Should I invest in UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ yearsprimary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growthtax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

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UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option

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	+0.00%	-9.99%	+9.99	586 / 1129	Q3
1W	+0.03%	-13.04%	+13.07	335 / 1151	Q2
2W	+0.03%	-13.18%	+13.21	325 / 1149	Q2
1M	-0.22%	-13.26%	+13.04	450 / 1137	Q2
3M	+0.63%	-13.15%	+13.77	336 / 1116	Q2
6M	+2.58%	-15.45%	+18.03	305 / 906	Q2
YTD	-0.22%	-15.77%	+15.55	486 / 952	Q3
1Y	+13.96%	-13.09%	+27.04	6 / 820	Q1
2Y	+5.67%	-12.72%	+18.39	131 / 446	Q2
3Y	+7.29%	-11.01%	+18.30	72 / 385	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.29%	-13.63%	+20.92	266 / 1199	Q1

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
2010 YTD	-0.22%	-5.78%	+5.56	293 / 377
2009	+14.87%	-12.86%	+27.73	44 / 713
2008	-5.38%	-2.02%	-3.36	297 / 380
2007	—	—	—	—

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

+6.29%

25 windows

min -7.8% · max 18.9%

76% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+7.29%

1 window

min 7.3% · max 7.3%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

—

Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

—

Insufficient history

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

6.01%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.12

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.22

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-10.37%

Jan 2008 → Oct 2008

% positive months

75.0%

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.

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
22 Feb 2010	₹12.4039
19 Feb 2010	₹12.4026
18 Feb 2010	₹12.4054
17 Feb 2010	₹12.4070
16 Feb 2010	₹12.4011
15 Feb 2010	₹12.3996
11 Feb 2010	₹12.4100
10 Feb 2010	₹12.4005
9 Feb 2010	₹12.4048
8 Feb 2010	₹12.4000

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.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option is a Income from UTI (Unknown plan, IDCW (dividend) option). Latest NAV isn't currently available in our feed — the AMC publishes it once per business day after market close.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 23 Feb 2007, a track record of about 19 years 3 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.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option is managed by UTI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Income' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 13.96% — +27.04 pp ahead of the Income category average of -13.09%. The fund ranks #6 of 820 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 7.29% — +18.3 pp ahead of the Income category average of -11.01%. The fund ranks #72 of 385 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹123,494 today — a multiplier of 1.23×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 7.29%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹70,476.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹404,815 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 7.74%.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹404,815 — XIRR 7.74%.

On a 3-year basis, UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option ranks #72 out of 385 funds in the Income category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is -11.01%; this fund delivered 7.29%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 10.37% — its NAV fell from a high on 07 Jan 2008 to a low on 27 Oct 2008. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option averaged 7.29% (best 7.29%, worst 7.29%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.12 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2009, UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option returned 14.87% — beating the Income category average of -12.86% by 27.73 pp. It ranked #44 of 713 in its category that year.

UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option is classified as a Debt fund. For units acquired on or after 1 April 2023, all gains are taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of holding period — there's no LTCG concession or indexation. For pre-April-2023 units, the old rules with indexation still apply on long-term gains.

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI Capital Protection Oriented Scheme - 3 years - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ years
primary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growth
tax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

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