Quant Small Cap Fund hikes stake in Gland Pharma & 2 other stocks, exits Siemens Energy, PG Electroplast in August

Quant Small Cap Fund, the largest fund managed by Quant Mutual Fund, has increased its stake in Gland Pharma and two other stocks in August whereas has made complete exit from Siemens Energy India and PG Electroplast in the same period.

The three stocks where it increased its stake were Gland Pharma, Ethos, and Aster DM Healthcare. Around 7.55 lakh shares of Gland Pharma were added to the portfolio taking the total number of shares to 13.76 lakh in August compared to 6.21 lakh in July. The fund added 2.51 lakh shares of Aster DM Healthcare and 16,000 shares of Ethos in the said time horizon.

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The small cap fund made a complete exit from Siemens Energy India and PG Electroplast by selling around 7.20 lakh shares and 14.06 lakh shares respectively in August.

This small cap fund reduced its stake in nearly eight stocks which includes Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Anupam Rasayan India, Bikaji Foods International, HP Adhesives, India Shelter Fin Corp, Jana Small Finance Bank, One Source Speciality Pharma, and Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts.

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Among these eight stocks, the maximum number of stocks of Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail of around 1.41 crore taking the total number of shares to 1.80 crore in August compared to 3.22 crore in July. Around 10.18 lakh shares of Bikaji Foods International were sold out from the portfolio and 98,283 shares of One Source Specialty Pharma were sold out from the portfolio in the said time period.

The exposure in nearly 85 stocks remained unchanged which included Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Anthem Biosciences, Balrampur Chini Mills, Castrol India, Jio Financial Services, Jubilant Pharmova, Juniper Hotels, Laxmi Dental, LIC, NCC, ONGC, Oriental Hotels, RIL, RBL Bank, Sula Vineyards, Vinati Organics, Welspun Enterprises, and Zydus Wellness.

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The small cap fund did not add any new stock to its portfolio in the said time period. The total number of stocks in the portfolio in August were 96 whereas in July, the total number of stocks in the portfolio were 98.

The primary investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate capital appreciation & provide long-term growth opportunities by investing in a portfolio of small cap companies.

Launched in October 1996, the fund had an AUM of Rs 28,758 crore as on August 29, 2025. The fund is managed by Sandeep Tandon, Ankit Pande, Varun Pattani, Ayusha Kumbhat, Yug Tibrewal, Sameer Kate, and Sanjeev Sharma. The performance is benchmarked against Nifty Smallcap 250 – TRI

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According to the monthly release, the majority of the portfolio of this small cap fund is composed of small-cap stocks and the portfolio is constructed from both medium-term and long-term perspective and this scheme is apt for long-term investors.

The fund house through its monthly release informed that Quant Mutual Fund’s portfolio continues to be tilted towards large-cap stocks, with an increased allocation to the auto sector and select FMCG names. The fund house also disclosed that exposure to silver in its multi-asset fund has been raised significantly — from around 10% to nearly 30% — as silver has outperformed gold in the precious metals segment over the past few months.
Sandeep Tandon led Quant Mutual Fund also said that the fund house remains constructive on large infrastructure, Hotels & Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, Consumption and Telecom.

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