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LIC MF Children's Fund

Solution Oriented Scheme - Children's Fund Direct plan, growth benchmark: Crisil Hybrid 35 + 65 - Aggressive Index launched 26 Sep 2001 open-ended

At a glance

the fund as it stands today, from public disclosures

NAV, 21 Sep 2026
₹38.57
+0.16% since 18 Sep 2026, the previous NAV
1 year
5.0%
return
3 years
9.7%
a year
5 years
8.1%
a year
Since launch
9.1%
a year, over 12.0 years
Assets (AUM)
₹16 Cr
Aug 2026 factsheet
Expense ratio, Direct / Regular
1.39% / 2.09%
a year, as of Aug 2026
Holdings
38
top ten are 46% of the fund · Aug 2026
Disclosed history
10 yrs
May 2016 – Aug 2026 · 5 of 11 checks could run
Fund managers
Pratik Shroff · since at least Feb 2026Siddharth Panjwani · since Jun 2026

As the Aug 2026 factsheet printed it: standard deviation 15.0%. Exit load and minimum investment are not yet extracted from the scheme documents.

What only Anveshan can tell you

measured from the disclosures, not quoted from a brochure — each links to how it was done

P5Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 0.93% a year more than Direct

₹19,522 on ₹1 lakh over ten years. Same portfolio, two prices — the difference is what the Regular plan's distribution costs you, read from the two NAVs.

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P7Whose record

Run by Pratik Shroff for at least 7 mo

with Siddharth Panjwani · the factsheet archive starts Feb 2026, so this is a floor. A return earned before they arrived is the house's record, not theirs — the tenure table shows the fund against its category over exactly their months.

Pratik Shroff's other funds →
NAVTracking gap

Not replicated: the portfolio cannot be priced line by line in this build.

Each day, the NAV the fund published against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at that day's prices. A gap that opens and stays is a change the fund has made and not disclosed yet.

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P4Consistency

Beat its category in 0% of three-year stretches, and averaged −3.1 points a year across all of them

109 rolling windows since 2014 · behind by 3.1 when it lost points a year — and never won one. A single five-year figure depends on the day you look; the share of stretches won does not — and the average margin says whether winning often was worth anything.

