HealthyDirect · GrowthFit for a long SIP
Kotak Money Market Fund
Kotak Mahindra Mutual FundIncome/Debt Oriented Schemes - Money Market Fund13.8 years
- NAV
- 4,932.0265
- 30 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹27,512.54 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- n/a
- History still thin
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 30 Oct 2026
Stance
Fit for a long SIP
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
In three lines
Fits if · Three-year return is above the category median.
Fits if · Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Watch if · Risk metrics are withheld because the NAV history contains an implausible daily move above 50%.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
13.8 years of path to read.
Engine status
Pass
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.16% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.8%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
37% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
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
Pass
Top 10 holdings ≈ 28.3% of the portfolio.
Evidence supports a shortlist - confirm with peers before you buy elsewhere.
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+6.4%
- 3Y+7.3%
- 5Y+6.7%
- 10Y+6.6%
- SI+49.6%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.5%
- 3Y+7.0%
- 5Y+7.1%
- 10Y+6.6%
- Since inception
- +49.6%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +0.1%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +37%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 67
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +7.0%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +4.7%
- 2747 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +7.4%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 2147 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -0.8%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- 0.0%
- At peak
- Current spell
- 0 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +5%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 3 days
- 70 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 22 days
- Trough to prior peak
11 Mar 2020 – 27 Mar 2020
Trough 24 Mar 2020 · recovered in 3 days
-0.8%
15 Jul 2013 – 28 Jul 2013
Trough 16 Jul 2013 · recovered in 12 days
-0.2%
2 May 2022 – 26 May 2022
Trough 5 May 2022 · recovered in 21 days
-0.2%
11 May 2026 – 1 Jun 2026
Trough 22 May 2026 · recovered in 10 days
-0.2%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
67
Vs category
51
Consistency
35
Risk-adjusted
n/a
Drawdown
98
Mean
63
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Healthy
Buying stance
Fit for a long SIP
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
Why this status
- No material deterioration, cost shock, or persistent category underperformance in the current evidence set.
Supporting reads
- Three-year return is above the category median.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Risk metrics are withheld because the NAV history contains an implausible daily move above 50%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 109 holdings · top 10 are 28.3%.
- Top 5
- 16.9%
- Top 10
- 28.3%
- Largest holding
- 4.5%
- Effective holdings
- 63.1
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 37817 182 DAYS TBILL 04FB27 FV RS 100
Financial
4.5%
NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CD 28JAN27
Financial
3.8%
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 37831 182 DAYS TBILL 11FB27 FV RS 100
Financial
3.1%
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK CD 04FEB27
Financial
2.8%
INDUSIND BANK LTD. CD 29JAN27
Financial
2.7%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bajaj Finserv Money Market Fund
Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -0.1%
- Sharpe
- 3.25
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
Caveat: Lower trailing returns
Aditya Birla Sun Life Money Market Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.5%
- Max DD
- -1.4%
- Sharpe
- 1.59
- 3Y win
- +76%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
Axis Money Market Fund
Axis Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.4%
- Vol
- 0.6%
- Max DD
- -1.2%
- Sharpe
- 0.85
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
Mirae Asset Money Market Fund
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 0.4%
- Max DD
- -0.2%
- Sharpe
- 1.61
- 3Y win
- +31%
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
HSBC Money Market Fund
HSBC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +7.2%
- Vol
- 0.4%
- Max DD
- -0.2%
- Sharpe
- 3.26
- 3Y win
- 0%
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
Caveat: Lower trailing returns