Best Sectoral/ Thematic Mutual Funds
Sectoral and Thematic funds concentrate on a single sector or investment theme, so they are undiversified by design. Returns depend heavily on entering and exiting the theme at the right point in its cycle.
We currently track 185 direct-plan Sectoral/ Thematic schemes from 24 fund houses with a median 5-year CAGR of 10.8%. Every figure below is calculated from official daily NAV history and refreshed each day. Use the column headers to re-rank the table by any period — the best 1-year performer is often not the best over 5 or 10 years, which is exactly why we default to the longer horizon.
Showing 50 of 185 schemes · sorted by Y5 high to low · page 1 of 4
- LIC MF Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthLIC · Equity₹60.81#11Y+6.34%3Y+21.38%5Y+20.45%10Y+17.38%
- Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹37.65#21Y+2.87%3Y+16.88%5Y+20.21%10Y—
- SBI PSU FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI · Equity₹35.64#31Y-1.62%3Y+17.75%5Y+20.09%10Y+13.18%
- BANK OF INDIA MANUFACTURING & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthBank of India · Equity₹77.47#41Y+14.69%3Y+20.55%5Y+19.56%10Y+19.12%
- ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹206.76#51Y-3.37%3Y+15.03%5Y+18.63%10Y+17.28%
- SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI · Equity₹573.02#61Y+15.02%3Y+22.40%5Y+17.45%10Y+14.52%
- quant Quantamental Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionQuant · Equity₹25.46#71Y+3.72%3Y+13.61%5Y+17.45%10Y—
- Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionKotak Mahindra · Equity₹81.25#81Y+4.72%3Y+14.96%5Y+17.30%10Y+15.92%
- Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund - Direct Plan - ayout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal optionKotak Mahindra · Equity₹80.32#91Y+4.72%3Y+14.96%5Y+17.30%10Y+15.80%
- HDFC Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionHDFC · Equity₹49.58#101Y-6.54%3Y+11.93%5Y+17.04%10Y+11.30%
- quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionQuant · Equity₹41.52#111Y+17.68%3Y+16.30%5Y+17.04%10Y—
- ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - CumulativeICICI Prudential · Equity₹39.81#121Y+3.67%3Y+17.40%5Y+16.82%10Y—
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹116.61#131Y+11.30%3Y+15.51%5Y+16.46%10Y+14.76%
- Franklin India Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthFranklin Templeton · Equity₹285.62#141Y-0.14%3Y+18.76%5Y+16.33%10Y+16.25%
- Franklin Build India Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthFranklin Templeton · Equity₹155.81#151Y-5.18%3Y+13.68%5Y+16.30%10Y+16.46%
- Quant Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionQuant · Equity₹43.96#161Y+4.75%3Y+15.60%5Y+16.15%10Y+20.00%
- ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - CumulativeICICI Prudential · Equity₹37.78#171Y-4.21%3Y+12.28%5Y+15.08%10Y—
- UTI - Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthUTI · Equity₹370.68#181Y+12.11%3Y+22.02%5Y+14.90%10Y+14.47%
- Kotak Pioneer Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthKotak Mahindra · Equity₹38.74#191Y+8.55%3Y+20.34%5Y+14.45%10Y—
- Tata Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹186.11#201Y+0.39%3Y+10.35%5Y+14.44%10Y+14.31%
- SBI INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI · Equity₹51.78#211Y-1.47%3Y+10.83%5Y+14.19%10Y+14.62%
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Manufacturing Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹42.58#221Y+18.24%3Y+19.70%5Y+13.77%10Y+13.41%
- ITI Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionITI · Equity₹19.04#231Y+7.22%3Y+18.30%5Y+13.74%10Y—
- Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹37.12#241Y+3.40%3Y+17.63%5Y+13.58%10Y+14.53%
- ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹24.74#251Y-6.39%3Y+13.26%5Y+13.47%10Y—
- Sundaram Infrastructure Advantage Fund (Erstwhile Sundaram Capex Opportunities) - Direct Plan - GROWTHSundaram · Equity₹101.56#261Y-0.22%3Y+13.35%5Y+13.45%10Y+13.85%
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹38.66#271Y+12.48%3Y+19.56%5Y+13.38%10Y—
