SBI Dividend Yield Fund
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Fund basics
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 858 published NAVs between 17 Mar 2023 and 28 Aug 2026 — 3.4 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 | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Dividend Yield Fund Direct | 1.25 | 7.52 | 2.38 | 9.08 | 13.43 | — | — | — | 15.50 |
| Nifty 500 benchmark | 0.87 | 4.31 | 2.15 | 5.20 | 12.49 | 11.41 | — | — | 15.49 |
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 Dividend Yield — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 28 Oct 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Dividend Yield Fund Direct | 13.90 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.88 | 1.62 | -17.85 |
| Nifty 500 benchmark | 15.22 | 0.39 | 0.58 | — | — | -37.31 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.
Risk
| Volatility | Downside volatility | Sharpe | Sortino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.9% | 9.9% | 0.50 | 0.70 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.
The worst it has been
| Deepest fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| -17.8% | 16 months | At a high |
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 year | Median year | Worst year | Losing years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43.2% | 7.0% | -7.5% | 16% |
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
How it compares in its category
Against the Dividend Yield 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.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Dividend Yield Fund SBI Mutual Fund · this scheme | 13.4% | 1.6% | 0.88 | 13.9% | 0.50 | -17.8% |
| Franklin India Dividend Yield Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund | 4.3% | -7.3% | 0.86 | 15.8% | -0.14 | -48.3% |
| ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 7.8% | -4.3% | 0.94 | 16.9% | 0.07 | -55.3% |
| Kotak Dividend Yield Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | — | — | — | — | — | -12.3% |
| LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund LIC Mutual Fund | 20.8% | 7.5% | 1.14 | 18.0% | 0.80 | -20.4% |
| UTI - Dividend Yield Fund UTI Mutual Fund | 12.4% | 0.4% | 0.92 | 14.9% | 0.40 | -40.3% |
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 Dividend Yield scheme is
At least 65% in equity, predominantly in high dividend-yielding stocks.
Companies that pay out rather than reinvest — usually mature, cash-generating businesses. Steadier than the market, and structurally lighter on the fast-growing names that drive bull runs.
Who it suits. Investors who prefer cash-generating businesses and a gentler ride.
How long money should stay. 5 years or more.
Questions people ask
What is the NAV of SBI Dividend Yield Fund — Direct Plan — IDCW?
₹15.3016 as on 28 Oct 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 SBI Dividend Yield 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 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 65% in equity, predominantly in high dividend-yielding stocks. Companies that pay out rather than reinvest — usually mature, cash-generating businesses. Steadier than the market, and structurally lighter on the fast-growing names that drive bull runs.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 5 years or more. Investors who prefer cash-generating businesses and a gentler ride.