Should I invest in HDFC Liquid Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH 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: 0.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.13%.

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HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH

Unit split applied to historical metrics

This scheme had a 100× unit consolidation on 30 Aug 2015. Returns, SIP simulations and risk metrics on this page are split-adjusted — they reflect what a real investor's portfolio experienced (a consolidation doesn't change portfolio value, only the unit count and per-unit NAV).

Latest NAV

₹5,461.0460

As of

19 Jul 2026

6,243 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

All NAVs split-adjusted and normalised to 100 at the start of the selected period, so funds with very different absolute NAV scales can be compared on one axis.

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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%	-0.82%	+0.85	39 / 117	Q2
1W	+0.11%	-1.29%	+1.40	38 / 116	Q2
2W	+0.19%	-1.24%	+1.44	43 / 116	Q2
1M	+0.53%	-1.16%	+1.69	23 / 115	Q1
3M	+1.55%	-0.80%	+2.36	21 / 115	Q1
6M	+3.32%	-0.21%	+3.53	15 / 116	Q1
YTD	+3.57%	-0.05%	+3.61	13 / 116	Q1
1Y	+6.28%	+0.85%	+5.42	13 / 115	Q1
2Y	+6.67%	+1.10%	+5.56	10 / 111	Q1
3Y	+6.86%	+1.15%	+5.71	10 / 101	Q1
4Y	+6.77%	+1.03%	+5.74	10 / 92	Q1
5Y	+6.13%	+0.79%	+5.33	12 / 84	Q1
7Y	+5.56%	+0.51%	+5.06	15 / 78	Q1
10Y	+5.98%	+0.67%	+5.31	18 / 71	Q2
Inception	+6.98%	+1.28%	+5.70	8 / 114	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	+3.57%	+1.37%	+2.20	10 / 73
2025	+6.47%	+2.57%	+3.90	11 / 69
2024	+7.30%	+2.54%	+4.76	10 / 71
2023	+6.93%	+2.47%	+4.47	17 / 66
2022	+4.75%	+1.48%	+3.27	15 / 70
2021	+3.21%	+1.01%	+2.19	19 / 80
2020	+4.09%	+0.34%	+3.75	17 / 87
2019	+6.50%	+2.59%	+3.91	18 / 87
2018	+7.21%	+2.60%	+4.61	22 / 88
2017	+6.49%	+2.32%	+4.18	24 / 85
2016	+7.57%	+2.45%	+5.12	10 / 64

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

+7.01%

236 windows

min 3.1% · max 9.7%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+6.95%

211 windows

min 3.9% · max 9.3%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.98%

187 windows

min 5.1% · max 9.0%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+7.10%

163 windows

min 5.6% · max 8.5%

100% 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

0.28%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

—

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.01%

Jul 2026 → Jul 2026

% positive months

100.0%

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 Liquid Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Liquid Fund-Dividend - Daily	HDFC	₹1,019.8200	19 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA LIQUID FUND - QUARTERLY IDCW OPTION	Nippon India	₹1,009.0827	19 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Liquid Fund - IDCW Others	ICICI Prudential	₹191.4582	19 Jul 2026
Invesco India Liquid Fund - Unclaimed Dividend Plan - Above 3 Years	Invesco	₹1,000.0000	19 Jul 2026
BANDHAN LIQUID Fund - Unclaimed IDCW Less than 3 years	Bandhan	₹1.8099	19 Jul 2026
Quantum Liquid Fund - Unclaimed IDCW Plan Above 3 years	Quantum	₹10.0000	19 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Liquid Fund - Unclaimed Dividend - Greater than 3 years	Motilal Oswal	₹10.0000	19 Jul 2026
Templeton India Treasury Management - Institution-Daily	Franklin Templeton	₹1,000.0000	19 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Cash Management Fund - Daily Dividend	Mirae Asset	₹1,066.4347	19 Jul 2026
HSBC Liquid Fund - IDCW	HSBC	₹1,019.3000	19 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
19 Jul 2026	₹5,461.0460
17 Jul 2026	₹5,459.2929
16 Jul 2026	₹5,457.7602
15 Jul 2026	₹5,456.6854
14 Jul 2026	₹5,456.0312
13 Jul 2026	₹5,456.0506
12 Jul 2026	₹5,455.2375
10 Jul 2026	₹5,453.4921
9 Jul 2026	₹5,451.7568
8 Jul 2026	₹5,450.3783

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 19 Jul 2026, the NAV of HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH is ₹5,461.0460. It's a Liquid Fund from HDFC, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH has NAV history starting from 02 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.

HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH is managed by HDFC. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Liquid Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH has delivered a absolute return of 6.28% — +5.42 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 0.85%. The fund ranks #13 of 115 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH has delivered a CAGR of 6.86% — +5.71 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 1.15%. The fund ranks #10 of 101 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH has delivered a CAGR of 6.13% — +5.33 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 0.79%. The fund ranks #12 of 84 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹178,693 today — a multiplier of 1.79×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 5.98%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹106,891.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹709,349 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.63%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,630,164 (multiplier 1.36×). XIRR: 5.97%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH ranks #12 out of 84 funds in the Liquid Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 0.79%; this fund delivered 6.13%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH has experienced over the last 5-year window is 0.04% — its NAV fell from a high on 03 May 2022 to a low on 05 May 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, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH averaged 6.98% (best 9.01%, worst 5.10%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive.

In calendar year 2025, HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH returned 6.47% — beating the Liquid Fund category average of 2.57% by 3.90 pp. It ranked #11 of 69 in its category that year.

HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH 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. HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH 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: 0.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.13%.

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

HDFC Liquid Fund-GROWTH

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Liquid Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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