Should I invest in UTI Liquid Fund - Quarterly IDCW?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 0.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.17%.

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UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW

Unit split applied to historical metrics

This scheme had a 0.1× unit consolidation on 20 Jun 2026. Returns, SIP simulations and risk metrics on this page are split-adjusted — they reflect what a real investor's portfolio experienced (a consolidation doesn't change portfolio value, only the unit count and per-unit NAV).

Latest NAV

₹190.1823

As of

19 Jul 2026

3,423 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

All NAVs split-adjusted and normalised to 100 at the start of the selected period, so funds with very different absolute NAV scales can be compared on one axis.

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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	+0.03%	+0.02%	+0.01	33 / 83	Q2
1W	+0.11%	+0.01%	+0.10	16 / 83	Q1
2W	+0.20%	+0.04%	+0.16	13 / 83	Q1
1M	+0.53%	+0.05%	+0.48	14 / 83	Q1
3M	+1.57%	+0.31%	+1.26	10 / 82	Q1
6M	+3.35%	+0.75%	+2.59	9 / 83	Q1
YTD	+3.59%	+0.87%	+2.72	9 / 82	Q1
1Y	+6.32%	+0.13%	+6.19	10 / 76	Q1
2Y	+6.70%	+1.46%	+5.24	10 / 74	Q1
3Y	+6.89%	+1.64%	+5.25	6 / 72	Q1
4Y	+6.81%	+1.56%	+5.24	5 / 64	Q1
5Y	+6.17%	+1.42%	+4.75	5 / 63	Q1
7Y	+5.62%	+1.04%	+4.58	2 / 57	Q1
10Y	+6.06%	+1.04%	+5.02	1 / 31	Q1
Inception	+6.19%	+0.34%	+5.85	8 / 82	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	+3.59%	+0.81%	+2.78	9 / 78
2025	+6.50%	+1.30%	+5.20	6 / 71
2024	+7.30%	+1.65%	+5.65	9 / 73
2023	+7.01%	+1.96%	+5.05	6 / 67
2022	+4.81%	+1.26%	+3.55	3 / 67
2021	+3.28%	+0.65%	+2.63	1 / 60
2020	+4.17%	+0.24%	+3.92	2 / 60
2019	+6.61%	+1.54%	+5.07	3 / 46
2018	+7.42%	+1.96%	+5.45	1 / 42
2017	+6.65%	+1.80%	+4.85	4 / 38
2016	+7.64%	+1.73%	+5.90	1 / 26

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

+6.10%

119 windows

min 3.2% · max 7.8%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+5.87%

94 windows

min 4.0% · max 7.2%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+5.55%

70 windows

min 5.2% · max 6.6%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+5.74%

46 windows

min 5.6% · max 5.8%

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

0.27%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

—

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.01%

Mar 2026 → Mar 2026

% positive months

100.0%

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 Liquid Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
BANDHAN LIQUID Fund - Regular Plan - Periodic IDCW	Bandhan	₹1,450.7685	19 Jul 2026
Quantum Liquid Fund - Regular Plan Daily IDCW	Quantum	₹10.0002	19 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Liquid Fund -Regular - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹104.0158	19 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Liquid Fund Regular - IDCW Daily Reinvestment	Motilal Oswal	₹10.0075	19 Jul 2026
Templeton India Treasury Management Account-Regular Plan - Daily Dividend	Franklin Templeton	₹1,508.9895	19 Jul 2026
Kotak Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Weekly - Reinvestment & Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option	Kotak	₹1,044.9709	19 Jul 2026
Parag Parikh Liquid Fund- Regular Plan- Daily Reinvestment of IDCW	Parag Parikh	₹1,000.5404	19 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Bonus Option	Edelweiss	₹2,074.9104	19 Jul 2026
HSBC Liquid Fund - Regular Daily IDCW	HSBC	₹1,001.3789	19 Jul 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas LIQUID FUND - Regular Plan - WEEKLY IDCW OPTION	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹1,001.4624	19 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
19 Jul 2026	₹190.1823
17 Jul 2026	₹190.1205
16 Jul 2026	₹190.0683
15 Jul 2026	₹190.0271
14 Jul 2026	₹190.0064
13 Jul 2026	₹190.0015
12 Jul 2026	₹189.9718
10 Jul 2026	₹189.9103
9 Jul 2026	₹189.8516
8 Jul 2026	₹189.8103

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 19 Jul 2026, the NAV of UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW is ₹190.1823. It's a Liquid Fund from UTI, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has NAV history starting from 09 Nov 2015, a track record of about 10 years 8 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 Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW is managed by UTI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Liquid Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 6.32% — +6.19 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 0.13%. The fund ranks #10 of 76 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 6.89% — +5.25 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 1.64%. The fund ranks #6 of 72 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 6.17% — +4.75 pp ahead of the Liquid Fund category average of 1.42%. The fund ranks #5 of 63 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹180,130 today — a multiplier of 1.80×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 6.06%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹110,914.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹710,003 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.67%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,635,392 (multiplier 1.36×). XIRR: 6.03%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW ranks #5 out of 63 funds in the Liquid Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 1.42%; this fund delivered 6.17%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 0.03% — its NAV fell from a high on 03 May 2022 to a low on 05 May 2022. 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, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW averaged 5.55% (best 6.61%, worst 5.17%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive.

In calendar year 2025, UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW returned 6.50% — beating the Liquid Fund category average of 1.30% by 5.20 pp. It ranked #6 of 71 in its category that year.

UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly 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. UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 0.0%. 5-year CAGR: 6.17%.

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

UTI Liquid Fund - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Liquid Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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