Should I invest in quant Multi Cap Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. quant Multi Cap 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 26.7%. 5-year CAGR: 11.35%.

Escorts

quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan

Latest NAV

₹74.3474

As of

24 Jul 2026

5,005 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	+0.17%	-0.18%	+0.35	1 / 15	Q1
1W	-1.97%	-1.94%	-0.03	7 / 15	Q2
2W	-1.95%	-2.36%	+0.41	4 / 15	Q2
1M	-1.08%	-1.43%	+0.36	7 / 15	Q2
3M	+5.86%	+3.35%	+2.51	1 / 15	Q1
6M	+16.04%	+6.45%	+9.59	2 / 15	Q1
YTD	+6.32%	-0.46%	+6.78	2 / 15	Q1
1Y	+2.82%	-2.28%	+5.10	4 / 15	Q2
2Y	-4.61%	-1.51%	-3.10	11 / 15	Q3
3Y	+10.43%	+10.85%	-0.41	9 / 14	Q3
4Y	+12.57%	+13.17%	-0.60	10 / 14	Q3
5Y	+11.35%	+11.72%	-0.37	6 / 11	Q3
7Y	+20.27%	+15.32%	+4.95	2 / 11	Q1
10Y	+15.33%	+11.91%	+3.42	2 / 11	Q1
Inception	+7.97%	+9.75%	-1.78	10 / 15	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	+6.32%	-0.46%	+6.78	2 / 15
2025	-5.61%	-2.20%	-3.40	11 / 15
2024	+11.30%	+20.09%	-8.79	11 / 14
2023	+24.27%	+29.56%	-5.28	12 / 14
2022	+10.30%	+2.92%	+7.38	4 / 14
2021	+54.58%	+43.14%	+11.44	1 / 11
2020	+43.61%	+14.21%	+29.40	2 / 11
2019	+3.48%	+2.05%	+1.43	6 / 11
2018	-7.65%	-8.46%	+0.80	5 / 11
2017	+26.57%	+32.89%	-6.32	9 / 11
2016	-7.96%	-3.19%	-4.77	10 / 11

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

+12.93%

236 windows

min -65.8% · max 143.1%

65% positive

3-Year rolling

+11.10%

211 windows

min -22.0% · max 39.8%

75% positive

5-Year rolling

+11.26%

187 windows

min -13.7% · max 34.0%

83% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.07%

163 windows

min -7.0% · max 23.0%

88% 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

15.81%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.30

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.50

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-26.67%

Jul 2024 → Mar 2026

% positive months

61.1%

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 Multi Cap Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Multi Cap Fund - Growth Option	HDFC	₹18.4080	24 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Multicap Fund - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹838.1600	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Multi Cap Fund - Growth	Franklin India	₹10.6274	24 Jul 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas MULTI CAP FUND - Regular Plan - Growth Option	Baroda Pioneer	₹290.0366	24 Jul 2026
Invesco India Multicap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	Religare	₹127.0200	24 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA MULTI CAP FUND - IDCW Option	Reliance	₹58.2422	24 Jul 2026
quant Multi Cap Fund-GROWTH OPTION - Regular Plan	Escorts	₹650.1020	24 Jul 2026
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Multi Cap Growth Fund)- Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	Sundaram	₹61.9419	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Jul 2026	₹74.3474
23 Jul 2026	₹74.2211
22 Jul 2026	₹75.1949
21 Jul 2026	₹76.3920
20 Jul 2026	₹76.2938
17 Jul 2026	₹75.8409
16 Jul 2026	₹75.8819
15 Jul 2026	₹75.8498
14 Jul 2026	₹76.0426
13 Jul 2026	₹76.0599

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 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan is ₹74.3474. It's a Multi Cap Fund from Escorts, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 3 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.

quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan is managed by Escorts. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Multi Cap Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan has delivered a absolute return of 2.82% — +5.1 pp ahead of the Multi Cap Fund category average of -2.28%. The fund ranks #4 of 15 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan has delivered a CAGR of 10.43% — -0.41 pp behind the Multi Cap Fund category average of 10.85%. The fund ranks #9 of 14 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan has delivered a CAGR of 11.35% — -0.37 pp behind the Multi Cap Fund category average of 11.72%. The fund ranks #6 of 11 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹416,150 today — a multiplier of 4.16×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 15.33%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹308,026.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹764,365 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 9.62%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,882,053 (multiplier 2.40×). XIRR: 16.70%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan ranks #6 out of 11 funds in the Multi Cap Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 11.72%; this fund delivered 11.35%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan has experienced over the last 5-year window is 26.67% — its NAV fell from a high on 31 Jul 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 5-year rolling windows, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan averaged 11.26% (best 33.96%, worst -13.74%). 83% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.34 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, quant Multi Cap Fund-IDCW Option - Regular Plan returned -5.61% — lagging the Multi Cap Fund category average of -2.20% by 3.40 pp. It ranked #11 of 15 in its category that year.

quant Multi Cap 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 Multi Cap 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 26.7%. 5-year CAGR: 11.35%.

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