PGIM India Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Direct Growth
The investment objective of the scheme is to provide capital appreciation and income distribution to the investors by using equity and equity related instruments, arbitrage opportunities and investments in debt and money market instruments.Read more
- Current NAV₹57.7744
- Fund Size (AUM)₹ 56 Cr.
- Expense Ratio1.10 %
- 1Y Return+1.92%
- 3Y Return (CAGR)+6.25%
- 5Y Return (CAGR)+5.74%
- Category Rank (3Y)—
- RiskometerModerate Risk
- Min. SIP / Lump sum₹ 1,000 / ₹ 5,000
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- Since Launch (CAGR)+7.80%
- Benchmark—
- Volatility (3Y)2.79 %
- Sharpe Ratio (3Y)-0.09
- Beta (3Y)—
- 52-week High / Low₹58.8599 / ₹55.7648
- Max Drawdown-16.2 %
- Launched1 Jan 2013
- Lock-inNone
- Portfolio Turnover27 %
- Fund ManagersVinay Paharia, Puneet Pal, Anandha Padmanabhan Anjeneyan +1
Performance chart
Past performance may or may not be sustained in future.
Quick take
- Over 5 years it returned 5.7% a year.
- Volatility over 3 years was 2.8% a year, with a Sharpe ratio of -0.09.
- Its biggest fall from a peak was 16.2% (17 Jan 2020 to 23 Mar 2020).
- Across all 3-year periods since launch, yearly returns ranged from 2.0% to 14.1% and were positive 100% of the time.
- Expense ratio 1.10%, fund size ₹56 crore.
Pros
AI- Every 3-year period since launch gave a positive return (lowest 2.0% a year).
- Long track record of 10.6 years since 8 Mar 2016.
Cons
AI- Small fund size of ₹56 crore.
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| Returns (%) | 1W | 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 2Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This fund | +0.41% | -0.44% | -0.61% | +1.39% | +0.97% | +1.92% | +4.16% | +6.25% | +5.74% | +7.43% | +7.44% | +7.80% |
Point-to-point NAV returns as on 16 Oct 2026; over 1 year, yearly compounded (CAGR). Category: Direct Growth plans in Equity Savings Funds. Q1 = top quarter by return over that period.
Calendar-year returns
| Year | 2026 YTD | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This fund | +0.97% | +6.88% | +8.15% | +8.96% | +4.05% | +13.78% | +6.47% | +11.69% | +2.56% | +13.33% |
January to December each year; the current year is to date.
Month-by-month returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -2.9 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -1.4 | 0.1 | |||
| 2025 | 0.2 | -0.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | -0.4 | -0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | -0.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 13.8 |
| 2020 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -9.6 | 4.9 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | -1.7 | -1.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.7 | -2.3 | -1.4 | 1.9 | -0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -0.6 | -0.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 13.3 |
Change in NAV from the last business day of one month to the last business day of the next. Positive in 90 of 118 months shown (76%). "Year" is shown for complete calendar years.
Risk and consistency
| Risk measure | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|
| Volatility (standard deviation) ? | 2.79% | 2.66% |
| Sharpe ratio ? | -0.09 | -0.29 |
| Sortino ratio ? | -0.12 | -0.38 |
| Maximum drawdown | -3.08% | -3.08% |
Rolling 3-year returns (yearly)
Rolling 5-year returns (yearly)
Every 3- and 5-year period since launch, checked weekly. It shows how consistent returns were, whenever someone invested.
How it handled market falls
Biggest falls in this fund's NAV
| Peak | Bottom | Fall | Back to the peak on | Time to recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 2020 | 23 Mar 2020 | -16.2% | 6 Nov 2020 | 7 months |
Falls of 5% or more from a previous high, deepest first. Time to recover runs from the bottom to the day the NAV regained its old high.
SIP returns: ₹10,000 every month
| SIP for | Invested | Value today | Gain | XIRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | ₹1,20,000 | ₹1,20,978 | ₹978 | +1.51% |
| 3Y | ₹3,60,000 | ₹3,85,393 | ₹25,393 | +4.47% |
| 5Y | ₹6,00,000 | ₹6,93,557 | ₹93,557 | +5.73% |
| 10Y | ₹12,00,000 | ₹17,35,618 | ₹5,35,618 | +7.17% |
A ₹10,000 instalment on the same date every month, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR is the yearly return on those dated instalments. Try the SIP calculator.
What your investment would be worth
Worked out from the scheme's weekly NAVs (instalments on the first NAV of each month), so it can differ slightly from your statement. Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. Plan a future SIP.
