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<item> <title>Equity Mutual Fund Screener July 2025: Shortlist consistent performers</title> <link>https://freefincal.com/equity-mutual-fund-screener-july-2025-shortlist-consistent-performers/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Pattabiraman]]></dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freefincal.com/?p=275749</guid> <description><![CDATA[The latest freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener is now available. Use it to screen...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Equity-Mutual-Fund-Screener.jpg" class="type:primaryImage" /></figure><p>The latest freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category & benchmark and spot mutual funds with a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. Inside, you get discounted links to our <a href="https://freefincal.com/robo-advisory-software/"><strong>robo advisory tool</strong> </a>and two courses: <a href="https://freefincal.com/how-to-build-a-second-income-source-that-will-last-a-lifetime/"><strong>How to get people to pay for your skills</strong></a> (aka earn from skills) and the <strong><a href="https://freefincal.com/gms-course-faq/">lectures on goal-based portfolio management</a>.</strong></p> <p>Use this screener file to quickly find the best-performing equity funds among 300+ equity funds that have consistently outperformed category benchmarks/indices with adequate downside protection (better performance when the index is down) and upside performance (better performance when the index is up).</p> <p><strong>Note: Always review the history of a fund. See if its investment mandate was different in the past. If that is the case, then past performance does not matter!</strong></p> <h2>What does this Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener cover?</h2> <p>It gives you three outputs:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Rolling return outperformance consistency: </strong>the fund returns are compared with category benchmark returns over every possible 1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y, and 5Y period. The higher the outperformance consistency, the better. Suppose 876 fund returns were compared with 876 benchmark returns, and the fund has beaten the benchmark 675 times. The consistency score will be 675/876 ~ 77%.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Upside performance consistency</strong> over every possible 1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y, and 5Y: The higher, the better. A score of 70% means that 7 out of 10 times, the fund performed better than the category benchmark <em>when the benchmark increased. </em>This is a measure of reward.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Downside performance consistency</strong> over every possible 1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y, and 5Y: The higher, the better. A score of 60% means 6 out of 10 times, the fund performed better than the category benchmark <em>when the benchmark was moving <strong>down</strong>.</em> This is a measure of risk protection.</li> </ul> <h2>When to use this mutual fund screener</h2> <p>I recommend using this file only after completing the following steps: Define need and duration —-> Decide asset allocation (<a href="https://freefincal.com/deciding-on-asset-allocation-for-a-financial-goal/">use this tool</a>) —-> Decide product category (use this <a href="https://freefincal.com/select-mutual-fund-categories-suit-goal/">guideline for mutual funds</a>) —-> Then apply this screener for equity funds. If you open the screener file, you see column headings like this. <a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-25110 size-full" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener.jpg" alt="Some of the columns in the consistent equity fund screener" width="1451" height="512" /></a>You know the fund category, benchmark, Fund name, no of 1Y returns of the benchmark(index), no of 1Y returns of the fund, no of times the fund 1Y return is above index 1Y return, the 1Y rolling return consistency; upside performance consistency and downside protection consistency. These columns are repeated for 2Y,3Y,4Y and 5Y. Now, you can screen by filtering out funds with return outperformance consistency of >=70%, a downside protection consistency of >= 70% and so on. As shown below, you can do this manually with the Excel filter and macro buttons. <a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener-buttins.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-25112 size-full" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener-buttins.jpg" alt="The main page of the equity fund consistency screener where you can screen with the help of a couple of clicks" width="1546" height="924" /></a></p> <h2>Benchmarks Used</h2> <p>These are benchmarks closest to the fund type and are used by many funds in each category.</p> <table width="331"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="168">Category</td> <td width="163">Benchmark</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aggressive Hybrid Fund</td> <td>Nifty 100 TRI, CRISIL 65:35 Aggressive Hybrid Index, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Contra Fund</td> <td>Nifty 100 TRI, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dividend Yield Fund</td> <td>Nifty 100 TRI, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Large Cap Fund</td> <td>Nifty 100 TRI, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ELSS</td> <td>Nifty 100 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Focussed Fund</td> <td>Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, N200TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Large & Mid Cap Fund</td> <td>Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, N200TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Multi-Cap