Should I invest in Escorts Balanced Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option is suitable for an investor whose:horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debtwants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debtis comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fundCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 19.1%. 5-year CAGR: 13.58%.

Escorts

Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option

Latest NAV

₹63.0487

As of

3 Jun 2026

4,969 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	-0.70%	+10.29%	-10.99	36 / 37	Q4
1W	-1.83%	+9.11%	-10.94	32 / 37	Q4
2W	+1.47%	+9.94%	-8.47	6 / 37	Q1
1M	+2.55%	+9.09%	-6.54	7 / 37	Q1
3M	+10.29%	+8.02%	+2.27	4 / 37	Q1
6M	+5.88%	+5.31%	+0.57	6 / 36	Q1
YTD	+4.38%	+4.85%	-0.46	6 / 36	Q1
1Y	+10.36%	+7.28%	+3.09	6 / 36	Q1
2Y	+3.22%	+3.65%	-0.43	12 / 36	Q2
3Y	+14.85%	+9.44%	+5.41	6 / 36	Q1
4Y	+13.60%	+9.24%	+4.36	8 / 35	Q1
5Y	+13.58%	+8.27%	+5.30	5 / 33	Q1
7Y	+18.25%	+8.65%	+9.60	1 / 30	Q1
10Y	+13.61%	+7.76%	+5.85	3 / 28	Q1
Inception	+7.73%	+7.16%	+0.58	18 / 37	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	+4.38%	-6.67%	+11.06	2 / 31
2025	+8.94%	+13.04%	-4.10	8 / 34
2024	+10.06%	+11.71%	-1.65	20 / 34
2023	+15.57%	+15.66%	-0.10	20 / 34
2022	+13.34%	+1.00%	+12.34	1 / 34
2021	+43.70%	+21.44%	+22.26	1 / 34
2020	+35.75%	+9.68%	+26.07	2 / 34
2019	+5.65%	+3.54%	+2.11	14 / 32
2018	-8.58%	-7.66%	-0.92	17 / 32
2017	+12.73%	+16.43%	-3.70	22 / 32
2016	-1.53%	+2.00%	-3.54	20 / 26

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

+10.74%

234 windows

min -59.4% · max 93.6%

67% positive

3-Year rolling

+9.26%

210 windows

min -16.3% · max 36.9%

75% positive

5-Year rolling

+9.57%

185 windows

min -11.7% · max 27.1%

83% positive

7-Year rolling

+9.16%

161 windows

min -4.6% · max 19.6%

90% 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

13.21%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.63

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.23

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-19.05%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

61.1%

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 Aggressive Hybrid Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
NIPPON INDIA AGGRESSIVE HYBRID FUND - SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO 2 - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	3 Jun 2026
SBI Magnum Balanced Fund - Dividend	SBI	₹65.1273	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Balanced Plan-Dividend	ICICI Prudential	₹42.1200	3 Jun 2026
FT India Balanced Fund-Dividend Plan	Franklin Templeton	₹27.5483	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Balance	Kotak Mahindra	₹36.6150	3 Jun 2026
DSP BlackRock Balanced Fund-Dividend	DSP BlackRock	₹26.1570	3 Jun 2026
Canara Robeco Balance - Dividend Plan	Canara Robeco	₹89.4500	3 Jun 2026
UTI â€“ Balanced Fund-Growth	UTI	₹393.2851	3 Jun 2026
PGIM India Aggressive Hybrid Equity Fund - Dividend Option	PGIM India	₹13.4500	2 Jun 2026
Birla Sun Life 95 Fund-Plan A (Dividend)	Birla Sun Life	₹163.8600	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹63.0487
2 Jun 2026	₹63.4947
1 Jun 2026	₹63.2627
29 May 2026	₹63.8960
27 May 2026	₹64.2271
26 May 2026	₹63.9586
25 May 2026	₹63.2993
22 May 2026	₹62.2090
21 May 2026	₹62.2670
20 May 2026	₹62.1327

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 Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option is ₹63.0487. It's a Aggressive Hybrid Fund from Escorts, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 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.

Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option is managed by Escorts. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Aggressive Hybrid Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a absolute return of 10.36% — +3.09 pp ahead of the Aggressive Hybrid Fund category average of 7.28%. The fund ranks #6 of 36 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 14.85% — +5.41 pp ahead of the Aggressive Hybrid Fund category average of 9.44%. The fund ranks #6 of 36 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 13.58% — +5.3 pp ahead of the Aggressive Hybrid Fund category average of 8.27%. The fund ranks #5 of 33 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹358,179 today — a multiplier of 3.58×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 13.61%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹211,131.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹810,146 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 11.95%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,795,573 (multiplier 2.33×). XIRR: 16.13%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option ranks #5 out of 33 funds in the Aggressive Hybrid Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 8.27%; this fund delivered 13.58%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 19.05% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 Sep 2024 to a low on 03 Mar 2025. 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, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option averaged 9.57% (best 27.12%, worst -11.69%). 83% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.53 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option returned 8.94% — lagging the Aggressive Hybrid Fund category average of 13.04% by 4.10 pp. It ranked #8 of 34 in its category that year.

Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option is a Hybrid scheme. Tax treatment follows its actual equity allocation as disclosed by the AMC: at least 65% equity behaves like an equity fund (12.5% LTCG over 12 months, 20% STCG); 35-65% equity often gets an equity-style treatment with a 24-month threshold; under 35% equity is taxed at slab rate like a debt fund. Check the AMC's latest factsheet for the current classification.

We don't give personal investment advice. Escorts Balanced Fund-Dividend Option is suitable for an investor whose:

horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debt
wants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debt
is comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fund

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 19.1%. 5-year CAGR: 13.58%.

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