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Principal Tax Savings Fund

66.550
0 (0.00%)
NAV as on May-25-2012

Fund Family PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund

Fund Class ELSS

Relatively Weak performance in the category

The scheme is ranked 5 in ELSS category by Crisil. If you are invested in this scheme, its time to switch to a better performing scheme.
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Returns (NAV as on May-25-2012)

Period Returns (%) Rank #
1 mth -4.5 23
3 mth -1.5 6
6 mth 6.1 4
1 year -5.0 15
2 year -2.1 34
3 year 7.2 31
5 year -3.1 32

# Moneycontrol Rank within 51 ELSS Schemes.

Absolute Returns (in %)

Year Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Annual
2012 20.4 - - - -
2011 -10.6 -3.4 -11.4 -8.1 -30.7
2010 0.6 1.1 11.2 -1.1 13.9
2009 -8.9 40.0 18.5 4.9 60.7
2008 -34.7 -15.8 -8.1 -28.6 -65.1
2007 -4.6 27.2 8.9 37.2 80.0

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* Returns over 1 year are Annualised

Performance

Fund returns v/s Category average (ELSS)

* Returns over 1 year are Annualised
  1 mth (%) 3 mth (%) 6 mth (%) 1 yr (%) 2 yr (%) 3 yr (%) 5yr (%)
Fund Returns -4.5 -1.5 6.1 -5.0 -2.1 7.2 -3.1
Category avg -4.6 -4.1 2.3 -6.7 -0.1 8.5 2.2
Difference of Fund returns and Category returns 0.1 2.6 3.8 1.7 -2.0 -1.3 -5.3
Best of category -2.5 4.4 15.6 3.4 9.3 17.1 11.6
Worst of category -9.5 -9.1 -3.4 -22.1 -12.8 -0.7 -6.4
Benchmark returns # -5.7 -6.3 4.5 -9.5 -0.8 5.6 2.8
Difference of Fund returns and Benchmark returns 1.2 4.8 1.6 4.5 -1.3 1.6 -5.9
# Benchmark Index: BSE-200

Investment Info

Investment Objective

To build a high quality growth-oriented portfolio to provide long-term capital gains to the investors The scheme aims at providing returns through capital appreciation.

Scheme details

Fund Type Open-Ended
Investment Plan Dividend
Launch date Mar 31, 1996
Benchmark BSE-200
Asset Size (Rs cr) 221.65 (Mar-31-2012)
Minimum Investment Rs.500
Last Dividend Rs.8.00 (Mar-31-2008) View Dividend History
Bonus N.A.
Fund Manager P. V. K. Mohan
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Notes N.A

Load Details

Entry Load N.A
Exit Load 0.00%
Load Comments N.A.

Contact Details

Regd. Office Principal Mutual Fund, Exchange Plaza, 'B' Wing, 2nd Floor, NSE Building, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai, 400 051
Tel. No. 022 - 2202 1111
Fax No. 91 22 2204 4990
Email customer@principalindia.com
Website http://www.principalindia.com/

Peer Comparison

ELSS Crisil Rank Assets (Rs.cr)
3mth (%) 6mth (%) 1yr (%) 3yr (%) 5yr (%)
Fidelity Tax Advantage (G) Rank 1
1,167.14 -4.7 1.5 -7.1 14.5 7.6
Franklin India Tax Shield (G) Rank 1
812.36 -4.4 1.7 -2.8 14.3 8.3
DSP-BRTax Saver Fund (G) Rank 3
724.44 -2.4 6.2 -7.1 11.8 6.6
Kotak Tax Saver (G) Rank 3
433.14 -4.2 2.9 -8.0 8.1 0.4
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) Rank 3
205.59 -3.5 3.6 -5.9 9.7 4.5
* Returns over 1 year are Annualised More »

Portfolio

Top Holdings (Apr 30, 12)

Equity Sector Value
(Rs cr)
Asset %
ICICI Bank Banking/Finance - 5.45
Tata Motors Automotive - 5.31
ITC Tobacco - 4.66
Reliance Oil & Gas - 4.38
Apollo Tyres Automotive - 3.21
HDFC Bank Banking/Finance - 2.84
Hathway Cable Media - 2.77
Godrej Ind Cons NonDurable - 2.54
Lupin Pharmaceuticals - 2.51
HCL Tech Technology - 2.33

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Sector Allocation (Apr 30, 12)

Sector %

1-Year

HighLow

Banking/Finance 21.54 21.54 16.64
Automotive 11.80 11.80 4.34
Oil & Gas 11.21 11.89 10.45
Pharmaceuticals 9.63 10.97 8.24
Technology 9.12 13.65 9.12
Tobacco 5.70 5.70 3.81

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Asset Allocation (%)(Apr 30, 12)

Equity 97.01
Others 0.00
Debt 0.00
Mutual Funds N.A
Money Market 0.00
Cash / Call 3.02

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Concentration

Holdings (%)
Top 5 23.01
Top 10 36.00
Sector (%)
Top 3 44.55

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