Top 10 mid-cap stocks that found favour with mutual funds in May

Jun 16, 2023

By: Katya Naidu

Midcap bull run

The midcap index has had a bull run in the last two months, riding up 17 percent in the period. Here are the top 10 mid-cap stocks that mutual funds bought into in May

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Vedant Fashions

Market cap: 32,710 crore rupees The company that sells apparel under Manyavar and Mohey brands, is the top mid-cap stock that mutual funds bought in May, as per a report by ICICI Direct. It gave 32 percent returns in the last one year.

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Vodafone Idea

Market cap: 38,554 crore rupeesVodafone’s share price is exactly where it was a year back – at 7.9 rupees, but that’s not stopping mutual funds from betting on the telecom major.

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Clean Science and Technology

Market cap: 14,586 crore rupeesThe stock of this chemical manufacturer has fallen 16 percent in the last one year, as per data on BSE.

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Colgate-Palmolive (India)

Market cap: 44,998 crore rupeesThe stock of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) major went up a modest 8.8 percent in the last one year, but made it to the list of mid-cap stocks that MFs bought last month.

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Aditya Birla Capital

Market cap: 42,332 crore rupeesThe stock of the financial services company ran up 84 percent in the last one year.

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Coforge

Market cap: 27,981 crore rupeesThe stock of the IT company ran up by 40.3 percent in the last one year.

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Laurus Labs

Market cap: 19,682 crore rupeesThe Hyderabad-based pharma company has given negative returns to the tune of 27 percent in the last one year.

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Piramal Enterprises

Market cap: 19,167 crore rupeesThe Ajay Piramal-led company has multiple business interests across pharma, real estate and more. Its stock has slipped by 15 percent in the last one year.

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IDFC First Bank

Market cap: 52,698 crore rupeesThe stock of the private sector lender is the only multibagger in the list, running up by 145 percent in the last one year.

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PB Fintech

Market cap: 29,619 crore rupeesThe new-age internet company runs credit product aggregators Policybazaar and Paisabazaar. Its stock gave a modest 8 percent returns in the last one year.

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