Should I invest in Franklin India Bluechip Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth 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: 18.7%. 5-year CAGR: 7.94%.

Franklin Templeton

Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth

Latest NAV

₹963.5534

As of

5 Jun 2026

4,961 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	+0.03%	-0.05%	+0.07	5 / 35	Q1
1W	-1.08%	-0.84%	-0.23	30 / 35	Q4
2W	-1.56%	-1.35%	-0.21	30 / 35	Q4
1M	-3.68%	-3.34%	-0.34	28 / 35	Q4
3M	-3.31%	-3.20%	-0.11	18 / 35	Q3
6M	-10.12%	-9.60%	-0.52	24 / 35	Q3
YTD	-9.93%	-9.52%	-0.41	23 / 35	Q3
1Y	-4.03%	-5.65%	+1.62	17 / 35	Q2
2Y	+2.81%	+0.23%	+2.57	5 / 35	Q1
3Y	+10.27%	+8.13%	+2.15	12 / 35	Q2
4Y	+10.16%	+9.26%	+0.90	19 / 34	Q3
5Y	+7.94%	+7.75%	+0.19	22 / 34	Q3
7Y	+10.87%	+8.97%	+1.90	16 / 34	Q2
10Y	+10.15%	+8.54%	+1.61	18 / 34	Q3
Inception	+11.11%	+8.22%	+2.89	11 / 35	Q2

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	-9.93%	-9.98%	+0.05	22 / 34
2025	+7.89%	+5.20%	+2.69	10 / 34
2024	+16.22%	+12.60%	+3.63	6 / 34
2023	+20.93%	+21.38%	-0.46	21 / 34
2022	-2.22%	+0.25%	-2.48	25 / 34
2021	+32.30%	+23.62%	+8.68	1 / 34
2020	+13.50%	+11.04%	+2.46	20 / 34
2019	+5.09%	+7.65%	-2.56	27 / 35
2018	-2.97%	-3.82%	+0.85	19 / 35
2017	+25.43%	+24.19%	+1.23	23 / 35
2016	+6.15%	+0.01%	+6.13	5 / 33

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

+14.34%

234 windows

min -50.6% · max 104.2%

79% positive

3-Year rolling

+12.22%

210 windows

min -5.3% · max 31.9%

96% positive

5-Year rolling

+11.97%

185 windows

min -1.0% · max 23.4%

99% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.61%

161 windows

min 6.2% · max 20.8%

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

11.47%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.35

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.59

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-16.52%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

63.9%

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 Large Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Top 200 Fund - Dividend Option	HDFC	₹48.6000	8 Jun 2026
SBI BLUE CHIP FUND-DIVIDEND	SBI	₹50.8806	8 Jun 2026
Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Dividend	Franklin Templeton	₹40.4608	5 Jun 2026
Mirae Asset India Opportunities Fund - Dividend Plan	Mirae Asset	₹27.0390	8 Jun 2026
Kotak Large Cap Fund - Growth	Kotak	₹536.6530	8 Jun 2026
Edelweiss Diversified Growth Equity (E.D.G.E) Fund -Plan A - Growth option	Edelweiss	₹78.8600	8 Jun 2026
HSBC Equity Fund - Dividend	HSBC	₹39.5539	8 Jun 2026
UTI - Master Share-Growth Option	UTI	₹251.2348	8 Jun 2026
PGIM India Large Cap Fund - Growth	PGIM India	₹314.3700	8 Jun 2026
Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund-Plan A (Divivdend)	Birla Sun Life	₹36.4300	8 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
5 Jun 2026	₹963.5534
4 Jun 2026	₹963.3084
3 Jun 2026	₹964.0253
2 Jun 2026	₹967.2076
1 Jun 2026	₹964.4126
29 May 2026	₹974.0600
27 May 2026	₹988.2842
26 May 2026	₹986.1192
25 May 2026	₹991.4472
22 May 2026	₹978.8076

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 05 Jun 2026, the NAV of Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth is ₹963.5534. It's a Large Cap Fund from Franklin Templeton, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth 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.

Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth is managed by Franklin Templeton. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Large Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth has delivered a absolute return of -4.03% — +1.62 pp ahead of the Large Cap Fund category average of -5.65%. The fund ranks #17 of 35 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth has delivered a CAGR of 10.27% — +2.15 pp ahead of the Large Cap Fund category average of 8.13%. The fund ranks #12 of 35 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth has delivered a CAGR of 7.94% — +0.19 pp ahead of the Large Cap Fund category average of 7.75%. The fund ranks #22 of 34 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹262,904 today — a multiplier of 2.63×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 10.15%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹226,883.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹713,282 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.85%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,033,543 (multiplier 1.69×). XIRR: 10.17%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth ranks #22 out of 34 funds in the Large Cap Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 7.75%; this fund delivered 7.94%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 18.72% — its NAV fell from a high on 09 Nov 2021 to a low on 17 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, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth averaged 11.97% (best 23.42%, worst -1.00%). 99% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.17 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth returned 7.89% — beating the Large Cap Fund category average of 5.20% by 2.69 pp. It ranked #10 of 34 in its category that year.

Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth 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. Franklin India Bluechip Fund-Growth 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: 18.7%. 5-year CAGR: 7.94%.

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