Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 34.5%. 5-year CAGR: 5.25%.

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ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹17.1000

As of

17 Jul 2026

1,786 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	+0.23%	-0.04%	+0.27	89 / 249	Q2
1W	-0.58%	-0.15%	-0.43	189 / 249	Q4
2W	-1.67%	-0.61%	-1.05	239 / 251	Q4
1M	+1.30%	+1.14%	+0.16	160 / 251	Q3
3M	+3.01%	+3.90%	-0.88	153 / 251	Q3
6M	+0.12%	+2.59%	-2.47	150 / 243	Q3
YTD	-2.90%	+0.68%	-3.58	166 / 241	Q3
1Y	-11.49%	+2.39%	-13.88	216 / 229	Q4
2Y	-8.71%	+0.44%	-9.15	175 / 186	Q4
3Y	+2.16%	+11.53%	-9.37	141 / 151	Q4
4Y	+3.87%	+12.75%	-8.88	117 / 125	Q4
5Y	+5.25%	+9.05%	-3.80	93 / 113	Q4
7Y	+8.91%	+14.43%	-5.52	76 / 92	Q4
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.65%	+10.06%	-2.40	175 / 251	Q3

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	-2.90%	+1.51%	-4.41	164 / 237
2025	-5.75%	+1.49%	-7.24	172 / 204
2024	+7.12%	+20.10%	-12.98	145 / 158
2023	+24.16%	+30.21%	-6.04	91 / 131
2022	+1.67%	+1.48%	+0.19	64 / 119
2021	+14.26%	+31.54%	-17.28	89 / 106
2020	+12.57%	+19.90%	-7.33	54 / 95
2019	—	—	—	—

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

+10.69%

77 windows

min -14.3% · max 50.0%

71% positive

3-Year rolling

+11.84%

53 windows

min 2.2% · max 20.0%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+11.78%

28 windows

min 4.4% · max 17.8%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+7.95%

4 windows

min 7.4% · max 8.9%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

16.96%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.17

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.22

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-34.51%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2026

% 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 Sectoral/Thematic Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹17.4480	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA - JAPAN EQUITY FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹30.5463	17 Jul 2026
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution Cum Capital Withdrawal Option	SBI	₹12.5864	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹70.0600	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹14.5200	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.1960	17 Jul 2026
quant BFSI Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹22.0968	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹32.1000	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund- Direct-IDCW	Motilal Oswal	₹13.5239	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund- Direct- IDCW	Franklin India	₹9.6426	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹17.1000
16 Jul 2026	₹17.0600
15 Jul 2026	₹17.0700
14 Jul 2026	₹17.0200
13 Jul 2026	₹17.1500
10 Jul 2026	₹17.2000
9 Jul 2026	₹17.1100
8 Jul 2026	₹17.0100
7 Jul 2026	₹17.4000
6 Jul 2026	₹17.4800

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 ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is ₹17.1000. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 15 Apr 2019, a track record of about 7 years 3 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Sectoral/Thematic Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of -11.49% — -13.88 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 2.39%. The fund ranks #216 of 229 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 2.16% — -9.37 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 11.53%. The fund ranks #141 of 151 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.25% — -3.8 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 9.05%. The fund ranks #93 of 113 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹129,154 today — a multiplier of 1.29×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 5.25%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹154,217.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹628,684 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 1.84%.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,016,671 — XIRR 5.37%.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option ranks #93 out of 113 funds in the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 9.05%; this fund delivered 5.25%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 34.51% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 Sep 2024 to a low on 30 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, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option averaged 11.78% (best 17.82%, worst 4.43%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.00 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option returned -5.75% — lagging the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 1.49% by 7.24 pp. It ranked #172 of 204 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 34.5%. 5-year CAGR: 5.25%.

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

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Sectoral/Thematic Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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