Should I invest in Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT?

We don't give personal investment advice. Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW 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: 23.2%. 5-year CAGR: 22.69%.

Aditya Birla Sun Life

Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹42.2555

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,320 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	-0.57%	-0.15%	-0.41	93 / 125	Q3
1W	-1.89%	-4.47%	+2.58	102 / 130	Q4
2W	-3.56%	-5.11%	+1.55	100 / 130	Q4
1M	-6.39%	-5.39%	-0.99	106 / 130	Q4
3M	-7.21%	-4.67%	-2.55	106 / 130	Q4
6M	-1.58%	-5.19%	+3.60	79 / 122	Q3
YTD	+4.86%	-2.99%	+7.85	13 / 120	Q1
1Y	+43.05%	+12.27%	+30.78	13 / 111	Q1
2Y	+36.67%	+6.29%	+30.38	10 / 84	Q1
3Y	+31.82%	+6.43%	+25.39	8 / 73	Q1
4Y	+27.78%	+5.33%	+22.45	5 / 68	Q1
5Y	+22.69%	-0.23%	+22.93	5 / 55	Q1
7Y	+20.67%	-3.52%	+24.18	5 / 38	Q1
10Y	+15.11%	-6.57%	+21.69	6 / 34	Q1
Inception	+10.73%	+8.45%	+2.28	47 / 130	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	+4.86%	+1.22%	+3.64	13 / 114
2025	+72.76%	+30.86%	+41.90	10 / 83
2024	+19.46%	+13.06%	+6.40	7 / 69
2023	+13.64%	+14.87%	-1.23	34 / 68
2022	+12.70%	-5.59%	+18.28	6 / 59
2021	-5.01%	+10.93%	-15.95	46 / 51
2020	+26.27%	+10.64%	+15.63	7 / 39
2019	+18.75%	+9.45%	+9.30	9 / 34
2018	+6.58%	+1.74%	+4.84	10 / 35
2017	+2.61%	+9.33%	-6.72	27 / 32
2016	+13.28%	+7.23%	+6.05	2 / 31

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

+13.39%

153 windows

min -14.9% · max 79.7%

76% positive

3-Year rolling

+11.01%

129 windows

min -7.0% · max 37.6%

88% positive

5-Year rolling

+10.49%

105 windows

min -2.1% · max 25.5%

92% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.28%

80 windows

min 2.9% · max 24.6%

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

18.05%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

1.28

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

3.32

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-23.25%

Jan 2026 → Mar 2026

% 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 Fund of Funds - Domestic

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹43.7010	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA GOLD SAVINGS FUND - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹55.8049	17 Jul 2026
SBI Gold Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹42.6993	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹44.7685	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹40.6301	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Gold and Silver Passive Fund of Funds(Direct Plan)	Motilal Oswal	₹28.6857	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹17.6720	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Gold Fund Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option- Direct	Kotak	₹56.5797	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Gold and Silver ETF FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	Edelweiss	₹31.7710	17 Jul 2026
DSP Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct - IDCW	DSP	₹22.0719	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹42.2555
16 Jul 2026	₹42.4956
15 Jul 2026	₹42.4033
14 Jul 2026	₹42.2699
13 Jul 2026	₹42.6505
10 Jul 2026	₹43.0691
9 Jul 2026	₹43.1550
8 Jul 2026	₹42.7406
7 Jul 2026	₹43.2856
6 Jul 2026	₹43.5667

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 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW is ₹42.2555. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from Aditya Birla Sun Life, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW has NAV history starting from 02 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 years 6 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW is managed by Aditya Birla Sun Life. 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, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 43.05% — +30.78 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 12.27%. The fund ranks #13 of 111 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 31.82% — +25.39 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 6.43%. The fund ranks #8 of 73 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 22.69% — +22.93 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -0.23%. The fund ranks #5 of 55 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹408,616 today — a multiplier of 4.09×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 15.11%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹50,679.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹1,215,025 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 28.65%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹3,457,228 (multiplier 2.88×). XIRR: 20.07%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW ranks #5 out of 55 funds in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is -0.23%; this fund delivered 22.69%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 23.25% — its NAV fell from a high on 29 Jan 2026 to a low on 23 Mar 2026. 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, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW averaged 10.49% (best 25.54%, worst -2.07%). 92% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.97 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW returned 72.76% — beating the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 30.86% by 41.90 pp. It ranked #10 of 83 in its category that year.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW 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. Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund-DIRECT - IDCW 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: 23.2%. 5-year CAGR: 22.69%.

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