Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 4.6%. 5-year CAGR: 3.91%.

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ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹43.7670

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,246 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	-0.06%	-0.15%	+0.09	78 / 125	Q3
1W	-0.23%	-4.47%	+4.24	57 / 130	Q2
2W	-0.25%	-5.11%	+4.86	64 / 130	Q2
1M	+1.03%	-5.39%	+6.42	29 / 130	Q1
3M	+2.16%	-4.67%	+6.82	32 / 130	Q1
6M	+3.46%	-5.19%	+8.65	17 / 122	Q1
YTD	+3.22%	-2.99%	+6.21	37 / 120	Q2
1Y	+5.52%	+12.27%	-6.74	56 / 111	Q3
2Y	+7.44%	+6.29%	+1.14	34 / 84	Q2
3Y	+5.90%	+6.43%	-0.53	54 / 73	Q3
4Y	+5.33%	+5.33%	+0.01	52 / 68	Q4
5Y	+3.91%	-0.23%	+4.15	39 / 55	Q3
7Y	+5.11%	-3.52%	+8.63	25 / 38	Q3
10Y	+6.03%	-6.57%	+12.60	22 / 34	Q3
Inception	+7.05%	+8.45%	-1.40	73 / 130	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	+3.22%	+1.22%	+2.00	37 / 114
2025	+7.80%	+30.86%	-23.06	47 / 83
2024	+3.46%	+13.06%	-9.60	62 / 69
2023	+3.08%	+14.87%	-11.79	64 / 68
2022	+0.11%	-5.59%	+5.69	42 / 59
2021	+4.43%	+10.93%	-6.50	33 / 51
2020	+9.83%	+10.64%	-0.80	23 / 39
2019	+9.29%	+9.45%	-0.15	13 / 34
2018	+6.87%	+1.74%	+5.14	6 / 35
2017	+6.63%	+9.33%	-2.70	15 / 32
2016	+11.63%	+7.23%	+4.40	5 / 31

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

+7.18%

152 windows

min -2.1% · max 14.8%

93% positive

3-Year rolling

+6.94%

128 windows

min 1.3% · max 12.2%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.84%

104 windows

min 3.5% · max 10.1%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+6.94%

79 windows

min 5.0% · max 10.0%

100% positive

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

2.96%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.23

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.31

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-4.40%

Feb 2024 → Feb 2024

% positive months

91.7%

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 Fund of Funds - Domestic

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - IDCW - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹10.2128	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF- DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹21.4179	17 Jul 2026
SBI Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF- Direct Plan- Income Cum Distribution Capital Withdrawal Option	SBI	₹10.3233	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹15.9520	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹40.6301	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹36.8685	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Aggressive Hybrid Omni FOF- Direct - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹42.7073	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Gold and Silver Passive Fund of Funds(Direct Plan)	Motilal Oswal	₹28.6857	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active Fund of funds - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹49.0060	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset BSE 200 Equal Weight ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹11.7230	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹43.7670
16 Jul 2026	₹43.7951
15 Jul 2026	₹43.7391
14 Jul 2026	₹43.7098
13 Jul 2026	₹43.8570
10 Jul 2026	₹43.8680
9 Jul 2026	₹43.8078
8 Jul 2026	₹43.7828
7 Jul 2026	₹43.8993
6 Jul 2026	₹43.9093

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 Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW is ₹43.7670. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from ICICI Prudential, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW has NAV history starting from 01 Feb 2013, a track record of about 13 years 5 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 Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW is managed by ICICI Prudential. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Fund of Funds - Domestic' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 5.52% — -6.74 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 12.27%. The fund ranks #56 of 111 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 5.90% — -0.53 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 6.43%. The fund ranks #54 of 73 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 3.91% — +4.15 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -0.23%. The fund ranks #39 of 55 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹179,643 today — a multiplier of 1.80×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 6.03%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹50,679.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹688,761 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.46%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,578,155 (multiplier 1.32×). XIRR: 5.35%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW ranks #39 out of 55 funds in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is -0.23%; this fund delivered 3.91%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 4.58% — its NAV fell from a high on 16 Dec 2021 to a low on 17 Jun 2022. 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 Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW averaged 6.84% (best 10.09%, worst 3.50%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.71 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW returned 7.80% — lagging the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 30.86% by 23.06 pp. It ranked #47 of 83 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 4.6%. 5-year CAGR: 3.91%.

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

ICICI Prudential Diversified Debt Strategy Active FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Fund of Funds - Domestic

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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