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Sovereign Gold Bond Returns ★ How much you can expect?

Sovereign Gold Bond Returns

Sovereign Gold Bond has been quite popular investment from its launch. One question I often get asked about sovereign gold bond returns. As with most investments, the answer depends on when you invested, your holding period among other things. The post covers the topic in details.

Sovereign Gold Bond Returns – Issues till Date

The Sovereign Gold Bond was proposed in Budget 2015 and the first issue was opened for subscription in November 2015. From thereon there has been more than 50 issues now. The table below gives the dates, the issue price along with other details.

S. No.YearNSE SymbolNameIssue Date Issue Price Online Price InterestEarly Redemption DateDate of Redemption
12015-16SGBNOV23Sovereign Gold Bonds-2015-Series-I30-Nov-152,684 2,684 2.75%30-Nov-2030-Nov-23
22015-16SGBFEB24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-Series-I08-Feb-162,600 2,600 2.75%08-Feb-2108-Feb-24
32015-16SGBMAR24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-Series-II29-Mar-162,916 2,916 2.75%29-Mar-2129-Mar-24
42016-17SGBAUG24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-I05-Aug-163,119 3,119 2.75%05-Aug-2105-Aug-24
52016-17SGBSEP24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-II30-Sep-163,150 3,150 2.75%30-Sep-2130-Sep-24
62016-17SGBNOV24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-III17-Nov-163,007 2,957 2.50%17-Nov-2117-Nov-24
72016-17SGBMAR25Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-IV17-Mar-172,943 2,893 2.50%17-Mar-2217-Mar-25
82017-18SGBMAY25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-I12-May-172,951 2,901 2.50%12-May-2212-May-25
92017-18SGBJUL25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-II28-Jul-172,830 2,780 2.50%28-Jul-2228-Jul-25
102017-18SGBOCT25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-III16-Oct-172,956 2,906 2.50%16-Apr-2316-Oct-25
112017-18SGBOCT25IVSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-IV23-Oct-172,987 2,937 2.50%23-Apr-2323-Oct-25
122017-18SGBOCT25VSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-V30-Oct-172,971 2,921 2.50%30-Apr-2330-Oct-25
132017-18SGBNOV25VISovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VI06-Nov-172,945 2,895 2.50%06-May-2306-Nov-25
142017-18SGBNOV25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VII13-Nov-172,934 2,884 2.50%13-May-2313-Nov-25
152017-18SGBNOV258Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VIII20-Nov-172,961 2,911 2.50%20-May-2320-Nov-25
162017-18SGBNOV25IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-IX27-Nov-172,964 2,914 2.50%27-May-2327-Nov-25
172017-18SGBDEC25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-X04-Dec-172,961 2,911 2.50%04-Jun-2304-Dec-25
182017-18SGBDEC25XISovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XI11-Dec-172,952 2,902 2.50%11-Jun-2311-Dec-25
192017-18SGBDEC2512Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XII18-Dec-172,890 2,840 2.50%18-Jun-2318-Dec-25
202017-18SGBDEC2513Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XIII26-Dec-172,866 2,816 2.50%26-Jun-2326-Dec-25
212017-18SGBJAN26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XIV01-Jan-182,881 2,831 2.50%01-Jul-2301-Jan-26
222018-19SGBMAY26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-I04-May-183,114 3,064 2.50%04-Nov-2304-May-26
232018-19SGBOCT26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-II23-Oct-183,146 3,096 2.50%23-Apr-2423-Oct-26
242018-19SGBNOV26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-III13-Nov-183,183 3,133 2.50%13-May-2413-Nov-26
