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Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund vs Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund: SIP returns compared

Same ₹10,000 monthly SIP, same dates, Direct plans: over the last 5 years Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund is worth ₹9.27 L (XIRR 18.0%) and Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund ₹8.23 L (XIRR 13.0%) — Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund ahead by ₹1,03,491. Across every 5-year SIP since Feb 2015, Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund finished ahead in 25 of 81 and Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund in 56.

Same SIP in both funds · real NAVsLive

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₹10,000
6%

Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund: invested — over — instalments; valued at NAV of —:

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XIRR —
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After assumed inflation

YearInvestedMotilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund valueXIRR to date

₹10,000 a month in each: what it became

Each row is a monthly SIP ending today (1 Oct 2026), Direct plans. Post-tax assumes everything is redeemed today with no other capital gains this year.

SIP periodInvestedMotilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver FundXIRRQuant ELSS Tax Saver FundXIRRPost-tax (both)
1 year₹1,20,000₹1.27 L12.3%₹1.25 L9.4%₹1.25 L / ₹1.24 L
3 years₹3,60,000₹4.20 L10.9%₹3.99 L7.3%₹4.19 L / ₹3.98 L
5 years₹6,00,000₹9.27 L18.0%₹8.23 L13.0%₹9.01 L / ₹8.10 L
10 years₹12,00,000₹30.12 L17.8%₹35.31 L20.7%₹28.05 L / ₹32.58 L

Every 5-year SIP, head to head

We started the same SIP in both funds in every month both have NAVs for — 81 SIPs, the first starting Feb 2015. Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund finished ahead in 31% of them; the median gap was 9.2 percentage points a year in Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund's favour.

Downside on the same dates: Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund's worst 5-year SIP returned -2.3% a year (started Apr 2015) and 1 of 81 lost money; Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund's worst returned -4.6% (started Apr 2015) and 1 lost money.

0%10%20%30%40%Feb 2015Oct 2021
Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver FundQuant ELSS Tax Saver Fund

XIRR of every 5-year monthly SIP by the month it started. Gap = Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund minus Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund, percentage points a year.

WindowSIPs comparedAhead (Motilal / Quant)Median gapWorst gapBest gap
3-year SIPs10549% / 51%-0.1 pp-31.2 ppstarted Apr 2019+22.5 ppstarted Jan 2022
5-year SIPs8131% / 69%-9.2 pp-19.9 ppstarted May 2017+5.9 ppstarted Sep 2021

Against an index fund, and the cost of the Regular plan

  • Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund beat a plain Nifty 500 index fund in 92% of 49 rolling 3-year SIPs (median gap +7.5 pp a year) — Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund vs Nifty 500 index fund.
  • Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund: the Regular plan of the same 10-year SIP ended ₹2,18,635 below Direct.
  • Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund beat a plain Nifty 500 index fund in 73% of 49 rolling 3-year SIPs (median gap +6.5 pp a year) — Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund vs Nifty 500 index fund.
  • Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund: the Regular plan of the same 10-year SIP ended ₹2,91,041 below Direct.

Questions

Which has given better SIP returns, Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund or Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund?

Over the last 5 years a ₹10,000 monthly SIP (Direct plans) is worth ₹9.27 L in Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund (XIRR 18.0%) and ₹8.23 L in Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund (XIRR 13.0%). Past returns don't tell you which will do better next.

Has Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund beaten Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund consistently?

In 31% of 81 rolling 5-year SIPs started on the same dates (from Feb 2015), Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund ended ahead of Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund (Direct plans). The median difference was -9.2 percentage points a year.

Where does this data come from?

Official daily NAVs published by AMFI. SIP instalments fall on the first business day of each month; both funds are compared on identical dates. Updated monthly.

Comparison on official AMFI NAVs, SIP on the first business day of each month, identical dates for both funds. It shows what happened, not which fund to buy — past performance does not indicate future returns. sipcalculatorhub.com is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. Methodology.

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