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

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly 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: 7.7%. 5-year CAGR: 0.12%.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend

Latest NAV

₹10.4080

As of

25 May 2018

2,145 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%	-5.54%	+5.94	3 / 472	Q1
1W	+0.40%	-6.74%	+7.15	4 / 472	Q1
2W	-0.05%	-6.69%	+6.63	153 / 472	Q2
1M	+0.18%	-6.68%	+6.86	156 / 472	Q2
3M	+1.65%	-6.55%	+8.20	46 / 471	Q1
6M	+0.48%	-6.19%	+6.67	140 / 443	Q2
YTD	+1.05%	-6.26%	+7.31	140 / 452	Q2
1Y	-1.31%	-4.04%	+2.73	183 / 439	Q2
2Y	-0.01%	+0.30%	-0.31	155 / 439	Q2
3Y	+0.32%	+1.74%	-1.42	139 / 439	Q2
4Y	+0.21%	+4.12%	-3.90	46 / 66	Q3
5Y	+0.12%	+3.99%	-3.87	33 / 48	Q3
7Y	+0.33%	+5.25%	-4.92	20 / 23	Q4
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+0.45%	+1.98%	-1.53	165 / 472	Q2

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%	+2.79%	-1.74	122 / 187
2017	-0.97%	+5.18%	-6.16	64 / 71
2016	+1.02%	+8.01%	-7.00	30 / 35
2015	-2.40%	+1.57%	-3.97	4 / 5
2014	+3.62%	+6.37%	-2.75	3 / 4
2013	-0.30%	+0.51%	-0.81	2 / 4
2012	+0.37%	+3.29%	-2.92	3 / 4
2011	+0.07%	+1.43%	-1.36	3 / 4
2010	+0.05%	+1.99%	-1.94	3 / 3
2009	—	—	—	—

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

+0.33%

97 windows

min -6.0% · max 6.7%

67% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.52%

73 windows

min -1.8% · max 2.7%

78% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.58%

49 windows

min -0.2% · max 1.4%

96% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+0.50%

24 windows

min 0.1% · max 0.9%

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

5.14%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.18

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.68

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-5.81%

Sep 2016 → Mar 2017

% positive months

52.8%

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
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan-XLIII-Series 5- Regular Plan-Payout of IDCW	Nippon India	₹13.3646	24 Jul 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹17.4727	24 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 REGULAR PLAN PERIODIC-IDCW (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹15.2931	24 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TJ (1838 days) - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5666	24 Jul 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option	Kotak Mahindra	₹48.9044	24 Jul 2026
Kotak FMP Series 304-Regular Plan-Payout of IDCW	Kotak	₹13.2627	24 Jul 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Regular - IDCW	DSP	₹13.2563	24 Jul 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Regular Growth	HSBC	₹43.6627	24 Jul 2026
UTI Fixed Term Income Fund Series XXXVI - I (1574 Days) - Regular Plan - Payout of IDCW Option	UTI	₹12.2363	24 Jul 2026
Axis Fixed Term Plan - Series 113 (1228 Days) - Regular Plan - Half Yearly IDCW	Axis	₹12.5876	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
25 May 2018	₹10.4080
24 May 2018	₹10.3663
23 May 2018	₹10.3734
22 May 2018	₹10.3892
21 May 2018	₹10.3782
18 May 2018	₹10.3662
17 May 2018	₹10.3507
16 May 2018	₹10.3412
15 May 2018	₹10.3432
14 May 2018	₹10.3795

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 - Quarterly Dividend is ₹10.4080. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from ICICI Prudential, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend has NAV history starting from 15 Jun 2009, a track record of about 17 years 1 months. 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 - Quarterly 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 - Quarterly Dividend has delivered a absolute return of -1.31% — +2.73 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -4.04%. The fund ranks #183 of 439 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of 0.32% — -1.42 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 1.74%. The fund ranks #139 of 439 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend has delivered a CAGR of 0.12% — -3.87 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.99%. The fund ranks #33 of 48 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹100,582 today — a multiplier of 1.01×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 0.12%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹121,580.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹602,128 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.14%.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹847,712 — XIRR 0.26%.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend ranks #33 out of 48 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 3.99%; this fund delivered 0.12%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend has experienced over the last 5-year window is 7.70% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 May 2013 to a low on 19 Aug 2013. 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 - Quarterly Dividend averaged 0.58% (best 1.40%, worst -0.18%). 96% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -1.25 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2017, ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly Dividend returned -0.97% — lagging the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 5.18% by 6.16 pp. It ranked #64 of 71 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Bond Fund - Quarterly 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 - Quarterly 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: 7.7%. 5-year CAGR: 0.12%.

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