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

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend 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: 11.1%. 5-year CAGR: -0.32%.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend

Latest NAV

₹10.2388

As of

25 May 2018

1,522 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%	-8.05%	+8.45	3 / 904	Q1
1W	+0.40%	-11.71%	+12.12	9 / 779	Q1
2W	-0.05%	-11.75%	+11.70	401 / 776	Q3
1M	+0.18%	-11.75%	+11.93	360 / 772	Q2
3M	+1.65%	-11.29%	+12.93	91 / 763	Q1
6M	+0.48%	-10.39%	+10.87	344 / 749	Q2
YTD	+1.05%	-10.45%	+11.50	297 / 747	Q2
1Y	-5.94%	-8.25%	+2.30	461 / 728	Q3
2Y	-4.15%	-5.23%	+1.08	471 / 660	Q3
3Y	-2.36%	-3.98%	+1.62	580 / 644	Q4
4Y	-0.97%	+3.39%	-4.35	126 / 134	Q4
5Y	-0.32%	+3.38%	-3.69	83 / 92	Q4
7Y	+0.30%	+3.38%	-3.07	54 / 76	Q3
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+0.33%	-1.09%	+1.42	523 / 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
2018 YTD	+1.05%	+0.48%	+0.57	139 / 205
2017	-5.62%	+1.61%	-7.23	186 / 223
2016	+0.20%	+3.44%	-3.24	164 / 223
2015	-0.39%	+2.41%	-2.81	139 / 205
2014	+4.15%	+7.92%	-3.77	70 / 107
2013	+0.90%	+4.19%	-3.29	35 / 50
2012	+0.77%	+5.17%	-4.40	23 / 34
2011	—	—	—	—

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

+0.06%

60 windows

min -10.0% · max 9.1%

60% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.87%

42 windows

min -2.6% · max 3.4%

76% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+0.76%

18 windows

min -0.5% · max 2.1%

72% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+0.30%

1 window

min 0.3% · max 0.3%

100% 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

6.15%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.42

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.77

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-11.14%

Nov 2016 → Mar 2018

% positive months

47.2%

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 Charity Fund for Cancer Cure - IDCW Option - 50% IDCW Donation Option	HDFC	₹10.0419	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN - XLI - SERIES 8 - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.0046	3 Jun 2026
SBI Magnum Income Fund-Bonus	SBI	₹43.7200	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Half Yearly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹11.0548	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.4210	3 Jun 2026
Canara Robeco Income-Growth Plan	Canara Robeco	₹55.9906	3 Jun 2026
UTI Bond Fund-Growth (for rep. After 6 months- No Load)	UTI	₹74.6017	3 Jun 2026
Birla Sun Life Income Plus (Dividend)	Birla Sun Life	₹12.9049	3 Jun 2026
IDFC - SSIF - Investment Plan - Annual Dividend	IDFC	₹11.6743	3 Jun 2026
JM Income Fund-Dividend	JM Financial	₹21.5269	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
25 May 2018	₹10.2388
24 May 2018	₹10.1977
23 May 2018	₹10.2047
22 May 2018	₹10.2202
21 May 2018	₹10.2095
18 May 2018	₹10.1976
17 May 2018	₹10.1824
16 May 2018	₹10.1731
15 May 2018	₹10.1750
14 May 2018	₹10.2108

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 Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend is ₹10.2388. 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 Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend has NAV history starting from 18 May 2011, a track record of about 15 years. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend 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 Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend has delivered a absolute return of -5.94% — +2.3 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -8.25%. The fund ranks #461 of 728 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of -2.36% — +1.62 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -3.98%. The fund ranks #580 of 644 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of -0.32% — -3.69 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.38%. The fund ranks #83 of 92 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹98,433 today — a multiplier of 0.98×, based on the 5-year CAGR of -0.32%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹118,068.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹579,537 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -1.36%.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹740,101 — XIRR -0.80%.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend ranks #83 out of 92 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 3.38%; this fund delivered -0.32%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend has experienced over the last 5-year window is 11.14% — its NAV fell from a high on 25 Nov 2016 to a low on 05 Mar 2018. 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 Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend averaged 0.76% (best 2.11%, worst -0.50%). 72% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -1.21 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2017, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend returned -5.62% — lagging the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 1.61% by 7.23 pp. It ranked #186 of 223 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend 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 Dynamic Bond Fund - Half Yearly Dividend 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: 11.1%. 5-year CAGR: -0.32%.

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