Should I invest in LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option?

We don't give personal investment advice. LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option is suitable for an investor whose:horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debtwants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debtis comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fundCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 8.3%. 5-year CAGR: 3.89%.

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LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option

Latest NAV

₹14.6390

As of

17 Jul 2026

4,902 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%	+0.08%	-0.03	29 / 33	Q4
1W	-0.12%	-0.06%	-0.06	28 / 33	Q4
2W	+0.16%	0.00%	+0.17	4 / 33	Q1
1M	-0.21%	+0.36%	-0.56	27 / 33	Q4
3M	+0.56%	+0.90%	-0.34	22 / 33	Q3
6M	+0.12%	+0.19%	-0.08	20 / 33	Q3
YTD	-0.47%	-0.38%	-0.09	21 / 33	Q3
1Y	+1.35%	-0.73%	+2.08	14 / 33	Q2
2Y	+3.56%	+1.20%	+2.36	14 / 33	Q2
3Y	+5.23%	+3.79%	+1.44	15 / 33	Q2
4Y	+5.77%	+4.29%	+1.48	15 / 33	Q2
5Y	+3.89%	+3.45%	+0.44	15 / 33	Q2
7Y	+4.06%	+3.97%	+0.09	15 / 33	Q2
10Y	+3.18%	+3.16%	+0.02	16 / 33	Q2
Inception	+1.55%	+3.76%	-2.21	19 / 33	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	-0.47%	-0.38%	-0.09	21 / 33
2025	+5.21%	+1.83%	+3.38	11 / 33
2024	+8.19%	+6.68%	+1.51	14 / 33
2023	+7.12%	+6.65%	+0.48	16 / 33
2022	-2.09%	-0.18%	-1.91	21 / 33
2021	+4.30%	+6.74%	-2.45	22 / 33
2020	+6.20%	+5.49%	+0.71	19 / 33
2019	+4.01%	+2.15%	+1.86	11 / 33
2018	-1.76%	-3.43%	+1.67	11 / 33
2017	-0.94%	+4.29%	-5.23	33 / 33
2016	+1.95%	+4.98%	-3.04	22 / 33

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

+1.88%

235 windows

min -14.9% · max 12.1%

65% positive

3-Year rolling

+1.83%

210 windows

min -2.5% · max 7.2%

79% positive

5-Year rolling

+1.69%

186 windows

min -1.5% · max 5.9%

88% positive

7-Year rolling

+1.59%

163 windows

min -0.5% · max 4.9%

99% 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

3.55%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.35

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.77

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-3.25%

Jan 2026 → Mar 2026

% positive months

63.9%

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 Conservative Hybrid Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC MF Monthly Income Plan-Long Term Plan-Growth Option	HDFC	₹84.1902	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA CONSERVATIVE HYBRID FUND - SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO 2 - MONTHLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	17 Jul 2026
SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan - Growth	SBI	₹76.5364	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Income Multiplier Fund-Dividend option	ICICI Prudential	₹13.8272	17 Jul 2026
FT India Monthly Income Plan-Growth	Franklin Templeton	₹92.5426	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Debt Hybrid - Monthly Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option	Kotak	₹12.2563	17 Jul 2026
DSP BlackRock Savings Manager Fund - Aggressive - Growth	DSP BlackRock	₹61.0620	17 Jul 2026
HSBC MIP - Savings - Dividend - Quarterly	HSBC	₹16.9878	17 Jul 2026
Canara Robeco Cigo-Growth Plan	Canara Robeco	₹99.4063	17 Jul 2026
UTI - MIS-ADVANTAGE-FLEXI DIVIDEND	UTI	₹44.9303	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹14.6390
16 Jul 2026	₹14.6322
15 Jul 2026	₹14.6353
14 Jul 2026	₹14.6111
13 Jul 2026	₹14.6547
10 Jul 2026	₹14.6560
9 Jul 2026	₹14.6167
8 Jul 2026	₹14.5891
7 Jul 2026	₹14.6631
6 Jul 2026	₹14.6596

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 LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option is ₹14.6390. It's a Conservative Hybrid Fund from LIC, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option has NAV history starting from 03 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.

LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option is managed by LIC. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Conservative Hybrid Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option has delivered a absolute return of 1.35% — +2.08 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of -0.73%. The fund ranks #14 of 33 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.23% — +1.44 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 3.79%. The fund ranks #15 of 33 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option has delivered a CAGR of 3.89% — +0.44 pp ahead of the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 3.45%. The fund ranks #15 of 33 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹136,700 today — a multiplier of 1.37×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 3.18%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹136,479.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹673,525 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.57%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,472,289 (multiplier 1.23×). XIRR: 4.01%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option ranks #15 out of 33 funds in the Conservative Hybrid Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.45%; this fund delivered 3.89%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 8.30% — its NAV fell from a high on 24 Sep 2021 to a low on 24 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, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option averaged 1.69% (best 5.86%, worst -1.49%). 88% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.66 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option returned 5.21% — beating the Conservative Hybrid Fund category average of 1.83% by 3.38 pp. It ranked #11 of 33 in its category that year.

LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option is a Hybrid scheme. Tax treatment follows its actual equity allocation as disclosed by the AMC: at least 65% equity behaves like an equity fund (12.5% LTCG over 12 months, 20% STCG); 35-65% equity often gets an equity-style treatment with a 24-month threshold; under 35% equity is taxed at slab rate like a debt fund. Check the AMC's latest factsheet for the current classification.

We don't give personal investment advice. LICMF Monthly Income Plan-Quarterly Option is suitable for an investor whose:

horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debt
wants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debt
is comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fund

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 8.3%. 5-year CAGR: 3.89%.

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