Should I invest in Fidelity India Special Situations Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option 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: 64.8%. 5-year CAGR: 1.88%.

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Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option

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	+0.27%	+0.06%	+0.21	90 / 299	Q2
1W	-0.77%	-3.61%	+2.84	201 / 303	Q3
2W	-1.69%	-4.52%	+2.83	199 / 303	Q3
1M	-0.82%	-5.64%	+4.82	152 / 302	Q3
3M	+5.49%	-4.27%	+9.76	80 / 302	Q2
6M	+16.57%	+1.48%	+15.09	56 / 307	Q1
YTD	+31.42%	-0.18%	+31.60	29 / 309	Q1
1Y	+27.13%	+7.10%	+20.03	64 / 307	Q1
2Y	+0.97%	+2.20%	-1.23	178 / 303	Q3
3Y	+5.31%	+0.76%	+4.56	130 / 264	Q2
4Y	+22.45%	+0.58%	+21.87	14 / 235	Q1
5Y	+1.88%	+0.02%	+1.86	139 / 208	Q3
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+10.16%	+0.51%	+9.64	57 / 310	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
2012 YTD	+31.42%	+23.57%	+7.85	62 / 190
2011	-22.58%	-23.68%	+1.10	93 / 241
2010	+11.00%	+11.69%	-0.69	146 / 256
2009	+77.50%	+65.86%	+11.64	75 / 238
2008	-52.59%	-52.86%	+0.27	66 / 198
2007	+43.04%	+42.91%	+0.13	74 / 137
2006	—	—	—	—

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

+13.10%

68 windows

min -56.2% · max 120.5%

66% positive

3-Year rolling

+9.48%

43 windows

min -1.7% · max 30.5%

98% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

+5.40%

19 windows

min 1.7% · max 12.7%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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

16.22%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.00

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.00

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-26.69%

Nov 2010 → Dec 2011

% positive months

55.6%

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.

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
22 Nov 2012	₹18.2590
21 Nov 2012	₹18.2090
20 Nov 2012	₹18.1530
19 Nov 2012	₹18.1660
16 Nov 2012	₹18.2560
15 Nov 2012	₹18.4010
12 Nov 2012	₹18.4480
9 Nov 2012	₹18.4330
8 Nov 2012	₹18.5730
7 Nov 2012	₹18.6360

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.

Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option is a Growth from Fidelity (Unknown plan, Growth option). Latest NAV isn't currently available in our feed — the AMC publishes it once per business day after market close.

Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option has NAV history starting from 24 May 2006, a track record of about 20 years. 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.

Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option is managed by Fidelity. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Growth' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a absolute return of 27.13% — +20.03 pp ahead of the Growth category average of 7.10%. The fund ranks #64 of 307 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.31% — +4.56 pp ahead of the Growth category average of 0.76%. The fund ranks #130 of 264 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 1.88% — +1.86 pp ahead of the Growth category average of 0.02%. The fund ranks #139 of 208 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹109,743 today — a multiplier of 1.10×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 1.88%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹100,100.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹784,999 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 10.67%.

Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (5-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹784,999 — XIRR 10.67%.

On a 5-year basis, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option ranks #139 out of 208 funds in the Growth category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 0.02%; this fund delivered 1.88%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 64.80% — its NAV fell from a high on 02 Jan 2008 to a low on 09 Mar 2009. 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, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option averaged 5.40% (best 12.71%, worst 1.74%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.00 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2011, Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option returned -22.58% — beating the Growth category average of -23.68% by 1.10 pp. It ranked #93 of 241 in its category that year.

Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option 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. Fidelity India Special Situations Fund-Dividend Option 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: 64.8%. 5-year CAGR: 1.88%.

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