Should I invest in SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div?

We don't give personal investment advice. SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div is suitable for an investor whose:horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debtwants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debtis comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fundCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 0.3%. 5-year CAGR: 6.23%.

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SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div

Latest NAV

₹18.9004

As of

17 Jul 2026

4,835 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%	+0.10%	+0.00	3 / 16	Q1
1W	+0.13%	+0.14%	-0.01	6 / 16	Q2
2W	+0.20%	+0.21%	-0.01	11 / 16	Q3
1M	+0.58%	+0.53%	+0.06	7 / 16	Q2
3M	+1.43%	+1.20%	+0.22	7 / 16	Q2
6M	+2.99%	+2.57%	+0.42	6 / 16	Q2
YTD	+3.30%	+2.67%	+0.62	6 / 16	Q2
1Y	+6.00%	+5.23%	+0.77	8 / 16	Q2
2Y	+6.49%	+4.56%	+1.93	6 / 15	Q2
3Y	+6.88%	+5.23%	+1.65	7 / 15	Q2
4Y	+6.85%	+5.36%	+1.48	5 / 15	Q2
5Y	+6.23%	+5.00%	+1.24	4 / 15	Q2
7Y	+4.94%	+4.50%	+0.44	9 / 15	Q3
10Y	+3.65%	+4.05%	-0.40	9 / 13	Q3
Inception	+3.27%	+4.80%	-1.54	12 / 16	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	+3.30%	+2.97%	+0.33	6 / 14
2025	+6.47%	+3.86%	+2.60	3 / 14
2024	+7.46%	+6.39%	+1.06	6 / 13
2023	+7.46%	+6.17%	+1.29	1 / 13
2022	+4.61%	+3.79%	+0.82	4 / 13
2021	+4.02%	+2.93%	+1.10	1 / 13
2020	+1.83%	+2.33%	-0.50	9 / 13
2019	+0.44%	+3.71%	-3.27	10 / 13
2018	+0.61%	+3.81%	-3.20	10 / 13
2017	-0.02%	+2.85%	-2.87	15 / 15
2016	+1.54%	+4.00%	-2.45	10 / 15

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

+3.10%

228 windows

min -4.5% · max 10.6%

87% positive

3-Year rolling

+2.80%

204 windows

min -0.2% · max 7.2%

99% positive

5-Year rolling

+2.59%

180 windows

min 0.1% · max 6.2%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+2.40%

155 windows

min 0.5% · max 4.9%

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

0.44%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

—

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.29%

May 2026 → May 2026

% positive months

100.0%

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 Arbitrage Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Nippon India Arbitrage Fund - Growth Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹28.1867	17 Jul 2026
SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Gr	SBI	₹35.9399	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Arbitrage Fund - Growth	Franklin India	₹11.0714	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund - Dividend	Kotak Mahindra	₹10.7501	17 Jul 2026
UTI Spread Fund - Dividend Option	UTI	₹21.0412	17 Jul 2026
IDFC Arbitrage Fund - Plan A - Dividend	IDFC	₹10.7290	17 Jul 2026
JM ARBITRAGE ADVANTAGE FUND-Dividend	JM Financial	₹16.0213	17 Jul 2026
Religare Arbitrage Fund - Dividend Option	Religare	₹18.1083	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹18.9004
16 Jul 2026	₹18.8812
15 Jul 2026	₹18.8853
14 Jul 2026	₹18.8913
13 Jul 2026	₹18.8732
10 Jul 2026	₹18.8759
9 Jul 2026	₹18.8713
8 Jul 2026	₹18.8779
7 Jul 2026	₹18.8799
6 Jul 2026	₹18.8705

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 SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div is ₹18.9004. It's a Arbitrage Fund from SBI, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div has NAV history starting from 08 Nov 2006, a track record of about 19 years 8 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.

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div is managed by SBI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Arbitrage Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div has delivered a absolute return of 6.00% — +0.77 pp ahead of the Arbitrage Fund category average of 5.23%. The fund ranks #8 of 16 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div has delivered a CAGR of 6.88% — +1.65 pp ahead of the Arbitrage Fund category average of 5.23%. The fund ranks #7 of 15 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div has delivered a CAGR of 6.23% — +1.24 pp ahead of the Arbitrage Fund category average of 5.00%. The fund ranks #4 of 15 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹143,142 today — a multiplier of 1.43×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 3.65%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹148,729.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹709,417 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.63%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,553,901 (multiplier 1.29×). XIRR: 5.05%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div ranks #4 out of 15 funds in the Arbitrage Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 5.00%; this fund delivered 6.23%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div has experienced over the last 5-year window is 0.29% — its NAV fell from a high on 19 May 2026 to a low on 29 May 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, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div averaged 2.59% (best 6.23%, worst 0.07%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.72 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div returned 6.47% — beating the Arbitrage Fund category average of 3.86% by 2.60 pp. It ranked #3 of 14 in its category that year.

SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div is a Hybrid scheme. Tax treatment follows its actual equity allocation as disclosed by the AMC: at least 65% equity behaves like an equity fund (12.5% LTCG over 12 months, 20% STCG); 35-65% equity often gets an equity-style treatment with a 24-month threshold; under 35% equity is taxed at slab rate like a debt fund. Check the AMC's latest factsheet for the current classification.

We don't give personal investment advice. SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund - Div is suitable for an investor whose:

horizon is 3-5 years — too short for pure equity, too long for pure debt
wants a single fund that automatically rebalances between equity and debt
is comfortable trading some upside for lower volatility vs a pure equity fund

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 0.3%. 5-year CAGR: 6.23%.

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