Should I invest in Kotak Bond Fund - Standard IDCW Option?

We don't give personal investment advice. Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option 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: 2.8%. 5-year CAGR: 5.43%.

Kotak Mahindra

Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹48.9044

As of

24 Jul 2026

4,906 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	+0.04%	-5.54%	+5.58	18 / 472	Q1
1W	-0.14%	-6.74%	+6.61	163 / 472	Q2
2W	-0.44%	-6.69%	+6.25	189 / 472	Q2
1M	+0.37%	-6.68%	+7.05	105 / 472	Q1
3M	+2.55%	-6.55%	+9.10	4 / 471	Q1
6M	+3.06%	-6.19%	+9.25	22 / 443	Q1
YTD	+2.69%	-6.26%	+8.95	46 / 452	Q1
1Y	+3.09%	-4.04%	+7.13	123 / 439	Q2
2Y	+5.65%	+0.30%	+5.35	106 / 439	Q1
3Y	+6.24%	+1.74%	+4.50	116 / 439	Q2
4Y	+6.49%	+4.12%	+2.37	38 / 66	Q3
5Y	+5.43%	+3.99%	+1.45	25 / 48	Q3
7Y	+5.92%	+5.25%	+0.68	11 / 23	Q2
10Y	+6.09%	+3.92%	+2.17	4 / 17	Q1
Inception	+7.05%	+1.98%	+5.07	62 / 472	Q1

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	+2.69%	+1.13%	+1.57	31 / 87
2025	+5.46%	+6.36%	-0.90	73 / 88
2024	+8.26%	+6.97%	+1.29	16 / 94
2023	+6.67%	+6.24%	+0.42	51 / 71
2022	+1.71%	-4.59%	+6.30	40 / 133
2021	+2.41%	-3.01%	+5.43	72 / 236
2020	+11.95%	+1.27%	+10.68	3 / 344
2019	+10.51%	+2.87%	+7.64	8 / 301
2018	+5.13%	+2.79%	+2.35	77 / 187
2017	-0.39%	+5.18%	-5.58	61 / 71
2016	+14.18%	+8.01%	+6.17	2 / 35

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%

236 windows

min -6.9% · max 20.0%

93% positive

3-Year rolling

+7.06%

211 windows

min 3.0% · max 11.7%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.90%

187 windows

min 3.9% · max 9.7%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+6.90%

163 windows

min 5.3% · max 8.6%

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

2.69%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.16

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.36

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.96%

May 2025 → Aug 2025

% positive months

80.6%

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 Growth	Kotak Mahindra	₹79.8218	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
24 Jul 2026	₹48.9044
23 Jul 2026	₹48.8838
22 Jul 2026	₹48.9256
21 Jul 2026	₹48.9528
20 Jul 2026	₹48.9585
17 Jul 2026	₹48.9714
16 Jul 2026	₹49.0070
15 Jul 2026	₹48.9450
14 Jul 2026	₹48.8867
13 Jul 2026	₹49.0604

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 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option is ₹48.9044. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Kotak Mahindra, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW 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.

Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option is managed by Kotak Mahindra. 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, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 3.09% — +7.13 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -4.04%. The fund ranks #123 of 439 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 6.24% — +4.5 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 1.74%. The fund ranks #116 of 439 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.43% — +1.45 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.99%. The fund ranks #25 of 48 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹180,635 today — a multiplier of 1.81×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 6.09%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹146,918.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹695,938 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.87%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,631,557 (multiplier 1.36×). XIRR: 5.99%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option ranks #25 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 5.43%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.85% — 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, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option averaged 6.90% (best 9.68%, worst 3.88%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.46 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option returned 5.46% — lagging the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 6.36% by 0.90 pp. It ranked #73 of 88 in its category that year.

Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option 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. Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option 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: 2.8%. 5-year CAGR: 5.43%.

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

Kotak Bond Fund - Regular Plan - Standard IDCW Option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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