EquitySectoral/ ThematicDirectGrowthVery High

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is ₹11.32 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Sundaram Business Cycle Fund delivered?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund has returned +0.20% over 1 year and +5.55% 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 Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.15% 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 Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund's largest holdings are Radico Khaitan Ltd (5.2%), Eternal Ltd (Previously Zomato Ltd) (4.8%), PB Fintech Ltd (4.3%), TD Power Systems Ltd (4.2%) and Shriram Finance Ltd (3.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 14.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -19.5%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What is the benchmark of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

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

Q: Who manages Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is managed by Madanagopal Ramu, Sandeep Agarwal and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

Q: How is Sundaram Business Cycle Fund taxed?

Sundaram Business Cycle 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

₹11.32

+0.93% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Direct plan of Sundaram Business Cycle 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

-0.17%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹11.22

Latest ₹11.32

Low ₹9.2872nd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹12.10

Scorecard

★★★☆☆3/5 vs 229 of 255 Sectoral/ Thematic peers1Y

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 Sectoral/ Thematic (same plan and option). Based on a 1-year record — this fund is too young for a 3-year CAGR, so its performance is ranked on 1Y against the same peers. 229 of the 255 Sectoral/ Thematic funds in this cohort carry the full record the stars need, so they are the ones ranked against.

Performance—

Not enough Sectoral/ Thematic peers to rank yet

RiskModerate

Volatility 14.9% vs 15.7% category avg

CostAverage

1.1% expense vs 1.3% category avg

Consistency—

Not enough history for a rolling 3Y view

Strengths & concerns

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

Strengths

No standout strengths identified.

Concerns

1-year return (+0.20%) trails the Sectoral/ Thematic average (+3.40%)

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

1.15%

Category 1.27%▼0.12%

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

45.98

Category 28.59▲17.39

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

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Category 0.45

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct · Growth

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

None

1% - For redemption or withdrawal by way of SWP within 365 days from the date of allotment; NIL - For redemption or withdrawal by way of SWP after 365 days from the date of allotment; Further, exit load will be waived on Intra-scheme and Inter scheme Switch-outs/STP; Generally, the exit load will be calculated on First in First out (FIFO) basis.

Up to 1.00%

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

₹100

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.

26 Jun 2024

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-4.76%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-0.31%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+19.15%

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

+1.36%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

+0.20%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

—

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.

+5.55%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

14.89%

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

—

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

—

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-19.49%

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

—

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

—

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

—

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

—

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

—

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

—

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

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

—

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 (Sectoral/ Thematic)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-4.76%	-4.47%	-0.29%
3M abs	-0.31%	-2.33%	+2.02%
6M abs	+19.15%	+12.04%	+7.11%
1Y CAGR	+0.20%	+3.40%	-3.20%
3Y CAGR	—	+13.80%	—
5Y CAGR	—	+12.04%	—

Category average across peers in Sectoral/ Thematic (up to 255 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 255 peers in Sectoral/ Thematic

1Y return

+0.20%

Beats 42.5% · rank #132

3Y return

—

5Y return

—

Sharpe

—

Sortino

—

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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

₹1.20L

Current value

₹1.24L

Absolute

+3.34%

XIRR

+7.37%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

12 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Sundaram Business Cycle 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	+1.36%	-7.18%	+8.54%
2025	+2.64%	+7.94%	-5.30%
2024part	+8.68%	—	—

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

561

Expense ratio

1.15%

AUM

₹1,577Cr

Portfolio turnover

122%

Exit load

P/E ratio

46.0

P/B ratio

7.4

Avg market cap

₹81,973Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 26 of 34 equity holdings (77% 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 · Sectoral/ Thematic

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Sundaram Business Cycle FundThis fund Sundaram · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆ 1Y	+0.20%	—	—	45.98	1.15%	₹1,577Cr
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund Nippon India · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+128.11%	+63.78%	—	—	1.06%	₹1,110Cr
HDFC Defence Fund HDFC · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+20.18%	+36.05%	—	57.59	0.89%	₹9,371Cr
HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund HDFC · Direct · Growth	★★★★★	+25.57%	+29.81%	—	44.12	1.03%	₹2,282Cr
Franklin Asian Equity Fund Franklin Templeton · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+32.46%	+25.00%	+9.83%	26.07	1.21%	₹720.84Cr
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund Nippon India · Direct · Growth	★★★☆☆	+30.50%	+24.42%	+12.14%	—	1.37%	₹330.20Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

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

Large cap28.6%
Mid cap28.8%
Small cap42.6%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity99.62%
Cash & Equivalents0.38%

which companies this fund invests in

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Radico Khaitan Ltd

5.23%

Eternal Ltd (Previously Zomato Ltd)

