Should I invest in NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND?

We don't give personal investment advice. NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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: 17.1%. 5-year CAGR: 15.54%.

Nippon India

NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹45.7829

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,330 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	+0.70%	-0.04%	+0.74	39 / 249	Q1
1W	+0.31%	-0.15%	+0.46	54 / 249	Q1
2W	+0.41%	-0.61%	+1.02	99 / 251	Q2
1M	+1.24%	+1.14%	+0.10	164 / 251	Q3
3M	+0.82%	+3.90%	-3.08	191 / 251	Q4
6M	-0.20%	+2.59%	-2.79	156 / 243	Q3
YTD	-1.29%	+0.68%	-1.97	144 / 241	Q3
1Y	+2.93%	+2.39%	+0.53	101 / 229	Q2
2Y	+3.11%	+0.44%	+2.67	76 / 186	Q2
3Y	+15.68%	+11.53%	+4.16	48 / 151	Q2
4Y	+18.79%	+12.75%	+6.03	34 / 125	Q2
5Y	+15.54%	+9.05%	+6.49	22 / 113	Q1
7Y	+17.46%	+14.43%	+3.03	23 / 92	Q1
10Y	+14.70%	+11.87%	+2.83	21 / 77	Q2
Inception	+10.50%	+10.06%	+0.44	133 / 251	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	-1.29%	+1.51%	-2.80	143 / 237
2025	+7.98%	+1.49%	+6.49	50 / 204
2024	+20.04%	+20.10%	-0.05	77 / 158
2023	+35.42%	+30.21%	+5.22	43 / 131
2022	+8.17%	+1.48%	+6.69	37 / 119
2021	+31.63%	+31.54%	+0.09	47 / 106
2020	+16.96%	+19.90%	-2.94	41 / 95
2019	+5.95%	+6.43%	-0.48	43 / 87
2018	-1.53%	-9.17%	+7.64	26 / 78
2017	+30.40%	+32.45%	-2.04	46 / 77
2016	+2.83%	+2.96%	-0.13	34 / 77

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

+13.93%

153 windows

min -40.7% · max 57.6%

84% positive

3-Year rolling

+11.89%

129 windows

min -6.0% · max 29.7%

81% positive

5-Year rolling

+12.15%

105 windows

min -6.1% · max 28.8%

89% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.65%

80 windows

min 1.1% · 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

12.98%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.69

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.19

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-16.91%

Sep 2024 → Feb 2025

% 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 - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹17.4480	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA - JAPAN EQUITY FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹30.5463	17 Jul 2026
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution Cum Capital Withdrawal Option	SBI	₹12.5864	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹70.0600	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹14.5200	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.1960	17 Jul 2026
quant BFSI Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹22.0968	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - DIRECT - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹32.1000	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund- Direct-IDCW	Motilal Oswal	₹13.5239	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund- Direct- IDCW	Franklin India	₹9.6426	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹45.7829
16 Jul 2026	₹45.4632
15 Jul 2026	₹45.4938
14 Jul 2026	₹45.2659
13 Jul 2026	₹45.6177
10 Jul 2026	₹45.6433
9 Jul 2026	₹45.2152
8 Jul 2026	₹44.8875
7 Jul 2026	₹45.7809
6 Jul 2026	₹46.0455

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 NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option is ₹45.7829. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from Nippon India, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 03 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 years 6 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 QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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 QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 2.93% — +0.53 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 2.39%. The fund ranks #101 of 229 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 15.68% — +4.16 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 11.53%. The fund ranks #48 of 151 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 15.54% — +6.49 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 9.05%. The fund ranks #22 of 113 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹394,228 today — a multiplier of 3.94×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 14.70%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹306,966.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹856,081 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 14.19%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,730,175 (multiplier 2.28×). XIRR: 15.69%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option ranks #22 out of 113 funds in the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 9.05%; this fund delivered 15.54%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 17.13% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 Jan 2022 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 QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option averaged 12.15% (best 28.80%, worst -6.11%). 89% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.62 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option returned 7.98% — beating the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 1.49% by 6.49 pp. It ranked #50 of 204 in its category that year.

NIPPON INDIA QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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 QUANT FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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: 17.1%. 5-year CAGR: 15.54%.

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