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Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund

Q: What is the NAV of Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is ₹9.43 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund delivered?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund has returned -7.11% over 1 year and -4.88% 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.79% 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund's largest holdings are Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (3.0%), HDFC Bank Ltd (2.8%), Lupin Ltd (2.8%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd (2.8%) and ICICI Bank Ltd (2.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.5% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -14.9%. 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is benchmarked against the BSE 200 TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is managed by Rohit Seksaria, Bharath S and Sandeep Agarwal at Sundaram.

Q: How is Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund taxed?

Sundaram Multi-Factor 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

₹9.43

+0.67% 1D

as of 05 Oct 2026

This is the Direct plan of Sundaram Multi-Factor 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

-7.63%absolute

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹9.37

Latest ₹9.43

Low ₹9.1617th percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹10.76

Scorecard

★☆☆☆☆1/5 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

RiskLow

Volatility 13.5% vs 15.7% category avg

CostHigh

1.8% 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

Less volatile than its Sectoral/ Thematic peers (13.5% vs 15.7%)

Concerns

Trails the Sectoral/ Thematic average on 3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 10.54pp
Ranks #200 of 229 on 1-year return in its Sectoral/ Thematic cohort
High expense ratio (1.79%) vs the Sectoral/ Thematic average of 1.27%

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

1.79%

Category 1.27%▲0.52%

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

17.13

Category 28.71▼11.58

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% of the applicable NAV - Any redemptions, switch or withdrawals by way of SWP would be subject to an exit load within 365 days from the date of allotment. NIL - if the units are redeemed after 365 days from the date of allotment of units. Further, exit load will be waived on Intra-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

BSE 200 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.

23 Jul 2025

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

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-4.89%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-4.56%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

+0.71%

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

-11.13%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

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

-7.11%

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.

-4.88%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

13.48%

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

-14.90%

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	-4.89%	-4.47%	-0.42%
3M abs	-4.56%	-2.32%	-2.24%
6M abs	+0.71%	+12.11%	-11.40%
1Y CAGR	-7.11%	+3.43%	-10.54%
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

-7.11%

Beats 12.7% · rank #200

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

₹1.13L

Absolute

-6.18%

XIRR

-13.12%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

12 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Sundaram Multi-Factor 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	-11.13%	-7.18%	-3.95%
2025part	+5.95%	—	—

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

294

Expense ratio

1.79%

AUM

₹941.24Cr

Portfolio turnover

220%

Exit load

P/E ratio

17.1

P/B ratio

3.9

Avg market cap

₹2,79,866Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 66 of 68 equity holdings (96% 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 Multi-Factor FundThis fund Sundaram · Direct · Growth	★☆☆☆☆ 1Y	-7.11%	—	—	17.13	1.79%	₹941.24Cr
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 cap65.9%
Mid cap34.1%
Small cap0.0%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity97.99%
Cash & Equivalents2.01%

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

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Sundaram Nifty 100 Equal Weight Fund Sundaram · Index Funds	44.4%	★★★☆☆	0.72%	+12.76%
HDFC NIFTY 100 Equal Weight Index Fund HDFC · Index Funds	44.4%	★★★★☆	0.54%	+12.78%
Kotak Nifty 100 Equal Weight Index Fund Kotak Mahindra · Index Funds	44.4%	★★★☆☆	0.35%	—
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund Franklin Templeton · Sectoral/ Thematic	43.0%	—	1.15%	—
Groww ELSS Tax Saver Fund Groww · ELSS	42.9%	★☆☆☆☆	1.52%	+7.98%
Groww Multi Asset Allocation Fund Groww · Multi Asset Allocation	42.4% of 68% equity	★☆☆☆☆	1.00%	—
JioBlackRock Large Cap Fund Jio BlackRock · Large Cap Fund	41.4%	—	1.33%	—
Groww Aggressive Hybrid Fund Groww · Aggressive Hybrid Fund	41.0% of 72% equity	★★☆☆☆	2.10%	+8.12%

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.

-14.9%02 Jan 2026 → 31 Mar 2026
Still below that high — 3 months 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

₹941.24Cr

April - June 2026

-4%

since January - March 2026

−₹6.53Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

At or near its largest, ₹983.97Cr 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

RSRohit SeksariaStart date not disclosed

Education

B.Com, PGDM, CFA BE, PGPM

Experience

Sundaram Asset Management Co. Jan 2017 to till date Assistant Fund Manager – Equity Progress Capital Pte, Singapore Sundaram Financial Services Jun 2013 to Dec 2016 Senior Analyst Matchpoint Investment Management Asia, Hong Kong Jul 2010 to Mar 2013 Progress Capital Pte, Singapore Sundaram Long Term Micro Cap Tax Jul 2007 to Jul 2010 Senior Analyst Irevna Research Services Dec 2002 to Jul 2007 Head of Research UTI Mutual Fund May 2002 to Dec 2002 Manager Jan 2022 to Present Sundaram Asset Management - Fund Manager - Equity 2015 to Oct 2019 - Principal MF,: Sr Analyst, Oct 2014 to August 2015 - Antique Stock Broking- AVP- Institutional Research-IT Services, Nov 2009 to Oct 2014 Tata Securities AVP- Institutional Research-IT Services, Telecom

Funds managed (16)

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BSBharath SStart date not disclosed

Funds managed (1)

Sundaram Business Cycle Fund

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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 (13)

All schemes Sandeep Agarwal runs →

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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Fund managers

Rohit Seksaria Sandeep Agarwal

Top holdings

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd HDFC Bank Ltd Lupin Ltd Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd ICICI Bank Ltd Bosch Ltd Titan Company Ltd Reliance Industries Ltd REC Ltd Infosys Ltd Hindustan Zinc Ltd Bharat Heavy Electricals 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

As of 05 Oct 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is ₹9.43 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund delivered?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund has returned -7.11% over 1 year and -4.88% 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund charges an expense ratio of 1.79% 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund's largest holdings are Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (3.0%), HDFC Bank Ltd (2.8%), Lupin Ltd (2.8%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd (2.8%) and ICICI Bank Ltd (2.7%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.5% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -14.9%. 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 Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is benchmarked against the BSE 200 TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund?

Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund is managed by Rohit Seksaria, Bharath S and Sandeep Agarwal at Sundaram.

How is Sundaram Multi-Factor Fund taxed?

Sundaram Multi-Factor 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.