Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly 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: 5.5%. 5-year CAGR: 0.31%.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW

Latest NAV

₹11.3293

As of

17 Jul 2026

2,555 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	-0.11%	-8.11%	+8.00	665 / 904	Q3
1W	-0.32%	-11.78%	+11.46	415 / 779	Q3
2W	-0.37%	-11.83%	+11.45	411 / 776	Q3
1M	+1.12%	-11.79%	+12.90	21 / 772	Q1
3M	+2.44%	-11.26%	+13.70	22 / 763	Q1
6M	+1.07%	-10.36%	+11.43	343 / 749	Q2
YTD	+0.65%	-10.43%	+11.08	349 / 747	Q2
1Y	-1.50%	-8.21%	+6.71	409 / 728	Q3
2Y	+1.05%	-5.24%	+6.30	315 / 660	Q2
3Y	+1.01%	-3.97%	+4.98	301 / 646	Q2
4Y	+0.87%	+3.38%	-2.51	85 / 136	Q3
5Y	+0.31%	+3.48%	-3.17	69 / 92	Q3
7Y	-0.03%	+3.34%	-3.37	62 / 76	Q4
10Y	+0.40%	+3.82%	-3.42	49 / 66	Q3
Inception	+1.10%	-1.10%	+2.20	497 / 904	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	+0.65%	+0.27%	+0.38	33 / 49
2025	+0.10%	+2.91%	-2.81	50 / 61
2024	+0.59%	+5.21%	-4.62	50 / 62
2023	+0.69%	+3.66%	-2.97	57 / 69
2022	+1.14%	-8.21%	+9.35	94 / 224
2021	-1.66%	-6.85%	+5.19	254 / 355
2020	-0.05%	+3.44%	-3.49	367 / 433
2019	-0.48%	+4.28%	-4.75	390 / 449
2018	+3.26%	+0.48%	+2.77	116 / 205
2017	-1.82%	+1.61%	-3.43	172 / 223
2016	—	—	—	—

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

+0.60%

119 windows

min -6.3% · max 6.1%

62% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.36%

94 windows

min -2.7% · max 3.1%

63% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.12%

69 windows

min -1.4% · max 2.3%

67% positive

7-Year rolling

+0.31%

46 windows

min -0.5% · max 1.3%

80% 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

4.13%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.30

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.58

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-5.50%

Jul 2025 → Apr 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 Medium to Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Charity Fund for Cancer Cure - IDCW Option - 50% IDCW Donation Option	HDFC	₹10.1158	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN - XLI - SERIES 8 - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.3494	17 Jul 2026
SBI Magnum Income Fund-Bonus	SBI	₹44.6708	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 85 - 10 Years Plan I - Quarterly IDCW Option	ICICI Prudential	₹17.4586	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.5884	17 Jul 2026
Canara Robeco Income-Growth Plan	Canara Robeco	₹56.9903	17 Jul 2026
UTI Bond Fund-Growth (for rep. After 6 months- No Load)	UTI	₹76.0625	17 Jul 2026
Birla Sun Life Income Plus (Dividend)	Birla Sun Life	₹13.0862	17 Jul 2026
IDFC - SSIF - Investment Plan - Annual Dividend	IDFC	₹11.9547	17 Jul 2026
JM Income Fund-Dividend	JM Financial	₹21.9310	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹11.3293
16 Jul 2026	₹11.3417
15 Jul 2026	₹11.3236
14 Jul 2026	₹11.3146
13 Jul 2026	₹11.3654
10 Jul 2026	₹11.3660
9 Jul 2026	₹11.3497
8 Jul 2026	₹11.3461
7 Jul 2026	₹11.3794
6 Jul 2026	₹11.3793

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 Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW is ₹11.3293. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW has NAV history starting from 12 Mar 2015, a track record of about 11 years 4 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 Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Medium to Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW has delivered a absolute return of -1.50% — +6.71 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -8.21%. The fund ranks #409 of 728 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 1.01% — +4.98 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -3.97%. The fund ranks #301 of 646 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 0.31% — -3.17 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.48%. The fund ranks #69 of 92 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹104,095 today — a multiplier of 1.04×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 0.40%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹145,453.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹611,070 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.72%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,221,889 (multiplier 1.02×). XIRR: 0.36%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW ranks #69 out of 92 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.48%; this fund delivered 0.31%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 5.50% — its NAV fell from a high on 22 Jul 2025 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 5-year rolling windows, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW averaged 0.12% (best 2.31%, worst -1.43%). 67% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -1.41 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW returned 0.10% — lagging the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 2.91% by 2.81 pp. It ranked #50 of 61 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly 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. ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly 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: 5.5%. 5-year CAGR: 0.31%.

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