Should I invest in BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Baroda BNP Paribas

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹134.6372

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	-0.18%	-0.23%	+0.05	15 / 34	Q2
1W	-0.65%	-0.54%	-0.11	18 / 34	Q3
2W	+0.90%	+0.58%	+0.33	10 / 34	Q2
1M	+2.03%	+1.91%	+0.13	15 / 34	Q2
3M	+5.55%	+6.18%	-0.63	18 / 34	Q3
6M	+8.57%	+7.27%	+1.30	11 / 33	Q2
YTD	+7.01%	+5.24%	+1.77	10 / 33	Q2
1Y	+11.46%	+6.21%	+5.26	4 / 33	Q1
2Y	+5.87%	+4.78%	+1.09	13 / 31	Q2
3Y	+20.32%	+19.66%	+0.65	13 / 31	Q2
4Y	+21.00%	+20.58%	+0.42	13 / 27	Q2
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+18.92%	+19.25%	-0.33	18 / 34	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	+7.01%	+5.24%	+1.77	10 / 33
2025	+3.69%	+2.51%	+1.18	14 / 31
2024	+30.21%	+29.88%	+0.33	14 / 31
2023	+34.24%	+38.88%	-4.64	23 / 30
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

+22.50%

41 windows

min -2.0% · max 55.3%

93% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+22.18%

17 windows

min 19.6% · max 26.5%

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

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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

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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

14.18%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.92

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.54

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-18.64%

Oct 2024 → Feb 2025

% positive months

72.2%

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 Mid Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Mid Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹229.2790	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA GROWTH MID CAP FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹191.8428	17 Jul 2026
SBI MIDCAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH	SBI	₹274.8819	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential MidCap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹379.8000	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Invesco	₹240.7600	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN MIDCAP FUND - GROWTH - DIRECT PLAN	Bandhan	₹19.7200	17 Jul 2026
quant Mid Cap Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹254.1999	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Midcap Fund - Growth - Direct Plan	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹943.0600	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option	Motilal Oswal	₹114.4178	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Mid Cap Fund - Direct - Growth	Franklin India	₹3,195.9391	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹134.6372
16 Jul 2026	₹134.8802
15 Jul 2026	₹135.7504
14 Jul 2026	₹134.6980
13 Jul 2026	₹135.5418
10 Jul 2026	₹135.5122
9 Jul 2026	₹133.6130
8 Jul 2026	₹131.7651
7 Jul 2026	₹133.4892
6 Jul 2026	₹133.8065

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 BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹134.6372. It's a Mid Cap Fund from Baroda BNP Paribas, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 14 Mar 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.

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is managed by Baroda BNP Paribas. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Mid Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 11.46% — +5.26 pp ahead of the Mid Cap Fund category average of 6.21%. The fund ranks #4 of 33 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 20.32% — +0.65 pp ahead of the Mid Cap Fund category average of 19.66%. The fund ranks #13 of 31 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 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 BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹174,173 today — a multiplier of 1.74×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 20.32%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹171,344.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹444,832 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 14.23%.

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹444,832 — XIRR 14.23%.

On a 3-year basis, BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option ranks #13 out of 31 funds in the Mid Cap Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 19.66%; this fund delivered 20.32%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 18.64% — its NAV fell from a high on 01 Oct 2024 to a low on 28 Feb 2025. 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, BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option averaged 22.18% (best 26.50%, worst 19.64%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.92 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option returned 3.69% — beating the Mid Cap Fund category average of 2.51% by 1.18 pp. It ranked #14 of 31 in its category that year.

BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. BARODA BNP PARIBAS Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

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.