Should I invest in SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)?

We don't give personal investment advice. SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

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SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)

Latest NAV

₹19.6236

As of

17 Jul 2026

935 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	-0.55%	+0.08%	-0.64	267 / 296	Q4
1W	-0.60%	-0.25%	-0.35	230 / 296	Q4
2W	+0.08%	+0.03%	+0.05	200 / 296	Q3
1M	+2.96%	+0.66%	+2.29	26 / 296	Q1
3M	+9.59%	+1.92%	+7.67	19 / 296	Q1
6M	+11.09%	+0.72%	+10.36	19 / 289	Q1
YTD	+8.00%	-0.18%	+8.18	20 / 287	Q1
1Y	-0.05%	+1.67%	-1.72	180 / 276	Q3
2Y	+0.62%	+2.29%	-1.67	113 / 196	Q3
3Y	+17.96%	+9.65%	+8.31	24 / 152	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+19.41%	+7.39%	+12.02	16 / 294	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	+8.00%	-0.15%	+8.15	20 / 282
2025	-6.79%	+5.41%	-12.20	206 / 226
2024	+25.49%	+13.06%	+12.44	19 / 159
2023	+48.01%	+21.46%	+26.55	10 / 121
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

+23.24%

34 windows

min -9.1% · max 68.5%

71% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+20.02%

10 windows

min 18.0% · max 22.7%

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

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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

20.57%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.58

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.90

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-26.19%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

63.9%

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 Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
NIPPON INDIA NIFTY MIDCAP 150 INDEX FUND - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹26.5876	17 Jul 2026
SBI Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹20.0116	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹20.5388	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹13.0559	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund - Direct - Payout of IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹25.9702	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund - Direct Plan	Motilal Oswal	₹41.6553	17 Jul 2026
KOTAK NIFTY MIDCAP 150 INDEX FUND-DIRECT PLAN-IDCW-PAYOUT AND REINVESTMENT	Kotak	₹11.8040	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Nifty Next 50 Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Edelweiss	₹16.7426	17 Jul 2026
DSP Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund - Direct - IDCW	DSP	₹10.4877	17 Jul 2026
HSBC NIFTY NEXT 50 INDEX FUND - Direct IDCW	HSBC	₹31.4807	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹19.6236
16 Jul 2026	₹19.7330
15 Jul 2026	₹19.7214
14 Jul 2026	₹19.5863
13 Jul 2026	₹19.7992
10 Jul 2026	₹19.7422
9 Jul 2026	₹19.4748
8 Jul 2026	₹19.1724
7 Jul 2026	₹19.5595
6 Jul 2026	₹19.6965

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 Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is ₹19.6236. It's a Index Fund from SBI, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has NAV history starting from 11 Oct 2022, a track record of about 3 years 9 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 Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is managed by SBI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Index Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has delivered a absolute return of -0.05% — -1.72 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 1.67%. The fund ranks #180 of 276 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has delivered a CAGR of 17.96% — +8.31 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 9.65%. The fund ranks #24 of 152 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct 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 Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹164,133 today — a multiplier of 1.64×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 17.96%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹131,816.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹418,591 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 10.04%.

SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct 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 ₹418,591 — XIRR 10.04%.

On a 3-year basis, SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) ranks #24 out of 152 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 9.65%; this fund delivered 17.96%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) has experienced over the last 3-year window is 26.19% — its NAV fell from a high on 23 Sep 2024 to a low on 03 Mar 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, SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) averaged 20.02% (best 22.71%, worst 17.96%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.58 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) returned -6.79% — lagging the Index Fund category average of 5.41% by 12.20 pp. It ranked #206 of 226 in its category that year.

SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW) is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

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.