Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - 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.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹14.7600

As of

11 Mar 2022

874 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	+0.00%	-1.55%	+1.55	17 / 53	Q2
1W	+0.82%	-2.07%	+2.89	8 / 52	Q1
2W	-2.25%	-2.40%	+0.15	40 / 52	Q4
1M	-3.66%	-2.02%	-1.64	44 / 52	Q4
3M	-3.59%	+2.47%	-6.06	41 / 51	Q4
6M	+1.93%	+7.57%	-5.64	30 / 49	Q3
YTD	-2.38%	+2.40%	-4.79	34 / 47	Q3
1Y	+18.36%	+17.79%	+0.58	13 / 40	Q2
2Y	+22.29%	+9.50%	+12.78	4 / 35	Q1
3Y	+14.39%	+8.33%	+6.07	9 / 28	Q2
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+11.56%	+5.52%	+6.04	11 / 53	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
2022 YTD	-2.38%	-5.08%	+2.70	6 / 8
2021	+26.63%	+17.55%	+9.08	8 / 22
2020	+13.45%	+9.99%	+3.46	7 / 26
2019	+6.71%	+3.34%	+3.37	10 / 39
2018	—	—	—	—

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

+17.77%

32 windows

min -12.9% · max 53.2%

81% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+16.62%

7 windows

min 13.7% · max 19.0%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

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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

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Today's value

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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

16.40%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.52

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.83

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-31.95%

Feb 2020 → Mar 2020

% 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 Flexi Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹90.9250	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.9459	17 Jul 2026
SBI Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹60.6918	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹17.8600	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹18.4500	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Flexi Cap Fund-Direct Plan-IDCW	Bandhan	₹51.9180	17 Jul 2026
quant Flexi Cap Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹83.0629	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap Fund -DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹235.7300	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Flexi Cap Fund Direct - IDCW Payout/Reinvestment	Motilal Oswal	₹33.4858	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹69.9344	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
11 Mar 2022	₹14.7600
10 Mar 2022	₹14.7600
9 Mar 2022	₹14.6200
8 Mar 2022	₹14.4400
7 Mar 2022	₹14.4000
4 Mar 2022	₹14.6400
3 Mar 2022	₹14.8500
2 Mar 2022	₹14.9700
28 Feb 2022	₹15.1100
25 Feb 2022	₹15.1000

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 11 Mar 2022, the NAV of ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option is ₹14.7600. It's a Flexi Cap Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 23 Aug 2018, a track record of about 7 years 10 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 - Series 4 - IDCW Option is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Flexi Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 18.36% — +0.58 pp ahead of the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 17.79%. The fund ranks #13 of 40 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 14.39% — +6.07 pp ahead of the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 8.33%. The fund ranks #9 of 28 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option 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 ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹149,696 today — a multiplier of 1.50×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 14.39%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹127,114.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹480,305 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 19.65%.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹480,305 — XIRR 19.65%.

On a 3-year basis, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option ranks #9 out of 28 funds in the Flexi Cap Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 8.33%; this fund delivered 14.39%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 31.95% — its NAV fell from a high on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 Mar 2020. 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, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option averaged 16.62% (best 19.01%, worst 13.68%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.52 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2021, ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - IDCW Option returned 26.63% — beating the Flexi Cap Fund category average of 17.55% by 9.08 pp. It ranked #8 of 22 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Series 4 - 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 - Series 4 - 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.

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