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Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is ₹124.51 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund delivered?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund has returned -7.78% over 1 year, +7.38% per year over 3 years and +7.75% 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 Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund charges an expense ratio of 2.41% 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 Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd (4.8%), HDFC Bank Ltd (4.6%), Embassy Office Parks (REIT) (3.9%), State Bank of India (3.9%) and NTPC LTD (3.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -19.3%. 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 0.07 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund's 0.07 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

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

Q: Who manages Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is managed by Siddarth Mohta and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

Q: How is Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund taxed?

Sundaram Dividend Yield 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

₹124.51

+0.21% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Regular plan of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund — bought through a distributor, whose commission is paid out of 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

-8.34%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹124.25

Latest ₹124.51

Low ₹124.252nd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹141.34

Scorecard

★★☆☆☆2/5 vs 9 of 11 Dividend Yield 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 Dividend Yield Fund (same plan and option). 9 of the 11 Dividend Yield Funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

PerformanceBelow avg

3Y CAGR +7.38% · ranks 9 of 9 Dividend Yield Funds

RiskModerate

Volatility 13.3% vs 13.9% category avg

CostAverage

2.4% expense vs 2.4% 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

Consistent — positive in 100% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

Trails the Dividend Yield Fund average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 5.58pp
3-year return (+7.38%) trails the Dividend Yield Fund average (+10.86%)
Ranks #10 of 10 on 1-year return in its Dividend Yield Fund cohort
Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe 0.07 below the Dividend Yield Fund average of 0.31

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

2.41%

Category 2.41%0.00%

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

15.20

Category —

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

0.07

Category 0.31▼0.24

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Regular · Growth

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

None

NIL If up to 24% of the units are redeemed, withdrawn by way of SWP or transferred by way of STP within 365 days from the date of allotment. • If redeemed/ switched on or before 365 days from the date of allotment: Nil for redemption/ switch out of units upto 24% of the units allotted (the limit) • 1% on redemption in excess of 24% of the limit stated above- Redemption of units would be done on First in First out Basis (FIFO) • Nil thereafter Further, exit load will be waived on Intra-scheme and Inter scheme Switch?outs/STP.

None

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

₹500

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹5,000

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)

-4.66%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-5.21%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

-1.57%

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

-11.02%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

-7.78%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+7.38%

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.

+7.75%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

13.29%

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

0.07

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

0.09

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-19.30%

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

-1.97%

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

0.88

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

92.8%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

0.88

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

-0.57

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

4.29%

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

85.6%

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

91.7%

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 (Dividend Yield Fund)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-4.66%	-4.58%	-0.08%
3M abs	-5.21%	-4.57%	-0.64%
6M abs	-1.57%	+4.79%	-6.36%
1Y CAGR	-7.78%	-2.20%	-5.58%
3Y CAGR	+7.38%	+10.86%	-3.48%
5Y CAGR	—	+10.83%	—

Category average across peers in Dividend Yield Fund (up to 11 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 11 peers in Dividend Yield Fund

1Y return

-7.78%

Beats 0% · rank #10

3Y return

+7.38%

Beats 0% · rank #9

5Y return

—

Sharpe

0.07

Beats 0% · rank #9

Sortino

0.09

Beats 0% · rank #9

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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

₹3.43L

Absolute

-4.59%

XIRR

-3.20%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

36 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Sundaram Dividend Yield 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	-11.02%	-7.18%	-3.84%
2025	+3.32%	+7.94%	-4.62%
2024	+15.70%	+16.43%	-0.73%
2023	+34.02%	+27.43%	+6.59%
2022part	+0.04%	—	—

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

1,171

Expense ratio

2.41%

AUM

₹782.23Cr

Portfolio turnover

17%

Exit load

Portfolio, AUM & scheme details shown from another plan of this scheme (same underlying portfolio).

