Should I invest in UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days)?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth 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.

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UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹12.4481

As of

9 Jun 2020

857 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	+0.01%	-2.27%	+2.28	555 / 1079	Q3
1W	+0.11%	-2.66%	+2.78	280 / 945	Q2
2W	+0.79%	-2.62%	+3.41	10 / 930	Q1
1M	+0.97%	-2.43%	+3.40	25 / 924	Q1
3M	+0.50%	-1.42%	+1.92	819 / 916	Q4
6M	+1.20%	-0.05%	+1.25	779 / 876	Q4
YTD	+0.47%	-0.27%	+0.74	808 / 880	Q4
1Y	+4.36%	+3.14%	+1.21	609 / 835	Q3
2Y	+6.19%	+4.08%	+2.11	628 / 807	Q4
3Y	+6.04%	+4.43%	+1.61	693 / 800	Q4
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.43%	+5.01%	+1.43	872 / 1079	Q4

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
2020 YTD	+0.47%	+6.75%	-6.28	469 / 486
2019	+7.87%	+7.15%	+0.71	333 / 524
2018	+5.18%	+5.66%	-0.48	173 / 269
2017	+8.38%	+6.29%	+2.09	65 / 279
2016	—	—	—	—

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

+6.54%

31 windows

min 3.6% · max 8.8%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+6.55%

7 windows

min 5.9% · max 7.2%

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

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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

2.18%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.27

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.58

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-3.96%

Feb 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 FMP 1269D March 2023 - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹12.5263	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan - XLIII - Series 1- Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹13.3582	3 Jun 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹17.3852	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹43.7788	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN-GROWTH (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹17.7320	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TI (1837 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5023	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	Franklin India	₹11.0072	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Growth - Direct	Kotak	₹88.1692	3 Jun 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹13.2410	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	HSBC	₹47.7483	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
9 Jun 2020	₹12.4481
8 Jun 2020	₹12.4472
5 Jun 2020	₹12.4440
4 Jun 2020	₹12.4436
3 Jun 2020	₹12.4428
2 Jun 2020	₹12.4339
1 Jun 2020	₹12.4228
29 May 2020	₹12.4097
28 May 2020	₹12.3851
27 May 2020	₹12.3702

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 09 Jun 2020, the NAV of UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹12.4481. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from UTI, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 13 Dec 2016, a track record of about 9 years 5 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.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option is managed by UTI. 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, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 4.36% — +1.21 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.14%. The fund ranks #609 of 835 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 6.04% — +1.61 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 4.43%. The fund ranks #693 of 800 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option 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 UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹119,237 today — a multiplier of 1.19×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 6.04%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹113,886.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹391,698 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.55%.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹391,698 — XIRR 5.55%.

On a 3-year basis, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option ranks #693 out of 800 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 4.43%; this fund delivered 6.04%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 3.96% — its NAV fell from a high on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 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 3-year rolling windows, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option averaged 6.55% (best 7.15%, worst 5.93%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.27 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2019, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option returned 7.87% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 7.15% by 0.71 pp. It ranked #333 of 524 in its category that year.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth 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. UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-I (1279 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth 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.

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