Should I invest in quant Business Cycle Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan 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.

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quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan

Latest NAV

₹16.7689

As of

17 Jul 2026

770 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	+0.07%	-0.06%	+0.14	72 / 168	Q2
1W	-0.31%	-0.22%	-0.09	101 / 168	Q3
2W	-1.06%	-0.98%	-0.08	157 / 170	Q4
1M	+1.45%	+0.82%	+0.63	109 / 170	Q3
3M	+8.90%	+3.83%	+5.06	43 / 170	Q2
6M	+8.89%	+1.86%	+7.03	44 / 162	Q2
YTD	+6.57%	-0.06%	+6.63	43 / 160	Q2
1Y	+2.73%	+1.21%	+1.51	62 / 150	Q2
2Y	-3.47%	-0.78%	-2.69	80 / 109	Q3
3Y	+15.83%	+9.09%	+6.74	18 / 76	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+17.91%	+7.30%	+10.61	18 / 170	Q1

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	+6.57%	+1.20%	+5.37	43 / 158
2025	-7.13%	-0.40%	-6.73	109 / 129
2024	+19.01%	+19.58%	-0.57	42 / 84
2023	—	—	—	—

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

+12.74%

27 windows

min -16.9% · max 65.4%

52% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+16.83%

2 windows

min 15.8% · max 17.8%

100% positive

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

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.

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Total invested

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Today's value

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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

16.63%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.59

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.94

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-30.87%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2026

% positive months

66.7%

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 INNOVATION FUND - IDCW - REGULAR PLAN	HDFC	₹11.1190	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Active Momentum Fund- Regular Plan- IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹12.8415	17 Jul 2026
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution Cum Capital Withdrawal Option	SBI	₹12.2938	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Business Cycle Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Invesco	₹14.1900	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Business Cycle Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹9.9190	17 Jul 2026
quant BFSI Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan	Quant	₹21.0055	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking and Financial Services Fund - REGULAR - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹23.5200	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Active Momentum Fund - Regular- IDCW	Motilal Oswal	₹13.5064	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Banking and Financial Services Fund Regular IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹21.9730	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Active Momentum Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW - Payout & Reinvestment	Kotak	₹10.6840	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹16.7689
16 Jul 2026	₹16.7565
15 Jul 2026	₹16.7257
14 Jul 2026	₹16.7929
13 Jul 2026	₹16.8436
10 Jul 2026	₹16.8211
9 Jul 2026	₹16.5855
8 Jul 2026	₹16.4342
7 Jul 2026	₹16.6907
6 Jul 2026	₹16.8226

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 quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan is ₹16.7689. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from Quant, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan has NAV history starting from 31 May 2023, a track record of about 3 years 1 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan is managed by Quant. 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, quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan has delivered a absolute return of 2.73% — +1.51 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 1.21%. The fund ranks #62 of 150 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan has delivered a CAGR of 15.83% — +6.74 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 9.09%. The fund ranks #18 of 76 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹155,400 today — a multiplier of 1.55×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 15.83%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹129,811.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹398,202 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.66%.

quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹398,202 — XIRR 6.66%.

On a 3-year basis, quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan ranks #18 out of 76 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 9.09%; this fund delivered 15.83%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan has experienced over the last 3-year window is 30.87% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 Sep 2024 to a low on 31 Mar 2026. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan averaged 16.83% (best 17.84%, worst 15.83%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.59 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan returned -7.13% — lagging the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of -0.40% by 6.73 pp. It ranked #109 of 129 in its category that year.

quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan 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. quant Business Cycle Fund - IDCW Option - Regular Plan 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.

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