Should I invest in Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - 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.

Axis

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹13.1488

As of

17 Jul 2026

1,069 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	+0.02%	+0.08%	-0.06	184 / 296	Q3
1W	+0.06%	-0.25%	+0.31	157 / 296	Q3
2W	+0.17%	+0.03%	+0.14	169 / 296	Q3
1M	+0.62%	+0.66%	-0.05	187 / 296	Q3
3M	+1.72%	+1.92%	-0.20	139 / 296	Q2
6M	+3.14%	+0.72%	+2.42	96 / 289	Q2
YTD	+3.37%	-0.18%	+3.55	58 / 287	Q1
1Y	+5.97%	+1.67%	+4.30	49 / 276	Q1
2Y	+7.53%	+2.29%	+5.24	27 / 196	Q1
3Y	+7.54%	+9.65%	-2.11	80 / 152	Q3
4Y	+7.50%	+12.31%	-4.81	64 / 81	Q4
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.50%	+7.39%	-0.89	185 / 294	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	+3.37%	-0.15%	+3.52	57 / 282
2025	+7.92%	+5.41%	+2.51	98 / 226
2024	+8.47%	+13.06%	-4.59	103 / 159
2023	+7.01%	+21.46%	-14.45	107 / 121
2022	—	—	—	—

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

+7.51%

42 windows

min 2.6% · max 9.6%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+7.61%

18 windows

min 6.1% · max 8.2%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

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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

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Today's value

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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

0.92%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.84

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.37%

Sep 2023 → Oct 2023

% 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 Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Nippon India CRISIL - IBX AAA Financial Services - Dec 2026 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹11.3511	17 Jul 2026
SBI CRISIL - IBX Financial Services 3-6 Months Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	SBI	₹10.1625	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential CRISIL-IBX Financial Services 3-6 Months Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹10.9659	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN CRISIL IBX 90:10 SDL PLUS GILT - NOV 2026 INDEX FUND - DIRECT IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.5575	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Crisil IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL APR 2028 Index Fund-Direct IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.2882	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset CRISIL IBX Gilt Index - April 2033 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹13.4843	17 Jul 2026
Kotak CRISIL - IBX AAA Bond Financial Services Index Dec 2026 Fund - Direct - IDCW	Kotak	₹11.0776	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL April 2037 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Edelweiss	₹13.5205	17 Jul 2026
DSP CRISIL-IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL - April 2033 Index Fund - Direct - IDCW	DSP	₹13.1078	17 Jul 2026
HSBC CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Apr 2028 Index Fund - Direct - Payout of IDCW	HSBC	₹13.2876	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹13.1488
16 Jul 2026	₹13.1462
15 Jul 2026	₹13.1458
14 Jul 2026	₹13.1469
13 Jul 2026	₹13.1481
10 Jul 2026	₹13.1410
9 Jul 2026	₹13.1382
8 Jul 2026	₹13.1329
7 Jul 2026	₹13.1335
6 Jul 2026	₹13.1331

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 CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is ₹13.1488. It's a Index Fund from Axis, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has NAV history starting from 25 Feb 2022, a track record of about 4 years 4 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW is managed by Axis. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Index Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 5.97% — +4.3 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 1.67%. The fund ranks #49 of 276 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 7.54% — -2.11 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 9.65%. The fund ranks #80 of 152 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW 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 Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹124,368 today — a multiplier of 1.24×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 7.54%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹131,816.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹402,429 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 7.37%.

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹402,429 — XIRR 7.37%.

On a 3-year basis, Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW ranks #80 out of 152 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 9.65%; this fund delivered 7.54%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW has experienced over the last 3-year window is 0.37% — its NAV fell from a high on 26 Sep 2023 to a low on 10 Oct 2023. 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, Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW averaged 7.61% (best 8.24%, worst 6.13%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.84 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW returned 7.92% — beating the Index Fund category average of 5.41% by 2.51 pp. It ranked #98 of 226 in its category that year.

Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - 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. Axis CRISIL IBX SDL May 2027 Index Fund - Direct Plan - 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.

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