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HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund is ₹46.23 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 Fund of Fund delivered?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund has returned +56.24% over 1 year, +36.65% per year over 3 years, +25.33% per year over 5 years and +10.85% 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 Fund of Fund?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.47% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

Its largest holdings are HDFC Gold ETF (100.0%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

It is rated high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 21.6% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -27.5%. 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 1.40 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund's 1.40 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

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

Q: Who manages HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund is managed by Arun Agarwal and Nandita Menezes at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund taxed?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund 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 2 years are long-term, taxed at 12.5% (no indexation, no ₹1.25 lakh exemption); units held 2 years or less are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.

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NAV

₹46.23

+2.31% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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Performance

+55.65%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹45.19

Latest ₹46.23

Low ₹29.5972nd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹52.73

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 75 of 147 FoF Domestic 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 within FoF Domestic (same plan and option). 75 of the 147 FoF Domestic funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +36.65% · ranks 19 of 147 FoF Domestic funds

RiskHigh

Volatility 21.6% vs 17.8% category avg

CostLow

0.5% expense vs 0.7% category avg

ConsistencyModerate

79% 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

1-year return (+56.24%) beats the FoF Domestic average (+26.26%)
3-year return (+36.65%) beats the FoF Domestic average (+20.66%)
5-year return (+25.33%) beats the FoF Domestic average (+13.74%)
Ranks #25 of 147 on 1-year return in its FoF Domestic cohort
Stronger risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 1.40 vs 0.66 FoF Domestic average

Concerns

More volatile than its FoF Domestic peers (21.6% vs 17.8%)

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.67%

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

Category —

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

1.40

Category 0.66▲0.73

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · 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.

02 Nov 2011

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+10.13%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-1.22%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+0.82%

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

+16.24%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+56.24%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+36.65%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+25.33%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+15.85%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+10.85%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

21.62%

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

1.40

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

1.97

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-27.46%

Benchmark ratios (vs Gold · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

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

-0.95%

Sensitivity to Gold moves; 1 = moves with the index

1.02

How much of the fund's movement Gold explains

99.7%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

29.08

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

-0.58

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

1.15%

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

99.4%

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

102.5%

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 (FoF Domestic)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+10.13%	+3.71%	+6.42%
3M abs	-1.22%	+1.15%	-2.37%
6M abs	+0.82%	+2.69%	-1.87%
1Y CAGR	+56.24%	+26.26%	+29.98%
3Y CAGR	+36.65%	+20.66%	+15.99%
5Y CAGR	+25.33%	+13.74%	+11.59%

Category average across peers in FoF Domestic (145 of 147 carry a figure for at least one period), 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 147 peers in FoF Domestic

1Y return

+56.24%

Beats 78.2% · rank #25

3Y return

+36.65%

Beats 75.7% · rank #19

5Y return

+25.33%

Beats 89.8% · rank #6

Sharpe

1.40

Beats 84.5% · rank #18

Sortino

1.97

Beats 82.7% · rank #20

Rolling returns

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

This fundGold

Average

+12.0%

Median

+8.0%

Best

+86.8%

Worst

-15.4%

Positive periods

71.7%

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

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.

-27.5%14 Sep 2012 → 18 Dec 2015
Fell over 3.3 years, back to the old high on 06 Aug 2019 — 3.6 years under water after the low.
-24.8%29 Jan 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Still below that high — 2 months down, and no recovery yet.
-21.8%07 Aug 2020 → 31 Mar 2021
Fell over 8 months, back to the old high on 02 Feb 2023 — 1.8 years under water after the low.

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.

Calendar-year returns

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

Year	Fund	Gold	Diff
2026part	+16.63%	+17.05%	-0.42%
2025	+71.29%	+71.81%	-0.52%
2024	+18.95%	+19.44%	-0.49%
2023	+14.11%	+14.68%	-0.57%
2022	+12.69%	+12.80%	-0.11%
2021	-5.46%	-5.19%	-0.27%
2020	+27.53%	+27.00%	+0.53%
2019	+21.68%	+22.95%	-1.27%
2018	+6.59%	+6.67%	-0.08%
2017	+2.81%	+2.43%	+0.38%

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.

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

₹12.93L

Absolute

+115.56%

XIRR

+32.28%

Value vs. invested

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

History points

3,643

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

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 2 years get the 12.5% long-term rate; shorter holdings are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.

Short-term

30%

Held under 2 years

Added to your income at your slab rate

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 2 years 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 · FoF Domestic

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HDFC Silver ETF Fund of Fund HDFC	★★★★★	+108.30%	+46.69%	—	—	0.56%	₹4,593Cr
ICICI Prudential Silver ETF FOF ICICI Prudential	★★★★☆	+107.25%	+46.60%	—	—	0.65%	₹6,532Cr
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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.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund is ₹46.23 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund delivered?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund has returned +56.24% over 1 year, +36.65% per year over 3 years, +25.33% per year over 5 years and +10.85% 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 Fund of Fund?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.47% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

Its largest holdings are HDFC Gold ETF (100.0%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

It is rated high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 21.6% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -27.5%. 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 1.40 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund's 1.40 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

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

Who manages HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund is managed by Arun Agarwal and Nandita Menezes at HDFC.

How is HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund taxed?

HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund 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 2 years are long-term, taxed at 12.5% (no indexation, no ₹1.25 lakh exemption); units held 2 years or less are taxed at your income-tax slab rate.