Should I invest in quant Gilt Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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.

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quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan

Latest NAV

₹12.5478

As of

17 Jul 2026

863 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	-0.10%	-0.15%	+0.05	11 / 48	Q1
1W	-0.28%	-0.27%	-0.01	16 / 48	Q2
2W	-0.12%	-0.20%	+0.08	13 / 48	Q2
1M	+0.88%	+0.99%	-0.12	29 / 48	Q3
3M	+2.20%	+2.06%	+0.14	28 / 48	Q3
6M	+3.06%	+2.31%	+0.75	22 / 48	Q2
YTD	+2.61%	+1.92%	+0.69	18 / 48	Q2
1Y	+3.06%	+1.58%	+1.48	18 / 48	Q2
2Y	+5.71%	+2.94%	+2.77	15 / 44	Q2
3Y	+6.20%	+3.59%	+2.61	14 / 41	Q2
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.55%	+3.62%	+2.93	11 / 48	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	+2.61%	+1.64%	+0.97	15 / 39
2025	+5.06%	+1.34%	+3.72	6 / 38
2024	+8.63%	+5.54%	+3.09	15 / 35
2023	+7.00%	+4.18%	+2.82	15 / 35
2022	—	—	—	—

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

+6.63%

32 windows

min 0.2% · max 10.2%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+6.34%

8 windows

min 5.5% · max 6.8%

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

—

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.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

2.18%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.20

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.52

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.25%

May 2025 → Sep 2025

% positive months

83.3%

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 Gilt Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹13.0890	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA GILT FUND - Direct Plan - MONTHLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹11.7233	17 Jul 2026
SBI Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹23.2275	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹18.6860	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹1,218.5847	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW	Bandhan	₹12.7227	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Govenment Securities Fund -DIRECT - Quarterly IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹11.6482	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Government Securities Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹11.8904	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Gilt-Investment Regular-Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option - Direct	Kotak	₹24.5773	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Direct Plan - Annual Dividend Option	Edelweiss	₹26.8795	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.5478
16 Jul 2026	₹12.5601
15 Jul 2026	₹12.5503
14 Jul 2026	₹12.5358
13 Jul 2026	₹12.5720
10 Jul 2026	₹12.5836
9 Jul 2026	₹12.5706
8 Jul 2026	₹12.5606
7 Jul 2026	₹12.5763
6 Jul 2026	₹12.5700

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 Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan is ₹12.5478. It's a Gilt Fund from Quant, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has NAV history starting from 22 Dec 2022, a track record of about 3 years 6 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 Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan is managed by Quant. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Gilt Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has delivered a absolute return of 3.06% — +1.48 pp ahead of the Gilt Fund category average of 1.58%. The fund ranks #18 of 48 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has delivered a CAGR of 6.20% — +2.61 pp ahead of the Gilt Fund category average of 3.59%. The fund ranks #14 of 41 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct 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 Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹119,763 today — a multiplier of 1.20×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 6.20%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹111,154.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹392,038 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.61%.

quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹392,038 — XIRR 5.61%.

On a 3-year basis, quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan ranks #14 out of 41 funds in the Gilt Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.59%; this fund delivered 6.20%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan has experienced over the last 3-year window is 2.25% — its NAV fell from a high on 28 May 2025 to a low on 01 Sep 2025. 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 Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan averaged 6.34% (best 6.83%, worst 5.54%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.20 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan returned 5.06% — beating the Gilt Fund category average of 1.34% by 3.72 pp. It ranked #6 of 38 in its category that year.

quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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. quant Gilt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan 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.