Should I invest in Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Edelweiss Flexi Cap 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: 19.8%. 5-year CAGR: 13.26%.

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Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹35.8490

As of

2 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	+0.23%	-0.75%	+0.98	28 / 105	Q2
1W	-2.14%	-1.81%	-0.33	95 / 104	Q4
2W	-0.82%	-1.11%	+0.30	83 / 104	Q4
1M	-1.97%	-1.16%	-0.80	86 / 104	Q4
3M	-2.98%	+1.00%	-3.98	77 / 103	Q3
6M	-5.11%	+1.92%	-7.03	66 / 100	Q3
YTD	-6.22%	-1.23%	-4.98	68 / 98	Q3
1Y	+2.31%	+9.43%	-7.13	50 / 88	Q3
2Y	+4.23%	+5.85%	-1.62	42 / 82	Q3
3Y	+16.71%	+10.05%	+6.66	13 / 71	Q1
4Y	+17.00%	+9.63%	+7.37	4 / 39	Q1
5Y	+13.26%	+8.82%	+4.43	4 / 34	Q1
7Y	+13.78%	+10.71%	+3.07	4 / 27	Q1
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+14.29%	+8.04%	+6.24	18 / 105	Q1

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	-6.22%	-6.20%	-0.01	24 / 46
2025	+6.58%	+1.97%	+4.61	7 / 43
2024	+27.41%	+18.83%	+8.58	10 / 42
2023	+30.74%	+26.32%	+4.41	8 / 36
2022	+2.44%	-2.27%	+4.71	14 / 36
2021	+26.66%	+23.11%	+3.54	25 / 50
2020	+12.16%	+11.58%	+0.59	20 / 56
2019	+9.97%	+5.80%	+4.17	20 / 68
2018	-10.34%	-11.53%	+1.19	15 / 33
2017	+45.94%	+29.49%	+16.46	3 / 30
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

+15.24%

104 windows

min -25.9% · max 73.4%

81% positive

3-Year rolling

+14.81%

80 windows

min -4.7% · max 25.8%

96% positive

5-Year rolling

+15.39%

56 windows

min 7.4% · max 24.2%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+14.76%

31 windows

min 12.0% · max 16.7%

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

14.48%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.70

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.07

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-19.03%

Sep 2024 → Feb 2025

% positive months

77.8%

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 Flexi Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹85.5390	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.0211	3 Jun 2026
SBI Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹58.6919	2 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹16.7500	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹17.0200	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Flexi Cap Fund-Direct Plan-IDCW	Bandhan	₹49.6510	3 Jun 2026
quant Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹80.8500	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap Fund -DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹224.7300	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Flexi Cap Fund Direct - IDCW Payout/Reinvestment	Motilal Oswal	₹31.2807	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹66.6106	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
2 Jun 2026	₹35.8490
1 Jun 2026	₹35.7670
29 May 2026	₹36.1600
27 May 2026	₹36.6670
26 May 2026	₹36.6330
25 May 2026	₹36.7180
22 May 2026	₹36.2630
21 May 2026	₹36.1830
20 May 2026	₹36.2270
19 May 2026	₹36.1450

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 02 Jun 2026, the NAV of Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is ₹35.8490. It's a Flexi Cap Fund from Edelweiss, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

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

Over the trailing 1-year window, Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 2.31% — -7.13 pp behind the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 9.43%. The fund ranks #50 of 88 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 16.71% — +6.66 pp ahead of the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 10.05%. The fund ranks #13 of 71 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 13.26% — +4.43 pp ahead of the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 8.82%. The fund ranks #4 of 34 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹186,345 today — a multiplier of 1.86×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 13.26%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹152,612.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹825,834 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 12.73%.

Edelweiss Flexi Cap 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 ₹1,429,142 — XIRR 14.91%.

On a 5-year basis, Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option ranks #4 out of 34 funds in the Flexi Cap Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 8.82%; this fund delivered 13.26%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 19.85% — its NAV fell from a high on 18 Oct 2021 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 Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option averaged 15.39% (best 24.22%, worst 7.37%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.50 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Edelweiss Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option returned 6.58% — beating the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 1.97% by 4.61 pp. It ranked #7 of 43 in its category that year.

Edelweiss Flexi Cap 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 Flexi Cap 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: 19.8%. 5-year CAGR: 13.26%.

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