Should I invest in TATA Income Fund - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option?

We don't give personal investment advice. TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 5.4%. 5-year CAGR: 4.24%.

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TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹16.8454

As of

23 Sep 2022

2,336 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	-0.38%	-6.79%	+6.42	697 / 1087	Q3
1W	-0.73%	-9.68%	+8.95	497 / 998	Q2
2W	-1.11%	-9.65%	+8.54	514 / 997	Q3
1M	-0.54%	-9.71%	+9.17	456 / 991	Q2
3M	+1.80%	-9.39%	+11.19	60 / 984	Q1
6M	+0.05%	-8.74%	+8.79	368 / 949	Q2
YTD	+0.33%	-8.86%	+9.19	366 / 949	Q2
1Y	+0.49%	-6.69%	+7.18	338 / 916	Q2
2Y	+3.04%	-2.42%	+5.46	297 / 867	Q2
3Y	+5.16%	-1.12%	+6.28	267 / 833	Q2
4Y	+5.20%	+2.93%	+2.27	58 / 140	Q2
5Y	+4.24%	+2.47%	+1.77	33 / 87	Q2
7Y	+4.29%	+2.67%	+1.62	18 / 52	Q2
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	—	—	—	—	—

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
2022 YTD	+0.33%	-7.69%	+8.02	128 / 273
2021	+2.96%	-4.54%	+7.50	157 / 458
2020	+9.70%	+2.15%	+7.55	123 / 625
2019	+4.59%	+3.58%	+1.01	314 / 607
2018	+4.16%	+1.75%	+2.41	159 / 314
2017	+0.97%	+2.07%	-1.10	124 / 207
2016	+4.79%	+3.56%	+1.24	93 / 167
2015	+1.70%	+2.26%	-0.55	67 / 131
2014	+6.49%	+7.09%	-0.61	30 / 58
2013	—	—	—	—

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

+4.09%

106 windows

min -3.1% · max 10.3%

89% positive

3-Year rolling

+4.23%

82 windows

min 1.3% · max 6.6%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+3.99%

58 windows

min 2.1% · max 5.2%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+4.25%

33 windows

min 3.3% · max 5.0%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

4.59%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.30

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.46

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-5.39%

Mar 2020 → Mar 2020

% positive months

77.8%

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 Medium to Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Charity Fund for Cancer Cure - IDCW Option - Direct Plan - 50% IDCW Donation Option	HDFC	₹10.0419	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN - XLI - SERIES 8 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.3687	3 Jun 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹17.4021	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹10.7370	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN HALF YEARLY-IDCW (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹11.3171	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TI (1837 days) - Direct Plan - Payout of IDCW option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5041	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.4993	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Standard IDCW option	Kotak	₹29.3456	3 Jun 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - IDCW	DSP	₹13.2410	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Quarterly IDCW	HSBC	₹10.3575	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
23 Sep 2022	₹16.8454
22 Sep 2022	₹16.9089
21 Sep 2022	₹16.9531
20 Sep 2022	₹16.9422
19 Sep 2022	₹16.9649
16 Sep 2022	₹16.9691
15 Sep 2022	₹17.0189
14 Sep 2022	₹17.0495
13 Sep 2022	₹17.0627
12 Sep 2022	₹17.0380

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 23 Sep 2022, the NAV of TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option is ₹16.8454. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Tata, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 14 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 years 4 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option is managed by Tata. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Medium to Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of 0.49% — +7.18 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -6.69%. The fund ranks #338 of 916 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.16% — +6.28 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -1.12%. The fund ranks #267 of 833 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 4.24% — +1.77 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 2.47%. The fund ranks #33 of 87 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹123,080 today — a multiplier of 1.23×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 4.24%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹112,999.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹668,938 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.29%.

TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹975,943 — XIRR 4.22%.

On a 5-year basis, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option ranks #33 out of 87 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 2.47%; this fund delivered 4.24%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 5.39% — its NAV fell from a high on 09 Mar 2020 to a low on 19 Mar 2020. 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, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option averaged 3.99% (best 5.19%, worst 2.09%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.53 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2021, TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option returned 2.96% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -4.54% by 7.50 pp. It ranked #157 of 458 in its category that year.

TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option 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. TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 5.4%. 5-year CAGR: 4.24%.

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

TATA Income Fund-Direct Plan - Half Yearly Payout of IDCW Option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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