Mutual Funds Near 52-Week Lows: Is Now the Best Time to Buy?

This article lists funds that are currently close to their lowest NAVs in the past year.

Mutual Funds Near 52-Week Lows: Is Now the Best Time to Buy?


Posted on 03 Feb 2025 • Updated on: 26 Jul 2025
Author: Sayan Sircar
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This article lists funds that are currently close to their lowest NAVs in the past year.

Mutual Funds Near 52-Week Lows: Is Now the Best Time to Buy?

Disclaimer: The Fund names in this article are not recommendations to buy/hold/sell. Mutual funds are subject to market risks. Do not invest real money without adequate research.

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Mutual Funds Near Their 52-Week Lows ? Should You Buy?

Identifying mutual funds trading close to their 52-week lows will give you an idea that the market has bottomed out. We already have a list of funds available for bottom-fishing based on the fall of their 52-week high NAVs: Bottom fishing tracker: which mutual funds have fallen the most?

Objection: Isn't buying at 52-week lows just market timing?
Response: While it may seem like market timing, this approach is about performing an initial shortlist of funds as a part of a broader fund-picking strategy.

This article will show you a list of funds that have fallen and are trading very close to their 52-week low NAVs.


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Which mutual funds are trading closest to their 52-week lows?

We have set a threshold of 10% or less closeness to the 52-week low NAV to identify these opportunities using NAV data from AMFI for the closing date of 25-Jul-2025.

A fund will make it to this list if, for example, the 52-week low NAV is 50 and its current NAV is equal to or lower than 55. A maximum of 10 funds in each category are presented to keep the list of funds manageable.

Debt: Liquid

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
JioBlackRock Liquid 0.28 1000.7456 1003.5954
Unifi Liquid 0.68 1000.7380 1007.5794
Shriram Liquid 4.49 1002.1019 1047.1147
Motilal Oswal Liquid 6.76 13.1037 13.9893
Quantum Liquid 6.84 33.1153 35.3813
Parag Parikh Liquid 6.89 1370.6832 1465.1631
360 ONE LIQUID 7.01 1897.4799 2030.5826
ITI Liquid 7.07 1286.4067 1377.3977
WhiteOak Capital Liquid 7.12 1324.1947 1418.5287
SBI Liquid 7.14 3864.0811 4140.1206

Debt: Medium To Long Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
BANK OF INDIA Conservative Hybrid 6.64 34.3474 36.6286
BANDHAN Bond 7.08 66.3229 71.0181
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration 7.84 9.9889 10.7725
CANARA ROBECO INCOME 8.07 57.7387 62.3956
Aditya Birla Sun Life Income 8.79 125.2492 136.2634
Nippon India Medium to Long Duration 8.80 26.4837 28.8152
Nippon India Medium to Long Duration 8.80 92.6787 100.8376
SBI Magnum Income 8.99 70.3369 76.6625
UTI Medium to Long Duration 9.11 73.7006 80.4176
HSBC Medium to Long Duration 9.12 43.3059 47.2560

Debt: Dynamic Bond

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
BANDHAN Dynamic Bond 7.06 35.3275 37.8225
CANARA ROBECO DYNAMIC BOND 7.69 30.1911 32.5139
Groww Dynamic Bond 8.07 1420.6682 1535.3207
Union Dynamic Bond 8.13 22.8808 24.7413
DSP Strategic Bond 8.31 3329.4148 3606.2275
Baroda BNP Paribas Dynamic Bond 8.76 47.0194 51.1368
HDFC Dynamic Debt 8.77 91.4951 99.5149
ITI Dynamic Bond 8.81 12.0953 13.1609
SBI Dynamic Bond 8.85 36.0726 39.2636
Mirae Asset Dynamic Bond 8.97 16.3346 17.8002

