MonitorDirect · GrowthWatch before adding
Axis Children's Fund
- NAV
- 29.5233
- 28 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- -4.6%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹5.52 Cr
- 30 Jun 2026
- Volatility
- Medium
- 11.1% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 28 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Watch if · Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
10.9 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
1.49% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -27.1%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
n/a
Category relative read still thin.
Manager tenure
n/a
Manager not listed.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
n/a
Holdings weights not on file for this scheme yet.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y-4.6%
- 3Y+8.6%
- 5Y+5.4%
- 10Y+10.3%
- SI+10.5%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-3.9%
- 3Y+2.7%
- 5Y+6.0%
- 10Y+9.5%
- Since inception
- +10.5%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- n/a
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- n/a
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- n/a
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +2.7%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +1.2%
- 1948 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +11.4%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 1456 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -27.1%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -5.8%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 79 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +86%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 15 days
- 145 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 451 days
- Trough to prior peak
12 Feb 2020 – 5 Nov 2020
Trough 23 Mar 2020 · recovered in 227 days
-27.1%
17 Jan 2022 – 11 Sept 2023
Trough 17 Jun 2022 · recovered in 451 days
-18.1%
28 Aug 2018 – 24 May 2019
Trough 26 Oct 2018 · recovered in 210 days
-12.6%
26 Sept 2024 – 18 Sept 2025
Trough 28 Feb 2025 · recovered in 202 days
-12.3%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
45
Vs category
n/a
Consistency
n/a
Risk-adjusted
47
Drawdown
32
Mean
42
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
No status reasons yet. History is still thin.
Supporting reads
No supporting reads in the current evidence set.
No holdings or recent changes on file for this scheme yet.