Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus 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: 2.0%. 5-year CAGR: 8.16%.

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ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus

Latest NAV

₹14.9782

As of

24 Apr 2020

1,315 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	-0.48%	-0.01%	-0.47	33 / 33	Q4
1W	+0.40%	-2.82%	+3.22	4 / 34	Q1
2W	+1.23%	-2.65%	+3.88	1 / 34	Q1
1M	+2.61%	-2.64%	+5.25	1 / 34	Q1
3M	+1.87%	-3.25%	+5.12	5 / 34	Q1
6M	+3.96%	-3.40%	+7.36	2 / 32	Q1
YTD	+2.44%	-3.19%	+5.62	3 / 32	Q1
1Y	+9.51%	-2.67%	+12.19	1 / 32	Q1
2Y	+8.58%	-1.54%	+10.12	1 / 30	Q1
3Y	+7.67%	-1.77%	+9.44	1 / 30	Q1
4Y	+7.93%	-1.99%	+9.92	1 / 29	Q1
5Y	+8.16%	-2.79%	+10.96	1 / 26	Q1
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.22%	-0.76%	+7.97	4 / 34	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
2020 YTD	+2.44%	+3.13%	-0.69	11 / 24
2019	+9.89%	+2.92%	+6.97	3 / 25
2018	+6.32%	+1.55%	+4.77	6 / 25
2017	+6.03%	+1.65%	+4.38	6 / 25
2016	+9.78%	+3.80%	+5.98	3 / 23
2015	+3.34%	-13.85%	+17.19	1 / 7
2014	—	—	—	—

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

+7.70%

55 windows

min 3.1% · max 10.5%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+7.36%

31 windows

min 6.3% · max 8.2%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+7.43%

6 windows

min 7.1% · max 8.2%

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

2.13%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.44

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.90

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.02%

Mar 2020 → Mar 2020

% positive months

88.9%

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 Corporate Bond Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Corporate Bond Fund - IDCW Option	HDFC	₹20.3364	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA CORPORATE BOND FUND - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹19.9635	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund -Quarterly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹11.1946	3 Jun 2026
Templeton India Income Builder Account-Dividend	Franklin Templeton	₹16.6818	3 Jun 2026
BARODA BNP PARIBAS Corporate Bond Fund - Defunct Plan - Annual-IDCW Option	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹11.9666	3 Jun 2026
PGIM India Corporate Bond Fund - Annual Dividend	PGIM India	₹10.0824	3 Jun 2026
Birla Sun Life Income Fund-Plan B(Growth)	Birla Sun Life	₹116.7625	3 Jun 2026
Reliance Medium Term Fund- Daily Dividend Plan	Reliance	₹17.0749	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Apr 2020	₹14.9782
23 Apr 2020	₹15.0499
22 Apr 2020	₹15.0000
21 Apr 2020	₹14.9938
20 Apr 2020	₹14.9773
17 Apr 2020	₹14.9183
16 Apr 2020	₹14.8588
15 Apr 2020	₹14.8332
13 Apr 2020	₹14.8122
9 Apr 2020	₹14.7961

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 24 Apr 2020, the NAV of ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus is ₹14.9782. It's a Corporate Bond Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus has NAV history starting from 05 Nov 2014, a track record of about 11 years 6 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 Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Corporate Bond Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus has delivered a absolute return of 9.51% — +12.19 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of -2.67%. The fund ranks #1 of 32 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus has delivered a CAGR of 7.67% — +9.44 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of -1.77%. The fund ranks #1 of 30 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus has delivered a CAGR of 8.16% — +10.96 pp ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund category average of -2.79%. The fund ranks #1 of 26 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹148,039 today — a multiplier of 1.48×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 8.16%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹86,791.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹735,565 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 8.07%.

ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (5-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹735,565 — XIRR 8.07%.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus ranks #1 out of 26 funds in the Corporate Bond Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is -2.79%; this fund delivered 8.16%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.02% — its NAV fell from a high on 09 Mar 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 5-year rolling windows, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus averaged 7.43% (best 8.16%, worst 7.10%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.71 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2019, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus returned 9.89% — beating the Corporate Bond Fund category average of 2.92% by 6.97 pp. It ranked #3 of 25 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus 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 Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus 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: 2.0%. 5-year CAGR: 8.16%.

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

ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund - Bonus

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Corporate Bond Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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