Debt: Low Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Union Low Duration 0.11 10.0125 10.0235
Edelweiss Low Duration 3.18 1000.7779 1032.5823
Franklin India Low Duration 3.82 10.0000 10.3818
BANDHAN Low Duration 8.23 36.7733 39.8005
DSP Low Duration 8.28 19.0465 20.6242
CANARA ROBECO SAVINGS 8.30 40.2864 43.6295
Invesco India Low Duration 8.31 3664.2051 3968.8073
Tata Treasury Advantage 8.34 3758.0889 4071.3814
SBI MAGNUM LOW DURATION 8.38 3376.6144 3659.4107
LIC MF Low Duration 8.38 39.8295 43.1672

Debt: Gilt

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Groww Gilt 1.01 9.8411 9.9403
Bajaj Finserv Gilt 4.54 1000.1294 1045.5160
BANDHAN Government Securities 7.30 35.6349 38.2361
Union Gilt 7.77 11.5438 12.4409
LIC MF Gilt 7.80 61.1566 65.9290
Aditya Birla Sun Life Government Securities 7.87 81.1002 87.4835
Kotak GiltInvestment Provident 7.87 103.9960 112.1756
CANARA ROBECO GILT 7.97 75.5913 81.6182
HSBC Gilt 8.10 70.3383 76.0361
Invesco India Gilt 8.11 2915.3697 3151.8031

Hybrid: Conservative

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Sundaram Conservative Hybrid 6.28 30.7585 32.6897
BANDHAN Conservative Hybrid 6.31 33.6537 35.7759
HDFC Hybrid Debt 6.35 82.3491 87.5742
LIC MF Conservative Hybrid 6.40 85.3545 90.8169
SBI Conservative Hybrid 7.05 74.3179 79.5550
Kotak Debt Hybrid 7.48 62.9095 67.6134
Axis Conservative Hybrid 7.86 32.6196 35.1832
BARODA BNP PARIBAS Conservative Hybrid 7.93 50.6140 54.6300
UTI Conservative Hybrid 8.09 69.7532 75.3995
Franklin India Conservative Hybrid 8.42 92.5102 100.2998

Debt: Ultra Short Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Motilal Oswal Ultra Short Term 6.60 16.4215 17.5046
Franklin India Ultra Short Duration 7.29 10.0000 10.7294
ITI Ultra Short Duration 7.59 1195.3935 1286.1758
BANK OF INDIA Ultra Short Duration 7.60 3056.8948 3289.3307
WhiteOak Capital Ultra Short Duration 7.63 1316.8819 1417.3060
CANARA ROBECO ULTRA SHORT TERM 7.73 3771.3453 4062.9149
PGIM India Ultra Short Duration 7.76 33.2424 35.8211
BANDHAN ULTRA SHORT DURATION 7.79 14.3721 15.4916
SBI MAGNUM ULTRA SHORT DURATION 7.82 5670.7502 6114.1322
LIC MF Ultra Short Duration 7.84 1259.0460 1357.7438

Debt: Short Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Union Short Duration 4.84 10.0087 10.4928
CANARA ROBECO SHORT DURATION 8.89 25.6412 27.9218
Tata Short Term Bond 9.27 48.8849 53.4184
JM Short Duration 9.34 11.3559 12.4164
UTI Short Duration 9.35 31.1329 34.0438
TRUSTMF Short Duration 9.41 1175.8890 1286.5989
HSBC Short Duration 9.58 25.8369 28.3131
DSP Short Term 9.59 46.6162 51.0889
HDFC Short Term Debt 9.61 30.4296 33.3537
Invesco India Short Duration 9.64 3624.3925 3973.7798

Debt: Money Market

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
JioBlackRock Money Market 0.27 1000.8839 1003.5378
Bank of India Money Market 4.07 10.0047 10.4116
LIC MF Money Market 7.14 1131.1406 1211.8609
DSP Savings 7.87 50.6224 54.6048
Union Money Market 7.92 1180.6683 1274.1615
TRUSTMF MONEY MARKET 8.01 1142.0406 1233.5720
PGIM India Money Market 8.06 1273.9337 1376.5722
Invesco India Money Market 8.11 2935.7023 3173.7144
Baroda BNP Paribas Money Market 8.16 1302.3566 1408.6167
Sundaram Money Market 8.19 14.0531 15.2043