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NAV and drawdown

Direct plan, growth class · as of 21 Sep 2026

Month-end NAV, indexed to 100 at Sep 2014

100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹13.66Oct 2014: NAV ₹13.99Nov 2014: NAV ₹14.57Dec 2014: NAV ₹14.64Jan 2015: NAV ₹15.01Feb 2015: NAV ₹15.29Mar 2015: NAV ₹14.97Apr 2015: NAV ₹14.68May 2015: NAV ₹14.96Jun 2015: NAV ₹14.71Jul 2015: NAV ₹14.95Aug 2015: NAV ₹14.54Sep 2015: NAV ₹14.41Oct 2015: NAV ₹14.68Nov 2015: NAV ₹14.48Dec 2015: NAV ₹14.57Jan 2016: NAV ₹14.35Feb 2016: NAV ₹13.62Mar 2016: NAV ₹15.02Apr 2016: NAV ₹15.35May 2016: NAV ₹15.71Jun 2016: NAV ₹16.07Jul 2016: NAV ₹16.42Aug 2016: NAV ₹16.53Sep 2016: NAV ₹16.72Oct 2016: NAV ₹16.90Nov 2016: NAV ₹16.47Dec 2016: NAV ₹16.20Jan 2017: NAV ₹16.77Feb 2017: NAV ₹17.20Mar 2017: NAV ₹17.54Apr 2017: NAV ₹17.81May 2017: NAV ₹17.52Jun 2017: NAV ₹17.75Jul 2017: NAV ₹18.35Aug 2017: NAV ₹17.75Sep 2017: NAV ₹17.72Oct 2017: NAV ₹18.25Nov 2017: NAV ₹18.38Dec 2017: NAV ₹18.63Jan 2018: NAV ₹18.46Feb 2018: NAV ₹17.75Mar 2018: NAV ₹17.30Apr 2018: NAV ₹17.78May 2018: NAV ₹17.40Jun 2018: NAV ₹16.88Jul 2018: NAV ₹17.64Aug 2018: NAV ₹18.39Sep 2018: NAV ₹17.06Oct 2018: NAV ₹16.43Nov 2018: NAV ₹17.06Dec 2018: NAV ₹17.33Jan 2019: NAV ₹17.24Feb 2019: NAV ₹17.04Mar 2019: NAV ₹18.05Apr 2019: NAV ₹18.18May 2019: NAV ₹18.62Jun 2019: NAV ₹18.56Jul 2019: NAV ₹17.89Aug 2019: NAV ₹18.14Sep 2019: NAV ₹18.90Oct 2019: NAV ₹19.49Nov 2019: NAV ₹19.52Dec 2019: NAV ₹19.74Jan 2020: NAV ₹19.79Feb 2020: NAV ₹18.94Mar 2020: NAV ₹15.56Apr 2020: NAV ₹17.19May 2020: NAV ₹16.77Jun 2020: NAV ₹17.67Jul 2020: NAV ₹18.48Aug 2020: NAV ₹18.76Sep 2020: NAV ₹18.78Oct 2020: NAV ₹19.47Nov 2020: NAV ₹21.26Dec 2020: NAV ₹22.40Jan 2021: NAV ₹21.81Feb 2021: NAV ₹22.30Mar 2021: NAV ₹22.71Apr 2021: NAV ₹22.43May 2021: NAV ₹23.62Jun 2021: NAV ₹24.11Jul 2021: NAV ₹24.28Aug 2021: NAV ₹25.71Sep 2021: NAV ₹26.16Oct 2021: NAV ₹26.08Nov 2021: NAV ₹25.48Dec 2021: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2022: NAV ₹25.96Feb 2022: NAV ₹24.85Mar 2022: NAV ₹25.61Apr 2022: NAV ₹24.98May 2022: NAV ₹24.60Jun 2022: NAV ₹23.57Jul 2022: NAV ₹25.46Aug 2022: NAV ₹26.15Sep 2022: NAV ₹25.47Oct 2022: NAV ₹26.40Nov 2022: NAV ₹27.03Dec 2022: NAV ₹26.08Jan 2023: NAV ₹25.40Feb 2023: NAV ₹25.06Mar 2023: NAV ₹25.03Apr 2023: NAV ₹25.86May 2023: NAV ₹26.95Jun 2023: NAV ₹27.91Jul 2023: NAV ₹28.80Aug 2023: NAV ₹29.17Sep 2023: NAV ₹29.38Oct 2023: NAV ₹28.92Nov 2023: NAV ₹30.43Dec 2023: NAV ₹31.99Jan 2024: NAV ₹32.12Feb 2024: NAV ₹32.53Mar 2024: NAV ₹32.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹33.42May 2024: NAV ₹33.59Jun 2024: NAV ₹36.39Jul 2024: NAV ₹37.53Aug 2024: NAV ₹38.15Sep 2024: NAV ₹38.78Oct 2024: NAV ₹36.92Nov 2024: NAV ₹37.66Dec 2024: NAV ₹38.25Jan 2025: NAV ₹36.76Feb 2025: NAV ₹32.08Mar 2025: NAV ₹34.03Apr 2025: NAV ₹33.79May 2025: NAV ₹35.50Jun 2025: NAV ₹36.58Jul 2025: NAV ₹36.22Aug 2025: NAV ₹35.26Sep 2025: NAV ₹35.72Oct 2025: NAV ₹36.81Nov 2025: NAV ₹36.98Dec 2025: NAV ₹36.65Jan 2026: NAV ₹35.05Feb 2026: NAV ₹35.34Mar 2026: NAV ₹32.24Apr 2026: NAV ₹35.54May 2026: NAV ₹36.10Jun 2026: NAV ₹37.36Jul 2026: NAV ₹38.33Aug 2026: NAV ₹39.52Sep 2026: NAV ₹38.57
