CAGR, rolling returns, benchmark, drawdown and consistency.
A single trailing return can hide the path taken to achieve it. Better analysis combines rolling returns, benchmark-relative results, downside, drawdown, recovery time, consistency and the fund's stated process.
Past performance is not a promise of future performance. AMFI explicitly cautions that past performance does not guarantee future performance. urlAMFI Risk in Mutual Fundshttps://www.amfiindia.com/investor/knowledge-center-info?zoneName=riskInMutualFunds
Ask: did the fund achieve its objective, with what risk, under what market conditions, and is the process still intact?