Should I invest in Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly?

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ yearsprimary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growthtax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 1.5%. 5-year CAGR: 1.43%.

Franklin Templeton

Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹11.1633

As of

24 Jul 2026

4,903 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%	+0.01%	+0.02	13 / 53	Q1
1W	+0.13%	+0.08%	+0.05	4 / 53	Q1
2W	+0.22%	+0.15%	+0.08	4 / 53	Q1
1M	+0.62%	+0.26%	+0.36	4 / 52	Q1
3M	+0.19%	+0.61%	-0.41	22 / 51	Q2
6M	+0.42%	+1.24%	-0.82	24 / 51	Q2
YTD	+0.65%	+1.31%	-0.66	23 / 51	Q2
1Y	+0.39%	+2.24%	-1.86	22 / 51	Q2
2Y	+1.42%	+2.83%	-1.41	22 / 51	Q2
3Y	+1.73%	+3.13%	-1.40	20 / 43	Q2
4Y	+1.90%	+3.14%	-1.24	20 / 43	Q2
5Y	+1.43%	+2.84%	-1.41	20 / 43	Q2
7Y	+0.28%	+2.66%	-2.39	25 / 43	Q3
10Y	+0.03%	+2.74%	-2.71	32 / 42	Q4
Inception	+0.39%	+3.33%	-2.95	24 / 52	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	+0.65%	+1.32%	-0.66	20 / 42
2025	+1.67%	+3.15%	-1.48	19 / 42
2024	+2.14%	+3.39%	-1.25	19 / 41
2023	+2.59%	+3.51%	-0.92	20 / 39
2022	+0.95%	+2.03%	-1.07	20 / 41
2021	-2.90%	+1.44%	-4.34	41 / 41
2020	-2.31%	+2.26%	-4.57	47 / 47
2019	+0.07%	+2.96%	-2.89	27 / 47
2018	-0.88%	+2.57%	-3.45	42 / 43
2017	-1.05%	+2.37%	-3.42	43 / 43
2016	-0.15%	+2.97%	-3.13	44 / 44

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

+0.31%

236 windows

min -6.1% · max 3.2%

60% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.18%

211 windows

min -2.1% · max 2.5%

62% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.04%

187 windows

min -1.5% · max 1.4%

59% positive

7-Year rolling

-0.01%

163 windows

min -1.1% · max 0.8%

61% 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

2.24%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-2.12

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-3.12

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.53%

Dec 2025 → Mar 2026

% positive months

66.7%

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 Money Market Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Money Market Fund - Daily IDCW Option	HDFC	₹1,063.6400	24 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA MONEY MARKET FUND - QUARTERLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹1,019.7065	24 Jul 2026
SBI SAVINGS FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH	SBI	₹44.1318	24 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Money Market Fund Option - Daily IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹100.1295	24 Jul 2026
Invesco India Money Market Fund - Daily IDCW (Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹1,000.2900	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Money Market Fund - DP - Wkly IDCW R	Franklin India	₹10.1018	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Money Market Fund - Growth Option	Franklin Templeton	₹53.6259	24 Jul 2026
Kotak Money Market Fund - (Growth)	Kotak Mahindra	₹4,800.6647	24 Jul 2026
DSP Savings Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	DSP BlackRock	₹56.2045	24 Jul 2026
UTI MMF - Regular Plan - Growth Option	UTI	₹3,298.0745	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Jul 2026	₹11.1633
23 Jul 2026	₹11.1605
22 Jul 2026	₹11.1574
21 Jul 2026	₹11.1570
20 Jul 2026	₹11.1515
17 Jul 2026	₹11.1485
16 Jul 2026	₹11.1425
15 Jul 2026	₹11.1384
14 Jul 2026	₹11.1365
13 Jul 2026	₹11.1422

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 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW is ₹11.1633. It's a Money Market Fund from Franklin Templeton, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 3 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.

Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW is managed by Franklin Templeton. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Money Market Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 0.39% — -1.86 pp behind the Money Market Fund category average of 2.24%. The fund ranks #22 of 51 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 1.73% — -1.4 pp behind the Money Market Fund category average of 3.13%. The fund ranks #20 of 43 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 1.43% — -1.41 pp behind the Money Market Fund category average of 2.84%. The fund ranks #20 of 43 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹100,286 today — a multiplier of 1.00×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 0.03%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹131,023.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹624,479 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 1.58%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,238,465 (multiplier 1.03×). XIRR: 0.62%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW ranks #20 out of 43 funds in the Money Market Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 2.84%; this fund delivered 1.43%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 1.53% — its NAV fell from a high on 19 Dec 2025 to a low on 24 Mar 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, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW averaged 0.04% (best 1.43%, worst -1.55%). 59% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -2.48 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW returned 1.67% — lagging the Money Market Fund category average of 3.15% by 1.48 pp. It ranked #19 of 42 in its category that year.

Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW is classified as a Debt fund. For units acquired on or after 1 April 2023, all gains are taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of holding period — there's no LTCG concession or indexation. For pre-April-2023 units, the old rules with indexation still apply on long-term gains.

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin India Money Market Fund Retail Option - Quarterly - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ years
primary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growth
tax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 1.5%. 5-year CAGR: 1.43%.

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