Should I invest in Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 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.

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Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Latest NAV

₹12.9292

As of

17 Jul 2026

890 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%	+0.21%	-0.20	231 / 353	Q3
1W	+0.11%	-0.05%	+0.15	142 / 353	Q2
2W	+0.21%	+0.24%	-0.03	160 / 353	Q2
1M	+0.44%	+0.78%	-0.34	262 / 353	Q3
3M	+1.37%	+2.20%	-0.83	246 / 350	Q3
6M	+2.83%	+1.36%	+1.47	159 / 336	Q2
YTD	+3.02%	+0.54%	+2.48	123 / 333	Q2
1Y	+5.78%	+2.69%	+3.09	75 / 318	Q1
2Y	+7.08%	+3.33%	+3.76	81 / 213	Q2
3Y	+7.24%	+10.79%	-3.55	146 / 172	Q4
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.28%	+7.52%	-0.24	206 / 353	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	+3.02%	+0.51%	+2.51	121 / 331
2025	+7.62%	+6.05%	+1.57	140 / 260
2024	+8.08%	+14.12%	-6.03	151 / 180
2023	+6.97%	+21.09%	-14.13	123 / 130
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

+7.55%

33 windows

min 5.7% · max 8.8%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+7.41%

9 windows

min 7.2% · max 7.6%

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

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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

0.70%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.69

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.18%

Sep 2023 → Oct 2023

% positive months

100.0%

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.

Peers in Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC CRISIL-IBX Financial Services 3-6 Months Debt Index Fund - Direct Growth Plan	HDFC	₹10.8590	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India CRISIL - IBX AAA Financial Services - Dec 2026 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹11.3511	17 Jul 2026
SBI \|CRISIL IBX Gilt Index - June 2036 Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹13.5661	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential CRISIL-IBX Financial Services 3-6 Months Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹10.9659	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN CRISIL IBX 90:10 SDL PLUS GILT - NOV 2026 INDEX FUND - DIRECT GROWTH	Bandhan	₹12.9697	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Crisil IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Apr 2028 Index Fund-Direct Growth	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.2904	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset CRISIL IBX Gilt Index - April 2033 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Mirae Asset	₹13.4884	17 Jul 2026
Kotak CRISIL - IBX AAA Bond Financial Services Index Dec 2026 Fund - Direct - Growth	Kotak	₹11.0777	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL April 2037 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Edelweiss	₹13.5206	17 Jul 2026
DSP CRISIL-IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL - April 2033 Index Fund - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹13.1078	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.9292
16 Jul 2026	₹12.9272
15 Jul 2026	₹12.9248
14 Jul 2026	₹12.9228
13 Jul 2026	₹12.9215
10 Jul 2026	₹12.9155
9 Jul 2026	₹12.9132
8 Jul 2026	₹12.9111
7 Jul 2026	₹12.9091
6 Jul 2026	₹12.9080

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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹12.9292. It's a Index Fund from Axis, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has NAV history starting from 24 Nov 2022, a track record of about 3 years 7 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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a absolute return of 5.78% — +3.09 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 2.69%. The fund ranks #75 of 318 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 7.24% — -3.55 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 10.79%. The fund ranks #146 of 172 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹123,333 today — a multiplier of 1.23×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 7.24%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹136,005.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹400,080 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.97%.

Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹400,080 — XIRR 6.97%.

On a 3-year basis, Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth ranks #146 out of 172 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 10.79%; this fund delivered 7.24%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth has experienced over the last 3-year window is 0.18% — its NAV fell from a high on 26 Sep 2023 to a low on 06 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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth averaged 7.41% (best 7.60%, worst 7.17%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.69 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth returned 7.62% — beating the Index Fund category average of 6.05% by 1.57 pp. It ranked #140 of 260 in its category that year.

Axis Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 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 Nifty SDL September 2026 Debt Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 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.