Equity mutual funds gain up to 6% in February, LIC MF Value Fund tops return chart

Synopsis Equity mutual funds saw a mixed performance in February, with many delivering positive returns up to 6%. LIC MF Value Fund led the pack, followed by several smallcap and midcap funds. However, a significant number of funds experienced negative returns, with some losing over 3%. Investors are advised to base decisions on personal risk appetite and goals. Equity mutual funds have delivered upto 6% return in the month of February, an analysis by ETMutualFunds showed. There were 300 funds in the said time and of these 233 gave positive returns, one failed to deliver return and 66 funds gave negative returns. LIC MF Value Fund delivered the highest return of 6% in February, followed by three smallcap funds. DSP Smallcap Fund, Invesco India Smallcap Fund, and Union Smallcap Fund gave 4.7%, 4.4%, and 4.3% returns respectively in the said month. Best MF to invest Looking for the best mutual funds to invest? Here are our recommendations. View Details » Also Read | Silver and gold ETFs jump upto 18% as US-Israel attacks on Iran fuel safe-haven demand. What should investors do? Samco Large & Midcap Fund and Nippon India Growth Midcap Fund posted returns of 4% each in February. Capitalmind Flexi Cap Fund, a flexi cap fund by Capitalmind Mutual Fund, posted a gain of 3.5% in the same period. Live Events Two midcaps, DSP Midcap Fund and SBI Midcap Fund, posted returns of 3% respectively. Two funds from Quant Mutual Fund, Quant Flexi Cap Fund and Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund, delivered 3% returns respectively. Three funds, Kotak Multicap Fund, LIC MF Multi Cap Fund, and Bajaj Finserv Smallcap Fund, yielded 2% each in February. Nippon India Small Cap Fund, the largest small cap fund based on assets managed, posted a return of 2% in February. Abakkus Flexi Cap Fund, managed by Sunil Singhania led Abakkus Mutual Fund, delivered a return of 2% in February, followed by Edelweiss Focused Fund which gave 2% return in the same period. Quant Midcap Fund and HDFC Focused Fund gave 1.7% return each in February. Two funds from HDFC Mutual Fund, HDFC Midcap Fund and HDFC Large Cap Fund, gave 1.09% and 1.08% returns respectively. Quant Smallcap Fund posted a gain of 0.78% in February. Qsif Equity Long-Short Fund, by Quant Mutual Fund, posted a gain of 0.71%. DSP Large Cap Fund and HDFC ELSS Tax saver were the last ones to offer positive returns of around 0.04% each. Two funds from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, Motilal Oswal Multi Cap Fund and Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund, lost the most of around 3.3% and 3.25% respectively in February. Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, the largest active fund and flexi cap fund based on assets managed, posted a negative return of 1.72% in the said time period. WOC Large Cap Fund and Qsif Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund delivered a negative return of 1.02% each in February. Baroda BNP Paribas ELSS Tax Saver Fund and Edelweiss Multi Cap Fund lost 0.16% each in the same period. Also Read | NFO Insight: Will TRUSTMF Mid Cap Fund’s GARV and LIM strategy help identify quality mid-cap opportunities? Mahindra Manulife Flexi Cap Fund was the last one in the list who lost the lowest of around 0.01% in February. We considered all equity mutual funds. We considered regular and growth options. We calculated the performance from February 1, 2026 to February 27, 2026. Note, the above exercise is not a recommendation. The exercise was done to find how equity mutual funds performed in February. One should not make investment or redemption decisions based on the above exercise. One should always make investment decisions based on their risk appetite, investment horizon, and goals. (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times) If you have any mutual fund queries, message on ET Mutual Funds on Facebook/Twitter. We will get it answered by our panel of experts. Do share your questions on ETMFqueries@timesinternet.in alongwith your age, risk profile, and twitter handle (Catch all the Mutual Fund News, Breaking News, Budget 2024 Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online. ...moreless (Catch all the Mutual Fund News, Breaking News, Budget 2024 Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online. ...moreless Battlefields and barrels: The explosive link between war and crude Tax certainty will attract larger investors, patient capital to GIFT City: IFSCA chairman Why Maruti chose China’s BYD over Make in India for its first EV Out, then in again: How AI put consulting back on IT’s hotlist India’s post-pandemic K-shaped recovery is flattening. Here’s why Stock Radar: Laurus Labs stock showing signs of recovery after falling from January 2026 highs – time to buy? 1 2 3