Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30

Returns

Total return counts dividends reinvested; price return does not. Since 2009, dividends added about 1.3 percentage points a year. Returns over more than a year are a year, compounded.

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: growth of 100

Weekly, from Oct 2009, log scale: equal slopes are equal rates of growth. Drag the range below the chart to start anywhere; both lines restart at 100.

How to read it. The gap between the two lines is what dividends were worth. It widens slowly and never closes.

Total returnPrice return

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

To 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax.

To 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax.
Period	Total return	Price return	Dividends added
1 month	−1.3%	0.0%	−1.3 pts
3 months	−2.3%	0.0%	−2.3 pts
6 months	+1.5%	+2.9%	−1.5 pts
This year	−9.0%	−8.0%	−1.0 pts
1 year	−7.4%	−6.7%	−0.7 pts
3 years, a year	+2.3%	+1.6%	+0.7 pts
5 years, a year	+5.5%	+4.5%	+1.0 pts
10 years, a year	+14.8%	+13.6%	+1.3 pts
15 years, a year	+15.5%	+14.0%	+1.5 pts
Since Oct 2009, a year	+15.9%	+14.6%	+1.3 pts

Year by year

13 of the 16 full calendar years since 2010 ended higher. 10 of them had a fall of 10% or more from a peak somewhere inside the year, so even good years are rarely smooth.

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: each calendar year

Total return over the calendar year, % Largest fall from a peak within that year, %

Source: NSE Indices, total return with dividends.

The worst fall is the largest drop from a peak within the year, with the previous year-end as the first peak (the convention of J.P. Morgan's Guide to the Markets). Total return, %.

The worst fall is the largest drop from a peak within the year, with the previous year-end as the first peak (the convention of J.P. Morgan's Guide to the Markets). Total return, %.
Year	Total return	Price return	Dividends	Worst fall in the year
2026 so far	−9.0%	−8.0%	−1.0 pts	−16.5%
2025	−8.3%	−9.7%	+1.4 pts	−21.0%
2024	+14.0%	+12.6%	+1.4 pts	−9.2%
2023	+40.8%	+39.2%	+1.6 pts	−6.8%
2022	−1.7%	−3.3%	+1.6 pts	−19.0%
2021	+54.4%	+52.5%	+1.9 pts	−8.4%
2020	+32.4%	+31.2%	+1.2 pts	−36.2%
2019	+6.0%	+4.3%	+1.6 pts	−10.0%
2018	+0.5%	−0.8%	+1.3 pts	−13.3%
2017	+49.5%	+47.3%	+2.2 pts	−5.8%
2016	+1.1%	−0.5%	+1.6 pts	−14.3%
2015	+7.5%	+5.9%	+1.5 pts	−11.9%
2014	+41.4%	+39.2%	+2.2 pts	−6.8%
2013	+13.9%	+12.0%	+2.0 pts	−12.9%
2012	+22.6%	+20.5%	+2.2 pts	−13.3%
2011	−17.5%	−19.0%	+1.6 pts	−19.1%
2010	+46.2%	+43.9%	+2.3 pts	−7.9%

The falls

Every fall of 10% or more from a high, deepest first. The worst, 36%, took 40 days to reach bottom and 6 months more to climb back. Today it is 21.4% below its high.

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: how far below its previous high

Weekly, the week's lowest close against the highest close before it, total return, %.

How to read it. Zero is a new high. The depth of each dip is what a holder sat through; its width is how long getting back took.

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

Total return, closing prices. A fall ends when the index closes at or above the high it fell from. Calendar time.

Total return, closing prices. A fall ends when the index closes at or above the high it fell from. Calendar time.
Fall	From the high of	To the low of	Falling for	Recovering for	Back at the high	High to high
−36.2%	12 Feb 2020	23 Mar 2020	40 days	6 months	14 Sept 2020	7 months
−27.2%	1 Oct 2024	23 Mar 2026	18 months	+8% off the low	not yet	7 months since the low
−19.1%	4 Jan 2011	20 Dec 2011	12 months	11 months	3 Dec 2012	23 months
−19.0%	13 Jan 2022	17 Jun 2022	5 months	6 months	2 Dec 2022	11 months
−17.1%	13 Apr 2015	12 Feb 2016	10 months	6 months	24 Aug 2016	16 months
−13.3%	31 Aug 2018	23 Oct 2018	53 days	15 months	15 Jan 2020	17 months
−12.9%	15 Jan 2013	24 Jun 2013	5 months	3 months	19 Sept 2013	8 months
−12.9%	24 Oct 2016	21 Nov 2016	28 days	3 months	1 Mar 2017	4 months

What holding it was like

From every day in its history, what holding Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 for a fixed span would have returned a year. Over five years the middle outcome was 19.0% a year; the worst 1.7% and the best 33.4%; no five-year span lost money.

Total return a year, %, over every span of that length starting on any session. Spans overlap, so 'separate spans' is how many non-overlapping ones the history holds: the longer the span, the fewer truly independent readings behind each figure.