P/E ratio

15.2

P/B ratio

3.0

Avg market cap

₹3,83,606Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 50 of 55 equity holdings (89% 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 · Dividend Yield Fund

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Sundaram Dividend Yield FundThis fund Sundaram · Regular · Growth	★★☆☆☆	-7.78%	+7.38%	—	—	2.41%	₹782.23Cr
LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund LIC · Regular · Growth	★★★★☆	+1.78%	+15.95%	—	—	2.44%	₹675.68Cr
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Fund ICICI Prudential · Regular · Growth	★★★★★	-6.75%	+12.23%	+13.04%	—	1.92%	—
Tata Dividend Yield Fund Tata · Regular · Growth	★★★☆☆	+4.85%	+11.19%	+10.74%	—	2.32%	₹1,049Cr
UTI - Dividend Yield Fund UTI · Regular · Growth	★★★☆☆	-5.17%	+10.98%	+8.79%	—	1.99%	₹3,728Cr
Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life · Regular · Growth	★☆☆☆☆	-1.61%	+9.53%	+11.34%	—	2.74%	₹1,457Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 95% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap76.2%
Mid cap13.5%
Small cap10.2%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity96.01%
Cash & Equivalents3.99%

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

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Franklin India Dividend Yield Fund Franklin Templeton · Dividend Yield Fund	50.8%	★★★☆☆	1.38%	+10.32%
UTI - Dividend Yield Fund UTI · Dividend Yield Fund	48.4%	★★★☆☆	1.54%	+11.61%
HDFC Dividend Yield Fund HDFC · Dividend Yield Fund	48.3%	★★★☆☆	0.87%	+9.98%
Bank of India Balanced Advantage Fund Bank of India · Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage	48.1% of 58% equity	★☆☆☆☆	1.39%	+8.72%
Baroda BNP Paribas Nifty 50 Index Fund Baroda BNP Paribas · Index Funds	48.1%	★☆☆☆☆	0.48%	—
SBI Nifty Index Fund SBI · Index Funds	48.1%	★★★☆☆	0.23%	+5.85%
UTI Nifty 50 Index Fund UTI · Index Funds	48.1%	★★★☆☆	0.25%	+5.89%
Motilal Oswal Nifty 50 Index Fund Motilal Oswal · Index Funds	48.1%	★★★☆☆	0.19%	+5.94%

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.

-19.3%27 Sep 2024 → 28 Feb 2025
Still below that high — 5 months down, and no recovery yet.
-16.6%17 Jan 2022 → 20 Jun 2022
Fell over 5 months, back to the old high on 30 May 2023 — 11 months under water after the low.
-7.9%03 Jun 2024 → 04 Jun 2024
Fell over 1 day, back to the old high on 13 Jun 2024 — 9 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

₹782.23Cr

April - June 2026

-12%

since January - March 2026

−₹61.01Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

Down +12% from its peak of ₹884.00Cr 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

SMSiddarth MohtaStart date not disclosed

Role

Fund Manager Dealer

Experience

Management Private Limited • 2006 - 2009 - Senior Analyst in Adventity Limited • 2006 - 2006 - Analyst - IMaCS (ICRA Management Consulting Services Ltd) • 2004 - 2006 - Analyst - Polaris Software Ltd • 2026 - Till Date Fixed Income Dealer - Sundaram Asset Management Company Limited

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. Benchmark and dealing terms from it and this scheme's SEBI-filed Scheme Information Document on AMFI. 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

ICICI Bank Ltd HDFC Bank Ltd Embassy Office Parks (REIT)State Bank of India NTPC LTD Infosys Ltd Coal India Ltd Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd Tech Mahindra Ltd GAIL (India) Ltd Somany Ceramics 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 Dividend Yield funds

Dividend yield funds favour companies that pay consistent, above-average dividends. They tend to tilt toward established, cash-generative businesses.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is ₹124.51 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund delivered?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund has returned -7.78% over 1 year, +7.38% per year over 3 years and +7.75% 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 Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund charges an expense ratio of 2.41% 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 Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund's largest holdings are ICICI Bank Ltd (4.8%), HDFC Bank Ltd (4.6%), Embassy Office Parks (REIT) (3.9%), State Bank of India (3.9%) and NTPC LTD (3.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -19.3%. 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 0.07 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund's 0.07 means it has rewarded its volatility with excess return. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

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

Who manages Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is managed by Siddarth Mohta and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

How is Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund taxed?

Sundaram Dividend Yield 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.