Should I invest in BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND?

We don't give personal investment advice. BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 21.9%. 5-year CAGR: 14.67%.

Baroda Pioneer

BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan

Latest NAV

₹279.8335

As of

8 Jun 2026

4,959 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	-0.04%	+0.04%	-0.08	10 / 15	Q3
1W	-1.06%	-0.86%	-0.20	9 / 15	Q3
2W	-0.69%	-0.68%	-0.01	9 / 15	Q3
1M	-1.97%	-2.01%	+0.04	7 / 15	Q2
3M	+3.66%	+3.90%	-0.24	6 / 15	Q2
6M	-1.88%	-3.32%	+1.43	4 / 15	Q2
YTD	-1.83%	-2.79%	+0.97	5 / 15	Q2
1Y	+0.70%	-2.88%	+3.58	4 / 15	Q2
2Y	+5.16%	+1.45%	+3.72	2 / 15	Q1
3Y	+15.74%	+12.68%	+3.07	4 / 14	Q2
4Y	+16.11%	+13.58%	+2.53	5 / 14	Q2
5Y	+14.67%	+12.54%	+2.13	4 / 11	Q2
7Y	+16.11%	+14.16%	+1.95	5 / 11	Q2
10Y	+14.04%	+12.21%	+1.83	6 / 11	Q3
Inception	+12.15%	+9.43%	+2.71	8 / 15	Q3

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	-1.83%	-2.79%	+0.97	5 / 15
2025	-3.12%	-2.20%	-0.91	7 / 15
2024	+31.27%	+20.09%	+11.19	1 / 14
2023	+30.51%	+29.56%	+0.95	7 / 14
2022	-3.03%	+2.92%	-5.95	11 / 14
2021	+47.53%	+43.14%	+4.39	6 / 11
2020	+19.35%	+14.21%	+5.15	3 / 11
2019	+8.70%	+2.05%	+6.65	1 / 11
2018	-11.53%	-8.46%	-3.08	7 / 11
2017	+35.31%	+32.89%	+2.43	6 / 11
2016	+1.94%	-3.19%	+5.13	2 / 11

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+15.90%

234 windows

min -48.6% · max 109.9%

75% positive

3-Year rolling

+13.09%

210 windows

min -5.2% · max 33.7%

91% positive

5-Year rolling

+12.36%

185 windows

min -0.8% · max 27.6%

99% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.89%

161 windows

min 5.6% · max 18.3%

100% positive

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

14.43%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.64

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.20

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-19.58%

Dec 2024 → Feb 2025

% positive months

58.3%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Multi Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Multi Cap Fund - Growth Option	HDFC	₹17.7020	8 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Power Plan - Dividend	ICICI Prudential	₹32.6800	8 Jun 2026
Franklin India Multi Cap Fund - Growth	Franklin India	₹10.0854	8 Jun 2026
BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Dividend Plan	Baroda Pioneer	₹49.6110	8 Jun 2026
Escorts Growth Plan-DIVIDEND OPTION	Escorts	₹71.9336	8 Jun 2026
Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund-Dividend Plan-Dividend Option	Reliance	₹56.8282	8 Jun 2026
Religare MID N SMALL CAP Fund - Dividend Option	Religare	₹109.0600	8 Jun 2026
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Multi Cap Growth Fund)- Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	Sundaram	₹58.7462	8 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
8 Jun 2026	₹279.8335
5 Jun 2026	₹283.7745
4 Jun 2026	₹283.8826
3 Jun 2026	₹283.2513
2 Jun 2026	₹284.2771
1 Jun 2026	₹283.6953
29 May 2026	₹286.8260
27 May 2026	₹290.2399
26 May 2026	₹289.3809
25 May 2026	₹289.1209

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 08 Jun 2026, the NAV of BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan is ₹279.8335. It's a Multi Cap Fund from Baroda Pioneer, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 2 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan is managed by Baroda Pioneer. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Multi Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan has delivered a absolute return of 0.70% — +3.58 pp ahead of the Multi Cap Fund category average of -2.88%. The fund ranks #4 of 15 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan has delivered a CAGR of 15.74% — +3.07 pp ahead of the Multi Cap Fund category average of 12.68%. The fund ranks #4 of 14 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan has delivered a CAGR of 14.67% — +2.13 pp ahead of the Multi Cap Fund category average of 12.54%. The fund ranks #4 of 11 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹372,113 today — a multiplier of 3.72×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 14.04%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹316,398.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹812,434 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 12.07%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,610,872 (multiplier 2.18×). XIRR: 14.85%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan ranks #4 out of 11 funds in the Multi Cap Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 12.54%; this fund delivered 14.67%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan has experienced over the last 5-year window is 21.94% — its NAV fell from a high on 18 Oct 2021 to a low on 20 Jun 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan averaged 12.36% (best 27.64%, worst -0.85%). 99% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.55 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan returned -3.12% — lagging the Multi Cap Fund category average of -2.20% by 0.91 pp. It ranked #7 of 15 in its category that year.

BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. BARODA PIONEER GROWTH FUND-Growth Plan is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 21.9%. 5-year CAGR: 14.67%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.