Should I invest in HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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.

HDFC

HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan

Latest NAV

₹10.5476

As of

17 Jul 2026

842 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	-0.20%	-0.21%	+0.01	9 / 23	Q2
1W	-0.68%	-0.48%	-0.20	18 / 23	Q4
2W	-0.62%	-0.40%	-0.21	18 / 23	Q4
1M	+1.43%	+1.34%	+0.09	13 / 23	Q3
3M	+2.51%	+2.63%	-0.12	13 / 23	Q3
6M	+2.88%	+1.77%	+1.11	7 / 23	Q2
YTD	+1.88%	+1.08%	+0.80	13 / 23	Q3
1Y	+0.92%	-0.18%	+1.10	13 / 23	Q3
2Y	-0.16%	+1.57%	-1.73	16 / 21	Q4
3Y	+0.84%	+2.10%	-1.25	9 / 17	Q3
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+1.54%	+3.48%	-1.95	18 / 23	Q4

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	+1.88%	+1.11%	+0.77	13 / 21
2025	+0.47%	+1.47%	-1.00	15 / 21
2024	+2.08%	+6.31%	-4.22	10 / 16
2023	—	—	—	—

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

+0.67%

31 windows

min -6.1% · max 7.4%

55% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+0.42%

7 windows

min -0.9% · max 0.9%

86% positive

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

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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

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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

5.67%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.95

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.31

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-9.16%

Sep 2024 → Apr 2026

% positive months

58.3%

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 Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
NIPPON INDIA NIVESH LAKSHYA LONG DURATION FUND - DIRECT Plan - QUARTERLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹11.7263	17 Jul 2026
SBI Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹12.8144	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹12.8058	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.6067	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Duration Fund-Direct IDCW Payout	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.9982	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Long Duration Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.5234	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹10.5910	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Kotak	₹11.3290	17 Jul 2026
UTI Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW Option	UTI	₹11.4228	17 Jul 2026
Axis Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW	Axis	₹1,260.9107	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹10.5476
16 Jul 2026	₹10.5690
15 Jul 2026	₹10.5509
14 Jul 2026	₹10.5399
13 Jul 2026	₹10.5973
10 Jul 2026	₹10.6195
9 Jul 2026	₹10.5926
8 Jul 2026	₹10.5823
7 Jul 2026	₹10.6247
6 Jul 2026	₹10.6275

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 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan is ₹10.5476. It's a Long Duration Fund from HDFC, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has NAV history starting from 20 Jan 2023, a track record of about 3 years 5 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

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

Over the trailing 1-year window, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has delivered a absolute return of 0.92% — +1.1 pp ahead of the Long Duration Fund category average of -0.18%. The fund ranks #13 of 23 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has delivered a CAGR of 0.84% — -1.25 pp behind the Long Duration Fund category average of 2.10%. The fund ranks #9 of 17 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹102,555 today — a multiplier of 1.03×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 0.84%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹106,432.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹364,995 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.90%.

HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹364,995 — XIRR 0.90%.

On a 3-year basis, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan ranks #9 out of 17 funds in the Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 2.10%; this fund delivered 0.84%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has experienced over the last 3-year window is 9.16% — its NAV fell from a high on 25 Sep 2024 to a low on 02 Apr 2026. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan averaged 0.42% (best 0.89%, worst -0.92%). 86% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.95 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan returned 0.47% — lagging the Long Duration Fund category average of 1.47% by 1.00 pp. It ranked #15 of 21 in its category that year.

HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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 Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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.

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