100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹13.66Oct 2014: NAV ₹13.99Nov 2014: NAV ₹14.57Dec 2014: NAV ₹14.64Jan 2015: NAV ₹15.01Feb 2015: NAV ₹15.29Mar 2015: NAV ₹14.97Apr 2015: NAV ₹14.68May 2015: NAV ₹14.96Jun 2015: NAV ₹14.71Jul 2015: NAV ₹14.95Aug 2015: NAV ₹14.54Sep 2015: NAV ₹14.41Oct 2015: NAV ₹14.68Nov 2015: NAV ₹14.48Dec 2015: NAV ₹14.57Jan 2016: NAV ₹14.35Feb 2016: NAV ₹13.62Mar 2016: NAV ₹15.02Apr 2016: NAV ₹15.35May 2016: NAV ₹15.71Jun 2016: NAV ₹16.07Jul 2016: NAV ₹16.42Aug 2016: NAV ₹16.53Sep 2016: NAV ₹16.72Oct 2016: NAV ₹16.90Nov 2016: NAV ₹16.47Dec 2016: NAV ₹16.20Jan 2017: NAV ₹16.77Feb 2017: NAV ₹17.20Mar 2017: NAV ₹17.54Apr 2017: NAV ₹17.81May 2017: NAV ₹17.52Jun 2017: NAV ₹17.75Jul 2017: NAV ₹18.35Aug 2017: NAV ₹17.75Sep 2017: NAV ₹17.72Oct 2017: NAV ₹18.25Nov 2017: NAV ₹18.38Dec 2017: NAV ₹18.63Jan 2018: NAV ₹18.46Feb 2018: NAV ₹17.75Mar 2018: NAV ₹17.30Apr 2018: NAV ₹17.78May 2018: NAV ₹17.40Jun 2018: NAV ₹16.88Jul 2018: NAV ₹17.64Aug 2018: NAV ₹18.39Sep 2018: NAV ₹17.06Oct 2018: NAV ₹16.43Nov 2018: NAV ₹17.06Dec 2018: NAV ₹17.33Jan 2019: NAV ₹17.24Feb 2019: NAV ₹17.04Mar 2019: NAV ₹18.05Apr 2019: NAV ₹18.18May 2019: NAV ₹18.62Jun 2019: NAV ₹18.56Jul 2019: NAV ₹17.89Aug 2019: NAV ₹18.14Sep 2019: NAV ₹18.90Oct 2019: NAV ₹19.49Nov 2019: NAV ₹19.52Dec 2019: NAV ₹19.74Jan 2020: NAV ₹19.79Feb 2020: NAV ₹18.94Mar 2020: NAV ₹15.56Apr 2020: NAV ₹17.19May 2020: NAV ₹16.77Jun 2020: NAV ₹17.67Jul 2020: NAV ₹18.48Aug 2020: NAV ₹18.76Sep 2020: NAV ₹18.78Oct 2020: NAV ₹19.47Nov 2020: NAV ₹21.26Dec 2020: NAV ₹22.40Jan 2021: NAV ₹21.81Feb 2021: NAV ₹22.30Mar 2021: NAV ₹22.71Apr 2021: NAV ₹22.43May 2021: NAV ₹23.62Jun 2021: NAV ₹24.11Jul 2021: NAV ₹24.28Aug 2021: NAV ₹25.71Sep 2021: NAV ₹26.16Oct 2021: NAV ₹26.08Nov 2021: NAV ₹25.48Dec 2021: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2022: NAV ₹25.96Feb 2022: NAV ₹24.85Mar 2022: NAV ₹25.61Apr 2022: NAV ₹24.98May 2022: NAV ₹24.60Jun 2022: NAV ₹23.57Jul 2022: NAV ₹25.46Aug 2022: NAV ₹26.15Sep 2022: NAV ₹25.47Oct 2022: NAV ₹26.40Nov 2022: NAV ₹27.03Dec 2022: NAV ₹26.08Jan 2023: NAV ₹25.40Feb 2023: NAV ₹25.06Mar 2023: NAV ₹25.03Apr 2023: NAV ₹25.86May 2023: NAV ₹26.95Jun 2023: NAV ₹27.91Jul 2023: NAV ₹28.80Aug 2023: NAV ₹29.17Sep 2023: NAV ₹29.38Oct 2023: NAV ₹28.92Nov 2023: NAV ₹30.43Dec 2023: NAV ₹31.99Jan 2024: NAV ₹32.12Feb 2024: NAV ₹32.53Mar 2024: NAV ₹32.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹33.42May 2024: NAV ₹33.59Jun 2024: NAV ₹36.39Jul 2024: NAV ₹37.53Aug 2024: NAV ₹38.15Sep 2024: NAV ₹38.78Oct 2024: NAV ₹36.92Nov 2024: NAV ₹37.66Dec 2024: NAV ₹38.25Jan 2025: NAV ₹36.76Feb 2025: NAV ₹32.08Mar 2025: NAV ₹34.03Apr 2025: NAV ₹33.79May 2025: NAV ₹35.50Jun 2025: NAV ₹36.58Jul 2025: NAV ₹36.22Aug 2025: NAV ₹35.26Sep 2025: NAV ₹35.72Oct 2025: NAV ₹36.81Nov 2025: NAV ₹36.98Dec 2025: NAV ₹36.65Jan 2026: NAV ₹35.05Feb 2026: NAV ₹35.34Mar 2026: NAV ₹32.24Apr 2026: NAV ₹35.54May 2026: NAV ₹36.10Jun 2026: NAV ₹37.36Jul 2026: NAV ₹38.33Aug 2026: NAV ₹39.52Sep 2026: NAV ₹38.57