Compare with all Equity Savings Funds (22)
| S.No. | Scheme (Direct plans, Growth) | NAV ₹ | 1M % | 6M % | 1Y % | 3Y % CAGR | 5Y % CAGR | Expense ratio % | Fund size ₹ Cr | Riskometer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings FundAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | ₹25.9000 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.22 | 1,116 | Moderate Risk |
| 2. | Axis Equity Savings FundAxis Mutual Fund | ₹26.3100 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.55 | 855 | Moderately High Risk |
| 3. | Bajaj Finserv Equity Savings FundBajaj Finserv Mutual Fund | ₹10.5220 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. | BANDHAN EQUITY SAVINGS FUNDBandhan Mutual Fund | ₹36.3130 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.66 | 393 | Low to Moderate Risk |
| 5. | Baroda BNP Paribas Equity Savings FundBaroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund | ₹18.5285 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.33 | 267 | Moderate Risk |
| 6. | DSP Equity Savings FundDSP Mutual Fund | ₹25.0880 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.09 | 3,087 | Moderately High Risk |
| 7. | Edelweiss Equity Savings FundEdelweiss Mutual Fund | ₹30.4657 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.15 | 1,704 | Moderate Risk |
| 8. | Franklin India Equity Savings FundFranklin Templeton Mutual Fund | ₹18.7357 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.82 | 560 | Low to Moderate Risk |
| 9. | HDFC Equity Savings FundHDFC Mutual Fund | ₹76.0750 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.29 | 5,532 | Moderately High Risk |
| 10. | HSBC Equity Savings FundHSBC Mutual Fund | ₹40.8782 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.47 | 1,558 | Moderate Risk |
| 11. | Invesco India Equity Savings FundInvesco Mutual Fund | ₹18.8940 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.49 | 268 | Moderate Risk |
| 12. | Kotak Equity Savings FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | ₹30.2643 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.07 | 10,443 | Moderate Risk |
| 13. | LIC MF Equity Savings FundLIC Mutual Fund | ₹32.2426 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.88 | 39 | Moderate Risk |
| 14. | Mahindra Manulife Equity Savings FundMahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | ₹25.5031 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.25 | 519 | Moderately High Risk |
| 15. | Mirae Asset Equity Savings FundMirae Asset Mutual Fund | ₹22.9190 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.72 | 1,994 | Moderately High Risk |
| 16. | PGIM India Equity Savings FundPGIM India Mutual Fund | ₹57.7744 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.10 | 56 | Moderate Risk |
| 17. | quant Equity Savings Fundquant Mutual Fund | ₹10.9350 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18. | SBI EQUITY SAVINGS FUNDSBI Mutual Fund | ₹27.3487 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.47 | 5,413 | Moderate Risk |
| 19. | Sundaram Equity Savings Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Equity Savings Fund)Sundaram Mutual Fund | ₹82.6896 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.65 | 943 | Moderate Risk |
| 20. | Union Equity Savings FundUnion Mutual Fund | ₹18.0500 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.14 | 114 | Moderately High Risk |
| 21. | UTI - Equity Savings FundUTI Mutual Fund | ₹20.1300 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.07 | 804 | Moderately High Risk |
| 22. | WhiteOak Capital Equity Savings FundWhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund | ₹11.7370 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Median: 22 schemes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.22 | 855 | — |
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Scheme details
- Investment objective
- The investment objective of the scheme is to provide capital appreciation and income distribution to the investors by using equity and equity related instruments, arbitrage opportunities and investments in debt and money market instruments.
- Fund managers
- Vinay Paharia, Puneet Pal, Anandha Padmanabhan Anjeneyan, Vivek Sharma
- Fund house
- PGIM India Mutual Fund
- Category
- Equity Savings Funds · Hybrid
- Plan / option
- Direct · Growth
- AMFI scheme code
- 138376
- ISIN
- INF223J01QD0
- Scheme documents
- SID, KIM and factsheets (fund house website) · exit load and full portfolio are in these documents.
About Equity Savings Funds
Equity Savings Funds combine equity, arbitrage positions and debt (at least 65% in equity including arbitrage, at least 10% in debt).
Generally used by investors wanting modest equity exposure with lower volatility.
Other plans of this scheme
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund - Regular Plan - Regular Growth
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Direct IDCW
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Direct IDCW
Tax on your gains
Likely tax treatment: Equity-oriented fund
- Held 12 months or less: short-term gain taxed at 20%.
- Held over 12 months: long-term gain taxed at 12.5% on gains above ₹1.25 lakh a year (the ₹1.25 lakh exemption covers all your equity funds and shares together).
- Dividends (IDCW option) are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate; the fund deducts 10% TDS when they exceed ₹10,000 in a year.
- Switching from one scheme or plan to another counts as selling and buying.
- Surcharge and 4% health and education cess apply on top of these rates.
| Fund type | Short-term | Long-term |
|---|---|---|
| Equity-oriented | 20% (up to 12 months) | 12.5% above ₹1.25 lakh |
| Debt-oriented (bought from Apr 2023) | Slab rate | Slab rate |
| Gold, international, other hybrid | Slab rate | 12.5% (after 12 or 24 months) |
Exit load, if any, is set out in the scheme's KIM (scheme documents). Tax rules change from time to time and depend on your situation; please confirm with your tax adviser. This is general information, not tax advice.
Fund managers
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Latest news: PGIM India Mutual Fund
- PGIM India MF announces IDCW under Equity Savings FundInvestment Guru India · 14 Oct
- PGIM India AMC announces change in Risk-o-meter of schemesInvestment Guru India · 9 Oct
- PGIM India Mutual Fund announces reopening of subscription in its Global Select Real Estate Securities FoFThe Economic Times · 30 Sep
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