Total return a year, %, over every span of that length starting on any session. Spans overlap, so 'separate spans' is how many non-overlapping ones the history holds: the longer the span, the fewer truly independent readings behind each figure.
Held for	Worst	1 in 10 worse than	Middle	1 in 10 better than	Best	Spans that lost	Separate spans
1 year	−30.5%	−7.0%	+12.7%	+47.4%	+120.4%	21%	17.0
3 years	−1.8%	+6.8%	+17.2%	+27.7%	+43.9%	0%	5.7
5 years	+1.7%	+11.4%	+19.0%	+25.2%	+33.4%	0%	3.4
7 years	+10.2%	+15.0%	+17.5%	+21.2%	+24.4%	0%	2.4
10 years	+9.8%	+13.5%	+17.9%	+21.0%	+21.9%	0%	1.7

Rolling returns, a year

Weekly: the return a year over the 3 and 5 years to each date, total return, %.

How to read it. Each point is what someone who bought 3 or 5 years earlier had earned a year by then. The lows mark the worst times to have bought.

3 years5 years

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

₹10,000 on the first session of every month into the index itself, from January of each year to 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax; an index fund would have returned a little less. Of SIPs that ran five years or more, the weakest started in 2021 (+5.5% a year).

₹10,000 on the first session of every month into the index itself, from January of each year to 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax; an index fund would have returned a little less. Of SIPs that ran five years or more, the weakest started in 2021 (+5.5% a year).
Started in January	Months	Put in	Worth now	Multiple	Return a year (XIRR)
2025	22	₹2,20,000	₹2,09,033	0.95×	−5.5%
2024	34	₹3,40,000	₹3,15,116	0.93×	−5.3%
2023	46	₹4,60,000	₹4,58,351	1.00×	−0.2%
2022	58	₹5,80,000	₹6,22,996	1.07×	+3.0%
2021	70	₹7,00,000	₹8,21,261	1.17×	+5.5%
2020	82	₹8,20,000	₹11,67,529	1.42×	+10.3%
2019	94	₹9,40,000	₹15,05,480	1.60×	+11.9%
2018	106	₹10,60,000	₹18,47,439	1.74×	+12.3%
2017	118	₹11,80,000	₹22,76,254	1.93×	+13.0%
2016	130	₹13,00,000	₹27,99,134	2.15×	+13.6%
2015	142	₹14,20,000	₹33,33,926	2.35×	+13.7%
2014	154	₹15,40,000	₹40,10,378	2.60×	+14.0%
2013	166	₹16,60,000	₹49,12,603	2.96×	+14.6%
2012	178	₹17,80,000	₹59,06,042	3.32×	+14.9%
2011	190	₹19,00,000	₹69,07,013	3.64×	+14.9%
2010	202	₹20,20,000	₹80,43,845	3.98×	+14.9%

How bumpy

Volatility is how widely daily returns swing, scaled to a year. Over the past year it was 14.6%, against a usual 14.4% for this index. 63% of months ended higher, and 40 days moved 3% or more either way.

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: volatility over the past year

Weekly: standard deviation of daily total returns over the past 252 sessions, annualised, %.

How to read it. Spikes come with sell-offs; calm stretches come with rising markets. High readings rarely last.

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

Worst days	Return
23 Mar 2020	−12.9%
24 Aug 2015	−7.3%
12 Mar 2020	−7.2%
16 Mar 2020	−6.8%
18 Mar 2020	−5.9%

Best days	Return
7 Apr 2020	+7.6%
20 Mar 2020	+6.3%
20 Sept 2019	+5.4%
26 Mar 2020	+4.5%
12 May 2025	+4.5%

Worst months	Return
Mar 2020	−24.4%
Feb 2025	−10.8%
Jan 2011	−9.6%
Mar 2026	−9.0%
Feb 2016	−8.6%

Best months	Return
Nov 2020	+16.6%
Apr 2020	+12.3%
Jul 2022	+11.4%
Jun 2014	+10.5%
Jan 2012	+10.3%

What it holds

30 stocks as NSE lists them today. The ten largest make up 34.0% of the index. It is weighted by equal-weighted and rebalanced twice a year.

Sector weights

NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. % of the index.

How to read it. Sectors as NSE classifies them. A sector index of one industry has no split to show.

NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. NSE publishes the weights of the ten largest members only.

NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. NSE publishes the weights of the ten largest members only.
	Largest holdings	Weight
1	Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.	3.45%
2	Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd.	3.42%
3	Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd.	3.41%
4	Infosys Ltd.	3.40%
5	Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	3.40%
6	Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.	3.39%
7	APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.	3.39%
8	Bharat Electronics Ltd.	3.38%
9	Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	3.37%
10	Tech Mahindra Ltd.	3.37%

NSE's constituent list for Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30, as seen on 14 Oct 2026. NSE changes members at each rebalance.