100200300Sep 2014Sep 2017Oct 2020Oct 2023Sep 2026Sep 2014: NAV ₹13.66Oct 2014: NAV ₹13.99Nov 2014: NAV ₹14.57Dec 2014: NAV ₹14.64Jan 2015: NAV ₹15.01Feb 2015: NAV ₹15.29Mar 2015: NAV ₹14.97Apr 2015: NAV ₹14.68May 2015: NAV ₹14.96Jun 2015: NAV ₹14.71Jul 2015: NAV ₹14.95Aug 2015: NAV ₹14.54Sep 2015: NAV ₹14.41Oct 2015: NAV ₹14.68Nov 2015: NAV ₹14.48Dec 2015: NAV ₹14.57Jan 2016: NAV ₹14.35Feb 2016: NAV ₹13.62Mar 2016: NAV ₹15.02Apr 2016: NAV ₹15.35May 2016: NAV ₹15.71Jun 2016: NAV ₹16.07Jul 2016: NAV ₹16.42Aug 2016: NAV ₹16.53Sep 2016: NAV ₹16.72Oct 2016: NAV ₹16.90Nov 2016: NAV ₹16.47Dec 2016: NAV ₹16.20Jan 2017: NAV ₹16.77Feb 2017: NAV ₹17.20Mar 2017: NAV ₹17.54Apr 2017: NAV ₹17.81May 2017: NAV ₹17.52Jun 2017: NAV ₹17.75Jul 2017: NAV ₹18.35Aug 2017: NAV ₹17.75Sep 2017: NAV ₹17.72Oct 2017: NAV ₹18.25Nov 2017: NAV ₹18.38Dec 2017: NAV ₹18.63Jan 2018: NAV ₹18.46Feb 2018: NAV ₹17.75Mar 2018: NAV ₹17.30Apr 2018: NAV ₹17.78May 2018: NAV ₹17.40Jun 2018: NAV ₹16.88Jul 2018: NAV ₹17.64Aug 2018: NAV ₹18.39Sep 2018: NAV ₹17.06Oct 2018: NAV ₹16.43Nov 2018: NAV ₹17.06Dec 2018: NAV ₹17.33Jan 2019: NAV ₹17.24Feb 2019: NAV ₹17.04Mar 2019: NAV ₹18.05Apr 2019: NAV ₹18.18May 2019: NAV ₹18.62Jun 2019: NAV ₹18.56Jul 2019: NAV ₹17.89Aug 2019: NAV ₹18.14Sep 2019: NAV ₹18.90Oct 2019: NAV ₹19.49Nov 2019: NAV ₹19.52Dec 2019: NAV ₹19.74Jan 2020: NAV ₹19.79Feb 2020: NAV ₹18.94Mar 2020: NAV ₹15.56Apr 2020: NAV ₹17.19May 2020: NAV ₹16.77Jun 2020: NAV ₹17.67Jul 2020: NAV ₹18.48Aug 2020: NAV ₹18.76Sep 2020: NAV ₹18.78Oct 2020: NAV ₹19.47Nov 2020: NAV ₹21.26Dec 2020: NAV ₹22.40Jan 2021: NAV ₹21.81Feb 2021: NAV ₹22.30Mar 2021: NAV ₹22.71Apr 2021: NAV ₹22.43May 2021: NAV ₹23.62Jun 2021: NAV ₹24.11Jul 2021: NAV ₹24.28Aug 2021: NAV ₹25.71Sep 2021: NAV ₹26.16Oct 2021: NAV ₹26.08Nov 2021: NAV ₹25.48Dec 2021: NAV ₹26.14Jan 2022: NAV ₹25.96Feb 2022: NAV ₹24.85Mar 2022: NAV ₹25.61Apr 2022: NAV ₹24.98May 2022: NAV ₹24.60Jun 2022: NAV ₹23.57Jul 2022: NAV ₹25.46Aug 2022: NAV ₹26.15Sep 2022: NAV ₹25.47Oct 2022: NAV ₹26.40Nov 2022: NAV ₹27.03Dec 2022: NAV ₹26.08Jan 2023: NAV ₹25.40Feb 2023: NAV ₹25.06Mar 2023: NAV ₹25.03Apr 2023: NAV ₹25.86May 2023: NAV ₹26.95Jun 2023: NAV ₹27.91Jul 2023: NAV ₹28.80Aug 2023: NAV ₹29.17Sep 2023: NAV ₹29.38Oct 2023: NAV ₹28.92Nov 2023: NAV ₹30.43Dec 2023: NAV ₹31.99Jan 2024: NAV ₹32.12Feb 2024: NAV ₹32.53Mar 2024: NAV ₹32.37Apr 2024: NAV ₹33.42May 2024: NAV ₹33.59Jun 2024: NAV ₹36.39Jul 2024: NAV ₹37.53Aug 2024: NAV ₹38.15Sep 2024: NAV ₹38.78Oct 2024: NAV ₹36.92Nov 2024: NAV ₹37.66Dec 2024: NAV ₹38.25Jan 2025: NAV ₹36.76Feb 2025: NAV ₹32.08Mar 2025: NAV ₹34.03Apr 2025: NAV ₹33.79May 2025: NAV ₹35.50Jun 2025: NAV ₹36.58Jul 2025: NAV ₹36.22Aug 2025: NAV ₹35.26Sep 2025: NAV ₹35.72Oct 2025: NAV ₹36.81Nov 2025: NAV ₹36.98Dec 2025: NAV ₹36.65Jan 2026: NAV ₹35.05Feb 2026: NAV ₹35.34Mar 2026: NAV ₹32.24Apr 2026: NAV ₹35.54May 2026: NAV ₹36.10Jun 2026: NAV ₹37.36Jul 2026: NAV ₹38.33Aug 2026: NAV ₹39.52Sep 2026: NAV ₹38.57

