Should I invest in DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.0%. 5-year CAGR: 0.38%.

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DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly

Latest NAV

₹10.4078

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,106 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	-0.03%	+0.02%	-0.04	43 / 46	Q4
1W	-0.16%	-0.01%	-0.15	42 / 46	Q4
2W	-0.29%	-0.11%	-0.18	38 / 46	Q4
1M	-0.81%	+0.03%	-0.84	41 / 46	Q4
3M	+0.20%	+0.55%	-0.35	21 / 45	Q2
6M	+0.59%	+1.10%	-0.51	19 / 45	Q2
YTD	+0.17%	+0.74%	-0.57	21 / 45	Q2
1Y	+0.34%	+1.85%	-1.52	20 / 45	Q2
2Y	+0.53%	+2.54%	-2.00	26 / 43	Q3
3Y	+0.50%	+2.10%	-1.60	19 / 37	Q3
4Y	+0.50%	+2.35%	-1.85	21 / 34	Q3
5Y	+0.38%	+2.15%	-1.78	21 / 33	Q3
7Y	+0.16%	+1.81%	-1.65	23 / 31	Q3
10Y	+0.13%	+1.82%	-1.69	23 / 26	Q4
Inception	+0.30%	+2.40%	-2.09	36 / 46	Q4

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	+0.17%	+0.48%	-0.31	14 / 36
2025	+0.85%	+2.43%	-1.59	19 / 37
2024	+0.67%	+2.68%	-2.01	22 / 39
2023	+0.43%	+2.17%	-1.74	19 / 37
2022	+0.16%	+1.72%	-1.56	17 / 33
2021	-0.41%	-0.47%	+0.06	21 / 33
2020	+0.56%	+2.88%	-2.32	20 / 31
2019	-0.07%	+2.39%	-2.46	24 / 30
2018	+0.19%	+1.46%	-1.28	18 / 29
2017	+0.07%	+0.94%	-0.87	19 / 34
2016	-0.46%	+2.13%	-2.59	28 / 30

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

+0.21%

145 windows

min -3.0% · max 2.1%

68% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.14%

120 windows

min -0.5% · max 1.1%

63% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.11%

96 windows

min -0.4% · max 1.0%

73% positive

7-Year rolling

+0.10%

72 windows

min -0.2% · max 0.5%

72% positive

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

1.92%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-3.10

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-5.10

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.97%

May 2025 → Apr 2026

% positive months

52.8%

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 Banking & PSU Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
SBI Banking & PSU Fund - Regular Plan - Daily Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹1,501.8744	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Banking and PSU Fund - Regular Plan - Daily IDCW (Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹1,049.8531	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Banking and PSU Fund - Regular Annual IDCW	Bandhan	₹11.3500	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Banking and PSU Fund - Regular plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹13.5966	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Banking and PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW Option	Edelweiss	₹17.6764	17 Jul 2026
DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	DSP	₹10.5865	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Banking and PSU Debt Fund - Regular Daily IDCW	HSBC	₹11.0910	17 Jul 2026
Canara Robeco Banking and PSU Debt Fund- Regular Plan- IDCW (Payout/ Reinvestment)	Canara Robeco	₹10.6618	17 Jul 2026
UTI Banking & PSU Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	UTI	₹13.3115	17 Jul 2026
Axis Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - Daily IDCW	Axis	₹1,037.3339	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹10.4078
16 Jul 2026	₹10.4107
15 Jul 2026	₹10.4014
14 Jul 2026	₹10.3964
13 Jul 2026	₹10.4271
10 Jul 2026	₹10.4246
9 Jul 2026	₹10.4123
8 Jul 2026	₹10.4059
7 Jul 2026	₹10.4362
6 Jul 2026	₹10.4423

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 DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly is ₹10.4078. It's a Banking & PSU Fund from DSP, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly has NAV history starting from 16 Sep 2013, a track record of about 12 years 10 months. 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.

DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly is managed by DSP. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Banking & PSU Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly has delivered a absolute return of 0.34% — -1.52 pp behind the Banking & PSU Fund category average of 1.85%. The fund ranks #20 of 45 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly has delivered a CAGR of 0.50% — -1.6 pp behind the Banking & PSU Fund category average of 2.10%. The fund ranks #19 of 37 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly has delivered a CAGR of 0.38% — -1.78 pp behind the Banking & PSU Fund category average of 2.15%. The fund ranks #21 of 33 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹101,304 today — a multiplier of 1.01×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 0.13%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹119,772.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹607,535 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.49%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,219,561 (multiplier 1.02×). XIRR: 0.32%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly ranks #21 out of 33 funds in the Banking & PSU Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 2.15%; this fund delivered 0.38%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly has experienced over the last 5-year window is 1.97% — its NAV fell from a high on 28 May 2025 to a low on 02 Apr 2026. 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, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly averaged 0.11% (best 0.97%, worst -0.44%). 73% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -3.82 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly returned 0.85% — lagging the Banking & PSU Fund category average of 2.43% by 1.59 pp. It ranked #19 of 37 in its category that year.

DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly 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. DSP Banking & PSU Debt Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Monthly 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.0%. 5-year CAGR: 0.38%.

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