Nifty NBFC
Total Return Index · Available history 01-04-2005 to 28-10-2026 · 5,351 observations
Launch date: 15-06-2026. 98.2% of this index's trading days are NSE's pre-launch backtest (marked BT, shaded on the charts). Backtests can benefit from hindsight; post-launch index returns are still not fund returns. Source: Curated catalog launch_date (not independently reverified).
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Nifty NBFC and Nifty 500 on the same 5,351 observed dates, 01-04-2005 – 28-10-2026.
- CAGR
- 21.3%BT
- Nifty 500: 13.6%
- Annualized volatility
- 25.9%BT
- Nifty 500: 20.1%
- Max drawdown
- -75.4%BT
- Nifty 500: -63.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.70BT
- Nifty 500: 0.50
- Sortino
- 0.97BT
- Nifty 500: 0.69
- Median rolling 5Y CAGR
- 19.3%BT
- Nifty 500: 13.4%
Drawdown and recovery
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Outcomes by holding period
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
| Held for | Lost money | Median CAGR | Worst CAGR | Best CAGR | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20.3% | 21.7% | -69.0% | 171.4% | 5,094 |
| 3 years | 4.7% | 19.4% | -8.0% | 67.4% | 4,580 |
| 5 years | 0.0% | 19.3% | 2.6% | 36.4% | 4,106 |
| 7 years | 0.0% | 18.9% | 8.9% | 33.2% | 3,606 |
| 10 years | 0.0% | 20.4% | 12.5% | 31.7% | 2,862 |
Lost money: share of windows with a negative annualized return.
Versus Nifty 500
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Now 13.8% behind its best point relative to Nifty 500, for 3m. Relative wealth was below an earlier peak on 96.3% of shared trading days.
Backtest Hero? · vs its own history
Growth of 100
Drawdown
Rolling 3Y CAGR
Rolling 1-year volatility
Calendar-year returns
| Year | Nifty NBFC | Nifty 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | -17.0% | -8.2% | -8.8 pp |
| 2025 | +43.4% | +7.8% | +35.6 pp |
| 2024 | +2.5% | +16.2% | -13.8 pp |
| 2023 | +36.6% | +26.9% | +9.7 pp |
| 2022 | +6.6% | +4.2% | +2.4 pp |
| 2021 | +24.0% | +31.6% | -7.6 pp |
| 2020 | +5.4% | +17.9% | -12.4 pp |
| 2019 | +15.5% | +9.0% | +6.5 pp |
| 2018 | -1.2% | -2.1% | +0.9 pp |
| 2017 | +71.7% | +37.7% | +34.1 pp |
| 2016 | +16.5% | +5.1% | +11.4 pp |
| 2015 | +2.1% | +0.2% | +1.9 pp |
| 2014 | +63.2% | +39.3% | +23.9 pp |
| 2013 | +1.5% | +4.8% | -3.4 pp |
| 2012 | +85.5% | +33.5% | +52.1 pp |
| 2011 | -35.1% | -26.4% | -8.7 pp |
| 2010 | +45.1% | +15.3% | +29.8 pp |
| 2009 | +88.8% | +91.0% | -2.2 pp |
| 2008 | -64.9% | -56.5% | -8.3 pp |
| 2007 | +159.5% | +64.6% | +95.0 pp |
| 2006 | +25.9% | +36.2% | -10.2 pp |
| 2005 (partial) | +88.6% | +38.5% | +50.2 pp |