252018-19SGBDEC26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-IV01-Jan-193,119 3,069 2.50%01-Jul-2401-Jan-27
262018-19SGBJAN27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-V22-Jan-193,214 3,164 2.50%22-Jul-2422-Jan-27
272018-19SGBFEB27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-VI12-Feb-193,326 3,276 2.50%12-Aug-2412-Feb-27
282019-20SGBJUN27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-I11-Jun-193,196 3,146 2.50%11-Dec-2411-Jun-27
292019-20SGBJUL27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-II16-Jul-193,443 3,393 2.50%16-Jan-2516-Jul-27
302019-20SGBAUG27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-III14-Aug-193,499 3,449 2.50%14-Feb-2514-Aug-27
312019-20SGBSEP27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-IV17-Sep-193,890 3,840 2.50%17-Mar-2517-Sep-27
322019-20SGBOCT27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-V15-Oct-193,788 3,738 2.50%15-Apr-2515-Oct-27
332019-20SGBOCT27VISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VI30-Oct-193,835 3,785 2.50%30-Apr-2530-Oct-27
342019-20SGBDC27VIISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VII10-Dec-193,795 3,745 2.50%10-Jun-2510-Dec-27
352019-20SGBJ28VIIISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VIII21-Jan-204,016 3,966 2.50%21-Jul-2521-Jan-28
362019-20SGBFEB28IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-IX11-Feb-204,070 4,020 2.50%11-Aug-2511-Feb-28
372019-20SGBMAR28XSovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-X11-Mar-204,260 4,210 2.50%11-Sep-2511-Mar-28
382020-21SGBAPR28ISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-I28-Apr-204,639 4,589 2.50%28-Oct-2528-Apr-28
392020-21SGBMAY28Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-II19-May-204,590 4,540 2.50%19-Nov-2519-May-28
402020-21SGBJUN28Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-III16-Jun-204,677 4,627 2.50%16-Dec-2516-Dec-28
412020-21SGBJUL28IVSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-IV14-Jul-204,852 4,802 2.50%14-Jan-2614-Jul-28
422020-21SGBAUG28VSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-V11-Aug-205,334 5,284 2.50%11-Feb-2611-Aug-28
432020-21SGBSEP28VISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VI08-Sep-205,117 5,067 2.50%08-Mar-2608-Sep-28
442020-21SGBOC28VIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VII20-Oct-205,051 5,001 2.50%20-Apr-2620-Oct-28
452020-21SGBN28VIIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VIII18-Nov-205,177 5,127 2.50%18-May-2618-Nov-28
462020-21SGBJAN29IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-IX05-Jan-215,000 4,950 2.50%05-Jul-2605-Jan-29
472020-21SGBJAN29XSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-X19-Jan-215,104 5,054 2.50%19-Jul-2619-Jan-29
482020-21SGBFEB29XISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-XI09-Feb-214,912 4,862 2.50%09-Aug-2609-Feb-29
492020-21SGBMR29XIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-XII09-Mar-214,662 4,612 2.50%09-Sep-2609-Mar-29
502021-22SGBMAY29ISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-I25-May-214,777 4,727 2.50%25-Nov-2625-May-29
512021-22SGBMAY29IISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-II01-Jun-214,842 4,792 2.50%
522021-22SGBMAY29IIISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-III08-Jun-214,889 4,839 2.50%
532021-22Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-IV20-Jul-21
542021-22Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-V17-Aug-21
552021-22Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-VI07-Sep-21
Sovereign Gold Bond Returns – Issues till Date

