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Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund

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Fund basics

Launched7 Jan 2013 13.6 years of history
CategoryMulti CapSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · IDCW Option code 119353
BenchmarkNifty 500 used for alpha & beta below
NAV as on27 Aug 2026source AMFI

Computed from 3,349 published NAVs between 7 Jan 2013 and 27 Aug 2026 — 13.6 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund Direct 2.791.982.40 -1.776.896.52 9.605.485.10
Nifty 500 benchmark 0.874.312.15 5.2012.4911.41 15.49
Multi Cap category median · 25 funds 10.1816.5814.99 15.38

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Direct plan in Multi Cap — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 27 Aug 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund Direct 17.54 0.02 0.03 1.04 -5.74 -48.96
Nifty 500 benchmark 17.16 0.35 0.47 -37.31

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
17.5%13.8%0.020.03

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-49.0%16 months-14.1%
0%-18%-36%-54%2014201620182020202220242026
How far below its own record high the fund sat, on every single day it has existed. Flat along the top means it was making new highs; every dip is a stretch where somebody who bought at the wrong moment was down.

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
73.3%2.3%-30.5%45%
Worst-30.5%Median2.3%Best73.3%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

37.7%2021-9.7%202221.9%202322.0%2024-10.4%20250.2%2026InvestVerdict
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

If you had run a SIP

₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹685,799 today, an XIRR of 5.29% a year.

XIRR, not CAGR. A SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so most of it has been invested for far less than five years — which is why this figure normally sits below the five-year CAGR above in a rising market, and above it in a falling one. It is the return the investor got, not the return the fund got.

How it compares in its category

Against the Multi Cap Direct schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund · this scheme 6.9% -5.7% 1.04 17.5% 0.02 -49.0%
Axis Multicap Fund Axis Mutual Fund 21.6% 6.7% 0.96 13.8% 1.09 -18.1%
HSBC Multi Cap Fund HSBC Mutual Fund 20.7% 9.1% 1.05 15.0% 0.95 -20.1%
LIC MF Multi Cap Fund LIC Mutual Fund 19.7% 8.3% 1.04 14.0% 0.94 -19.3%
BANK OF INDIA MULTI CAP FUND Bank of India Mutual Fund 20.0% 8.4% 1.01 15.0% 0.90 -20.3%
ITI Multi Cap Fund ITI Mutual Fund 19.1% 1.6% 1.01 17.6% 0.71 -38.7%
Mahindra Manulife Multi Cap Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund 19.5% 8.1% 0.99 16.9% 0.77 -34.4%
Kotak Multi Cap Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund 18.7% 7.3% 1.08 15.4% 0.79 -21.0%
ICICI Prudential Multi Cap Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund 18.4% 3.9% 1.01 15.2% 0.78 -38.9%

Alpha and beta are against Nifty 500. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Multi Cap scheme is

At least 25% each in large, mid and small caps — the split is mandatory.

Flexi cap's disciplined cousin. SEBI forces a real allocation to mid and small caps, so it cannot quietly become a large-cap fund in a nervous market. More small-cap exposure than most investors realise.

Who it suits. Investors who want guaranteed exposure across the whole market rather than a manager's changing view.

How long money should stay. 7 years or more.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund — Direct Plan — IDCW Option?

₹56.6370 as on 27 Aug 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the IDCW Option option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

At least 25% each in large, mid and small caps — the split is mandatory. Flexi cap's disciplined cousin. SEBI forces a real allocation to mid and small caps, so it cannot quietly become a large-cap fund in a nervous market. More small-cap exposure than most investors realise.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 7 years or more. Investors who want guaranteed exposure across the whole market rather than a manager's changing view.