Debt: Medium Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Sundaram Medium Duration 8.25 71.6578 77.5716
UTI Medium Duration 9.25 18.0520 19.7227
SBI MAGNUM MEDIUM DURATION 9.42 50.8915 55.6846
Invesco India Medium Duration 9.47 1178.7543 1290.4138
BANDHAN Bond 9.57 45.8583 50.2461
HDFC Medium Term Debt 9.72 56.1659 61.6256
DSP Bond 9.99 79.7743 87.7461

Other: FoF Domestic

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Mirae Asset Income plus Arbitrage Active FOF 0.30 10.0160 10.0460
Nippon India Income Plus Arbitrage Active 0.68 10.0120 10.0805
Union Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF 0.76 9.9688 10.0442
Tata Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF 0.81 10.0108 10.0922
Baroda BNP Paribas Multi Asset Active FOF 0.85 10.0111 10.0961
Baroda BNP Paribas Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF 0.98 10.0040 10.1025
SBI Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF 1.49 9.9882 10.1366
UTI Income Plus Arbitrage Active 2.45 10.0090 10.2543
Zerodha Silver ETF FoF 3.78 10.2465 10.6339
Groww Nifty India Internet ETF FOF 5.48 9.9124 10.4560

Hybrid: Arbitrage

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
quant Arbitrage 2.16 10.0075 10.2235
Samco Arbitrage 3.70 10.0000 10.3700
Motilal Oswal Arbitrage 4.45 10.0112 10.4569
Franklin India Arbitrage 5.00 10.0000 10.4996
Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage 6.31 12.1298 12.8948
WhiteOak Capital Arbitrage 6.57 10.0130 10.6710
NJ Arbitrage 6.74 11.5042 12.2793
JM Arbitrage 7.04 32.6252 34.9205
BANK OF INDIA Arbitrage 7.05 13.5029 14.4547
Bajaj Finserv Arbitrage 7.11 10.6640 11.4220

Hybrid: Equity Savings

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Nippon India Equity Savings 5.95 16.6061 17.5944
Nippon India Equity Savings 5.95 16.6061 17.5944
UTI Equity Savings 6.04 18.2712 19.3751
Union Equity Savings 6.39 16.4200 17.4700
Franklin India Equity Savings 6.76 16.7765 17.9099
BANDHAN Equity Savings 6.77 32.4620 34.6600
PGIM India Equity Savings 6.92 52.2128 55.8253
Axis Equity Savings 6.97 23.3800 25.0100
HDFC Equity Savings 7.09 68.7630 73.6350
Tata Equity Savings 7.21 57.9764 62.1540

Equity: Dividend Yield

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Franklin India Dividend Yield 9.83 138.2964 151.8969

Solution: Retirement Fund

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
HDFC Retirement Savings 6.78 22.8719 24.4215
Nippon India Retirement 7.18 21.6155 23.1680
Nippon India Retirement 7.18 21.6155 23.1680
SBI Retirement Benefit 7.19 13.6905 14.6746
Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement 7.66 13.3359 14.3568
Axis Retirement 7.67 16.1444 17.3829
Tata Retirement Savings 7.77 34.4689 37.1468
SBI Retirement Benefit 7.89 14.8177 15.9874
Aditya Birla Sun Life Retirement 7.93 14.7235 15.8911
Franklin India Retirement 8.19 222.2409 240.4356

Hybrid: Dynamic Asset Allocation Or Balanced Advantage

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Unifi Dynamic Asset Allocation 3.20 10.0047 10.3251
Samco Dynamic Asset Allocation 7.19 10.1500 10.8800
Parag Parikh Dynamic Asset Allocation 7.43 10.6172 11.4065
Shriram Balanced Advantage 7.81 17.4112 18.7710
Axis Balanced Advantage 8.55 21.4100 23.2400
DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation 8.58 29.0830 31.5780
SBI Balanced Advantage 8.73 14.6454 15.9241
Tata Balanced Advantage 8.96 20.7915 22.6537
ITI Balanced Advantage 8.99 14.8273 16.1606
HSBC Balanced Advantage 9.34 45.9868 50.2801