Fund</td> <td>Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, N200TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Flexi-Cap Fund</td> <td>NIFTY 500 Multicap 50:25:25 TRI,<br /> Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, N200TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sectoral/ Thematic</td> <td>Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Value Fund</td> <td>Nifty Largemidcap 250 TRI, NIfty 100 Low Volatility 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mid Cap Fund</td> <td>NiftyMidcap150TRI, Nifty Midcap 150 Quality 30 TRI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Small Cap Fund</td> <td>NiftyMidcap150TRI, Nifty Midcap 150 Quality 30 TRI, Nifty Smallcap 250 Quality 50 TRI</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>NIfty Largemidcap 250 has 50% of the Nifty 100 and 50% of the Nifty Midcap 150.</p> <h2>Screen for funds with returns higher than benchmark with lower risk</h2> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Shortlisting-mutual-funds-with-lower-risk-and-higher-return.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-30549" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Shortlisting-mutual-funds-with-lower-risk-and-higher-return.jpg" alt="Shortlisting mutual funds with lower risk and higher return" width="1237" height="740" /></a><strong>Reward measure: </strong>Rolling returns outperformance consistency.</p> <p>Rolling returns are a simple estimate of how consistently a fund has outperformed a benchmark. Take, for example, the HDFC Top 100 Fund (graph below) vs Nifty 50 TRI between 1st Jan 2013 to May 15th 2024. There are 1567 5-year rolling returns. If the return for each of these durations is plotted for the fund and index together, we will get a graph like this.</p> <figure id="attachment_196477" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-196477" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-196477" title="Five year rolling returns of HDFC Top 100 Direct Plan Growth Option vs Nifty 50 TRI" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI.jpg" alt="Five year rolling returns of HDFC Top 100 Direct Plan Growth Option vs Nifty 50 TRI" width="1378" height="593" srcset="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI.jpg 1378w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI-300x129.jpg 300w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI-644x277.jpg 644w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-year-rolling-returns-of-HDFC-Top-100-Direct-Plan-Growth-Option-vs-Nifty-50-TRI-768x330.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1378px) 100vw, 1378px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-196477" class="wp-caption-text">Five year rolling returns of HDFC Top 100 Direct Plan Growth Option vs Nifty 50 TRI</figcaption></figure> <p>The fund has outperformed the index 649 out of 1567 times. Thus, the rolling return outperformance consistency over seven years = 649/1567 = 41.4%, which is poor. A consistent performer should beat the index at least 60%/70% of the time. So, the higher the rolling return outperformance consistency, the better.</p> <div> <h2><strong>Reward and Risk Measure: </strong>Upside Performance & Downside Capture</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Upside performance consistency</strong> over every possible 1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y, and 5Y: The higher, the better. A score of 70% means that 7 out of 10 times, the fund performed better than the category benchmark <em>when the benchmark increased. </em>This is a measure of reward.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Downside performance consistency</strong> over every possible 1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y, and 5Y: The higher, the better. A score of 60% means that 6 out of 10 times, the fund performed better than the category benchmark <em>when the benchmark was moving <strong>down</strong>.</em> This is a measure of risk protection.</li> </ul> <p>If you wish to understand how these are calculated, please read this: <a href="https://freefincal.com/introduction-downside-upside-capture-ratios/">Introduction to Downside and Upside Capture Ratios</a> and proceed to this one, for example. For some funds, a high downside capture consistency will lead to better returns; for some funds, a high upside capture consistency will lead to better returns. The screener can help distinguish between the two types of performers. <strong>Recommend reading:</strong> <a href="https://freefincal.com/mutual-fund-downside-protection-importance/"><strong>What is mutual fund downside protection, and why is it important?</strong></a></p> <h2>How to use the Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener</h2> <p>There are multiple ways to screen for mutual funds. I will discuss two examples. If you are investing with a clear strategy, you <em>should</em> know what category fund to choose. So, the first step is to select the category. You can either use the macro buttons (top right), <a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener-buttins.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-25112 size-full" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener-buttins.jpg" alt="Another picture of the equity fund screener input page" width="1718" height="1027" /></a>Or you can do this manually: <img decoding="async" class="alignnone" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July-2018-screener-category.jpg" alt="how to manually screen for funds in the screener file" width="1707" height="728" /></p> <p>Then, <strong>method A:</strong> Set the 3Y and 5Y rolling return outperformance consistency to be above 70% or so. That should give you a nice shortlist to choose from. Then, you can visually look for funds with the right downside protection consistency and pick one. <strong>Method B:</strong> Look for funds above 70% downside protection consistency over 3Y and 5Y and choose one. Remember, never set narrow filters and do not be too demanding. Wanting to select the fund with the best <em>past performance </em>is plain immaturity. Your screening criteria should yield 5-6 funds <em>at all times.