145 month-ends · ₹13.66 → ₹38.57, 2.8× since Sep 2014

Deepest fall (max drawdown)
−19.5%
17 Dec 2024 → 3 Mar 2025
Worst month
−12.7%
Feb 2025
Days to recover
526
from the deepest trough back to the old high

Drawdown is measured on the last year of daily NAV; trailing returns are CAGR of the direct growth class. A single end date decides them — the consistency card (P4) below is the record that does not, and it reports both how often the fund beat its category and by how much, because the first without the second can point the wrong way.

Holdings

Aug 2026 disclosure · 38 lines · when each was first held and the change over the last three disclosures

#HoldingSectorWeightFirst heldHeld for3-mo change
11 Titan Company Ltd.
equity
Consumer Durables 3.08% Oct 2025 11 mo +1.91%
12 Coforge Ltd.
equity
IT - Software 3.01% Jul 2026 2 mo +3.01%
13 Persistent Systems Ltd.
equity
IT - Software 2.99% Jul 2026 2 mo +2.99%
14 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd.
equity
Banks 2.79% Jul 2026 2 mo +2.79%
15 Hitachi Energy India Ltd.
equity
Electrical Equipment 2.77% Jun 2025 1.3 yrs +0.70%
16 Radico Khaitan Ltd.
equity
Beverages 2.74% Jul 2025 1.2 yrs +1.61%
17 Eternal Ltd.
equity
Retailing 2.65% Nov 2025 10 mo +2.25%
18 Neuland Laboratories Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 2.64% Apr 2025 1.4 yrs +0.50%
19 Ajanta Pharma Ltd.
equity
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 2.62% Jul 2026 2 mo +2.62%
20 Solar Industries India Ltd.
equity
Chemicals & Petrochemicals 2.44% Aug 2026 1 mo +2.44%
Showing 11–20 of 38 · page 2 of 4 rows per page102550all

Largest sectors, Aug 2026 · grey: a year ago

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology13.3% · 8.0%
Electrical Equipment8.3% · 7.0%
IT - Software7.3% · 4.9%
Banks6.9% · 11.9%
Automobiles6.9% · 6.4%
Auto Components6.6%
Industrial Products6.2% · 2.8%
Finance4.5%
share of the book05%10%15%

By market cap, Aug 2026

Large cap29.4%
Mid cap35.3%
Small / micro cap17.7%
Cash & equivalents8.3%
Other9.3%
share of the book025%50%75%100%

Composition by market cap, month by month — what the fund actually held against what its label says

Large cap: 32% → 29%Mid cap: 11% → 35%Small / micro: 10% → 18%Cash & other: 10% → 8%25%50%75%May 2016Sep 2021Aug 2026
Large cap: 32% → 29%Mid cap: 11% → 35%Small / micro: 10% → 18%Cash & other: 10% → 8%25%50%75%Large cap 29%Mid cap 35%Small / micro 18%Cash & other 8%May 2016Sep 2021Aug 2026
Large cap: 32% → 29%Mid cap: 11% → 35%Small / micro: 10% → 18%Cash & other: 10% → 8%25%50%75%Large cap 29%Mid cap 35%Small / micro 18%Cash & other 8%May 2016Sep 2021Aug 2026
  • Large cap 29%
  • Mid cap 35%
  • Small / micro 18%
  • Cash & other 8%

The seven checks, in full

each: the plain claim, where it sits in the category, and — folded — how it is measured and the case against. A flag fires only where headline and record disagree.

