Should I invest in Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund Growth Plan - Bonus Option?

We don't give personal investment advice. Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 18.7%. 5-year CAGR: 13.68%.

Nippon India

Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option

Latest NAV

₹669.9045

As of

3 Jun 2026

3,300 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	-0.26%	+0.27%	-0.53	218 / 258	Q4
1W	-3.50%	-1.34%	-2.17	247 / 258	Q4
2W	-1.24%	+0.04%	-1.28	206 / 259	Q4
1M	-2.56%	-0.39%	-2.18	209 / 259	Q4
3M	-6.83%	+2.19%	-9.03	245 / 257	Q4
6M	-7.42%	-1.09%	-6.32	194 / 247	Q4
YTD	-7.60%	-1.30%	-6.29	195 / 247	Q4
1Y	-1.86%	+5.02%	-6.88	174 / 230	Q4
2Y	+7.01%	+5.50%	+1.51	63 / 182	Q2
3Y	+13.48%	+16.94%	-3.46	92 / 139	Q3
4Y	+16.71%	+16.57%	+0.14	62 / 119	Q3
5Y	+13.68%	+13.73%	-0.05	56 / 109	Q3
7Y	+11.48%	+16.42%	-4.94	79 / 91	Q4
10Y	+14.26%	+15.07%	-0.81	48 / 76	Q3
Inception	+13.47%	+10.45%	+3.02	117 / 259	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
2026 YTD	-7.60%	-0.94%	-6.66	193 / 244
2025	+17.84%	+4.41%	+13.43	19 / 208
2024	+10.95%	+23.18%	-12.23	138 / 155
2023	+24.58%	+33.51%	-8.93	101 / 127
2022	+21.75%	+4.32%	+17.43	6 / 116
2021	+29.93%	+34.43%	-4.50	59 / 104
2020	-10.10%	+21.19%	-31.29	93 / 94
2019	+10.54%	+9.30%	+1.24	30 / 85
2018	-0.17%	-5.36%	+5.18	24 / 77
2017	+45.87%	+35.61%	+10.26	18 / 76
2016	+11.22%	+4.98%	+6.24	16 / 76

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

+19.51%

152 windows

min -47.0% · max 100.3%

81% positive

3-Year rolling

+15.67%

127 windows

min -12.3% · max 41.5%

92% positive

5-Year rolling

+14.59%

103 windows

min -2.7% · max 30.7%

99% positive

7-Year rolling

+13.12%

79 windows

min 6.1% · max 18.4%

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

13.44%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.53

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.82

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-16.67%

Feb 2026 → Mar 2026

% 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 Sectoral/Thematic Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹18.0340	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Active Momentum Fund-Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹12.1791	3 Jun 2026
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹11.7563	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Active Momentum Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹10.6800	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹13.3000	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹9.6290	3 Jun 2026
quant BFSI Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹20.2506	3 Jun 2026
QUANTUM ESG BEST IN CLASS STRATEGY FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTION	Quantum	₹23.5100	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹66.7400	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund- Direct-Growth	Motilal Oswal	₹13.3284	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹669.9045
2 Jun 2026	₹670.7590
1 Jun 2026	₹672.5283
29 May 2026	₹681.5028
27 May 2026	₹691.4240
26 May 2026	₹695.1193
25 May 2026	₹697.0508
22 May 2026	₹684.2567
21 May 2026	₹678.9952
20 May 2026	₹679.5799

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 Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option is ₹669.9045. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from Nippon India, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option has NAV history starting from 02 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 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.

Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option is managed by Nippon India. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Sectoral/Thematic Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option has delivered a absolute return of -1.86% — -6.88 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 5.02%. The fund ranks #174 of 230 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option has delivered a CAGR of 13.48% — -3.46 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 16.94%. The fund ranks #92 of 139 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option has delivered a CAGR of 13.68% — -0.05 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 13.73%. The fund ranks #56 of 109 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹379,281 today — a multiplier of 3.79×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 14.26%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹407,181.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹817,227 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 12.30%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,447,030 (multiplier 2.04×). XIRR: 13.65%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option ranks #56 out of 109 funds in the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 13.73%; this fund delivered 13.68%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 18.75% — its NAV fell from a high on 26 Oct 2021 to a low on 20 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, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option averaged 14.59% (best 30.73%, worst -2.75%). 99% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.51 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option returned 17.84% — beating the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 4.41% by 13.43 pp. It ranked #19 of 208 in its category that year.

Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Bonus Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 18.7%. 5-year CAGR: 13.68%.

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