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Sundaram Focused Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Sundaram Focused Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Focused Fund is ₹178.18 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Sundaram Focused Fund delivered?

Sundaram Focused Fund has returned +1.25% over 1 year, +9.44% per year over 3 years and +8.80% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.34% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund's largest holdings are Happy Forgings Ltd (8.1%), ICICI Bank Ltd (7.1%), TVS Motor Company Ltd (6.6%), Craftsman Automation Ltd (6.2%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd (5.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -20.1%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.22 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Sundaram Focused Fund's 0.22 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty 500 TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is managed by Ashwin Jain Saurabh and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

Q: How is Sundaram Focused Fund taxed?

Sundaram Focused Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.

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NAV

₹178.18

-0.76% 1D

as of 01 Oct 2026

This is the Direct plan of Sundaram Focused Fund — bought from the fund house, with no distributor commission in its expense ratio. Income is retained in the fund, so it shows up as NAV rather than as a payout.

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Performance

+1.94%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹179.54

Latest ₹178.18

Low ₹158.5562nd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹190.09

Scorecard

★★☆☆☆2/5 vs 27 Focused Fund peers

Performance 60%
Risk 15%
Cost 10%
Downside 15%

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. The stars weight the same ground 60/15/10/15 (performance/risk/cost/downside) across every fund in the peer group. Ranked within Focused Fund (same plan and option).

PerformanceBelow avg

3Y CAGR +9.44% · ranks 19 of 27 Focused Funds

RiskModerate

Volatility 13.4% vs 14.7% category avg

CostHigh

1.3% expense vs 1.1% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

100% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

Ahead of the Focused Fund average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 0.53pp
Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

3-year return (+9.44%) trails the Focused Fund average (+11.45%)
Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.22 below the Focused Fund average of 0.34
High expense ratio (1.34%) vs the Focused Fund average of 1.13%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

1.34%

Category 1.13%▲0.21%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

25.55

Category 26.02▼0.47

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.22

Category 0.34▼0.12

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · Growth

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

None

Exit Load

Up to 0.25%

tiered — see the full terms

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Allowed

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

₹100

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹300

Nifty 500 TRI

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

03 Jan 2022

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-5.91%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-1.06%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+10.65%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

-2.09%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

+1.25%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+9.44%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

Annualized return (CAGR) since the first NAV we hold for this plan — the Inception date under Key metrics. AMFI's history starts in April 2006, so an older scheme is measured from there.

+8.80%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

13.38%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

0.22

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

0.30

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-20.08%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 500 TRI · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Nifty 500 TRI

0.51%

Sensitivity to Nifty 500 TRI moves; 1 = moves with the index

0.81

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 500 TRI explains

89.3%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

4.02

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

0.01

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

5.36%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

90.3%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

85.1%

Computed vs the Nifty 500 TRI over the last 36 complete months — the closest match to this fund's mandate. TRI means dividends reinvested, as they are in the fund's own NAV; ₹ means a US index converted at each day's USD/INR, since the fund is priced in rupees. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Focused Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-5.91%	-5.42%	-0.49%
3M abs	-1.06%	-2.83%	+1.77%
6M abs	+10.65%	+9.96%	+0.69%
1Y CAGR	+1.25%	+0.72%	+0.53%
3Y CAGR	+9.44%	+11.45%	-2.01%
5Y CAGR	—	+10.61%	—

Category average across peers in Focused Fund (up to 27 funds with data), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

Not sure what a figure means? The glossary explains every metric, and the methodology shows the formulas.

Category rank

Vs 27 peers in Focused Fund

1Y return

+1.25%

Beats 55.6% · rank #13

3Y return

+9.44%

Beats 30.8% · rank #19

5Y return

—

Sharpe

0.22

Beats 30.8% · rank #19

Sortino

0.30

Beats 30.8% · rank #19

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What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹3.60L

Current value

₹3.79L

Absolute

+5.29%

XIRR

+3.56%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

36 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Sundaram Focused Fund, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund	Nifty 500 TRI	Diff
2026part	-2.09%	-7.18%	+5.09%
2025	+3.02%	+7.94%	-4.92%
2024	+18.46%	+16.43%	+2.03%
2023	+25.71%	+27.43%	-1.72%
2022part	-0.69%	—	—

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in; those years show no benchmark comparison.

History points

1,169

Expense ratio

1.34%

AUM

₹975.13Cr

Portfolio turnover

26%

Exit load

If Units purchased/ switchin within 7 days from the date of allotment 0.25%. NIL after 7 days from the date of allotment

P/E ratio

25.6

P/B ratio

4.8

Avg market cap

₹3,10,989Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 24 of 29 equity holdings (78% of the portfolio); loss-making companies are excluded.

Taxation

Taxed as equity

This is an equity-oriented fund (≥65% in Indian equities), so gains get the concessional capital-gains rates below — they do not add to your income-tax slab.