P4 Consistency, not a single end date

Beat its category in 0% of three-year stretches, and averaged −3.1 points a year across all of them

109 rolling windows since 2014 · behind by 3.1 when it lost points a year — and never won one

What this means. Take every three-year stretch since the fund had a NAV, one starting each month, and ask two things of each: did it beat the typical fund in its category, and by how much. Counting the wins tells you the record does not depend on when you happen to look; averaging the margin tells you whether winning often was worth anything, because four small wins do not pay for one large loss.

How often, and by how much. The count and the average agree. It did not win one of the 109; the average across all of them is −3.1 points. The worst window ended Jun 2018, 5.7 points behind.

windows measured109windows won0average across every window−3.10 pts a year · median −3.26when behind, by how much−3.10 pts a year over 109 windowsworst window−5.66 pts a year, ended Jun 2018best window−0.32 pts a year, ended Oct 2020non-overlapping windows in that span4 — the rolling count overlaps, this does not

Fund minus category, each rolling three-year window

-5.7 pp0.0 pp+5.7 ppSep 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 12.3% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.3% vs category 12.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 8.1% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 8.4% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 7.1% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 5.1% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 4.9% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 6.6% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 5.2% vs category 10.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 4.7% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 5.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 8.1% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 3.8% vs category 8.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 5.6% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.7% vs category 12.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 2.9% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 3.2% vs category 5.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 4.2% vs category 6.6% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.8% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 5.7% vs category 8.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 3.3% vs category 5.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -3.9% vs category -2.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund -1.2% vs category 0.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund -1.5% vs category -0.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund -0.1% vs category 1.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 0.2% vs category 2.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 1.9% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 2.0% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.5% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 5.0% vs category 5.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 7.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 5.7% vs category 6.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 7.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 9.5% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 8.1% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 12.6% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 11.2% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 11.8% vs category 12.9% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 15.3% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 16.6% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 14.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 14.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 14.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 13.4% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 12.4% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 11.2% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 8.3% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 12.5% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 13.0% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 10.5% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 10.6% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 11.4% vs category 15.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 8.7% vs category 13.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 9.8% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 17.2% vs category 22.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 14.6% vs category 20.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 22.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 16.4% vs category 21.5% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 15.9% vs category 21.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 15.8% vs category 20.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 16.1% vs category 20.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 14.1% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 12.7% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 12.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 13.8% vs category 18.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 13.4% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 12.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 14.2% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 12.4% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 14.7% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 18.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 14.0% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 12.3% vs category 14.9% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.9% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.5% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 12.3% vs category 13.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 8.9% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 9.9% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 10.6% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 13.0% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 15.8% vs category 20.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 12.5% vs category 16.9% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 10.5% vs category 15.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 11.9% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 11.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 11.0% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 12.0% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 11.3% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 8.8% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 11.2% vs category 14.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 12.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 10.0% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 10.7% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 9.5% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
-5.7 pp0.0 pp+5.7 ppSep 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 12.3% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.3% vs category 12.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 8.1% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 8.4% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 7.1% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 5.1% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 4.9% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 6.6% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 5.2% vs category 10.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 4.7% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 5.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 8.1% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 3.8% vs category 8.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 5.6% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.7% vs category 12.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 2.9% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 3.2% vs category 5.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 4.2% vs category 6.6% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.8% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 5.7% vs category 8.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 3.3% vs category 5.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -3.9% vs category -2.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund -1.2% vs category 0.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund -1.5% vs category -0.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund -0.1% vs category 1.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 0.2% vs category 2.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 1.9% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 2.0% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.5% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 5.0% vs category 5.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 7.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 5.7% vs category 6.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 7.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 9.5% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 8.1% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 12.6% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 11.2% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 11.8% vs category 12.9% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 15.3% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 16.6% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 14.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 14.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 14.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 13.4% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 12.4% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 11.2% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 8.3% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 12.5% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 13.0% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 10.5% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 10.6% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 11.4% vs category 15.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 8.7% vs category 13.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 9.8% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 17.2% vs category 22.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 14.6% vs category 20.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 22.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 16.4% vs category 21.5% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 15.9% vs category 21.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 15.8% vs category 20.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 16.1% vs category 20.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 14.1% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 12.7% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 12.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 13.8% vs category 18.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 13.4% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 12.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 14.2% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 12.4% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 14.7% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 18.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 14.0% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 12.3% vs category 14.9% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.9% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.5% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 12.3% vs category 13.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 8.9% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 9.9% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 10.6% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 13.0% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 15.8% vs category 20.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 12.5% vs category 16.9% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 10.5% vs category 15.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 11.9% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 11.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 11.0% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 12.0% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 11.3% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 8.8% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 11.2% vs category 14.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 12.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 10.0% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 10.7% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 9.5% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
-5.7 pp0.0 pp+5.7 ppSep 2017: fund 9.1% vs category 12.3% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2017: fund 9.3% vs category 12.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2017: fund 8.1% vs category 11.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2017: fund 8.4% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2018: fund 7.1% vs category 11.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2018: fund 5.1% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2018: fund 4.9% vs category 9.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2018: fund 6.6% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)May 2018: fund 5.2% vs category 10.5% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2018: fund 4.7% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2018: fund 5.7% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2018: fund 8.1% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2018: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2018: fund 3.8% vs category 8.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2018: fund 5.6% vs category 9.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2018: fund 6.0% vs category 10.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 10.7% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2019: fund 7.7% vs category 12.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2019: fund 6.3% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.6% (3-year CAGR)May 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2019: fund 2.9% vs category 6.1% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2019: fund 3.2% vs category 5.4% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2019: fund 4.2% vs category 6.6% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2019: fund 4.9% vs category 7.1% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2019: fund 5.8% vs category 8.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2019: fund 6.8% vs category 9.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2020: fund 5.7% vs category 8.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2020: fund 3.3% vs category 5.9% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2020: fund -3.9% vs category -2.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2020: fund -1.2% vs category 0.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2020: fund -1.5% vs category -0.4% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2020: fund -0.1% vs category 1.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2020: fund 0.2% vs category 2.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2020: fund 1.9% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2020: fund 2.0% vs category 2.8% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2020: fund 2.2% vs category 2.5% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2020: fund 5.0% vs category 5.3% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2020: fund 6.3% vs category 7.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2021: fund 5.7% vs category 6.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2021: fund 7.9% vs category 9.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2021: fund 9.5% vs category 10.3% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2021: fund 8.1% vs category 9.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2021: fund 10.7% vs category 11.7% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2021: fund 12.6% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2021: fund 11.2% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2021: fund 11.8% vs category 12.9% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2021: fund 15.3% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2021: fund 16.6% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2021: fund 14.3% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2021: fund 14.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2022: fund 14.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2022: fund 13.4% vs category 14.5% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2022: fund 12.4% vs category 13.4% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2022: fund 11.2% vs category 13.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2022: fund 8.3% vs category 10.9% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2022: fund 12.5% vs category 15.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2022: fund 13.0% vs category 16.5% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2022: fund 10.5% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2022: fund 10.6% vs category 14.7% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2022: fund 11.4% vs category 15.1% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2022: fund 9.7% vs category 14.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2023: fund 8.7% vs category 13.1% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2023: fund 9.8% vs category 14.0% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2023: fund 17.2% vs category 22.8% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2023: fund 14.6% vs category 20.2% (3-year CAGR)May 2023: fund 17.1% vs category 22.3% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2023: fund 16.4% vs category 21.5% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2023: fund 15.9% vs category 21.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2023: fund 15.8% vs category 20.6% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2023: fund 16.1% vs category 20.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2023: fund 14.1% vs category 19.4% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2023: fund 12.7% vs category 17.9% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2023: fund 12.6% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2024: fund 13.8% vs category 18.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2024: fund 13.4% vs category 16.3% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2024: fund 12.6% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2024: fund 14.2% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)May 2024: fund 12.4% vs category 15.8% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2024: fund 14.7% vs category 17.4% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2024: fund 15.6% vs category 18.0% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2024: fund 14.1% vs category 17.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2024: fund 14.0% vs category 17.2% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2024: fund 12.3% vs category 14.9% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2024: fund 13.9% vs category 15.5% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2024: fund 13.5% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2025: fund 12.3% vs category 13.8% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2025: fund 8.9% vs category 12.6% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2025: fund 9.9% vs category 13.7% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2025: fund 10.6% vs category 15.0% (3-year CAGR)May 2025: fund 13.0% vs category 17.1% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2025: fund 15.8% vs category 20.0% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2025: fund 12.5% vs category 16.9% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2025: fund 10.5% vs category 15.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2025: fund 11.9% vs category 15.9% (3-year CAGR)Oct 2025: fund 11.7% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Nov 2025: fund 11.0% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Dec 2025: fund 12.0% vs category 16.0% (3-year CAGR)Jan 2026: fund 11.3% vs category 15.4% (3-year CAGR)Feb 2026: fund 12.1% vs category 16.1% (3-year CAGR)Mar 2026: fund 8.8% vs category 12.1% (3-year CAGR)Apr 2026: fund 11.2% vs category 14.3% (3-year CAGR)May 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 13.0% (3-year CAGR)Jun 2026: fund 10.2% vs category 12.2% (3-year CAGR)Jul 2026: fund 10.0% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Aug 2026: fund 10.7% vs category 11.3% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2026: fund 9.5% vs category 10.2% (3-year CAGR)Sep 2017Apr 2022Sep 2026
ahead of categorybehind

Each bar is one window's margin in percentage points a year. The height of the bars, not the count of green ones, is what the average across every window measures.

How it is measured, and the case against

A fund that beats its category in most rolling three-year windows has a record; one that beats it in a few has an end date. How often it won and by how much are different questions, and this card answers both, because a fund can win four windows in five and still be behind across all five.

How often has it beaten its category, across every window?