Debt: Floater

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
UTI Floater 8.28 1456.5510 1577.1214
SBI Floating Rate Debt 8.69 12.4478 13.5299
Aditya Birla Sun Life Floating Rate 8.70 331.3870 360.2278
ICICI Prudential Floating Interest 9.09 428.1110 467.0102
HDFC Floating Rate Debt 9.17 47.0724 51.3875
Tata Floating Rate 9.41 11.9807 13.1086
DSP Floater 9.62 12.2817 13.4635
Nippon India Floater 9.65 43.7721 47.9961
BANDHAN FLOATER 9.70 12.1025 13.2770
KOTAK FLOATING RATE 9.76 1423.3188 1562.1980

Debt: Corporate Bond

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
CANARA ROBECO CORPORATE BOND 8.60 21.5893 23.4459
TRUSTMF CORPORATE BOND 9.05 1112.9542 1213.6421
DSP Corporate Bond 9.06 15.0160 16.3766
ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond 9.35 28.8354 31.5303
Mirae Asset Corporate Bond 9.47 11.9855 13.1208
Aditya Birla Sun Life Corporate Bond 9.49 105.8049 115.8506
BANDHAN Corporate Bond 9.54 18.2439 19.9835
Sundaram Corporate Bond 9.57 38.2549 41.9165
HDFC Corporate Bond 9.60 30.6330 33.5739
Tata Corporate Bond 9.60 11.6294 12.7462

Debt: Banking And PSU

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Canara Robeco Banking and PSU Debt 8.40 11.3045 12.2543
ITI Banking PSU Debt 8.76 12.3764 13.4605
Bandhan Banking and PSU 8.92 23.4397 25.5299
ICICI Prudential Banking and PSU Debt 9.11 31.5284 34.3995
UTI Banking PSU 9.11 20.6234 22.5016
HSBC Banking and PSU Debt 9.12 23.6213 25.7755
TRUSTMF BANKING PSU 9.16 1198.4786 1308.2786
Franklin India Banking PSU Debt 9.18 21.6582 23.6472
Axis Banking PSU Debt 9.21 2509.7353 2740.9642
DSP Banking PSU Debt 9.22 23.0114 25.1340

Solution: Child Fund

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
SBI Magnum Childrens Benefit 9.54 109.6996 120.1655

Debt: Credit Risk

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
BANDHAN Credit Risk 8.79 16.4763 17.9239
Kotak Credit Risk 9.19 30.6333 33.4471
UTI Credit Risk 9.56 17.7419 19.4372
SBI CREDIT RISK 9.57 45.3352 49.6730
HDFC Credit Risk Debt 9.61 23.9112 26.2081
Axis Credit Risk 9.94 21.9513 24.1330

Debt: Overnight

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
360 ONE Overnight 0.18 1000.6319 1002.3861
JioBlackRock Overnight 0.28 1000.7415 1003.5114
Zerodha Overnight 1.59 10.0213 10.1810
Samco Overnight 6.14 1120.4790 1189.2330
ITI Overnight 6.18 1241.0825 1317.8086
Shriram Overnight 6.23 11.2999 12.0037
JM Overnight 6.28 1240.6433 1318.5756
JM Overnight 6.28 1240.6601 1318.5953
Helios Overnight 6.29 1050.3117 1116.3295
Groww Overnight 6.31 1260.4336 1339.9206

Debt: Gilt Fund With 10 Year Constant Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
DSP 10Y GSec 9.93 20.4751 22.5085

