SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth
Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings. From SBI Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Jan 2013.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 6 of last 7 years were positive.
Price over time
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 13% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
A lump sum invested at the previous peak would have temporarily lost about this much before recovering. Finance-speak calls this max drawdown.
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Fund info
- Fund house
- SBI Mutual Fund
- Category
- Equity Scheme - Contra Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Growth
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF200K01RA0
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119835
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 3,370 daily prices
About SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth
SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth is a Equity Scheme - Contra Fund offered by SBI Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the Growth option. It has approximately 14 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the sector category — Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings.
The current NAV of SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹414.7433 (as of 1 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered 0.94% over the last year, 12.05% CAGR over 3 years, 16.28% CAGR over 5 years. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 12.6% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 44.7%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth?+
The latest NAV of SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth is ₹414.7433 as of 1 Sep 2026, down 0.56% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth?+
SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth has delivered 1-year return 0.94%, 3-year CAGR 12.05%, 5-year CAGR 16.28%, since-inception CAGR 15.26%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth belong to?+
SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth is categorised as Equity Scheme - Contra Fund. Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings.
How risky is SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 12.6%, SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth a direct plan?+
SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the Growth option (all returns compound within the fund, no interim payouts).
How old is SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth?+
SBI CONTRA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth has NAV history available from 2 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 3,370 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.