Why this might matterRolling every three-year window forward month by month gives hundreds of overlapping observations instead of one. A single end date decides a headline five-year figure; the share of windows won cannot be flattered by when you happen to look. The average margin across every window is that share and the payoff multiplied together — win share x average beat plus loss share x average shortfall is exactly the average — so a high share bought with a few ruinous windows cannot hide behind the count.
Why it might notRolling windows overlap heavily, so they are not independent observations and the true sample is far smaller than the count suggests — the card says how many non-overlapping windows the same span holds, and it is usually a handful. A fund that changed manager or mandate carries a record that is only partly its own. The average margin is only as meaningful as the category: where a category is a grab bag (“Other ETFs” holds gold beside equity), a large shortfall says the comparison is wrong, not that the fund is. And none of this forecasts: our own study found the share of windows won does not predict the next three years, and weighting it by payoff gives no reason to think otherwise.
P5 Cost, measured

Regular plan costs 0.93% a year more than Direct

₹19,522 on ₹1 lakh over ten years

What this means. The Regular and Direct plans hold the same portfolio; the Regular one pays a distributor out of your money every day. The gap between the two NAVs is that cost, measured from the NAVs rather than quoted from a document.

on ₹1,00,000 over ten years₹19,522Direct vs Regular, annualised9.0% vs 8.1%measured over12 years
How it is measured, and the case against

The Direct plan is the same portfolio, priced differently; the divergence of the two NAVs is the cost, measured rather than quoted.

What does the Regular plan actually cost against its Direct twin?

Why this might matterSame manager, same holdings, same day. The gap between the two NAV series is the one number on this page that is knowable today rather than hoped for, and it compounds for as long as the units are held.
Why it might notA Regular plan buys advice. If that advice stops someone selling in a drawdown it can be worth more than the fee — the cost is visible and the behavioural saving is not, which makes this comparison unfair in exactly one direction.
P1 Churn, and what it bought

Turns over 115% of the portfolio a year

+0.03 pts of excess return per unit of turnover

What this means. How much of the portfolio was bought and sold in a year, computed from what the fund disclosed each month. Trading costs something certain; the extra return it is meant to buy is not.

excess return per unit of turnover+0.03 pts
How it is measured, and the case against

Turnover measured from consecutive disclosures — Σ|Δweight|/2 — costs something certain; the excess return it is meant to buy is not.

Is the trading paying for itself?

Why this might matterAMCs define their own turnover figure inconsistently. This one is computed from what the fund disclosed month to month, so two funds are comparable on it. Read it beside the excess return per unit of turnover.
Why it might notTurnover computed from month-end snapshots misses everything bought and sold inside a month, and a fund forced to sell by redemptions is charged for churn it did not choose.
P2 Conviction or inertia

Typical top-10 holding kept 5 months

What this means. How long a typical top-10 position has been in the top ten. Long-held positions are a decision; a top ten that changes every quarter is a reaction.

active sharenot yet computable — needs index constituent files
How it is measured, and the case against

The median months a top-10 position has been held separates a portfolio somebody chose from one that drifted.

How long does a top-10 position stay a top-10 position?

Why this might matterConcentration is how a manager expresses conviction, and persistence is how long they keep it. Long-held positions with a rising weight are a decision; a top ten that turns over every quarter is a reaction.
Why it might notPersistence without active share is inertia: a portfolio of 166 names that tracks its category closely has diversified away the reason to pay for it. Active share needs index constituent files, which are not loaded yet.
P3 Hit rate of the top ten

5 of 10 top picks beat their peers over the next 6 months, and averaged 0.3 points behind them

1137 positions judged, one disclosure at a time · ahead by 14.2 points when it won, behind by 12.9 when it lost

What this means. Take each month's ten largest holdings and check whether each one beat the typical stock its category holds over the next six months, and by how much. A blended return can hide two wins and eight losses; a count of wins can hide one position that lost half its value.

How often, and by how much. The count and the average agree. Ahead by 14.2 points in the 524 positions it won and behind by 12.9 in the 613 it lost, so the average across all 1137 is −0.3 points. The worst position was INE160A01022 at the Oct 2017 disclosure, 54.7 points behind.

positions judged1137beat the median stock524average across every position−0.32 pts · median −1.00when ahead, by how much+14.21 pts over 524 positionswhen behind, by how much−12.91 pts over 613 positionsworst position−54.67 pts, INE160A01022 at the Oct 2017 disclosurebest position+94.37 pts, INE450D01021 at the Apr 2023 disclosure
How it is measured, and the case against

A manager's largest bets, judged one by one over the following six months, say more than the fund's blended return — and how far each one beat or missed the median stock says more than counting how many did.

Of its top-10 positions, how often did they beat the category-median stock?

Why this might matterA fund can beat its category on two positions and lose on eight; the hit rate shows the pattern the aggregate hides. The average margin then shows what the hit rate hides in turn: six winners worth a point each do not pay for four losers worth ten, and only the margin says which happened.
Why it might notSix months is short, sizing matters more than counting, and a manager who is right on the biggest position and wrong on nine small ones has done their job — the margins here are unweighted, so they answer the counting question better, not the sizing one. Overlapping disclosures judge the same position again each month it is held, so one long-held winner is counted many times. And this is a description of six months already past, not a forecast of the next six.
P6 Size against edge

₹16 Cr, 5th percentile in category; 108% of growth came from outflows

smaller than 95% of the funds in its category (11 funds) · AUM Sep 2023 → Aug 2026 · Regular plan expense ratio 2.90%

What this means. Where the fund sits by size in its category, and how much of its growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding. A very large fund cannot buy what a small one can; size should buy a lower fee in return.

median holding weight, trendrisingexpense ratio, Regular / Direct2.90% / 2.16% · category median 2.27%AUM, Sep 2023 → Aug 2026₹14 Cr → ₹16 Cr (+5% a year)of that change, from flows rather than returns108% net outflows · NAV +35% over the window