4.81%

PB Fintech Ltd

4.28%

TD Power Systems Ltd

4.19%

Shriram Finance Ltd

3.86%

MTAR Technologies Ltd

3.85%

Interglobe Aviation Ltd

3.72%

FSN E–Commerce Ventures Ltd(NYKAA)

3.63%

Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd

3.60%

Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd

3.39%

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

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Sundaram Large and Midcap Fund Sundaram · Large & Mid Cap Fund	63.4%	★★☆☆☆	1.36%	+13.68%
LIC MF Technology Fund LIC · Sectoral/ Thematic	30.9%	—	1.07%	—
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund Sundaram · Multi Cap Fund	30.5%	★★☆☆☆	1.27%	+11.67%
Motilal Oswal Multi Cap Fund Motilal Oswal · Multi Cap Fund	29.1%	★★★★☆	1.19%	—
Sundaram Services Fund Sundaram · Sectoral/ Thematic	29.0%	★★★★☆	0.85%	+12.58%
UTI Innovation Fund UTI · Sectoral/ Thematic	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆	1.24%	+4.16%
Union Innovation & Opportunities Fund Union · Sectoral/ Thematic	25.6%	★★★☆☆	0.99%	+17.69%
HSBC Aggressive Hybrid Fund HSBC · Aggressive Hybrid Fund	25.5% of 75% equity	★★★☆☆	0.97%	+12.84%

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.

🚩Holdings under NSE surveillance (ASM)

2 holdings — 8.12% of the portfolio — sit in stocks NSE currently lists under its Additional Surveillance Measure. ASM is an exchange response to unusual price or volume activity (higher margins, and trade-for-trade settlement at stage II), not a view on the company or on this fund.

PB Fintech LimitedShort-term · Stage I4.28%
Mtar Technologies LimitedLong-term · Stage IV3.85%

Source: NSE ASM list, matched to holdings by company name — a holding whose name differs from NSE's spelling may not be matched. BSE's separate list is not covered.

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.

-19.5%19 Sep 2025 → 31 Mar 2026
Fell over 6 months, back to the old high on 10 Jul 2026 — 3 months under water after the low.
-14.4%23 Sep 2024 → 28 Feb 2025
Fell over 5 months, back to the old high on 26 Jun 2025 — 4 months under water after the low.
-7.3%31 Aug 2026 → 01 Oct 2026
Still below that high — 31 days down, and no recovery yet.

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

₹1,577Cr

April - June 2026

-3%

since January - March 2026

−₹30.98Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

At or near its largest, ₹1,633Cr 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

MRMadanagopal RamuStart date not disclosed

Role

Manager - Equity Fund Manager

SASandeep AgarwalStart date not disclosed

Education

B.Com, MBA, FRM, ICWA B.Com, ACA, CS

Experience

Sundaram Asset Management Co. Apr 2018 to till date Head Investment Research & Fund Manager Jan 2016 to Apr 2018 SPM Fund Manager Jul 2012 – Dec 2015 Fund Manager Aug 2004 – Jul 2012 Research Analyst May 2002 - Jul 2004 Navia Markets Research Analyst Sundaram Asset Management Co Ltd. Sep 2012 – till date Fund Manager – Fixed Income Oct 2010 – Sep 2012 Dealer – Fixed Income Deutsche Asset Management India Pvt. Ltd. Apr 2008 – Oct 2010 Management Trainee - Fixed Income

Funds managed (12)

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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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Fund managers

Sandeep Agarwal

Top holdings

Radico Khaitan Ltd Eternal Ltd (Previously Zomato Ltd)PB Fintech Ltd TD Power Systems Ltd Shriram Finance Ltd MTAR Technologies Ltd Interglobe Aviation Ltd FSN E–Commerce Ventures Ltd(NYKAA)Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd Delhivery Ltd Polycab India 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 Sectoral & Thematic funds

Sectoral and thematic funds must keep at least 80% in the equity of one sector (banking, pharma, technology) or one theme (consumption, manufacturing, ESG). That concentration is the point and the risk: with no mandate to diversify away from the sector, the fund rises and falls with it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is ₹11.32 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Sundaram Business Cycle Fund delivered?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund has returned +0.20% over 1 year and +5.55% 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 Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.15% 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 Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund's largest holdings are Radico Khaitan Ltd (5.2%), Eternal Ltd (Previously Zomato Ltd) (4.8%), PB Fintech Ltd (4.3%), TD Power Systems Ltd (4.2%) and Shriram Finance Ltd (3.9%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 14.9% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -19.5%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What is the benchmark of Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

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

Who manages Sundaram Business Cycle Fund?

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund is managed by Madanagopal Ramu, Sandeep Agarwal and Shalav Saket at Sundaram.

How is Sundaram Business Cycle Fund taxed?

Sundaram Business Cycle 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.