Should you Invest in Gold?

We looked at more than 55 years history of gold to see if its a good idea to invest in Gold. We concluded that its more volatile than perceived but investing in long term may provide you with more stable returns. You can look at the complete analysis and our conclusion here – Looking at Gold Price History in India – Should you Invest in Gold?

Sovereign Gold Bond Returns on 1st Issue

This first issue of Sovereign Gold Bond completed 5 years in November 2020 and was open for early redemption on 30 May 2021. We would calculate the Sovereign Gold Bond Returns on this. There were two kind of gains you could make:

Based on the above this is how the cashflows would look like:

DateCash FlowsCash Flows After 30% TaxComments
20-Nov-15-2684-2683Investment
31-May-1636.9125.39Interest
31-Dec-1636.9125.39Interest
31-May-1736.9125.39Interest
31-Dec-1736.9125.39Interest
31-May-1836.9125.39Interest
31-Dec-1836.9125.39Interest
31-May-1936.9125.39Interest
31-Dec-1936.9125.39Interest
31-May-2036.9125.39Interest
31-Dec-2036.9125.39Interest
31-May-214873.914862.39Interest + Maturity Amount
XIRR13.5%12.8%
Sovereign Gold Bond Returns ln Sovereign Gold Bonds-2015-Series-I

We use XIRR function in Excel to calculate the Sovereign Gold Bond Returns and it comes out to be ~13.5% before taxes and ~12.8% for 30% tax bracket. To reiterate, the capital gains on Sovereign Gold Bond is tax free if its redeemed. But in case it’s sold in the stock market the capital gains are taxable as in the case of gold.

Know about the latest issues of Sovereign Gold Bonds

Sovereign Gold Bonds are one of the better ways to invest in gold. It’s safe, backed by government of India and you need not be worried about purity of gold or storage. The icing on the cake is you get interest paid on your investment. You can buy these Sovereign Gold Bonds from NSE/BSE but the liquidity is a problem. So it’s a good idea to subscribe to latest issue of Sovereign Gold Bonds which comes almost every month.

Sovereign Gold Bond Returns

The thing is what we calculated above is returns on 1st issue of Sovereign Gold Bond. However, your returns would vary on timing and duration of your investments. As of today, you can only sell these in stock exchanges. The table below gives the issue price, Interest rate, LTP (Last traded price on NSE on 30th May 2021), Interest Income and total & % Profit.