Assets under management, ₹ crore, Jun 2010 – Aug 2026

102030Jun 2010Dec 2014Mar 2019Sep 2023Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹9 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹24 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹23 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹22 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹10 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Feb 2026: ₹15 CrMar 2026: ₹14 CrApr 2026: ₹15 CrMay 2026: ₹15 CrJun 2026: ₹15 CrJul 2026: ₹16 CrAug 2026: ₹16 Cr
102030Jun 2010Dec 2014Mar 2019Sep 2023Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹9 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹24 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹23 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹22 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹10 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Feb 2026: ₹15 CrMar 2026: ₹14 CrApr 2026: ₹15 CrMay 2026: ₹15 CrJun 2026: ₹15 CrJul 2026: ₹16 CrAug 2026: ₹16 Cr
102030Jun 2010Dec 2014Mar 2019Sep 2023Aug 2026Jun 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2010: ₹7 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2010: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2011: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2011: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2012: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2013: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2014: ₹5 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2014: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2015: ₹6 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2015: ₹9 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2015: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2015: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2016: ₹24 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2016: ₹23 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2016: ₹22 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2016: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2017: ₹29 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2017: ₹20 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2018: ₹18 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2018: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2018: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2019: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2019: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2019: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2020: ₹10 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2020: ₹12 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2021: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2021: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2022: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2022: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2023: ₹13 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2023: ₹14 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2024: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2024: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2024: ₹17 Cr (amfi-aaum)Mar 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Jun 2025: ₹15 Cr (amfi-aaum)Sep 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Dec 2025: ₹16 Cr (amfi-aaum)Feb 2026: ₹15 CrMar 2026: ₹14 CrApr 2026: ₹15 CrMay 2026: ₹15 CrJun 2026: ₹15 CrJul 2026: ₹16 CrAug 2026: ₹16 Cr

70 points · months without a factsheet figure use AMFI's quarterly average · Regular-plan expense ratio 3.04% in Jun 2018 → 2.90% in Sep 2026

How it is measured, and the case against

Past a certain size the smaller end of a mandate becomes unreachable, and the fund starts to look like its index; what size should buy in return is a lower expense ratio.

Has the fund outgrown the universe it invests in — and did size buy a lower fee?

Why this might matterSize narrows what the manager can meaningfully hold and should lower what the investor pays. Read the AUM history beside the expense ratio: a fund that has tripled through inflows while its Regular-plan TER sits above the category median has kept the benefit of scale for the house. The flow decomposition says how much of the growth was money arriving rather than the portfolio compounding.
Why it might notScale funds research teams, and plenty of large funds have gone on compounding for decades. Inflows follow performance, so a fund growing fast is usually one that did well; the constraint is real but not automatically binding, and a TER is a ceiling the AMC can cut at any time.
P7 Whose record is this

Run by Pratik Shroff for at least 7 mo

with Siddharth Panjwani · the factsheet archive starts Feb 2026, so this is a floor

What this means. How long the people running it now have been running it, read from the monthly factsheets. A five-year record earned under someone else is not evidence about these managers.

No category distribution for this measure yet.
running it nowPratik Shroff (since at least Feb 2026), Siddharth Panjwani (since Jun 2026)share of the fund's life under the current teamnot knowable — the archive starts Feb 2026, so the tenure is a floorchanges of hands in the archive2 — last Jun 2026

Who ran it, month by month · factsheets through Sep 2026

running it nowearlier
ManagerRoleFromToFund vs category, those months3-yr stretches won in tenure
Pratik Shroff fund manager by Feb 2026† now 12.8% vs 4.2% (+8.61 pp) —
Siddharth Panjwani fund manager Jun 2026* now 9.5% vs 4.0% (+5.48 pp) —
Karan Doshi fund manager by Feb 2026† Mar 2026 −8.0% vs −9.3% (+1.25 pp) —
Mahesh Bendre fund manager Apr 2026* May 2026 12.0% vs 10.4% (+1.61 pp) —

* dated by first appearance in the archive we hold, not by a date the factsheet printed. † already named on the first factsheet we hold: the stint is at least this long, and its start is not known. Co-managed months count for every manager named; a factsheet names the manager of record, not who made each call. All managers →

How it is measured, and the case against

A record earned under different people is not evidence about these ones.

Does the displayed record predate the people running it?

Why this might matterA five-year figure on a fund whose longest-serving manager joined two years ago is the house's record more than the person's. The tenure here comes from what each monthly factsheet named, so a change of hands is dated to the month it was disclosed, and the fund's return against its category can be read over exactly those months.
Why it might notFund houses have processes, research desks and mandates that outlast individuals, so a manager change is not a reset. Co-managed funds attribute the same months to every named manager, and a factsheet names the manager of record, not necessarily the person making the calls. And the archive we hold starts in Feb 2026: Pratik Shroff was already named on its first sheet, so the tenure here is the floor of what is known, not the month anyone arrived — the record may well belong to the people running it now.

Tracking gap

the NAV the fund published, against the NAV its last disclosed portfolio would have produced at each day's prices

No signal. Replication needs a fully disclosed domestic-equity portfolio and daily prices for every line; this fund has not been replicated in this build.

Share classes

latest NAV per AMFI code

PlanOptionNAVDate
direct
LIC MF Children's Fund-Direct Plan-Growth
growth₹38.5721 Sep 2026
regular
LIC MF Children's Fund-Regular Plan-Growth
growth₹34.2621 Sep 2026
The Direct / Regular gap, in rupees
Direct growth NAV
₹38.57
Regular growth NAV
₹34.26
NAV divergence to date
12.6% — same portfolio, priced differently
Regular costs more by
0.93% a year
On ₹1,00,000 over ten years
₹19,522

A Regular plan buys advice. The fee is visible and the behavioural saving is not; both are shown, neither is netted off.

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