Should I invest in Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend?

We don't give personal investment advice. Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend 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: 21.7%. 5-year CAGR: 0.34%.

Bharti AXA

Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend

Latest NAV

₹10.3674

As of

1 Jan 2021

2,840 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	+0.13%	-5.48%	+5.61	6 / 472	Q1
1W	+0.12%	-6.69%	+6.80	57 / 472	Q1
2W	+0.41%	-6.61%	+7.02	9 / 472	Q1
1M	+1.44%	-6.65%	+8.09	1 / 472	Q1
3M	+3.95%	-6.59%	+10.54	1 / 471	Q1
6M	+10.43%	-6.25%	+16.68	1 / 443	Q1
YTD	+0.00%	-6.33%	+6.33	149 / 452	Q2
1Y	+11.61%	-4.07%	+15.68	1 / 439	Q1
2Y	+1.57%	+0.33%	+1.24	145 / 439	Q2
3Y	-1.82%	+1.73%	-3.56	428 / 439	Q4
4Y	+0.09%	+4.16%	-4.07	47 / 64	Q3
5Y	+0.34%	+3.80%	-3.46	27 / 43	Q3
7Y	+0.22%	+4.79%	-4.57	21 / 23	Q4
10Y	-0.07%	+4.00%	-4.06	16 / 17	Q4
Inception	+0.30%	+1.99%	-1.69	167 / 472	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
2021 YTD	+0.00%	-3.01%	+3.01	93 / 236
2020	+11.68%	+1.27%	+10.41	4 / 344
2019	-8.04%	+2.87%	-10.91	287 / 301
2018	-8.11%	+2.79%	-10.90	181 / 187
2017	+6.04%	+5.18%	+0.85	34 / 71
2016	+0.58%	+8.01%	-7.44	31 / 35
2015	-3.19%	+1.57%	-4.76	5 / 5
2014	+2.85%	+6.37%	-3.52	4 / 4
2013	-2.40%	+0.51%	-2.91	4 / 4
2012	+3.27%	+3.29%	-0.03	2 / 4
2011	-2.90%	+1.43%	-4.33	4 / 4

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

-0.77%

132 windows

min -16.6% · max 11.6%

45% positive

3-Year rolling

-0.57%

108 windows

min -5.9% · max 2.1%

51% positive

5-Year rolling

-0.32%

83 windows

min -3.9% · max 1.3%

52% positive

7-Year rolling

-0.31%

59 windows

min -2.2% · max 1.0%

37% 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

9.15%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.86

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.97

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-21.47%

Jan 2018 → Mar 2020

% positive months

58.3%

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 Medium to Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan - XLIII - Series 1 - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Plan	Nippon India	₹13.2025	3 Jun 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹17.1653	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 REGULAR PLAN PERIODIC-IDCW (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹15.0027	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TI (1837 days) - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.4359	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond-Regular-Annual Dividend	Kotak Mahindra	₹47.6827	3 Jun 2026
Kotak FMP Series 304-Regular Plan-Payout of IDCW	Kotak	₹12.9404	3 Jun 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Regular - IDCW	DSP	₹13.1466	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Income Fund - Investment - Regular - Dividend	HSBC	₹10.5254	3 Jun 2026
UTI Fixed Term Income Fund Series XXXVI - I (1574 Days) - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option	UTI	₹12.1075	3 Jun 2026
Axis Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 129 (108 Days) - Regular Plan - IDCW	Axis	₹10.1904	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
1 Jan 2021	₹10.3674
31 Dec 2020	₹10.3538
30 Dec 2020	₹10.3586
29 Dec 2020	₹10.3590
28 Dec 2020	₹10.3604
24 Dec 2020	₹10.3552
23 Dec 2020	₹10.3299
22 Dec 2020	₹10.3027
21 Dec 2020	₹10.2736
18 Dec 2020	₹10.3251

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 01 Jan 2021, the NAV of Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend is ₹10.3674. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Bharti AXA, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend has NAV history starting from 20 Mar 2009, a track record of about 17 years 2 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend is managed by Bharti AXA. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Medium to Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend has delivered a absolute return of 11.61% — +15.68 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -4.07%. The fund ranks #1 of 439 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of -1.82% — -3.56 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 1.73%. The fund ranks #428 of 439 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of 0.34% — -3.46 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.80%. The fund ranks #27 of 43 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹99,321 today — a multiplier of 0.99×, based on the 10-year CAGR of -0.07%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹147,955.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹615,536 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 1.00%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,216,406 (multiplier 1.01×). XIRR: 0.27%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend ranks #27 out of 43 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.80%; this fund delivered 0.34%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend has experienced over the last 5-year window is 21.71% — its NAV fell from a high on 26 Dec 2017 to a low on 23 Mar 2020. 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, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend averaged -0.32% (best 1.30%, worst -3.88%). 52% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.77 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2020, Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend returned 11.68% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 1.27% by 10.41 pp. It ranked #4 of 344 in its category that year.

Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend 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. Bharti AXA Regular Return Fund-ECO Plan-Quarterly Dividend 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: 21.7%. 5-year CAGR: 0.34%.

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