Should I invest in Kotak US Equity Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct 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: 22.4%. 5-year CAGR: 11.75%.

Kotak

Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option

Latest NAV

₹20.1290

As of

25 Feb 2020

1,174 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	+0.01%	-0.85%	+0.87	14 / 40	Q2
1W	+0.50%	-0.60%	+1.10	14 / 40	Q2
2W	+1.05%	-0.65%	+1.70	15 / 40	Q2
1M	+3.93%	-0.87%	+4.80	5 / 40	Q1
3M	+6.22%	+4.22%	+2.00	17 / 40	Q2
6M	+16.43%	+7.73%	+8.71	3 / 39	Q1
YTD	+4.43%	+11.22%	-6.79	34 / 39	Q4
1Y	+17.12%	+26.45%	-9.33	28 / 39	Q3
2Y	+12.75%	+18.43%	-5.68	31 / 38	Q4
3Y	+13.26%	+17.94%	-4.67	26 / 34	Q4
4Y	+14.33%	+18.21%	-3.88	24 / 32	Q3
5Y	+11.75%	+10.51%	+1.24	12 / 27	Q2
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+12.55%	+10.45%	+2.10	12 / 39	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
2020 YTD	+4.43%	+18.07%	-13.64	13 / 19
2019	+26.81%	+25.51%	+1.29	6 / 19
2018	-0.21%	-5.22%	+5.01	6 / 19
2017	+13.68%	+13.12%	+0.56	11 / 19
2016	+11.92%	+18.81%	-6.89	9 / 17
2015	—	—	—	—

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

+11.52%

50 windows

min -3.6% · max 27.6%

90% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+12.18%

26 windows

min 8.4% · max 17.3%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

+11.75%

1 window

min 11.7% · max 11.7%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

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

14.98%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.48

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.75

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-22.43%

Oct 2018 → Dec 2018

% positive months

69.4%

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 Fund of Funds - Overseas

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
ICICI Prudential Global Stable Equity Fund (FOF) - Direct - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹36.3700	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India - Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹13.0237	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan US Treasury Bond 0-1 year specific Debt Passive FOF - DIRECT PLAN - IDCW	Bandhan	₹13.4869	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life US Equity Passive FOF-Direct IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹22.5819	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Global Emerging Market Overseas Equity Omni FOF - Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option - Direct	Kotak	₹41.5050	17 Jul 2026
DSP Global Clean Energy Overseas Equity Omni FoF - Direct Plan - IDCW	DSP	₹21.3384	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Brazil Fund - IDCW Direct Plan	HSBC	₹11.3337	17 Jul 2026
Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Axis	₹25.8323	17 Jul 2026
Sundaram Global Brand Theme-Equity Active FOF - Direct IDCW	Sundaram	₹40.0504	16 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
25 Feb 2020	₹20.1290
24 Feb 2020	₹20.1260
20 Feb 2020	₹20.0810
18 Feb 2020	₹20.0290
14 Feb 2020	₹20.0690
13 Feb 2020	₹20.0530
12 Feb 2020	₹20.0300
11 Feb 2020	₹19.9200
10 Feb 2020	₹19.9210
7 Feb 2020	₹19.7680

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 25 Feb 2020, the NAV of Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option is ₹20.1290. It's a Fund of Funds - Overseas from Kotak, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option has NAV history starting from 02 Feb 2015, a track record of about 11 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.

Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option is managed by Kotak. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Fund of Funds - Overseas' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option has delivered a absolute return of 17.12% — -9.33 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Overseas category average of 26.45%. The fund ranks #28 of 39 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option has delivered a CAGR of 13.26% — -4.67 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Overseas category average of 17.94%. The fund ranks #26 of 34 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option has delivered a CAGR of 11.75% — +1.24 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Overseas category average of 10.51%. The fund ranks #12 of 27 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹174,262 today — a multiplier of 1.74×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 11.75%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹164,823.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹853,030 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 14.02%.

Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (5-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹853,030 — XIRR 14.02%.

On a 5-year basis, Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option ranks #12 out of 27 funds in the Fund of Funds - Overseas category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 10.51%; this fund delivered 11.75%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 22.43% — its NAV fell from a high on 04 Oct 2018 to a low on 24 Dec 2018. 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 US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option averaged 11.75% (best 11.75%, worst 11.75%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.40 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2019, Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Dividend option returned 26.81% — beating the Fund of Funds - Overseas category average of 25.51% by 1.29 pp. It ranked #6 of 19 in its category that year.

Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct 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. Kotak US Equity Fund - Direct 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: 22.4%. 5-year CAGR: 11.75%.

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