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Returns vs category
3 years: 9.97% a year, 8th of 30 large cap funds
Direct-Growth plan, a year, to 19 October 2026, from AMFI NAVs. Ranks and averages cover the 35 large cap funds AMFI lists that are old enough for each period.
Year by year
Ahead of the category average in 7 of the last 10 calendar years
- 2016+3.4%avg +5.0%
- 2017+39.9%avg +32.1%
- 2018+0.9%avg −0.3%
- 2019+8.2%avg +12.5%
- 2020+5.8%avg +15.0%
- 2021+33.4%avg +27.4%
- 2022+12.3%avg +3.0%
- 2023+33.2%avg +25.3%
- 2024+19.3%avg +16.5%
- 2025+10.1%avg +8.5%
- 2026to 23 Oct−10.7%avg −9.1%
Calendar-year returns of the Direct-Growth plan. The average covers today’s large cap funds that had a full year then.
3-year returns
3-year returns since 2013 ranged from −5.9% to 35.4% a year
- Lowest
- −5.9% to March 2020
- Middle
- +16.5%
- Highest
- +35.4% to March 2023
Every 3-year holding period ending on a NAV day from 4 January 2016 to 23 October 2026 (2,663 periods), annualised.
Worst fall
Worst fall: 40.0% (May 2019–Mar 2020), back at its high 9 months later
- High
- 27 May 2019
- Low
- 23 Mar 2020
- Back at the high
- 14 Dec 2020
- Now
- 11.4% below the 2 Jan 2026 high
Fall from the highest NAV to the lowest that followed, on daily direct plan NAVs since 2 January 2013.
Cost
The regular plan costs 0.76% a year more: about ₹1.91 lakh on ₹10 lakh over 10 years
₹10 lakh invested once and held 10 years, assuming 12% a year before costs (an assumption, not a forecast). Expense ratios as disclosed on 19 October 2026. Try your own numbers in the fee calculator.
Size and facts
₹53,646 crore of assets: the 3rd largest of 35 large cap funds
- Average assets, July–September 2026
- ₹53,646 crore
- Fund house
- Nippon India Mutual Fund
- Category
- Large cap
Genvest AI score
Genvest AI score 53 out of 100, ranked 16 of 33
Ranked 16 of 33 large cap funds
Two of the things the score looks at, against other large cap funds:
- Holding up in fallsDeeper or longer falls than most large cap funds
- How bad the bad days wereSharper bad days, for its gains, than most large cap funds
The Genvest AI score is Genvest’s proprietary score that ranks mutual funds within their category using quantitative methods. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund.
Scored on data to 23 October 2026, among the 33 large cap funds Genvest scores. How the score works.
Similar funds
Other large cap funds of a similar size
- ICICI Prudential Large Cap Fund3 years 9.58% a year · expense ratio 1.01%
- SBI Large Cap Fund3 years 8.12% a year · expense ratio 0.87%
- HDFC Large Cap Fund3 years 7.67% a year · expense ratio 1.02%
- Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund3 years 7.93% a year · expense ratio 0.76%
Every large cap fund compared, from the category guide.
Questions people ask
To 19 October 2026, the direct plan returned -7.99% over 1 year, 9.97% over 3 years, 11.20% over 5 years (a year, annualised beyond one year). These are AMFI NAV returns of the Direct-Growth plan; the regular plan’s are lower by roughly the difference in expense ratios. Past returns do not guarantee future returns.
Over 1 year it ranked 23rd of 33, against a category average of -6.10%. Over 3 years it ranked 8th of 30, against a category average of 9.33%. Over 5 years it ranked 1st of 28, against a category average of 7.47%. Ranks compare the direct plans of the large cap funds AMFI lists today, by return; they are not ratings.
As disclosed on 19 October 2026, the total expense ratio is 0.85% a year for the direct plan and 1.61% for the regular plan. The 0.76% gap is mostly the distributor’s commission. On ₹10 lakh held for 10 years at an assumed 12% a year before costs, the direct plan would end about ₹1.91 lakh ahead.
Its direct plan NAV fell 40.0% from its high on 27 May 2019 to 23 March 2020, and was back at that high on 14 December 2020. On 23 October 2026 it was 11.4% below its highest NAV, set on 2 January 2026.
Its average assets in July–September 2026 were ₹53,646 crore, across all plans, per AMFI: the 3rd largest of 35 large cap funds.
53 out of 100 as of 23 October 2026, ranking it 16 of the 33 large cap funds Genvest scores. The Genvest AI score is Genvest’s proprietary score that ranks mutual funds within their category using quantitative methods. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund.
That depends on your goals, how long you can stay invested and what else you hold, which this page cannot know. What the data shows: its returns against other large cap funds, how far it has fallen, and what it costs. Its rank changes from year to year, so look at several periods rather than one, and at how a fall like its worst would feel for your money. This is education, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold.
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This page is educational research based on AMFI data and Genvest’s own analysis. It is not a recommendation to invest in any scheme, or personalised investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not guarantee future returns. Registration granted by SEBI, enlistment with IAASB and certification from NISM in no way guarantee performance of the intermediary or provide any assurance of returns to investors.