Debt: Long Duration

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Franklin India Long Duration 4.76 9.9770 10.4524
Mirae Asset Long Duration 4.85 9.9452 10.4276
UTI Long Duration 6.81 11.4352 12.2145
SBI Long Duration 7.21 11.6839 12.5260
Axis Long Duration 7.30 1163.6049 1248.5771
Bandhan Long Duration 7.42 10.3767 11.1470
HDFC Long Duration Debt 7.55 11.5457 12.4175
Kotak Long Duration 7.82 10.3409 11.1491
Nippon India Nivesh Lakshya Long Duration 8.86 16.9411 18.4420
Aditya Birla Sun Life Long Duration 9.52 11.9766 13.1162

Other: Index Funds

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Kotak Nifty AAA Bond Financial Services Mar 2028 Index 0.20 10.0076 10.0281
Mirae Asset CRISILIBX Financial Services 912 Months Debt Index 0.59 10.0024 10.0615
Kotak Nifty Top 10 Equal Weight Index 1.02 9.9120 10.0130
Bajaj Finserv Nifty 50 Index 1.53 9.9266 10.0787
ANGEL ONE NIFTY 50 INDEX 1.54 9.9834 10.1372
Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 Index 1.60 9.7658 9.9220
HDFC CRISILIBX Financial Services 36 Months Debt Index 1.61 10.0026 10.1640
Bajaj Finserv Nifty Next 50 Index 2.50 10.4255 10.6864
ICICI Prudential CRISILIBX Financial Services 36 Months Debt Index 2.78 10.0032 10.2816
Bandhan CRISILIBX Financial Services 36 Months Debt Index 2.89 10.0107 10.2998

Other: FoF Overseas

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
DSP US Treasury 7.41 10.2889 11.0511
Axis US Specific Treasury Dynamic Debt Passive FOF 7.44 10.0572 10.8051
Bandhan US TREASURY BOND 01 YEAR 8.02 10.8272 11.6957
Aditya Birla Sun Life US Treasury 310 Year Bond ETFs 8.10 10.6530 11.5154
Aditya Birla Sun Life US Treasury 13 Year Bond ETFs 8.23 10.4362 11.2947

Equity: Sectoral or Thematic

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
HDFC INNOVATION 0.69 9.9780 10.0470
Baroda BNP Paribas Health and Wellness 1.38 9.9790 10.1166
ICICI Prudential Quality 1.50 10.0100 10.1600
Motilal Oswal Services 1.75 9.7751 9.9462
Kotak Energy Opportunities 1.88 10.0140 10.2020
Shriram Multi Sector Rotation 5.58 7.4906 7.9089
Motilal Oswal Infrastructure 6.96 10.5087 11.2402
Samco Active Momentum 8.46 13.5900 14.7400

Hybrid: Multi Asset Allocation

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Canara Robeco Multi Asset Allocation 1.60 10.0000 10.1600
Edelweiss Multi Asset Allocation 8.78 10.8592 11.8122

Hybrid: Balanced

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
360 ONE Balanced Hybrid 8.62 12.0175 13.0532

Equity: Large Cap

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Samco Large Cap 1.96 9.6900 9.8800

Equity: Multi Cap

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
UTI Multi Cap 2.69 9.9634 10.2318

Equity: Flexi Cap

Fund Change (%) NAV (52w low) Latest NAV
Unifi Flexi Cap 1.83 10.0165 10.2002

Note Arbitrage funds will be on this list since by design they don’t give a huge amount of returns and therefore will be fairly close to their 52-week low levels.

What should investors do with this data?

Investors must be extremely cautious that this exercise does not turn into catching a falling knife. Just because a fund has fallen does not make it “cheap” to invest.

Objection: I don't have experience with market cycles; should I still look at this list?
Response: If you're unsure about market trends, it's best to stick with regular SIPs rather than making lump-sum investments based on NAV movement.

There are three key takeaways from this data:

  1. Review existing funds: Investors should check if their current funds are on the list and evaluate their next steps, including consulting their advisor.
  2. Rebalance portfolios: Most investors should use this opportunity to rebalance from debt to equity if their portfolio’s asset allocation has drifted by 5%. Having a worked out financial plan is important to execute this step correctly
  3. Understand market trends: If you’re trying to determine whether we’re in a bear market, here’s a guide to help you assess the situation.

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