In the last one decade – between December 2010 and December 2020, the fund houses have increased their exposure to HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Sun Pharmaceutical, shows the report released by Invest Yadnya, a financial education & research company.
Invest Yadnya has put together a list of the top stocks bought and sold by the mutual fund industry across categories over the last 10 years.
Let us look at the list of 10 most favourite stocks of MF in top 10 sectors
- Financial, energy and technology sector were the top 3 sectors for mutual funds
- MFs have increased allocation to HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Maruti Suzuki India and Bharat Electronics
- Other companies witnessing increase in allocation – Infosys, ITC, L&T and Asian Paints
- One new company – Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart) made it to the list of top 10 large cap holdings
|
Company |
Sector |
% of allocation of company in sector |
|
|
|
|
Dec-20 |
Dec-19 |
|
HDFC Bank |
Financial |
20.50% |
9.70% |
|
Infosys |
Technology |
48% |
45.60% |
|
Reliance Industries |
Energy |
39% |
20% |
|
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries |
Healthcare |
14.40% |
9.60% |
|
ITC |
FMCG |
24% |
22.60% |
|
Larsen & Toubro |
Construction |
31.30% |
32.90% |
|
Maruti Suzuki India |
Automobile |
23.80% |
3.60% |
|
Asian Paints |
Chemicals |
12.80% |
12% |
|
Avenue Supermarts |
Services |
20% |
NA |
|
Bharat Electronics |
Engineering |
16.90% |
6.20% |
10 most favourite stocks - Large cap
- In the list of top 10 large cap holdings, six companies were from financial sector
- Fund houses have increased their holdings in 8 stocks while two companies witnessed a marginal decline
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10 most favourite stocks - Large cap |
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|
Company |
Holding in Dec-20 |
Holding in Dec - 10 |
|
HDFC Bank |
6.40% |
2% |
|
ICICI Bank |
5.70% |
4.50% |
|
Infosys |
5.30% |
4.50% |
|
Reliance Industries |
4% |
3.40% |
|
HDFC |
3% |
1.30% |
|
Bharti Airtel |
2.80% |
2.30% |
|
Axis Bank |
2.40% |
0.80% |
|
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
2.30% |
0.50% |
|
State Bank of India |
2.20% |
3.90% |
|
TCS |
2.20% |
2.90% |
10 most favourite stocks - Mid cap
- Allocation to Bharat Electronic and Voltas did not change
- Five new names entered the mid cap holdings
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10 most favourite stocks - Mid cap |
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|
Company |
Holding in Dec-20 |
Holding in Dec - 10 |
|
Bharat Electronics |
0.60% |
0.60% |
|
Cholamandalam Investment & Finance |
0.50% |
0% |
|
Voltas |
0.50% |
0.50% |
|
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals |
0.50% |
0% |
|
Max Financial Services |
0.50% |
0% |
|
Ipca Laboratories |
0.40% |
0.60% |
|
PI Industries |
0.40% |
0% |
|
Tata Consumer Products |
0.40% |
0.20% |
|
Balkrishna Industries |
0.30% |
0.10% |
|
Ramco Cements |
0.30% |
0% |
10 most favourite stocks - Small cap
- Of the top 10 small cap holdings, seven were new entrants
- Just three companies remained in the portfolio of fund houses for ten years
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10 most favourite stocks - Small cap |
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Company |
Holding in Dec-20 |
Holding in Dec - 10 |
|
Persistent Systems |
0.20% |
0.00% |
|
Tube Investments of India |
0.20% |
0.00% |
|
Dixon Technologies |
0.20% |
0.00% |
|
KEC International |
0.10% |
0.40% |
|
Sheela Foam |
0.10% |
0.00% |
|
Deepak Nitrite |
0.10% |
0.00% |
|
Carborundum Universe |
0.10% |
0.10% |
|
Multi Commodity Exchange Of India |
0.10% |
0.00% |
|
Navin Fluorine International |
0.10% |
0.00% |
|
Blue Star |
0.10% |
0.20% |
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Most bought & sold large cap stocks |
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Top stocks bought |
Top stocks sold |
|
Tech Mahindra |
Siemens |
|
JSW Steel |
Hindustan Zinc |
|
NMDC |
Biocon |
|
Berger Paints India |
Pidilite Industries |
|
Axis Bank |
Britannia Industries |
|
Vedanta |
Bajaj Holdings & Investment |
|
DLF |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
|
State Bank Of India |
Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care |
|
Bajaj Finance |
|
|
Hero MotoCorp |
|
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10 most bought and sold midcap stocks |
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|
Top stocks bought |
Top stocks sold |
|
PI Industries |
Adani Power |
|
City Union Bank |
Wabco India |
|
Power Finance Corporation |
Godrej Industries |
|
LIC Housing Finance |
UCO Bank |
|
Tata Power Company |
Motilal Oswal Financial Services |
|
Max Financial Services |
Page Industries |
|
Supreme Industries |
Tata Communications |
|
SJVN |
Shriram Transport Finance Company |
|
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals |
Amara Raja Batteries |
|
The Federal Bank |
Indian Overseas Bank |
|
10 most bought & sold stocks in small cap |
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Top stocks bought |
Top stocks sold |
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Welspun India |
Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals |
|
EIH |
E.I.D. Parry (India) |
|
Thomas Cook (India) |
Jubilant Life Sciences |
|
KEI Industries |
Raymond |
|
Indoco Remedies |
Elecon Engineering |
|
DCB Bank |
Action Construction Equipment |
|
Sonata Software |
The Karnataka Bank |
|
KNR Construction |
Take Solutions |
|
Mahindra CIE Automotive |
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemical |
|
Brigade Enterprises |
Huhtamaki India |
