Bandhan Small Cap Fund Leads Top Five Small-Cap Funds by Risk-Adjusted Returns
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Bandhan Small Cap Fund Leads Top Five Small-Cap Funds by Risk-Adjusted Returns

Bandhan Small Cap Fund ranks among the top five small-cap funds with the highest risk-adjusted returns, achieving the highest Sharpe ratio of 1.17 and a three-year return of 31.05%. Other leading funds include ITI Small Cap Fund (Sharpe ratio 1.02, 27.17% return), Invesco India Smallcap Fund (0.98, 24.74%), Aditya Birla Sun Life Smallcap 50 Index Fund (0.84, 25.23%), and Kotak Nifty Smallcap 50 Index Fund (0.84, 25.21%). The Sharpe ratio measures excess return per unit of risk.

Political Bias
0%100%0%
Sentiment
70%
AI analysis of 2 sources · Published under editorial oversight by The Balanced News
Analysed 23 May 2026· How this analysis is produced· Editorial standards· Corrections

AI Analysis

Political bias across 2 sources
● Left 0%● Center 100%● Right 0%

The articles focus on financial performance data without political framing. Coverage centers on fund performance metrics and rankings, presenting factual investment information without political perspectives or partisan commentary.

Sentiment — Positive (70/100)

The tone across the articles is positive, highlighting strong returns and favorable risk-adjusted performance of the Bandhan Small Cap Fund and other funds. The coverage is factual and celebratory of investment success without critical or negative sentiment.

How 2 sources covered this story

Each source's own headline, political lean, and sentiment — so you can see framing differences at a glance.

SourceTheir headlineBiasSentiment
economictimesBandhan Small Cap among top 5 smallcap funds with highest risk-adjusted returns. Check details - Risk adjusted returnsCenterPositive
economictimesBandhan Small Cap among top 5 smallcap funds with highest risk-adjusted returns. Check details - Risk adjusted returnsCenterPositive

Coverage timeline

economictimes broke this story on 23 May, 11:03 am. Other outlets followed.

  1. 1
    economictimes23 May, 11:03 am
    Bandhan Small Cap among top 5 smallcap funds with highest risk-adjusted returns. Check details - Risk adjusted returns
  2. 2
    economictimes23 May, 12:53 pm
    Bandhan Small Cap among top 5 smallcap funds with highest risk-adjusted returns. Check details - Risk adjusted returns

Lens Score breakdown

29/100
Public interest0/100
Coverage gap100%

Well-covered story — coverage matches public importance.

Story context

Category
Business
Location
India
Sources analysed
2
Last analysed
23 May 2026
Key entities
Sharpe ratioRisk-free rateAlpha (finance)Aditya Birla GroupSun Life FinancialIndian Telephone Industries LimitedIndex fundStandard deviationKotak Mahindra BankInvescoIndia