Should I invest in ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan?

We don't give personal investment advice. ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option 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: 4.9%. 5-year CAGR: 3.57%.

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ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option

Latest NAV

₹41.5983

As of

17 Jul 2026

4,898 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%	-2.25%	+2.19	71 / 88	Q4
1W	-0.23%	-13.29%	+13.06	58 / 94	Q3
2W	-0.26%	-13.45%	+13.20	52 / 94	Q3
1M	+1.01%	-13.34%	+14.35	23 / 94	Q1
3M	+2.12%	-12.05%	+14.17	34 / 94	Q2
6M	+3.39%	-10.21%	+13.60	29 / 94	Q2
YTD	+3.14%	-8.53%	+11.68	35 / 94	Q2
1Y	+5.35%	-3.54%	+8.90	41 / 92	Q2
2Y	+7.25%	-4.11%	+11.35	30 / 89	Q2
3Y	+5.63%	-3.43%	+9.06	50 / 89	Q3
4Y	+5.02%	-5.90%	+10.92	46 / 65	Q3
5Y	+3.57%	-8.88%	+12.45	45 / 61	Q3
7Y	+4.78%	-10.25%	+15.03	35 / 55	Q3
10Y	+5.61%	-15.63%	+21.24	29 / 44	Q3
Inception	+6.69%	-5.94%	+12.63	50 / 98	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	+3.14%	-0.05%	+3.20	10 / 40
2025	+7.62%	+15.89%	-8.28	21 / 39
2024	+3.08%	+12.44%	-9.36	35 / 39
2023	+2.63%	+16.47%	-13.84	37 / 39
2022	-0.38%	-18.99%	+18.61	25 / 47
2021	+4.15%	+18.34%	-14.19	32 / 42
2020	+9.58%	+7.19%	+2.39	21 / 40
2019	+8.66%	+6.26%	+2.41	10 / 38
2018	+6.07%	+1.39%	+4.69	9 / 38
2017	+6.20%	+11.93%	-5.73	24 / 38
2016	+11.16%	+4.96%	+6.20	7 / 44

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

+6.76%

236 windows

min -2.5% · max 14.4%

95% positive

3-Year rolling

+6.67%

211 windows

min 0.8% · max 11.8%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.88%

187 windows

min 3.2% · max 9.9%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+7.19%

163 windows

min 4.6% · max 9.6%

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

3.06%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.31

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.39

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-4.61%

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 Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - IDCW Option	HDFC	₹36.0468	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹20.8824	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Aggressive Plan	ICICI Prudential	₹170.3532	17 Jul 2026
QUANTUM EQUITY FUND OF FUNDS-Dividend Plan	Quantum	₹86.3870	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Funds- IDCW	Franklin India	₹20.5634	17 Jul 2026
FT India Dynamic PE Ratio Fund of Funds-Dividend	Franklin Templeton	₹41.1991	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Equity-FOF-Dividend	Kotak Mahindra	₹247.0000	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Gold Fund Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option	Kotak	₹53.5272	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Aggressive Hybrid Active FOF - Dividend	HSBC	₹29.7952	17 Jul 2026
IDFC - All Seasons Bond Fund - Annual Dividend	IDFC	₹14.7439	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹41.5983
16 Jul 2026	₹41.6253
15 Jul 2026	₹41.5722
14 Jul 2026	₹41.5446
13 Jul 2026	₹41.6848
10 Jul 2026	₹41.6959
9 Jul 2026	₹41.6390
8 Jul 2026	₹41.6154
7 Jul 2026	₹41.7264
6 Jul 2026	₹41.7361

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 Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option is ₹41.5983. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from ICICI Prudential, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option has NAV history starting from 02 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 3 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 Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option 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 Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option has delivered a absolute return of 5.35% — +8.9 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -3.54%. The fund ranks #41 of 92 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option has delivered a CAGR of 5.63% — +9.06 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -3.43%. The fund ranks #50 of 89 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option has delivered a CAGR of 3.57% — +12.45 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -8.88%. The fund ranks #45 of 61 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹172,674 today — a multiplier of 1.73×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 5.61%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹18,279.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹684,030 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.18%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,548,925 (multiplier 1.29×). XIRR: 4.99%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option ranks #45 out of 61 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 -8.88%; this fund delivered 3.57%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 4.89% — 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 Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option averaged 6.88% (best 9.91%, worst 3.15%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.77 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option returned 7.62% — lagging the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 15.89% by 8.28 pp. It ranked #21 of 39 in its category that year.

ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option 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 Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option 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: 4.9%. 5-year CAGR: 3.57%.

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

ICICI Prudential Very Cautious Plan-Dividend option

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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