Should I invest in Axis Corporate Bond Fund Growth?

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 1.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.22%.

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Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth

Latest NAV

₹18.1100

As of

17 Jul 2026

2,185 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	+0.01%	+0.02%	-0.01	9 / 13	Q3
1W	-0.07%	-0.04%	-0.04	11 / 13	Q4
2W	-0.19%	-0.11%	-0.08	12 / 13	Q4
1M	+0.72%	+0.68%	+0.04	6 / 13	Q2
3M	+1.80%	+1.71%	+0.10	3 / 13	Q1
6M	+3.21%	+2.99%	+0.22	3 / 13	Q1
YTD	+2.95%	+2.76%	+0.19	4 / 13	Q2
1Y	+5.12%	+4.84%	+0.28	4 / 13	Q2
2Y	+7.32%	+6.99%	+0.33	2 / 13	Q1
3Y	+7.22%	+6.94%	+0.28	3 / 13	Q1
4Y	+7.07%	+6.83%	+0.24	3 / 11	Q2
5Y	+6.22%	+5.85%	+0.37	2 / 9	Q1
7Y	+6.92%	+6.47%	+0.45	1 / 8	Q1
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.79%	+6.66%	+0.14	8 / 13	Q3

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	+2.95%	+2.76%	+0.19	4 / 13
2025	+7.92%	+7.49%	+0.43	3 / 13
2024	+8.02%	+7.90%	+0.12	4 / 13
2023	+6.77%	+6.63%	+0.14	6 / 12
2022	+3.69%	+2.92%	+0.77	1 / 10
2021	+3.60%	+3.26%	+0.34	3 / 8
2020	+11.47%	+10.42%	+1.06	2 / 8
2019	+6.07%	+8.63%	-2.56	6 / 7
2018	+7.77%	+6.64%	+1.13	1 / 4
2017	—	—	—	—

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

+6.89%

98 windows

min 2.3% · max 12.3%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+6.72%

74 windows

min 4.6% · max 8.4%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.45%

49 windows

min 5.9% · max 7.3%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+6.83%

25 windows

min 6.4% · max 7.2%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

1.49%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.35

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.65%

May 2026 → May 2026

% positive months

97.2%

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 Corporate Bond Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
SBI Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	SBI	₹16.3766	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Growth	Bandhan	₹20.4154	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Corporate Bond Fund Regular Growth	Mirae Asset	₹13.4466	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Corporate Bond Fund- Regular Plan-Growth Option	Kotak	₹3,995.2249	17 Jul 2026
DSP Corporate Bond Fund - Regular - Growth	DSP	₹16.9566	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Growth	HSBC	₹77.4203	17 Jul 2026
BARODA BNP PARIBAS CORPORATE BOND FUND - Regular Plan - GROWTH OPTION	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹29.2619	17 Jul 2026
CANARA ROBECO CORPORATE BOND FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH OPTION	Canara Robeco	₹22.7576	17 Jul 2026
UTI Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	UTI	₹17.3504	17 Jul 2026
Tata Corporate Bond Fund-Regular Plan-Growth	Tata	₹13.0333	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹18.1100
16 Jul 2026	₹18.1078
15 Jul 2026	₹18.0931
14 Jul 2026	₹18.0871
13 Jul 2026	₹18.1271
10 Jul 2026	₹18.1233
9 Jul 2026	₹18.1071
8 Jul 2026	₹18.1031
7 Jul 2026	₹18.1460
6 Jul 2026	₹18.1534

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 Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth is ₹18.1100. It's a Corporate Bond Fund from Axis, run as a Regular plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth has NAV history starting from 18 Jul 2017, a track record of about 9 years. 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 Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth is managed by Axis. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Corporate Bond Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth has delivered a absolute return of 5.12% — +0.28 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of 4.84%. The fund ranks #4 of 13 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth has delivered a CAGR of 7.22% — +0.28 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of 6.94%. The fund ranks #3 of 13 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth has delivered a CAGR of 6.22% — +0.37 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of 5.85%. The fund ranks #2 of 9 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹135,202 today — a multiplier of 1.35×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 6.22%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹132,883.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹713,909 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.89%.

Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,064,849 — XIRR 6.67%.

On a 5-year basis, Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth ranks #2 out of 9 funds in the Corporate Bond Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 5.85%; this fund delivered 6.22%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 0.97% — its NAV fell from a high on 05 Apr 2022 to a low on 06 May 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 Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth averaged 6.45% (best 7.26%, worst 5.88%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.31 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth returned 7.92% — beating the Corporate Bond Fund category average of 7.49% by 0.43 pp. It ranked #3 of 13 in its category that year.

Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth 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. Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 1.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.22%.

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

Axis Corporate Bond Fund - Regular Plan Growth

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Corporate Bond Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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