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Total Profit = Interest Income till date + (LTP - Issue Price)
% Profit = Total Profit/Issue Price
S. No.NSE SymbolNameIssue Date Issue Price InterestLTPInterest IncomeTotal Profit% Profit
1SGBNOV23Sovereign Gold Bonds-2015-Series-I30-Nov-152,684 2.75%4,899 406 2,215 83%
2SGBFEB24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-Series-I08-Feb-162,600 2.75%4,870 358 2,270 87%
3SGBMAR24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-Series-II29-Mar-162,916 2.75%4,825 401 1,909 65%
4SGBAUG24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-I05-Aug-163,119 2.75%4,827 386 1,708 55%
5SGBSEP24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-II30-Sep-163,150 2.75%4,807 390 1,657 53%
6SGBNOV24Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-III17-Nov-163,007 2.50%4,825 338 1,818 60%
7SGBMAR25Sovereign Gold Bonds-2016-17-Series-IV17-Mar-172,943 2.50%4,800 294 1,857 63%
8SGBMAY25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-I12-May-172,951 2.50%4,815 295 1,864 63%
9SGBJUL25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-II28-Jul-172,830 2.50%4,838 248 2,008 71%
10SGBOCT25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-III16-Oct-172,956 2.50%4,823 259 1,867 63%
11SGBOCT25IVSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-IV23-Oct-172,987 2.50%4,751 261 1,764 59%
12SGBOCT25VSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-V30-Oct-172,971 2.50%4,800 260 1,829 62%
13SGBNOV25VISovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VI06-Nov-172,945 2.50%4,723 258 1,778 60%
14SGBNOV25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VII13-Nov-172,934 2.50%4,927 257 1,993 68%
15SGBNOV258Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-VIII20-Nov-172,961 2.50%4,785 259 1,824 62%
16SGBNOV25IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-IX27-Nov-172,964 2.50%4,800 259 1,836 62%
17SGBDEC25Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-X04-Dec-172,961 2.50%4,998 222 2,037 69%
18SGBDEC25XISovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XI11-Dec-172,952 2.50%4,790 221 1,838 62%
19SGBDEC2512Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XII18-Dec-172,890 2.50%4,675 217 1,785 62%
20SGBDEC2513Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XIII26-Dec-172,866 2.50%4,741 215 1,875 65%
21SGBJAN26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18-Series-XIV01-Jan-182,881 2.50%4,736 216 1,855 64%
22SGBMAY26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-I04-May-183,114 2.50%4,823 234 1,709 55%
23SGBOCT26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-II23-Oct-183,146 2.50%4,800 197 1,654 53%
24SGBNOV26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-III13-Nov-183,183 2.50%4,780 199 1,597 50%
25SGBDEC26Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-IV01-Jan-193,119 2.50%4,850 156 1,731 55%
26SGBJAN27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-V22-Jan-193,214 2.50%4,790 161 1,576 49%
27SGBFEB27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19-Series-VI12-Feb-193,326 2.50%4,790 166 1,464 44%
28SGBJUN27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-I11-Jun-193,196 2.50%4,771 120 1,575 49%
29SGBJUL27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-II16-Jul-193,443 2.50%4,800 129 1,357 39%
30SGBAUG27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-III14-Aug-193,499 2.50%4,747 131 1,248 36%
31SGBSEP27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-IV17-Sep-193,890 2.50%4,789 146 899 23%
32SGBOCT27Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-V15-Oct-193,788 2.50%4,756 142 968 26%
33SGBOCT27VISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VI30-Oct-193,835 2.50%4,774 144 939 24%
34SGBDC27VIISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VII10-Dec-193,795 2.50%4,775 95 980 26%
35SGBJ28VIIISovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-VIII21-Jan-204,016 2.50%4,790 100 774 19%
36SGBFEB28IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-IX11-Feb-204,070 2.50%4,934 102 864 21%
37SGBMAR28XSovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20-Series-X11-Mar-204,260 2.50%4,756 107 496 12%
38SGBAPR28ISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-I28-Apr-204,639 2.50%4,800 116 161 3%
39SGBMAY28Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-II19-May-204,590 2.50%4,780 115 190 4%
40SGBJUN28Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-III16-Jun-204,677 2.50%4,780 58 103 2%
41SGBJUL28IVSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-IV14-Jul-204,852 2.50%4,779 61 -73-1%
42SGBAUG28VSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-V11-Aug-205,334 2.50%4,800 67 -534-10%
43SGBSEP28VISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VI08-Sep-205,117 2.50%4,786 64 -331-6%
44SGBOC28VIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VII20-Oct-205,051 2.50%4,764 63 -287-6%
45SGBN28VIIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-VIII18-Nov-205,177 2.50%4,797 65 -380-7%
46SGBJAN29IXSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-IX05-Jan-215,000 2.50%4,778 0 -222-4%
47SGBJAN29XSovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-X19-Jan-215,104 2.50%4,775 0 (329)-6%
48SGBFEB29XISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-XI09-Feb-214,912 2.50%4,771 0 (141)-3%
49SGBMR29XIISovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21-Series-XII09-Mar-214,662 2.50%4,763 0 101 2%
50SGBMAY29ISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-I25-May-214,777 2.50%0
51SGBMAY29IISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-II01-Jun-214,842 2.50%0
52SGBMAY29IIISovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-III08-Jun-214,889 2.50%
53Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-IV20-Jul-21
54Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-V17-Aug-21
55Sovereign Gold Bonds 2021-22-Series-VI07-Sep-21
Sovereign Gold Bond Returns

Looking at the prices you can think that if you want to sell your Sovereign Gold Bond today you can get ~ 4,800 per bonds. This means that you would in loss if you had invested after June 2020 as the gold prices have gone up since then and come back to similar levels.

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The second problem is the liquidity is very low for these Sovereign Gold Bond here and so you may not get fair price. If you look at the NSE data, the highest trading was just 1513 bonds and there were many series with no trading at all. This essentially means that you can get your best returns when the series open for early redemptions.

Sovereign Gold Bond Returns

Is Sovereign Gold Bond a good investment?

Looking at the Sovereign Gold Bond returns, the next question is – is Sovereign Gold Bond a good investment?

My answer it depends – if you want to invest in gold for long term (at least 5 years), Sovereign Gold Bond is the best way out. It not only gives you market linked returns, but also is the most efficient way to invest in terms of cost of investment, holding cost, tax free capital gains and extra interest paid. You should try to hold the bond till the early redemption period as you may not get the right price by selling on stock exchange and if you do the capital gains would be taxable.

We hope this post helps you understand Sovereign Gold Bond returns and hopefully help you take the right investment decision.

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