat their respective benchmarks.
Small cap funds had the lowest outperformance percentage of around 7%. The category had an underperformance percentage of 93% in April. Out of 27 small cap funds only two
