Should I invest in Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option?

We don't give personal investment advice. Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal 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: 3.1%. 5-year CAGR: 6.60%.

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Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option

Latest NAV

₹26.4973

As of

3 Jun 2026

2,939 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	+0.05%	+13.44%	-13.39	18 / 44	Q2
1W	+0.23%	+26.93%	-26.70	31 / 51	Q3
2W	+0.38%	+44.08%	-43.70	25 / 45	Q3
1M	+0.25%	+44.33%	-44.08	27 / 45	Q3
3M	+0.60%	+45.80%	-45.20	31 / 45	Q3
6M	+2.26%	+47.80%	-45.54	22 / 45	Q2
YTD	+2.00%	+45.06%	-43.06	17 / 45	Q2
1Y	+6.75%	+37.65%	-30.90	13 / 50	Q2
2Y	+7.93%	+0.08%	+7.85	14 / 49	Q2
3Y	+8.18%	+4.19%	+3.99	7 / 37	Q1
4Y	+7.70%	+4.28%	+3.42	9 / 33	Q2
5Y	+6.60%	+4.97%	+1.63	13 / 33	Q2
7Y	+7.06%	+3.15%	+3.91	6 / 33	Q1
10Y	+7.54%	+2.93%	+4.61	4 / 26	Q1
Inception	+8.16%	-10.07%	+18.23	11 / 54	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	+2.00%	+1.31%	+0.69	9 / 32
2025	+10.04%	+5.69%	+4.34	5 / 32
2024	+8.01%	+4.08%	+3.93	13 / 32
2023	+7.48%	+1.03%	+6.46	6 / 33
2022	+1.89%	+58.89%	-57.00	24 / 39
2021	+6.33%	-8.73%	+15.06	14 / 44
2020	+7.61%	-3.99%	+11.60	8 / 39
2019	+9.93%	-0.88%	+10.82	2 / 35
2018	+7.01%	+0.62%	+6.39	3 / 34
2017	+7.38%	+1.91%	+5.47	5 / 29
2016	+11.79%	+4.63%	+7.16	2 / 28

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

+8.14%

137 windows

min 1.3% · max 13.4%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+7.74%

113 windows

min 4.7% · max 11.2%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+7.56%

88 windows

min 6.1% · max 9.7%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+7.57%

64 windows

min 6.7% · max 9.3%

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

1.49%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.94

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.46%

Sep 2024 → Sep 2024

% positive months

94.4%

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 Credit Risk Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Credit Risk Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹24.1395	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA CREDIT RISK FUND - SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO 2 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	3 Jun 2026
SBI Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Daily Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹16.6214	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹11.9696	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Discretionary IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹2,310.3743	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Credit Risk Fund-Direct Plan-Annual IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.3422	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund - Direct - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹14.2712	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Credit Risk Fund-Segregated Portfolio 3 (9.50% Yes Bank Ltd CO 23Dec21) - Direct IDCW	Franklin India	₹0.0000	3 Jun 2026
DSP Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW - Monthly	DSP	₹11.2097	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Credit Risk Fund - Direct Annual IDCW	HSBC	₹13.3661	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹26.4973
2 Jun 2026	₹26.5042
1 Jun 2026	₹26.4914
29 May 2026	₹26.4508
27 May 2026	₹26.4508
26 May 2026	₹26.4436
25 May 2026	₹26.4216
22 May 2026	₹26.3898
21 May 2026	₹26.3821
20 May 2026	₹26.4069

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 Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is ₹26.4973. It's a Credit Risk Fund from Kotak, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has NAV history starting from 25 Mar 2014, a track record of about 12 years 2 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.

Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is managed by Kotak. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Credit Risk Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has delivered a absolute return of 6.75% — -30.9 pp behind the Credit Risk Fund category average of 37.65%. The fund ranks #13 of 50 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has delivered a CAGR of 8.18% — +3.99 pp ahead of the Credit Risk Fund category average of 4.19%. The fund ranks #7 of 37 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has delivered a CAGR of 6.60% — +1.63 pp ahead of the Credit Risk Fund category average of 4.97%. The fund ranks #13 of 33 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹206,902 today — a multiplier of 2.07×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 7.54%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹133,503.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹724,429 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 7.47%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,737,469 (multiplier 1.45×). XIRR: 7.19%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option ranks #13 out of 33 funds in the Credit Risk Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 4.97%; this fund delivered 6.60%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 3.11% — its NAV fell from a high on 06 Apr 2022 to a low on 13 May 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 Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option averaged 7.56% (best 9.69%, worst 6.14%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.04 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option returned 10.04% — beating the Credit Risk Fund category average of 5.69% by 4.34 pp. It ranked #5 of 32 in its category that year.

Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal 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. Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal 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: 3.1%. 5-year CAGR: 6.60%.

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

Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Credit Risk Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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