Rolling Returns
DLF Ltd.
Every 15-year stretch DLF has been through — 50 of them, each starting a month after the last. The median returned 6.5% a year, the worst -5.9%, the best 13.7%. A single headline CAGR hides all of that.
Every Holding Period
A rolling window is every possible start date, not one. A five-year window starting in January is a different investment from one starting in February, and over twenty years there are a couple of hundred of them. What follows is the full spread of what each holding period actually produced.
Across 218 separate 1-year holding periods, the median returned -2.1% a year. The worst lost 80.4% a year and the best made 175.1%.
Worst start: February 2008 — -80.4% a year for the 1 years that followed.
Best start: September 2020 — 175.1% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 34.9% of the 218 windows both series cover.
Across 194 separate 3-year holding periods, the median returned 6.5% a year. The worst lost 34.9% a year and the best made 55.7%.
Worst start: February 2008 — -34.9% a year for the 3 years that followed.
Best start: July 2020 — 55.7% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 42.3% of the 194 windows both series cover.
Across 170 separate 5-year holding periods, the median returned 4.8% a year. The worst lost 26.0% a year and the best made 43.0%.
Worst start: October 2007 — -26.0% a year for the 5 years that followed.
Best start: September 2019 — 43.0% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 45.9% of the 170 windows both series cover.
Across 146 separate 7-year holding periods, the median returned 2.8% a year. The worst lost 24.9% a year and the best made 31.9%.
Worst start: December 2007 — -24.9% a year for the 7 years that followed.
Best start: December 2016 — 31.9% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 41.1% of the 146 windows both series cover.
Across 110 separate 10-year holding periods, the median returned 6.0% a year. The worst lost 13.5% a year and the best made 23.0%.
Worst start: October 2007 — -13.5% a year for the 10 years that followed.
Best start: June 2015 — 23.0% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 33.6% of the 110 windows both series cover.
Across 50 separate 15-year holding periods, the median returned 6.5% a year. The worst lost 5.9% a year and the best made 13.7%.
Worst start: December 2007 — -5.9% a year for the 15 years that followed.
Best start: February 2009 — 13.7% a year.
Against the Nifty 500: DLF came out ahead in 0.0% of the 50 windows both series cover.
Windows step forward one month at a time and are measured on month-end adjusted closing prices, so dividends are treated as reinvested. Overlapping windows share months by construction — that is what makes the spread a description of this stock's history rather than a sample of independent trials.
Against The Index
Beating an index once is a result. Beating it across most of the periods an investor could have picked is a pattern. Over 15-year windows, DLF finished ahead of the Nifty 500 in 0.0% of the 50 periods both series cover.
1-year windows
Ahead in 34.9% of 218 periods.
3-year windows
Ahead in 42.3% of 194 periods.
5-year windows
Ahead in 45.9% of 170 periods.
7-year windows
Ahead in 41.1% of 146 periods.
10-year windows
Ahead in 33.6% of 110 periods.
15-year windows
Ahead in 0.0% of 50 periods.
Each window is compared against the index over the identical calendar months, on the same adjusted basis — not against an assumed rate of return.
How This Is Calculated
Windows step forward one month at a time, so they share most of their months with each other. That is what makes this a description of DLF's actual history rather than a set of independent trials — and why the spread should not be read as a probability.
Measured on month-end closing prices adjusted for dividends and splits, so dividends count as reinvested. A window that opened or closed mid-month would differ a little in either direction.
DLFis in today's Nifty 500 universe. Companies that delisted or collapsed are not on this site at all, so the worst outcome shown here is the worst among the survivors.
Measured on data to 2026-08-31, from 2007-07-01. Full definitions are on our methodology page.
HELP CENTER
Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.
Over 15 years, DLF Ltd. has been through 50 separate 15 years holding periods — one starting every month. The median returned 6.5% a year, the worst -5.9% and the best 13.7%. A rolling return measures every possible start date instead of one, which is why it answers a question a single headline CAGR cannot: how much the outcome depended on when you happened to buy.
Yes. 35.5% of the 110 10 years periods on record ended below where they started, and the worst of them lost 13.5% a year — the stretch beginning October 2007. The median period returned 6.0% a year.
-26.0% a year, for the five years beginning October 2007. For contrast the best 5 years returned 43.0% a year, starting September 2019, and the median across all 170 periods was 4.8%. The gap between those two numbers is the part of the outcome that came down to timing rather than to the company.
On this record, yes. 1 year outcomes ranged from -80.4% to 175.1% a year — a spread of 255.5%. 15 years outcomes ranged from -5.9% to 13.7%, a spread of 19.6%. Longer holding periods narrowed the range of results, which is the usual pattern and the reason this page publishes every window rather than one. Narrowing the range is not the same as removing the risk.
In 0.0% of the 50 15 years periods both series cover. Each window is compared against the index over the identical months, not against an assumed index return, so the comparison is a like-for-like record rather than a model.
Windows step forward one month at a time on month-end closing prices adjusted for dividends and stock splits, so dividends are treated as reinvested. A window length is only published once there are at least twelve complete windows behind it — fewer than that describes an anecdote, not a distribution. Overlapping windows share months by construction, which is what makes this a description of the actual history of DLF Ltd. rather than a sample of independent trials. Companies that delisted are not on this site at all, a survivorship bias worth holding in mind.
That is not a question this page answers, and we do not make recommendations. What it can show you is the full range of what every holding period in the listed history of DLF Ltd. actually produced — including the worst ones, which most performance figures leave out. Those are records of what happened, not forecasts. A stock that never had a losing decade may still have one, and holding a single company is a materially different risk from holding an index.
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