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HDFC Income Fund

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Income Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Income Fund is ₹12.95 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC Income Fund delivered?

HDFC Income Fund has returned +1.81% over 1 year, +1.92% per year over 3 years, +1.23% per year over 5 years and +1.01% 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 Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.81% 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 Income Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36185 GOI 07JL40 6.68 FV RS 100 (18.8%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 37426 GOI 11MY36 6.94 FV RS 100 (9.1%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36320 GOI 18AG55 7.24 FV RS 100 (7.1%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (5.6%) and GOI Sec 7.23 15/04/2039 (4.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC Income Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 3.7% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -13.1%. 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 -1.25 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Income Fund's -1.25 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund is benchmarked against the CRISIL Medium to Long Duration Debt A-III Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund is managed by Dhruv Muchhal and Shobhit Mehrotra at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Income Fund taxed?

HDFC Income Fund is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — capital gains are added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of how long you held the units.

HDFC Mutual Fund · Best Medium to Long Duration Mutual Funds

NAV

₹12.95

-0.29% 1D

as of 20 Aug 2026

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This is the IDCW (dividend) option — it pays its earnings out as dividends rather than reinvesting them, so every payout steps the NAV down and the return figures below leave those payouts out. Your actual return was higher by whatever was distributed. That’s expected for a payout plan, not missing data.

View the Growth plan for compounded returns (+7.17% 3Y CAGR)

NAV history

+1.98%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹12.99

Latest ₹12.95

Low ₹12.5578th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹13.07

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 30 Medium to Long Duration Fund 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 Medium to Long Duration Fund (same plan and option).

PerformanceAverage

3Y CAGR +1.92% · ranks 17 of 30 Medium to Long Duration Funds

RiskModerate

Volatility 3.7% vs 3.5% category avg

CostAverage

0.8% expense vs 0.8% category avg

ConsistencyModerate

81% 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

No standout strengths identified.

Concerns

Trails the Medium to Long Duration Fund average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 1.31pp
3-year return (+1.92%) trails the Medium to Long Duration Fund average (+4.09%)
5-year return (+1.23%) trails the Medium to Long Duration Fund average (+3.99%)

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.80%

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

Category —

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

-1.25

Category -0.52▼0.73

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · IDCW

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.

01 Jan 2013

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

+0.30%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

+1.86%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+0.93%

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

+1.20%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+1.81%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+1.92%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+1.23%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+0.62%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+1.01%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

3.66%

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

-1.25

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

-1.39

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-13.12%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Medium to Long Duration Fund — a debt, arbitrage or cash-like fund isn't measured against an equity index, so alpha/beta vs one would be noise rather than signal.

Fund vs category average (Medium to Long Duration Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+0.30%	+0.26%	+0.04%
3M abs	+1.86%	+2.51%	-0.65%
6M abs	+0.93%	+1.87%	-0.94%
1Y CAGR	+1.81%	+3.12%	-1.31%
3Y CAGR	+1.92%	+4.09%	-2.17%
5Y CAGR	+1.23%	+3.99%	-2.76%

Category average across peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund (up to 30 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 30 peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

1Y return

+1.81%

Beats 33.3% · rank #21

3Y return

+1.92%

Beats 44.8% · rank #17

5Y return

+1.23%

Beats 48.1% · rank #15

Sharpe

-1.25

Beats 26.7% · rank #23

Sortino

-1.39

Beats 26.7% · rank #23

Rolling returns

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

Average

+1.1%

Median

+1.3%

Best

+7.7%

Worst

-7.8%

Positive periods

65.8%

152 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.

-13.1%27 May 2013 → 19 Aug 2013
Fell over 3 months, back to the old high on 25 Jul 2016 — 2.9 years under water after the low.
-10.6%24 Nov 2016 → 07 Jun 2018
Fell over 1.5 years, back to the old high on 31 Jan 2024 — 5.7 years under water after the low.
-5.1%28 May 2025 → 02 Apr 2026
Still below that high — 10 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.

Calendar-year returns

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

Year	Fund
2026part	+1.24%
2025	+1.07%
2024	+2.22%
2023	+2.67%
2022	-0.88%
2021	-0.12%
2020	+3.17%
2019	+3.58%
2018	+0.40%
2017	-3.34%

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.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹821.09Cr

April - June 2026

-4%

since January - March 2026

At or near its largest, ₹858.78Cr in January - March 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.

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

₹6.22L

Absolute

+3.74%

XIRR

+1.49%

Value vs. invested

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

History points

3,294

Expense ratio

AUM

Portfolio turnover

Exit load

Taxation

Taxed as debt

This is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — every rupee of gain is added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate, whatever the holding period.

Any holding period

30%

Short- and long-term alike

Your income-tax slab — no LTCG or indexation benefit

Your income-tax slab

Pick your slab to see the rate that applies to you.

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 · Medium to Long Duration Fund

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HDFC Income FundThis fund HDFC	★★★☆☆	+1.81%	+1.92%	+1.23%	—	0.81%	₹821.09Cr
LIC MF Medium to Long Duration Fund LIC	★★★★★	+5.18%	+7.62%	—	—	0.22%	₹185.10Cr
LIC MF Medium to Long Duration Fund LIC	★★★★★	+5.18%	+7.62%	+6.38%	—	0.22%	₹185.10Cr
LIC MF Medium to Long Duration Fund LIC	★★★★★	+5.18%	+7.62%	—	—	0.22%	₹185.10Cr
Kotak Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Kotak Mahindra	★★★★☆	+5.98%	+7.56%	+6.49%	—	0.74%	₹7.68Cr
Bank of India Conservative Hybrid Fund Bank of India	★★★★☆	+4.57%	+7.40%	+10.10%	—	1.18%	₹64.73Cr

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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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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Income Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Income Fund is ₹12.95 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Income Fund delivered?

HDFC Income Fund has returned +1.81% over 1 year, +1.92% per year over 3 years, +1.23% per year over 5 years and +1.01% 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 Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.81% 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 Income Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36185 GOI 07JL40 6.68 FV RS 100 (18.8%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 37426 GOI 11MY36 6.94 FV RS 100 (9.1%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36320 GOI 18AG55 7.24 FV RS 100 (7.1%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (5.6%) and GOI Sec 7.23 15/04/2039 (4.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC Income Fund?

It is rated moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 3.7% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -13.1%. 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 -1.25 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Income Fund's -1.25 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund is benchmarked against the CRISIL Medium to Long Duration Debt A-III Index. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC Income Fund?

HDFC Income Fund is managed by Dhruv Muchhal and Shobhit Mehrotra at HDFC.

How is HDFC Income Fund taxed?

HDFC Income Fund is a debt / non-equity fund. Since April 2023 there is no long-term or indexation benefit — capital gains are added to your income and taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of how long you held the units.