Should I invest in Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 6.3%. 5-year CAGR: 9.74%.

Edelweiss

Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹21.3044

As of

3 Jun 2026

2,345 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	+0.01%	+7.25%	-7.25	24 / 52	Q2
1W	-0.67%	+6.89%	-7.56	43 / 52	Q4
2W	-0.12%	+7.13%	-7.25	33 / 52	Q3
1M	+0.05%	+7.13%	-7.09	14 / 51	Q2
3M	+1.53%	+6.63%	-5.10	13 / 51	Q2
6M	+1.91%	+6.00%	-4.08	8 / 51	Q1
YTD	+1.16%	+5.72%	-4.56	14 / 51	Q2
1Y	+7.19%	+8.33%	-1.15	8 / 50	Q1
2Y	+8.63%	+5.55%	+3.07	6 / 50	Q1
3Y	+11.52%	+6.83%	+4.69	5 / 48	Q1
4Y	+11.31%	+6.12%	+5.19	5 / 43	Q1
5Y	+9.74%	+5.24%	+4.50	6 / 42	Q1
7Y	+8.72%	+5.14%	+3.59	9 / 38	Q1
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.46%	+5.77%	+1.69	16 / 50	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
2026 YTD	+1.16%	-2.29%	+3.45	6 / 43
2025	+8.78%	+10.59%	-1.81	9 / 45
2024	+14.35%	+7.51%	+6.84	5 / 45
2023	+14.07%	+8.56%	+5.51	8 / 43
2022	+3.17%	+0.43%	+2.73	10 / 43
2021	+12.52%	+8.79%	+3.72	7 / 43
2020	+9.55%	+7.24%	+2.31	20 / 43
2019	+0.14%	+4.12%	-3.98	31 / 37
2018	-3.43%	-1.89%	-1.54	20 / 28
2017	+10.96%	+9.85%	+1.12	13 / 25
2016	—	—	—	—

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

+7.56%

104 windows

min -8.3% · max 22.2%

83% positive

3-Year rolling

+7.68%

80 windows

min -1.7% · max 13.4%

96% positive

5-Year rolling

+7.91%

56 windows

min 3.9% · max 12.1%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+7.60%

31 windows

min 6.5% · max 9.1%

100% 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

4.06%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

1.12

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

2.39

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-3.45%

Feb 2026 → Mar 2026

% positive months

83.3%

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 Equity Savings Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Equity Savings Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹14.9190	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA EQUITY SAVINGS FUND - SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO 2 - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	3 Jun 2026
SBI Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹24.6420	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹15.5800	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹18.2438	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Equity Savings Fund-Direct Plan -Quarterly IDCW	Bandhan	₹13.2530	3 Jun 2026
quant Equity Savings Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹10.4579	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings Fund - Direct - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹15.4200	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Equity Savings Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹14.9660	3 Jun 2026
Mirae Asset Equity Savings Fund Direct IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹13.3610	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹21.3044
2 Jun 2026	₹21.3003
1 Jun 2026	₹21.2992
29 May 2026	₹21.3374
27 May 2026	₹21.4301
26 May 2026	₹21.4434
25 May 2026	₹21.4422
22 May 2026	₹21.3528
21 May 2026	₹21.3586
20 May 2026	₹21.3411

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 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is ₹21.3044. It's a Equity Savings Fund from Edelweiss, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 28 Nov 2016, a track record of about 9 years 6 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.

Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is managed by Edelweiss. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Equity Savings Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 7.19% — -1.15 pp behind the Equity Savings Fund category average of 8.33%. The fund ranks #8 of 50 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 11.52% — +4.69 pp ahead of the Equity Savings Fund category average of 6.83%. The fund ranks #5 of 48 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 9.74% — +4.5 pp ahead of the Equity Savings Fund category average of 5.24%. The fund ranks #6 of 42 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹159,147 today — a multiplier of 1.59×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 9.74%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹129,108.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹771,331 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 9.98%.

Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,201,680 — XIRR 10.05%.

On a 5-year basis, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option ranks #6 out of 42 funds in the Equity Savings Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 5.24%; this fund delivered 9.74%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 6.25% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 Jan 2022 to a low on 20 Jun 2022. 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, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option averaged 7.91% (best 12.07%, worst 3.86%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.69 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option returned 8.78% — lagging the Equity Savings Fund category average of 10.59% by 1.81 pp. It ranked #9 of 45 in its category that year.

Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW 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. Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 6.3%. 5-year CAGR: 9.74%.

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