Should I invest in SBI Long Duration Fund - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)?

We don't give personal investment advice. SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) 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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SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)

Latest NAV

₹12.6275

As of

17 Jul 2026

867 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	-0.21%	-0.19%	-0.02	8 / 13	Q3
1W	-0.45%	-0.58%	+0.13	6 / 13	Q2
2W	-0.56%	-0.58%	+0.02	8 / 13	Q3
1M	+1.52%	+1.32%	+0.20	7 / 13	Q3
3M	+2.19%	+2.24%	-0.04	11 / 13	Q4
6M	+2.60%	+1.38%	+1.22	5 / 13	Q2
YTD	+2.00%	+0.60%	+1.40	2 / 13	Q1
1Y	+1.94%	-0.34%	+2.29	1 / 13	Q1
2Y	+4.40%	+2.03%	+2.37	2 / 12	Q1
3Y	+6.03%	+3.23%	+2.80	1 / 10	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.81%	+3.88%	+2.93	1 / 13	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	+2.00%	+0.60%	+1.40	2 / 13
2025	+3.58%	+1.44%	+2.14	1 / 13
2024	+11.56%	+8.47%	+3.09	1 / 10
2023	+7.37%	+3.18%	+4.19	1 / 6
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

+6.89%

32 windows

min -3.0% · max 13.4%

94% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+6.15%

7 windows

min 4.8% · max 6.9%

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.

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

3.99%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.11

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.21

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-4.74%

May 2025 → Apr 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 Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Bandhan Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.4114	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Duration Fund-Regular IDCW Payout	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.7240	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹10.5108	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Kotak	₹11.2510	17 Jul 2026
UTI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW Option	UTI	₹11.0613	17 Jul 2026
Axis Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	Axis	₹1,241.3919	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.6275
16 Jul 2026	₹12.6537
15 Jul 2026	₹12.6271
14 Jul 2026	₹12.6145
13 Jul 2026	₹12.6744
10 Jul 2026	₹12.6848
9 Jul 2026	₹12.6551
8 Jul 2026	₹12.6386
7 Jul 2026	₹12.6968
6 Jul 2026	₹12.7083

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 Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is ₹12.6275. It's a Long Duration Fund from SBI, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has NAV history starting from 28 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.

SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is managed by SBI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has delivered a absolute return of 1.94% — +2.29 pp ahead of the Long Duration Fund category average of -0.34%. The fund ranks #1 of 13 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has delivered a CAGR of 6.03% — +2.8 pp ahead of the Long Duration Fund category average of 3.23%. The fund ranks #1 of 10 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) 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 SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹119,211 today — a multiplier of 1.19×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 6.03%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹110,009.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹388,131 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.95%.

SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹388,131 — XIRR 4.95%.

On a 3-year basis, SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) ranks #1 out of 10 funds in the Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 3.23%; this fund delivered 6.03%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has experienced over the last 3-year window is 4.74% — its NAV fell from a high on 28 May 2025 to a low on 02 Apr 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, SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) averaged 6.15% (best 6.92%, worst 4.77%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.11 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) returned 3.58% — beating the Long Duration Fund category average of 1.44% by 2.14 pp. It ranked #1 of 13 in its category that year.

SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) 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. SBI Long Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) 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.