Should I invest in Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Annual IDCW?

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debtwants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debtis comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fundCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 9.1%. 5-year CAGR: 3.35%.

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Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW

Latest NAV

₹16.4802

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,025 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	+0.17%	+0.08%	+0.09	5 / 38	Q1
1W	+0.11%	-0.01%	+0.12	9 / 38	Q1
2W	+0.23%	+0.09%	+0.14	6 / 38	Q1
1M	+0.98%	+0.32%	+0.66	6 / 38	Q1
3M	+1.52%	+0.69%	+0.83	9 / 38	Q1
6M	-2.13%	-0.19%	-1.95	31 / 38	Q4
YTD	-2.60%	-0.75%	-1.85	30 / 38	Q4
1Y	-0.51%	-1.32%	+0.81	13 / 38	Q2
2Y	+2.08%	+0.31%	+1.77	9 / 38	Q1
3Y	+3.79%	+2.57%	+1.23	9 / 38	Q1
4Y	+4.35%	+3.17%	+1.18	10 / 38	Q2
5Y	+3.35%	+2.64%	+0.71	10 / 36	Q2
7Y	+5.38%	+2.98%	+2.40	7 / 34	Q1
10Y	+3.04%	+2.17%	+0.86	9 / 32	Q2
Inception	+3.78%	+2.83%	+0.95	9 / 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	-2.60%	-0.87%	-1.73	28 / 35
2025	+4.68%	+0.75%	+3.94	6 / 37
2024	+5.30%	+4.66%	+0.64	13 / 37
2023	+5.90%	+5.35%	+0.55	13 / 37
2022	-1.66%	-0.93%	-0.73	17 / 35
2021	+11.70%	+6.09%	+5.61	7 / 34
2020	+9.77%	+4.76%	+5.01	7 / 35
2019	-5.29%	+0.47%	-5.77	34 / 35
2018	-3.61%	-3.59%	-0.02	20 / 35
2017	+6.36%	+4.34%	+2.02	8 / 35
2016	-3.12%	+3.67%	-6.79	32 / 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

+3.52%

142 windows

min -11.0% · max 20.6%

68% positive

3-Year rolling

+3.10%

118 windows

min -3.5% · max 8.5%

80% positive

5-Year rolling

+3.02%

93 windows

min -2.0% · max 8.1%

83% positive

7-Year rolling

+3.05%

69 windows

min 1.7% · max 5.4%

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

4.00%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.67

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.06

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-6.44%

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 Conservative Hybrid Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Hybrid Debt Fund - IDCW Monthly - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹15.2730	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA CONSERVATIVE HYBRID FUND - SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO 2 - DIRECT Plan - MONTHLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	17 Jul 2026
SBI Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹25.6685	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Regular Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹16.9038	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Conservative Hybrid Fund-Direct Plan-IDCW	Bandhan	₹13.2876	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Regular Savings Fund - DIRECT - MONTHLY IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹27.2234	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Conservative Hybrid Fund - Plan A - Direct - Monthly - IDCW	Franklin India	₹14.4078	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Debt Hybrid - Monthly Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option - Direct	Kotak	₹13.4782	17 Jul 2026
Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly IDCW	Parag Parikh	₹11.0406	17 Jul 2026
DSP Regular Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW - Monthly	DSP	₹14.2269	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹16.4802
16 Jul 2026	₹16.4521
15 Jul 2026	₹16.4417
14 Jul 2026	₹16.4141
13 Jul 2026	₹16.4698
10 Jul 2026	₹16.4624
9 Jul 2026	₹16.4058
8 Jul 2026	₹16.3885
7 Jul 2026	₹16.4814
6 Jul 2026	₹16.4816

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 Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW is ₹16.4802. It's a Conservative Hybrid Fund from Axis, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW has NAV history starting from 11 Sep 2013, a track record of about 12 years 10 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.

Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW is managed by Axis. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Conservative Hybrid Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW has delivered a absolute return of -0.51% — +0.81 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of -1.32%. The fund ranks #13 of 38 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 3.79% — +1.23 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 2.57%. The fund ranks #9 of 38 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 3.35% — +0.71 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 2.64%. The fund ranks #10 of 36 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹134,852 today — a multiplier of 1.35×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 3.04%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹123,989.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹648,028 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 3.04%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,446,057 (multiplier 1.21×). XIRR: 3.66%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW ranks #10 out of 36 funds in the Conservative Hybrid Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 2.64%; this fund delivered 3.35%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 9.09% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 Jan 2022 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, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW averaged 3.02% (best 8.08%, worst -2.04%). 83% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.64 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW returned 4.68% — beating the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 0.75% by 3.94 pp. It ranked #6 of 37 in its category that year.

Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW is a Hybrid scheme. Tax treatment follows its actual equity allocation as disclosed by the AMC: at least 65% equity behaves like an equity fund (12.5% LTCG over 12 months, 20% STCG); 35-65% equity often gets an equity-style treatment with a 24-month threshold; under 35% equity is taxed at slab rate like a debt fund. Check the AMC's latest factsheet for the current classification.

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Conservative Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debt
wants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debt
is comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fund

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 9.1%. 5-year CAGR: 3.35%.

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