Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study- Cumulative?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative 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: 4.3%. 5-year CAGR: 15.03%.

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ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative

Latest NAV

₹72.4243

As of

25 May 2018

1,294 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	+0.40%	-2.27%	+2.67	3 / 1079	Q1
1W	+0.14%	-2.66%	+2.80	83 / 945	Q1
2W	-0.57%	-2.62%	+2.04	867 / 930	Q4
1M	-0.34%	-2.43%	+2.08	851 / 924	Q4
3M	+1.60%	-1.42%	+3.03	277 / 916	Q2
6M	+1.08%	-0.05%	+1.14	789 / 876	Q4
YTD	+0.46%	-0.27%	+0.73	809 / 880	Q4
1Y	+5.79%	+3.14%	+2.64	456 / 835	Q3
2Y	+10.70%	+4.08%	+6.63	24 / 807	Q1
3Y	+9.36%	+4.43%	+4.93	37 / 800	Q1
4Y	+14.04%	+7.85%	+6.18	4 / 164	Q1
5Y	+15.03%	+7.36%	+7.67	4 / 77	Q1
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+14.42%	+5.01%	+9.42	3 / 1079	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
2018 YTD	+0.46%	+5.66%	-5.20	265 / 269
2017	+11.09%	+6.29%	+4.81	28 / 279
2016	+11.91%	+8.41%	+3.50	15 / 241
2015	+10.92%	+7.38%	+3.54	1 / 184
2014	+33.54%	+12.06%	+21.48	1 / 76
2013	+10.80%	+7.76%	+3.04	1 / 7

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

+17.00%

54 windows

min 4.6% · max 36.7%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+16.13%

30 windows

min 9.4% · max 21.6%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+15.34%

5 windows

min 15.0% · max 15.5%

100% positive

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

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

₹ —

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

4.72%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.54

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.17

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-4.28%

Jan 2016 → Feb 2016

% positive months

72.2%

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 FMP 1269D March 2023 - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹12.5263	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan - XLIII - Series 1- Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹13.3582	3 Jun 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹17.3852	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹43.7788	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN-GROWTH (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹17.7320	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TI (1837 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5023	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	Franklin India	₹11.0072	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Growth - Direct	Kotak	₹88.1692	3 Jun 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹13.2410	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	HSBC	₹47.7483	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
25 May 2018	₹72.4243
24 May 2018	₹72.1385
23 May 2018	₹72.2018
22 May 2018	₹72.3260
21 May 2018	₹72.1666
18 May 2018	₹72.3223
17 May 2018	₹72.4256
16 May 2018	₹72.5172
15 May 2018	₹72.6402
14 May 2018	₹72.7616

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 25 May 2018, the NAV of ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative is ₹72.4243. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative has NAV history starting from 08 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 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 Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative 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 Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative has delivered a absolute return of 5.79% — +2.64 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.14%. The fund ranks #456 of 835 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative has delivered a CAGR of 9.36% — +4.93 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 4.43%. The fund ranks #37 of 800 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative has delivered a CAGR of 15.03% — +7.67 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 7.36%. The fund ranks #4 of 77 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹201,427 today — a multiplier of 2.01×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 15.03%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹142,653.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹818,841 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 12.39%.

ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (5-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹818,841 — XIRR 12.39%.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative ranks #4 out of 77 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 7.36%; this fund delivered 15.03%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative has experienced over the last 5-year window is 4.28% — its NAV fell from a high on 01 Jan 2016 to a low on 25 Feb 2016. 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 Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative averaged 15.34% (best 15.50%, worst 15.03%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 1.52 — strong risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2017, ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative returned 11.09% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 6.29% by 4.81 pp. It ranked #28 of 279 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative 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 Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative 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: 4.3%. 5-year CAGR: 15.03%.

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

ICICI Prudential Child Care Plan Study - Direct Plan- Cumulative

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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