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹30.30#281Y+11.44%3Y+17.92%5Y+13.06%10Y—
- ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹89.73#291Y+18.80%3Y+17.90%5Y+12.80%10Y+16.69%
- ICICI Prudential Exports & Services Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹179.27#301Y-0.31%3Y+13.18%5Y+12.79%10Y+13.70%
- Sundaram Financial Services Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHSundaram · Equity₹119.29#311Y+2.58%3Y+11.11%5Y+12.57%10Y+14.07%
- Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹57.68#321Y+18.08%3Y+22.69%5Y+12.55%10Y+14.02%
- Tata Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹19.18#331Y-3.94%3Y+9.10%5Y+12.49%10Y—
- UTI - Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthUTI · Equity₹142.66#341Y-3.82%3Y+10.44%5Y+11.86%10Y+11.91%
- Tata India Consumer Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹53.57#351Y+2.03%3Y+13.11%5Y+11.72%10Y+16.40%
- Nippon India Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionNippon India · Equity₹74.34#361Y-4.98%3Y+11.53%5Y+11.53%10Y+13.58%
- Sundaram Services Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHSundaram · Equity₹38.17#371Y-0.85%3Y+12.29%5Y+11.51%10Y—
- SBI BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI · Equity₹47.48#381Y-2.50%3Y+14.59%5Y+11.29%10Y+14.77%
- Tata Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹49.68#391Y-2.01%3Y+10.20%5Y+10.98%10Y+14.18%
- HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionHDFC · Equity₹18.35#401Y+0.99%3Y+11.11%5Y+10.85%10Y—
- Edelweiss Recently Listed IPO Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthEdelweiss · Equity₹35.82#411Y+21.86%3Y+17.26%5Y+10.68%10Y—
- Tata Resources & Energy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionTata · Equity₹54.71#421Y+1.74%3Y+13.69%5Y+10.61%10Y+15.47%
- Baroda BNP Paribas Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionBaroda BNP Paribas · Equity₹54.02#431Y-0.52%3Y+13.00%5Y+10.51%10Y+11.83%
- Baroda BNP Paribas Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionBaroda BNP Paribas · Equity₹16.59#441Y+0.27%3Y+11.65%5Y+10.35%10Y—
- ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹25.29#451Y-8.70%3Y+7.41%5Y+10.22%10Y—
- UTI - Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthUTI · Equity₹216.59#461Y-1.65%3Y+11.47%5Y+10.17%10Y+10.73%
- ICICI Prudential MNC Fund - Direct Plan - GrowthICICI Prudential · Equity₹31.33#471Y+1.16%3Y+8.91%5Y+10.04%10Y—
- HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth OptionHDFC · Equity₹21.94#481Y-9.56%3Y+6.85%5Y+9.56%10Y—
- SBI CONSUMPTION OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - GrowthSBI · Equity₹304.42#491Y-13.38%3Y+3.32%5Y+9.38%10Y+13.36%
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTHAditya Birla Sun Life · Equity₹68.01#501Y-1.19%3Y+8.59%5Y+9.32%10Y+11.91%
Sectoral/ Thematic funds — frequently asked questions
Which Sectoral/ Thematic fund has the highest 5-year CAGR?
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth currently leads the Sectoral/ Thematic category with a 5-year CAGR of 20.4%. Past returns describe what already happened and do not predict future performance — treat the ranking as a starting point for research, not a recommendation.
What is a good 5-year return for a Sectoral/ Thematic fund?
Across the 185 Sectoral/ Thematic schemes we track, the median 5-year CAGR is 10.8%. Comparing a fund against that median, rather than against the category's single best performer, is a more realistic benchmark.
How is CAGR calculated on this page?
CAGR is the compound annual growth rate between the NAV on the horizon start date and the latest NAV, using growth-plan NAVs published by the AMCs. Where a scheme's NAV history has a gap or a re-denomination, we adjust for it rather than report a distorted figure. Expense ratios are already reflected in NAV; exit loads and taxes are not.
Why does this list only show direct plans?
Direct plans have no distributor commission, so their expense ratio is lower and their NAV growth is higher than the regular plan of the same scheme. Showing both would list every fund twice, so we rank direct plans only.