Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth 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: 25.8%. 5-year CAGR: 24.86%.

ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth

Latest NAV

₹49.3606

As of

3 Jun 2026

3,241 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	+1.01%	+0.29%	+0.72	6 / 141	Q1
1W	-0.68%	-4.10%	+3.43	66 / 146	Q2
2W	-1.49%	-3.71%	+2.22	117 / 146	Q4
1M	+5.17%	-1.37%	+6.55	25 / 146	Q1
3M	-7.13%	-4.09%	-3.03	119 / 142	Q4
6M	+21.94%	+5.38%	+16.57	19 / 128	Q1
YTD	+16.38%	+0.92%	+15.45	18 / 130	Q1
1Y	+59.97%	+26.48%	+33.49	16 / 111	Q1
2Y	+45.71%	+14.22%	+31.48	14 / 85	Q1
3Y	+35.82%	+13.46%	+22.36	15 / 78	Q1
4Y	+30.63%	+8.74%	+21.89	9 / 67	Q1
5Y	+24.86%	+3.43%	+21.43	5 / 53	Q1
7Y	+23.80%	+0.33%	+23.47	7 / 39	Q1
10Y	+17.04%	-3.29%	+20.33	7 / 36	Q1
Inception	+11.71%	+13.78%	-2.07	64 / 146	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
2026 YTD	+16.38%	+4.98%	+11.39	18 / 124
2025	+71.59%	+36.63%	+34.96	16 / 86
2024	+19.21%	+17.92%	+1.29	16 / 74
2023	+13.73%	+19.60%	-5.87	44 / 70
2022	+13.03%	-5.29%	+18.32	3 / 60
2021	-4.90%	+15.46%	-20.35	43 / 48
2020	+27.22%	+14.30%	+12.92	6 / 41
2019	+22.46%	+11.39%	+11.07	5 / 38
2018	+7.93%	+3.51%	+4.43	3 / 36
2017	+0.36%	+12.36%	-12.00	36 / 36
2016	+11.28%	+9.81%	+1.46	10 / 36

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

+12.88%

152 windows

min -14.6% · max 84.5%

74% positive

3-Year rolling

+10.79%

127 windows

min -5.8% · max 40.9%

91% positive

5-Year rolling

+10.42%

103 windows

min -1.6% · max 28.1%

94% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.01%

79 windows

min 3.0% · max 24.4%

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

17.40%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

1.49

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

3.02

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-25.80%

Jan 2026 → Mar 2026

% positive months

77.8%

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 Fund of Funds - Domestic

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Nippon India Gold Savings Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹61.5187	3 Jun 2026
SBI GOLD FUND- DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH	SBI	₹47.1772	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹44.7329	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Gold ETF FOF-Direct-Growth	Bandhan	₹10.0858	3 Jun 2026
Quantum Gold Savings Fund - Direct Plan Growth Option	Quantum	₹59.1417	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund - Growth - Direct Plan	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹46.6066	3 Jun 2026
Mirae Asset Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Mirae Asset	₹19.4700	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Gold Fund Growth - Direct	Kotak	₹62.3052	3 Jun 2026
Edelweiss Gold and Silver ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth	Edelweiss	₹37.0430	2 Jun 2026
DSP Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹24.3089	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹49.3606
2 Jun 2026	₹49.7486
1 Jun 2026	₹49.2494
29 May 2026	₹49.7053
27 May 2026	₹49.8625
26 May 2026	₹50.0868
25 May 2026	₹50.4074
22 May 2026	₹50.4491
21 May 2026	₹50.5651
20 May 2026	₹50.3082

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 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹49.3606. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from ICICI Prudential, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth has NAV history starting from 02 Jan 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 Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth 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 Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a absolute return of 59.97% — +33.49 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 26.48%. The fund ranks #16 of 111 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 35.82% — +22.36 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 13.46%. The fund ranks #15 of 78 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 24.86% — +21.43 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 3.43%. The fund ranks #5 of 53 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹482,263 today — a multiplier of 4.82×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 17.04%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹71,576.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹1,383,302 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 34.15%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹3,900,593 (multiplier 3.25×). XIRR: 22.30%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth ranks #5 out of 53 funds in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 3.43%; this fund delivered 24.86%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 25.80% — its NAV fell from a high on 29 Jan 2026 to a low on 23 Mar 2026. 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 Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth averaged 10.42% (best 28.08%, worst -1.56%). 94% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 1.11 — strong risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth returned 71.59% — beating the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 36.63% by 34.96 pp. It ranked #16 of 86 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth 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 Gold ETF FOF - Direct Plan - Growth 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: 25.8%. 5-year CAGR: 24.86%.

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