Should I invest in UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days)?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹11.7301

As of

28 Jul 2020

852 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%	-0.06%	+0.07	190 / 268	Q3
1W	+0.03%	-0.01%	+0.03	247 / 267	Q4
2W	+0.41%	+0.08%	+0.32	5 / 267	Q1
1M	+0.46%	+0.31%	+0.15	86 / 267	Q2
3M	+1.61%	+1.23%	+0.38	78 / 267	Q2
6M	+0.97%	+2.66%	-1.69	230 / 240	Q4
YTD	+1.52%	+2.32%	-0.80	166 / 249	Q3
1Y	+4.36%	+5.93%	-1.57	176 / 236	Q3
2Y	+5.04%	+6.76%	-1.72	208 / 236	Q4
3Y	+4.44%	+6.97%	-2.53	218 / 236	Q4
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+4.74%	+6.37%	-1.62	220 / 268	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	+1.52%	+7.10%	-5.58	151 / 158
2019	+6.70%	+7.06%	-0.36	108 / 146
2018	+2.91%	+5.18%	-2.27	68 / 82
2017	—	—	—	—

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

+4.70%

31 windows

min 2.0% · max 7.6%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+4.63%

6 windows

min 4.3% · max 5.0%

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

1.78%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.20

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-2.28

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.56%

Feb 2020 → Mar 2020

% positive months

83.3%

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
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan-XLIII-Series 5- Regular Plan-Growth Option	Nippon India	₹13.3689	17 Jul 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth	SBI	₹17.4778	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 REGULAR PLAN-GROWTH (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹17.7557	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TJ (1838 days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5537	17 Jul 2026
Kotak FMP Series 304-Regular Plan-Growth Option	Kotak	₹13.2821	17 Jul 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Regular Plan - Growth	DSP	₹13.2422	17 Jul 2026
UTI Fixed Term Income Fund Series XXXVI - I (1574 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option	UTI	₹12.7817	17 Jul 2026
Axis Fixed Term Plan - Series 113 (1228 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth	Axis	₹12.5758	17 Jul 2026
TRUSTMF FIXED MATURITY PLAN -SERIES II (1196 DAYS)-REGULAR PLAN -GROWTH		₹1,294.2584	9 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
28 Jul 2020	₹11.7301
27 Jul 2020	₹11.7294
24 Jul 2020	₹11.7276
23 Jul 2020	₹11.7265
22 Jul 2020	₹11.7257
21 Jul 2020	₹11.7271
20 Jul 2020	₹11.7217
17 Jul 2020	₹11.7152
16 Jul 2020	₹11.7068
15 Jul 2020	₹11.6948

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 28 Jul 2020, the NAV of UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option is ₹11.7301. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from UTI, run as a Regular plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 08 Feb 2017, 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 4.36% — -1.57 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 5.93%. The fund ranks #176 of 236 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 4.44% — -2.53 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 6.97%. The fund ranks #218 of 236 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹113,916 today — a multiplier of 1.14×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 4.44%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹122,385.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹386,559 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.67%.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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 ₹386,559 — XIRR 4.67%.

On a 3-year basis, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option ranks #218 out of 236 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 6.97%; this fund delivered 4.44%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 2.56% — its NAV fell from a high on 20 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option averaged 4.63% (best 4.97%, worst 4.35%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -1.20 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2019, UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular Plan - Growth Option returned 6.70% — lagging the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 7.06% by 0.36 pp. It ranked #108 of 146 in its category that year.

UTI - Dual Advantage Fixed Term Series IV-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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-II (1278 Days) - Regular 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.