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HDFC Gold ETF

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF is ₹133.08 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC Gold ETF delivered?

HDFC Gold ETF has returned +57.23% over 1 year, +37.59% per year over 3 years, +25.92% per year over 5 years and +13.04% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF charges an expense ratio of 0.60% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: How risky is HDFC Gold ETF?

It is rated moderately high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 19.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -29.6%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of 1.60 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Gold ETF's 1.60 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF is benchmarked against the Domestic Price of Physical Gold. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF is managed by Bhagyesh Kagalkar at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Gold ETF taxed?

HDFC Gold ETF is a non-equity fund (a fund-of-funds, gold, international or balanced-hybrid scheme). Since FY 2025-26 it's no longer taxed like a pure-debt fund: gains on units held more than 1 year are long-term, taxed at 12.5% (no indexation, no ₹1.25 lakh exemption); units held 1 year or less are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.

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NAV

₹133.08

+2.29% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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Performance

+56.52%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹130.10

Latest ₹133.08

Low ₹84.6475th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹149.19

Scorecard

★★☆☆☆2/5 vs 17 of 13 ETF peers

Performance 60%
Risk 15%
Cost 10%
Downside 15%

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. The stars weight the same ground 60/15/10/15 (performance/risk/cost/downside) across every fund in the peer group. Ranked against all ETF funds (same plan and option) — too few funds in its own sub-category to rank within it. 17 of the 13 ETF funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

Performance—

Not enough Gold ETF peers to rank yet

RiskLow

Volatility 19.4% vs 23.3% category avg

CostHigh

0.6% expense vs 0.5% category avg

ConsistencyModerate

85% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

Less volatile than its Gold ETF peers (19.4% vs 23.3%)

Concerns

Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 1.60 below the Gold ETF average of 1.94
High expense ratio (0.60%) vs the Gold ETF average of 0.52%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.52%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

Category —

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

1.60

Category 1.94▼0.34

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Growth

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

Exit Load

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

Benchmark

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

16 Aug 2010

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+11.10%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-1.03%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+1.06%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

+17.09%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

+57.23%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+37.59%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+25.92%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+16.06%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+13.04%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

19.40%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

1.60

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

2.30

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-29.59%

Benchmark ratios (vs Gold · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Gold

-1.56%

Sensitivity to Gold moves; 1 = moves with the index

1.07

How much of the fund's movement Gold explains

96.4%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

28.39

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

0.01

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

4.01%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

99.7%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

98.7%

Computed vs the Gold price index — the closest match to this fund's mandate. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Gold ETF)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+11.10%	+11.02%	+0.08%
3M abs	-1.03%	-1.00%	-0.03%
6M abs	+1.06%	+1.02%	+0.04%
1Y CAGR	+57.23%	+56.92%	+0.31%
3Y CAGR	+37.59%	—	—
5Y CAGR	+25.92%	—	—

Category average across peers in Gold ETF (up to 13 funds with data), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

Not sure what a figure means? The glossary explains every metric, and the methodology shows the formulas.

Category rank

Vs 13 peers in Gold ETF

1Y return

+57.23%

Beats 75% · rank #3

3Y return

+37.59%

—

5Y return

+25.92%

—

Sharpe

1.60

Beats 0% · rank #9

Sortino

2.30

Beats 12.5% · rank #8

Rolling returns

Return for every possible 1Y holding period, not just today’s

This fundGold

Average

+13.9%

Median

+9.3%

Best

+82.5%

Worst

-14.3%

Positive periods

74.6%

181 overlapping 1Y windows, sampled monthly across the fund’s history.

Backtest this fund

What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹6.00L

Current value

₹13.09L

Absolute

+118.24%

XIRR

+32.82%

Value vs. invested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into HDFC Gold ETF, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund	Gold	Diff
2026part	+17.35%	+17.05%	+0.30%
2025	+72.19%	+71.81%	+0.38%
2024	+19.72%	+19.44%	+0.28%
2023	+12.65%	+14.68%	-2.03%
2022	+14.05%	+12.80%	+1.25%
2021	-4.51%	-5.19%	+0.68%
2020	+26.59%	+27.00%	-0.41%
2019	+22.19%	+22.95%	-0.76%
2018	+6.81%	+6.67%	+0.14%
2017	+3.97%	+2.43%	+1.54%

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in; those years show no benchmark comparison.

History points

3,946

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

P/E ratio

P/B ratio

Avg market cap

Taxation

Taxed as non-equity

This is a non-equity fund — a fund-of-funds, gold/silver, international or balanced-hybrid scheme. It isn't equity-oriented, but since FY 2025-26 it's no longer taxed like a pure-debt fund either: gains held over 1 year get the 12.5% long-term rate; shorter holdings are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.

Short-term

30%

Held under 1 year

Added to your income at your slab rate

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

No indexation, no ₹1.25 L exemption

Your income-tax slab

Sets the short-term (slab-rate) figure above.

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · Gold ETF

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HDFC Gold ETFThis fund HDFC	★★☆☆☆ CAT	+57.23%	+37.59%	+25.92%	—	0.60%	₹23,426Cr
UTI - Gold Exchange Traded Fund UTI	★★★★☆	+57.58%	+38.05%	+26.14%	—	0.59%	₹3,315Cr
Invesco India Gold Exchange Traded Fund Invesco	★★☆☆☆ CAT	+57.05%	+37.68%	+26.05%	—	0.50%	₹734.65Cr
SBI Gold ETF SBI	★☆☆☆☆ CAT	+57.06%	+37.39%	+25.84%	—	0.65%	₹24,720Cr
Nippon India ETF Gold BeES Nippon India	★★★☆☆	+56.93%	+37.25%	+25.73%	—	0.81%	₹55,583Cr
Zerodha Gold ETF Zerodha	★★★★★ 1Y	+57.32%	—	—	—	0.35%	₹2,245Cr

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-29.6%28 Aug 2013 → 31 Jul 2015
Fell over 1.9 years, back to the old high on 05 Aug 2019 — 4.0 years under water after the low.
-23.2%27 Nov 2012 → 28 Jun 2013
Fell over 7 months, back to the old high on 28 Aug 2013 — 2 months under water after the low.
-22.3%29 Jan 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Still below that high — 2 months down, and no recovery yet.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹23,426Cr

April - June 2026

+2%

since January - March 2026

At or near its largest, ₹23,426Cr in April - June 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

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Index funds and ETFs simply track a benchmark such as the Nifty 50 rather than trying to beat it. They charge far lower fees than active funds, and their return is the index's return minus that small cost.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF is ₹133.08 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Gold ETF delivered?

HDFC Gold ETF has returned +57.23% over 1 year, +37.59% per year over 3 years, +25.92% per year over 5 years and +13.04% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF charges an expense ratio of 0.60% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

How risky is HDFC Gold ETF?

It is rated moderately high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 19.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -29.6%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of 1.60 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Gold ETF's 1.60 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF is benchmarked against the Domestic Price of Physical Gold. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC Gold ETF?

HDFC Gold ETF is managed by Bhagyesh Kagalkar at HDFC.

How is HDFC Gold ETF taxed?

HDFC Gold ETF is a non-equity fund (a fund-of-funds, gold, international or balanced-hybrid scheme). Since FY 2025-26 it's no longer taxed like a pure-debt fund: gains on units held more than 1 year are long-term, taxed at 12.5% (no indexation, no ₹1.25 lakh exemption); units held 1 year or less are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.