NSE's constituent list for Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30, as seen on 14 Oct 2026. NSE changes members at each rebalance.
Member	Industry	NSE symbol
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.	Capital Goods	APLAPOLLO
Affle 3i Ltd.	Information Technology	AFFLE
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd.	Automobile and Auto Components	ARE&M
Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd.	Financial Services	ANANDRATHI
Angel One Ltd.	Financial Services	ANGELONE
Asian Paints Ltd.	Consumer Durables	ASIANPAINT
BSE Ltd.	Financial Services	BSE
Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Capital Goods	BEL
Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.	Financial Services	CDSL
Coforge Ltd.	Information Technology	COFORGE
Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.	Fast Moving Consumer Goods	COLPAL
Computer Age Management Services Ltd.	Financial Services	CAMS
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.	Consumer Durables	CROMPTON
Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.	Consumer Durables	DIXON
HCL Technologies Ltd.	Information Technology	HCLTECH
Hero MotoCorp Ltd.	Automobile and Auto Components	HEROMOTOCO
Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd.	Chemicals	HSCL
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.	Fast Moving Consumer Goods	HINDUNILVR
ITC Ltd.	Fast Moving Consumer Goods	ITC
Infosys Ltd.	Information Technology	INFY
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.	Financial Services	KARURVYSYA
Marico Ltd.	Fast Moving Consumer Goods	MARICO
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	Automobile and Auto Components	MARUTI
Nestle India Ltd.	Fast Moving Consumer Goods	NESTLEIND
Persistent Systems Ltd.	Information Technology	PERSISTENT
Polycab India Ltd.	Capital Goods	POLYCAB
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.	Automobile and Auto Components	SONACOMS
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	Information Technology	TCS
Tech Mahindra Ltd.	Information Technology	TECHM
Tube Investments of India Ltd.	Automobile and Auto Components	TIINDIA

Against the Nifty 500

How Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 has done against the broad market it is part of. Over 17 years it beat the Nifty 500 by 3.9 percentage points a year, and was ahead in 10 of 16 calendar years.

Relative strength

Weekly: Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30's total return divided by the Nifty 500's, 100 at the start of the range shown.

How to read it. Rising: Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 is outrunning the Nifty 500. Falling: it is lagging. The level means nothing; the direction is the reading.

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

Three-year lead or lag

Weekly: Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30's return a year over the past three years minus the Nifty 500's, percentage points.

How to read it. Above zero, someone who bought three years earlier was ahead of the broad index; below, behind.

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Source: NSE Indices (niftyindices.com): total-return and price indices, P/E, P/B and dividend yield, index constituents, factsheets, and the monthly Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 weightage files; the Tipsheet model board; the ETF desk (AMFI and NSE).

Method JSON

Monthly total returns. Up capture: how much of the Nifty 500's gain in its rising months this index caught (100 is all of it); down capture: the same for falling months. Beta above 1 means bigger swings than the Nifty 500.

Monthly total returns. Up capture: how much of the Nifty 500's gain in its rising months this index caught (100 is all of it); down capture: the same for falling months. Beta above 1 means bigger swings than the Nifty 500.
	Ahead by, a year	Up capture	Down capture	Beta	Correlation	Tracking error
Full history, from Nov 2009	+3.9 pts	98	77	0.88	0.90	7.6%
Last 5 years, from Oct 2021	−2.9 pts	86	95	0.95	0.88	7.6%

Models and ETFs

No Tipsheet model uses Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30. 1 ETFs track it. Its trend and momentum have a page of their own.

From the ETF desk. Tracking difference: what a holder buying and selling on the exchange got, minus the index's total return, over the past year. Tracking error: how much that gap wobbled week to week.

From the ETF desk. Tracking difference: what a holder buying and selling on the exchange got, minus the index's total return, over the past year. Tracking error: how much that gap wobbled week to week.
ETF	NSE symbol	Expense ratio	Assets	Tracking difference, 1 year	Tracking error, 1 year	Daily traded value (median)	More
DSP Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 ETF	FLEXIADD	0.25%	₹14.8 cr	–	2.83%	₹0.1 cr

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: trend and momentum →

Data and sources

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 is computed and published by NSE Indices. History here starts 1 Oct 2009; NSE launched the index on 4 Apr 2025, from a base date of October 01, 2009. All returns are on NSE's total-return index unless marked as price return.

Historical index data. NSE publishes daily index values, total-return values and P/E, P/B and dividend yield for every index on niftyindices.com: historical data. Pick Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 there to download its full series.

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 on niftyindices.com: description and methodology
NSE's monthly factsheet (PDF)
Current constituents (CSV)
The weekly series on this page (JSON): growth of 100, drawdown, volatility and rolling returns

Index values themselves are NSE's and are not republished here; the charts show growth of 100 and other figures computed from them.

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Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30

Returns

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: growth of 100

Year by year

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: each calendar year

The falls

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: how far below its previous high

What holding it was like

Rolling returns, a year

How bumpy

Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30: volatility over the past year

What it holds

Sector weights

Against the Nifty 500

Relative strength

Three-year lead or lag

Models and ETFs

Data and sources

The workings

The question

Method

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