Should I invest in Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I?

We don't give personal investment advice. Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional 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.

PRINCIPAL

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option

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	-3.02%	+6.99%	-10.01	682 / 763	Q4
1W	-2.89%	+6.38%	-9.27	592 / 722	Q4
2W	-2.75%	+6.63%	-9.38	594 / 725	Q4
1M	-2.42%	+6.29%	-8.71	611 / 752	Q4
3M	-1.17%	+7.87%	-9.03	572 / 728	Q4
6M	+1.26%	+9.67%	-8.41	373 / 642	Q3
YTD	+1.38%	+8.47%	-7.10	294 / 666	Q2
1Y	+6.33%	+13.70%	-7.36	294 / 591	Q2
2Y	—	—	—	—	—
3Y	—	—	—	—	—
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.65%	-3.28%	+9.93	316 / 797	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
2008 YTD	+1.38%	-5.54%	+6.92	119 / 250
2007	+8.32%	+5.54%	+2.78	7 / 30

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

+9.41%

6 windows

min 6.3% · max 10.6%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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.

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
4 Jul 2008	₹11.0000
3 Jul 2008	₹11.3421
2 Jul 2008	₹11.3397
30 Jun 2008	₹11.3347
27 Jun 2008	₹11.3279
26 Jun 2008	₹11.3254
25 Jun 2008	₹11.3230
24 Jun 2008	₹11.3206
23 Jun 2008	₹11.3182
20 Jun 2008	₹11.3110

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.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option is a Income from PRINCIPAL (Institutional plan, IDCW (dividend) option). Latest NAV isn't currently available in our feed — the AMC publishes it once per business day after market close.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option has NAV history starting from 15 Jan 2007, a track record of about 19 years 4 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.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option is managed by PRINCIPAL. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Income' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option has delivered a absolute return of 6.33% — -7.36 pp behind the Income category average of 13.70%. The fund ranks #294 of 591 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option doesn't have a complete 3-year window yet (we need at least 3 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional 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.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option doesn't yet have a 3-year CAGR on file, so a ₹1 lakh growth projection isn't reliable.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option over the last 1 year — total invested ₹120,000 — would be worth ₹122,147 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 3.32%.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (1-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹122,147 — XIRR 3.32%.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option doesn't yet have a peer rank on file — typically because its category set is too small or it lacks the required NAV history. Compare manually using the returns table above.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option doesn't have a computed drawdown figure yet.

Consistency stats for Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option need at least 3 years of NAVs to compute. They'll populate automatically once the fund has enough history.

In calendar year 2007, Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional Plan - Growth option returned 8.32% — beating the Income category average of 5.54% by 2.78 pp. It ranked #7 of 30 in its category that year.

Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional 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. Principal Pnb Fixed Maturity Plan - 540 days - Series I - Institutional 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.