Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.9%. 5-year CAGR: 9.22%.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan

Latest NAV

₹65.8842

As of

12 Jun 2026

4,873 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%	-2.56%	+2.53	39 / 84	Q2
1W	+0.54%	-13.79%	+14.32	12 / 94	Q1
2W	+0.67%	-14.16%	+14.84	17 / 94	Q1
1M	+0.73%	-13.59%	+14.32	13 / 94	Q1
3M	+1.46%	-12.43%	+13.90	33 / 94	Q2
6M	+2.87%	-10.22%	+13.09	32 / 94	Q2
YTD	+2.45%	-9.49%	+11.94	32 / 94	Q2
1Y	+5.76%	-4.11%	+9.87	32 / 92	Q2
2Y	+7.75%	-3.71%	+11.46	30 / 89	Q2
3Y	+10.28%	-3.30%	+13.58	32 / 89	Q2
4Y	+10.58%	-5.95%	+16.53	30 / 65	Q2
5Y	+9.22%	-9.08%	+18.30	23 / 61	Q2
7Y	+9.56%	-10.40%	+19.96	21 / 55	Q2
10Y	+9.00%	-15.55%	+24.55	19 / 44	Q2
Inception	+8.56%	-6.28%	+14.83	37 / 94	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	+2.45%	-2.30%	+4.75	6 / 40
2025	+6.53%	+15.89%	-9.36	26 / 39
2024	+12.28%	+12.44%	-0.17	23 / 39
2023	+14.29%	+16.47%	-2.19	22 / 39
2022	+6.69%	-18.99%	+25.68	11 / 47
2021	+10.60%	+18.34%	-7.73	28 / 42
2020	+9.11%	+7.19%	+1.92	22 / 40
2019	+8.56%	+6.26%	+2.30	11 / 38
2018	+6.28%	+1.39%	+4.90	5 / 38
2017	+5.14%	+11.93%	-6.79	29 / 38
2016	+9.49%	+4.96%	+4.53	13 / 44

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

+8.85%

234 windows

min -16.9% · max 32.6%

93% positive

3-Year rolling

+8.80%

210 windows

min 3.3% · max 14.6%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+8.60%

186 windows

min 3.9% · max 13.4%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+8.46%

161 windows

min 6.2% · max 10.9%

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

2.59%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

1.30

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.34%

Sep 2023 → Oct 2023

% positive months

86.1%

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 Fund of Funds - Domestic

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - IDCW Option	HDFC	₹35.7269	12 Jun 2026
Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹20.2223	12 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Aggressive Plan	ICICI Prudential	₹165.7511	12 Jun 2026
QUANTUM EQUITY FUND OF FUNDS-Dividend Plan	Quantum	₹80.7510	11 Jun 2026
Franklin India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Funds- IDCW	Franklin India	₹22.0705	11 Jun 2026
FT India Dynamic PE Ratio Fund of Funds-Dividend	Franklin Templeton	₹39.6593	11 Jun 2026
Kotak Gold Fund Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option	Kotak	₹56.2505	12 Jun 2026
Kotak Equity-FOF-Dividend	Kotak Mahindra	₹239.8460	11 Jun 2026
HSBC Aggressive Hybrid Active FOF - Dividend	HSBC	₹28.3848	11 Jun 2026
IDFC - All Seasons Bond Fund - Annual Dividend	IDFC	₹14.6252	12 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
12 Jun 2026	₹65.8842
11 Jun 2026	₹65.8518
10 Jun 2026	₹65.8762
9 Jun 2026	₹65.8312
8 Jun 2026	₹65.7545
5 Jun 2026	₹65.6322
4 Jun 2026	₹65.5009
3 Jun 2026	₹65.4576
2 Jun 2026	₹65.4565
1 Jun 2026	₹65.4730

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 12 Jun 2026, the NAV of ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan is ₹65.8842. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from ICICI Prudential, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan has NAV history starting from 02 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.

ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Fund of Funds - Domestic' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan has delivered a absolute return of 5.76% — +9.87 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -4.11%. The fund ranks #32 of 92 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan has delivered a CAGR of 10.28% — +13.58 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -3.30%. The fund ranks #32 of 89 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan has delivered a CAGR of 9.22% — +18.3 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -9.08%. The fund ranks #23 of 61 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹236,749 today — a multiplier of 2.37×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 9.00%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹18,444.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹757,403 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 9.25%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,946,195 (multiplier 1.62×). XIRR: 9.34%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan ranks #23 out of 61 funds in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is -9.08%; this fund delivered 9.22%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.93% — its NAV fell from a high on 08 Apr 2022 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, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan averaged 8.60% (best 13.43%, worst 3.92%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.86 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan returned 6.53% — lagging the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 15.89% by 9.36 pp. It ranked #26 of 39 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.9%. 5-year CAGR: 9.22%.

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

ICICI Prudential Cautious Plan

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Fund of Funds - Domestic

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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