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Principal Tax Savings Fund SET SMS ALERT

80.810
1.61 (1.95%)
NAV as on May-23-2013

Fund Family PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund

Fund Class ELSS

ranking by CRISIL

Average performance in the category

The scheme is ranked 3 in ELSS category by Crisil. If you are already invested in this scheme, you may consider switching to a better performing scheme.
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Returns (NAV as on May-23-2013)

Period Returns (%) Rank #
1 mth 0.3 34
3 mth -0.3 31
6 mth 0.5 33
1 year 21.4 12
2 year 7.2 8
3 year 4.8 31
5 year -0.8 36

# Moneycontrol Rank within 52 ELSS Schemes.

Absolute Returns (in %)

Year Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Annual
2013 -9.4 - - - -
2012 20.4 -0.8 10.4 8.7 46.2
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

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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 0.3 -0.3 0.5 21.4 7.2 4.8 -0.8
Category avg 0.7 0.4 1.4 17.3 4.3 4.8 3.3
Difference of Fund returns and Category returns -0.4 -0.7 -0.9 4.1 2.9 0.0 -4.1
Best of category 4.6 5.5 7.0 26.9 12.2 13.1 12.2
Worst of category -1.8 -3.6 -12.7 -4.3 -13.9 -10.5 -8.9
Benchmark returns # 2.2 1.3 5.1 22.0 4.0 4.7 2.9
Difference of Fund returns and Benchmark returns -1.9 -1.6 -4.6 -0.6 3.2 0.1 -3.7
Principal Tax Savings Fund Review by Crisil - Rating: 3 (Rank 3 out of 5)
# Benchmark Index: S&P 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 S&P BSE 200
Asset Size (Rs cr) 217.33 (Mar-30-2013)
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 (%)
SBI Magnum Tax Gain (G) Rank 3
4,578.79 1.4 2.8 18.1 5.9 5.0
HDFC Tax Saver (G) Rank 4
3,490.65 -2.0 0.2 11.9 4.2 9.0
UTI Master Equity Plan (US) Not Ranked
1,261.75 1.3 4.5 20.7 7.1 5.9
Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) (G) Rank 3
2,036.92 1.9 -0.2 14.4 7.9 9.5
L&T Tax Advantage (G) Rank 3
1,166.81 1.4 -0.8 16.6 6.8 9.2
* Returns over 1 year are Annualised More »

Portfolio

Top Holdings (Apr 30, 13)

Equity Sector Value
(Rs cr)
Asset %
ITC Tobacco 14.95 7.30
ICICI Bank Banking/Finance 11.58 5.65
Reliance Oil & Gas 10.19 4.98
Tata Motors Automotive 8.75 4.27
HDFC Banking/Finance 7.98 3.89
HDFC Bank Banking/Finance 7.01 3.42
Maruti Suzuki Automotive 6.23 3.04
OracleFinancial Technology 5.48 2.68
SBI Banking/Finance 5.17 2.52
Federal Bank Banking/Finance 5.16 2.52

Full Portfolio

Sector Allocation (Apr 30, 13)

Sector %

1-Year

HighLow

Banking/Finance 26.14 27.05 20.40
Oil & Gas 10.32 12.28 7.31
Automotive 9.43 9.51 6.58
Pharmaceuticals 8.76 10.10 7.31
Technology 8.27 11.79 8.27
Tobacco 7.30 7.30 4.45

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Asset Allocation (%)(Apr 30, 13)

Equity 94.06
Others 0.00
Debt 0.00
Mutual Funds N.A
Money Market 0.00
Cash / Call 5.94

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Concentration

Holdings (%)
Top 5 26.09
Top 10 40.27
Sector (%)
Top 3 45.89

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