Should I invest in Kotak FMP Series 242?

We don't give personal investment advice. Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth 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.

Kotak

Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹12.7706

As of

18 Oct 2021

758 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	+0.00%	-2.27%	+2.27	837 / 1079	Q4
1W	+0.07%	-2.67%	+2.74	579 / 945	Q3
2W	+0.13%	-2.63%	+2.76	639 / 930	Q3
1M	+0.28%	-2.40%	+2.68	670 / 924	Q3
3M	+0.86%	-1.35%	+2.21	763 / 916	Q4
6M	+1.80%	+0.02%	+1.78	711 / 876	Q4
YTD	+2.93%	-0.17%	+3.09	296 / 880	Q2
1Y	+3.98%	+3.22%	+0.76	752 / 835	Q4
2Y	+6.48%	+4.01%	+2.47	587 / 807	Q3
3Y	+8.28%	+4.45%	+3.83	228 / 800	Q2
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+8.03%	+5.01%	+3.02	517 / 1079	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
2021 YTD	+2.93%	-0.37%	+3.29	217 / 366
2020	+8.42%	+6.75%	+1.67	226 / 486
2019	+10.65%	+7.15%	+3.49	78 / 524
2018	—	—	—	—

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

+8.64%

27 windows

min 4.0% · max 12.0%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+8.35%

2 windows

min 8.3% · max 8.4%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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

1.30%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

1.15

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-3.07%

Jul 2020 → Jul 2020

% positive months

97.2%

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
HDFC FMP 1269D March 2023 - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹12.6069	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan XLI - Series 8 - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹17.7273	17 Jul 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹17.7027	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹44.8881	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN-GROWTH (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹18.0849	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TJ (1838 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.6165	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	Franklin India	₹11.2815	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Growth - Direct	Kotak	₹90.6522	17 Jul 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹13.3392	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	HSBC	₹48.8567	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
18 Oct 2021	₹12.7706
14 Oct 2021	₹12.7651
13 Oct 2021	₹12.7637
12 Oct 2021	₹12.7627
11 Oct 2021	₹12.7616
8 Oct 2021	₹12.7584
7 Oct 2021	₹12.7573
6 Oct 2021	₹12.7562
5 Oct 2021	₹12.7551
4 Oct 2021	₹12.7540

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 18 Oct 2021, the NAV of Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option is ₹12.7706. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Kotak, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option has NAV history starting from 29 Aug 2018, a track record of about 7 years 10 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 FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option is managed by Kotak. 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 FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 3.98% — +0.76 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.22%. The fund ranks #752 of 835 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 8.28% — +3.83 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 4.45%. The fund ranks #228 of 800 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹126,943 today — a multiplier of 1.27×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 8.28%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹113,950.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹397,564 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.54%.

Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹397,564 — XIRR 6.54%.

On a 3-year basis, Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option ranks #228 out of 800 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 4.45%; this fund delivered 8.28%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 3.07% — its NAV fell from a high on 01 Jul 2020 to a low on 02 Jul 2020. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option averaged 8.35% (best 8.43%, worst 8.28%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 1.15 — strong risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2020, Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth Option returned 8.42% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 6.75% by 1.67 pp. It ranked #226 of 486 in its category that year.

Kotak FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth 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 FMP Series 242 - Direct Plan -Growth 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.

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