Short-term (STCG)

20%

Held under 1 year

Flat, on the whole gain

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

On gains above ₹1.25 L per financial year

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · Focused Fund

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Sundaram Focused FundThis fund Sundaram · Direct · Growth	★★☆☆☆	+1.25%	+9.44%	—	25.55	1.34%	₹975.13Cr
Invesco India Focused Fund Invesco · Direct · Growth	★★★★★	+3.15%	+19.67%	+14.53%	33.07	0.69%	₹5,225Cr
ITI Focused Fund ITI · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+4.98%	+16.18%	—	27.97	0.90%	₹567.11Cr
ICICI Prudential Focused Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	-2.07%	+15.49%	+14.12%	25.74	1.12%	—
Bandhan Focused Fund Bandhan · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+2.62%	+15.07%	+12.12%	14.30	1.01%	₹2,036Cr
SBI Focused Fund SBI · Direct · Growth	★★★★★	+8.49%	+14.35%	+10.91%	23.54	0.84%	₹44,948Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 100% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap59.7%
Mid cap7.2%
Small cap33.1%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity93.33%
Cash & Equivalents6.67%

Holds the same stocks as (by portfolio overlap, not by category)

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Sundaram Large Cap Fund Sundaram · Large Cap Fund	59.3%	★★★☆☆	0.87%	+6.47%
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund ICICI Prudential · Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage	40.5% of 70% equity	★★★★★	1.03%	+10.11%
Franklin India Large Cap Fund Franklin Templeton · Large Cap Fund	40.4%	★★☆☆☆	1.45%	+8.29%
ICICI Prudential Long Term Wealth Enhancement Fund ICICI Prudential · ELSS	40.4%	★★★★★	0.81%	+11.40%
Axis Large Cap Fund Axis · Large Cap Fund	38.8%	★★★☆☆	0.92%	+7.70%
Aditya Birla Sun Life ESG Integration Strategy Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life · Sectoral/ Thematic	37.6%	★★☆☆☆	1.44%	+9.75%
ICICI Prudential Flexi Cap fund ICICI Prudential · Flexi Cap Fund	36.5%	★★★★★	0.88%	+14.67%
ICICI Prudential ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund ICICI Prudential · Sectoral/ Thematic	36.4%	★★★☆☆	1.29%	+10.47%

Overlap is the share of each fund's equity book invested in the same stocks, by weight, across the Direct-plan universe — so a fund that is only part equity is labelled as such. ! marks a pair holding more in common than nine pairs in ten of its type, where that type has a measured distribution.

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-20.1%17 Jan 2022 → 20 Jun 2022
Fell over 5 months, back to the old high on 05 Jun 2023 — 11 months under water after the low.
-17.2%23 Sep 2024 → 07 Apr 2025
Fell over 6 months, back to the old high on 10 Aug 2026 — 16 months under water after the low.
-7.2%15 Sep 2023 → 26 Oct 2023
Fell over 41 days, back to the old high on 30 Nov 2023 — 35 days under water after the low.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹975.13Cr

April - June 2026

-7%

since January - March 2026

−₹29.00Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

Down +7% from its peak of ₹1,045Cr in January - March 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

Net flow is an estimate: AMFI publishes a quarterly average AUM, not a closing balance, and it covers every plan and option of this scheme together, so it is a read on direction and rough size rather than a cash-flow statement.

AMC Profile

Sundaram Mutual Fund is run by Sundaram Asset Management, part of the Chennai-based Sundaram Finance group, and has been in business since 1996. It absorbed Principal Mutual Fund's schemes in 2021 and has a long-standing small- and mid-cap franchise.

Launched

25 Feb 1996

Total AUM

₹76,929Cr+2.7% QoQ

Avg AUM · April - June 2026

Website

sundarammutual.com

Fund Managers

ASAshwin Jain SaurabhStart date not disclosed

Role

Manager Research

Experience

Asset Management Company Limited • 2008 - 2009 - Senior Analyst - Merrill Lynch • 2005 - 2006 - Research Analyst - Crisil Integral IQ • 2022- Till Date - Research Analyst - Sundaram Asset Management Company Limited • 2019 - 2022 - Research Analyst - Asian Market securities Ltd • 2017 - 2019 - Research Analyst - Indianivesh

SSShalav SaketStart date not disclosed

Role

Overseas Investment s Associate

Experience

America Securities Ltd • 2020 - 2022 - Consulting in Pricewaterhouse Coopers Ltd • 2017 - 2018 - Software Engineering in Samsung R & D Insitute Ltd • 2015 - 2017 - Software Engireering - Wipro Technologies Ltd • 2024 - Till Date - Associate Fund Manager - Sundaram Asset Management Company Limited • 2021 - 2024 - Assistant Fund Manager & BFSI sector analyst - Canara HSBC Life Insurance

Fund managers from the AMC's filed Scheme Summary — its most recent filing for this scheme. Each manager's qualifications and role are reconciled across every filing this fund house makes for them, including its Statement of Additional Information. Total AUM via AMFI.

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Top holdings

Happy Forgings Ltd ICICI Bank Ltd TVS Motor Company Ltd Craftsman Automation Ltd Bharti Airtel Ltd Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd HDFC Bank Ltd Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd Sedemac Mechatronics Ltd Avenue Supermarts Ltd City Union Bank Ltd Infosys Ltd

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

About Focused funds

Focused funds hold a concentrated portfolio of at most 30 stocks. Higher conviction can mean higher returns, but a few positions carry more of the outcome — so more concentration risk.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Sundaram Focused Fund?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Focused Fund is ₹178.18 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Sundaram Focused Fund delivered?

Sundaram Focused Fund has returned +1.25% over 1 year, +9.44% per year over 3 years and +8.80% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.34% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund's largest holdings are Happy Forgings Ltd (8.1%), ICICI Bank Ltd (7.1%), TVS Motor Company Ltd (6.6%), Craftsman Automation Ltd (6.2%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd (5.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.4% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -20.1%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of 0.22 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Sundaram Focused Fund's 0.22 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is benchmarked against the Nifty 500 TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Sundaram Focused Fund?

Sundaram Focused Fund is managed by Ashwin Jain Saurabh and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

How is Sundaram Focused Fund taxed?

Sundaram Focused Fund is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.