</em> <strong>Why should I use this screener? Why can’t I look at trailing returns and screen?</strong> Trailing returns are 3Y or 5Y returns calculated with the last business date (3Y and 5Y prior). This is just one data point to consider. Here, we find a lot more to determine consistency.</p> <h2>Excess Risk vs Excess Return Screener</h2> <p>Here, you can screen for funds with excess return > 0 in the last 1,2,3,4,5 year trailing periods. This means the fund return is greater than the index return. You can also add excess risk < 0 filters for the same periods. This means that the fund risk is less than the index risk. Hence, the excess risk is negative. Both screenshots are shown below.</p> <p><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Excess-return.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-28648" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Excess-return-700x281.jpg" alt="Excess-return vs excess risk screener: screenshot two" width="700" height="281" /></a></p> <p>The above screenshot is for excess return >0, and the one below is for excess risk < 0</p> <p><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Excess-risk.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-28649" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Excess-risk-700x466.jpg" alt="Excess-return vs excess risk screener: screenshot one" width="700" height="466" /></a></p> <p>The idea here is to find funds that have beaten the index in terms of higher returns (excess return >0) and lower risk (excess risk <0) in the last 1,2,3,4,5 year period. You can relax it to 3/4/5 year periods if you wish.</p> <p><strong>Example:</strong></p> <p>Axis Growth Opportunities Fund – Direct Plan – Growth<br /> vs N200TRI</p> <ul> <li>Trailing Benchmark Return 5Y: 24.059%</li> <li>Trailing Fund Return 5Y: 26.931%</li> <li><strong>Excess return 5Y</strong>: 2.872% <strong>(positive excess return is good!)</strong></li> <li>Index standard deviation (NAV volatility) 5Y: 4.658%</li> <li>Fund standard deviation 5Y: 4.524%</li> <li><strong>Excess risk of the scheme 5Y</strong> -0.134% <strong>(negative excess risk is good!)</strong></li> </ul> <p>So, over the last 5Y, the fund has significantly outperformed the index with lower NAV volatility.</p> <p>The idea here is to find funds that have beaten the index in terms of higher returns (excess return >0) and lower risk (excess risk <0) in the last 1,2,3,4,5 year period. You can relax it to 3/4/5 year periods if you wish.</p> <h2>How to screen for the best equity funds</h2> <p></p> <h2>Important Information</h2> <ol> <li><strong>This screener costs Rs. 175 and is meant for personal use only. </strong></li> <li>Inside, you get a discounted link to our <a href="https://freefincal.com/robo-advisory-software/"><strong>robo advisory tool</strong></a> and our two courses: <a href="https://freefincal.com/course-contents-how-to-get-people-to-pay-for-your-skills/"><strong>How to get people to pay for your skills</strong></a> (aka earn from skills) and the <strong><a href="https://freefincal.com/gms-course-faq/">lectures on goal-based portfolio management</a>.</strong></li> <li>The cost is only for the data in the sheet.</li> <li>You will get a zipped file. It has one Excel file with macros. If you wish to use the automated screener, you must enable macros. If macros are disabled or you want to use them on Google Sheets or elsewhere, the plain data will still be available.<strong> The plain data file can be used on any spreadsheet.</strong></li> <li>While freefincal will do its best to publish updated screener sheets each month, it cannot guarantee the same.</li> <li>The file contains no buy or sell recommendations and only has the abovementioned data.</li> <li>Enough care and effort have been put into weeding out errors. However, we cannot guarantee that the sheet is error-free.</li> <li>The buyer will have to research using the information in the spreadsheet. <strong>No recommendations or assistance are included in the sheet and will not be provided separately.</strong></li> <li>We will not provide any further help or assistance in using the sheet.</li> <li><strong>The sheet purchased is for personal use and should not be shared privately or </strong><b>publicly. A purchase implies <strong>you agree to the terms in the important information section. </strong></b></li> <li><strong>Support email:</strong> freefincal [at] gmail [dot] com</li> </ol> <h3><a href="https://pattu.mojo.page/freefincal-equity-mf-screener"><strong>Click here to pay Rs. 175 and download (i</strong><strong>n</strong><strong>stantly) the latest Freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Screener</strong>.</a></h3> <p><strong>Are you living outside India? You can pay via this <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A883AXX292FNU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PayPal link (5 USD)</a> and email freefincal at Gmail.</strong></p> <p><strong>Want a debt fund screener? <a href="https://freefincal.com/debt-mutual-fund-screener-march-2021/">Get the latest Debt mutual fund screener</a>.</strong></p> </div> <p>The post <a href="https://freefincal.com/equity-mutual-fund-screener-july-2025-shortlist-consistent-performers/">Equity Mutual Fund Screener July 2025: Shortlist consistent performers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://freefincal.com">freefincal</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">275749</post-id> </item>
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