Should I invest in UTI Long duration Fund - Quarterly IDCW Option?

We don't give personal investment advice. UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly 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.

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UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹12.0593

As of

3 Jun 2026

770 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	+0.09%	+0.06%	+0.02	13 / 23	Q3
1W	+0.12%	+0.12%	+0.00	15 / 23	Q3
2W	+0.58%	+0.64%	-0.06	20 / 23	Q4
1M	+0.01%	-0.04%	+0.06	11 / 23	Q2
3M	-0.99%	-1.33%	+0.34	9 / 23	Q2
6M	+0.72%	-0.72%	+1.44	5 / 23	Q1
YTD	-0.54%	-1.41%	+0.87	7 / 23	Q2
1Y	-2.69%	-4.29%	+1.60	9 / 23	Q2
2Y	+3.32%	+0.62%	+2.70	5 / 21	Q1
3Y	+5.06%	+1.06%	+4.00	4 / 17	Q1
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+5.98%	+2.83%	+3.15	4 / 23	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	-0.54%	-1.63%	+1.09	5 / 21
2025	+3.00%	+1.47%	+1.53	9 / 21
2024	+11.54%	+6.31%	+5.24	4 / 16
2023	—	—	—	—

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

+6.47%

27 windows

min -4.1% · max 13.5%

89% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+5.20%

3 windows

min 5.1% · max 5.3%

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

5.42%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.26

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.45

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-5.68%

May 2025 → Apr 2026

% positive months

61.1%

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 Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund - IDCW Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹10.2309	3 Jun 2026
NIPPON INDIA NIVESH LAKSHYA LONG DURATION FUND - DIRECT Plan - QUARTERLY IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹11.4651	3 Jun 2026
SBI Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹12.4647	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹12.6103	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.2224	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Duration Fund-Direct IDCW Payout	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.6531	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Long Duration Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.3334	3 Jun 2026
Mirae Asset Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹10.2550	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Kotak	₹10.9178	3 Jun 2026
UTI Long Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Annual IDCW Option	UTI	₹11.1181	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹12.0593
2 Jun 2026	₹12.0693
1 Jun 2026	₹12.0590
29 May 2026	₹12.0686
27 May 2026	₹12.0633
26 May 2026	₹12.0550
25 May 2026	₹12.0563
22 May 2026	₹12.0122
21 May 2026	₹12.0024
20 May 2026	₹12.0120

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 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option is ₹12.0593. It's a Long Duration Fund from UTI, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 21 Mar 2023, a track record of about 3 years 2 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.

UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option is managed by UTI. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of -2.69% — +1.6 pp ahead of the Long Duration Fund category average of -4.29%. The fund ranks #9 of 23 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.06% — +4 pp ahead of the Long Duration Fund category average of 1.06%. The fund ranks #4 of 17 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW 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 Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹115,956 today — a multiplier of 1.16×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 5.06%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹103,204.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹379,542 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 3.46%.

UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹379,542 — XIRR 3.46%.

On a 3-year basis, UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option ranks #4 out of 17 funds in the Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is 1.06%; this fund delivered 5.06%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 5.68% — its NAV fell from a high on 16 May 2025 to a low on 02 Apr 2026. 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 Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option averaged 5.20% (best 5.29%, worst 5.06%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.26 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW Option returned 3.00% — beating the Long Duration Fund category average of 1.47% by 1.53 pp. It ranked #9 of 21 in its category that year.

UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly 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. UTI Long duration Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly 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.

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