DebtCorporate Bond FundDirectIDCWLow to Moderate

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund

Q: What is the NAV of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is ₹21.61 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has HDFC Corporate Bond Fund delivered?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund has returned +5.27% over 1 year, +5.03% per year over 3 years, +4.02% per year over 5 years and +6.73% 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 Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.38% 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 Corporate Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36185 GOI 07JL40 6.68 FV RS 100 (4.6%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (3.8%), BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 7.55 NCD 03AP35 FVRS1LAC (3.5%), STATE BANK OF INDIA SR 2 7.33 BD 20SP39 FVRS1CR (2.5%) and CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOAN 23277 GOI 22SP33 FLT FV RS 100 (1.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

It is rated low to moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 4.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -6.5%. 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 -0.37 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Corporate Bond Fund's -0.37 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Corporate Bond Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is managed by Dhruv Muchhal and Anupam Joshi at HDFC.

Q: How is HDFC Corporate Bond Fund taxed?

HDFC Corporate Bond 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.

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NAV

₹21.61

-0.22% 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 (+7.35% 3Y CAGR)

NAV history

+5.34%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹21.66

Latest ₹21.61

Low ₹20.4993rd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹21.69

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 58 Corporate Bond 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 Corporate Bond Fund (same plan and option).

PerformanceStrong

3Y CAGR +5.03% · ranks 18 of 58 Corporate Bond Funds

RiskHigh

Volatility 4.0% vs 3.2% category avg

CostHigh

0.4% expense vs 0.3% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

100% 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

Ahead of the Corporate Bond Fund average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 3.81pp
3-year return (+5.03%) beats the Corporate Bond Fund average (+2.60%)
5-year return (+4.02%) beats the Corporate Bond Fund average (+1.48%)
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

More volatile than its Corporate Bond Fund peers (4.0% vs 3.2%)
High expense ratio (0.38%) vs the Corporate Bond Fund average of 0.33%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

Category 0.33%

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

Category —

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

-0.37

Category -1.21▲0.84

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.

22 Oct 2014

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)

+3.02%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+2.79%

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

+3.12%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+5.27%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+5.03%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+4.02%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+6.17%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the fund's inception

+6.73%

Advanced metrics — risk

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

3.98%

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

-0.37

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

-0.38

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-6.51%

Benchmark ratios

Not shown for Corporate Bond 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 (Corporate Bond Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	+0.30%	+0.30%	0.00%
3M abs	+3.02%	+1.71%	+1.31%
6M abs	+2.79%	+0.36%	+2.43%
1Y CAGR	+5.27%	+1.46%	+3.81%
3Y CAGR	+5.03%	+2.60%	+2.43%
5Y CAGR	+4.02%	+1.48%	+2.54%

Category average across peers in Corporate Bond Fund (57 of 58 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 58 peers in Corporate Bond Fund

1Y return

+5.27%

Beats 70.2% · rank #18

3Y return

+5.03%

Beats 70.2% · rank #18

5Y return

+4.02%

Beats 77.3% · rank #11

Sharpe

-0.37

Beats 68.4% · rank #19

Sortino

-0.38

Beats 68.4% · rank #19

Rolling returns

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

Average

+6.7%

Median

+7.7%

Best

+12.1%

Worst

-2.0%

Positive periods

95.4%

130 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.

-6.5%25 Sep 2023 → 10 Oct 2023
Fell over 15 days, back to the old high on 29 Jul 2024 — 10 months under water after the low.
-5.2%13 Sep 2022 → 28 Sep 2022
Fell over 15 days, back to the old high on 29 May 2023 — 8 months 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
2026part	+3.15%
2025	+7.60%
2024	+8.82%
2023	+0.63%
2022	-1.25%
2021	+4.22%
2020	+12.10%
2019	+10.44%
2018	+6.63%
2017	+6.61%

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

₹31,301Cr

April - June 2026

-5%

since January - March 2026

Down +5% from its peak of ₹33,121Cr 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

₹6.83L

Absolute

+13.82%

XIRR

+5.29%

Value vs. invested

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

History points

2,861

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 · Corporate Bond Fund

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HDFC Corporate Bond FundThis fund HDFC	★★★☆☆	+5.27%	+5.03%	+4.02%	—	0.38%	₹31,301Cr
Nippon India Corporate Bond Fund Nippon India	★★★★☆	+5.65%	+7.71%	+6.84%	—	0.37%	₹9,209Cr
Tata Corporate Bond Fund Tata	★★★★★	+5.50%	+7.47%	—	—	0.33%	₹3,370Cr
Tata Corporate Bond Fund Tata	★★★★★	+5.50%	+7.47%	—	—	0.33%	₹3,370Cr
Tata Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Periodic Tata	★★★★★	+5.50%	+7.47%	—	—	0.33%	₹3.90Cr
Tata Corporate Bond Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW Periodic Tata	★★★★★	+5.50%	+7.47%	—	—	0.33%	₹3.90Cr

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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.

About Corporate Bond funds

Corporate bond funds lend mainly to high-rated companies (AA+ and above). They aim for a little more yield than government debt while keeping credit risk low.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

As of 20 Aug 2026, the NAV of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is ₹21.61 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has HDFC Corporate Bond Fund delivered?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund has returned +5.27% over 1 year, +5.03% per year over 3 years, +4.02% per year over 5 years and +6.73% 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 Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund charges an expense ratio of 0.38% 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 Corporate Bond Fund?

Its largest holdings are GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 36185 GOI 07JL40 6.68 FV RS 100 (4.6%), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 35840 GOI 15AP65 6.9 FV RS 100 (3.8%), BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 7.55 NCD 03AP35 FVRS1LAC (3.5%), STATE BANK OF INDIA SR 2 7.33 BD 20SP39 FVRS1CR (2.5%) and CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOAN 23277 GOI 22SP33 FLT FV RS 100 (1.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

It is rated low to moderate on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 4.0% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -6.5%. 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 -0.37 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. HDFC Corporate Bond Fund's -0.37 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty Corporate Bond Index A-II. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages HDFC Corporate Bond Fund?

HDFC Corporate Bond Fund is managed by Dhruv Muchhal and Anupam Joshi at HDFC.

How is HDFC Corporate Bond Fund taxed?

HDFC Corporate Bond 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.