Sundaram ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Regular

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.
Direct

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.

Category : ELSS

Fund House : PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund

NAV

This number shows latest NAV (Net Asset Value) and change in the NAV from previous day. NAV is nothing but the unit price for the fund. You will be allocated number of units based on this price. NAV is declared once each day generally at the end of the day. Once you invest in mutual funds, your money is further invested in stocks and bonds by mutual fund managers. Mutual Fund NAV is the per unit latest value of all such stocks/bonds held in the portfolio

: ₹ 549.5749 0%
(as on 15th September, 2025)

Crisil Rating

Average performance among peers

Fund Size

: ₹ 1362.33 Cr

(0.56% of Investment in Category)

Expense Ratio

: 1.67%

(0.9% Category average)

Risk-O-Meter

Very High Risk

ELSS :ELSS : The fund has 93.25% investment in domestic equities of which 55.71% is in Large Cap stocks, 8.34% is in Mid Cap stocks, 7.87% in Small Cap stocks.

Suitable For : Investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3 years and looking for additional benefits of income tax saving apart from higher returns expectations. At the same time, these investors should also be ready for possibility of moderate losses in their investments and 3 year lock-in period.

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Returns (NAV as on 12th September, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹10000 Invested on	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns	Category Avg	Rank within Category
1 Week	05-Sep-25	10103.10	1.03%	-	1.51%	49/54
1 Month	12-Aug-25	10139.90	1.40%	-	2.81%	51/54
3 Month	12-Jun-25	10240.80	2.41%	-	1.48%	13/54
6 Month	12-Mar-25	11501.90	15.02%	-	16.43%	33/54
YTD	01-Jan-25	10444.20	4.44%	-	2.58%	11/53
1 Year	12-Sep-24	10042.70	0.43%	0.43%	-1.79%	9/53
2 Year	12-Sep-23	13289.20	32.89%	15.26%	17.52%	42/53
3 Year	12-Sep-22	15043.10	50.43%	14.57%	17.20%	40/49
5 Year	11-Sep-20	26159.10	161.59%	21.18%	23.45%	37/49
10 Year	11-Sep-15	40754.70	307.55%	15.07%	15.28%	13/27
Since Inception	02-Jan-13	63652.70	536.53%	15.69%	16.39%	31/54

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SIP Returns (NAV as on 12th September, 2025)

Period Invested for	₹1000 SIP Started on	Investments	Latest Value	Absolute Returns	Annualised Returns
1 Year	12-Sep-24	12000	12636.65	5.31 %	9.95 %
2 Year	12-Sep-23	24000	27003.75	12.52 %	11.76 %
3 Year	12-Sep-22	36000	45103.91	25.29 %	15.17 %
5 Year	11-Sep-20	60000	89726.39	49.54 %	16.08 %
10 Year	11-Sep-15	120000	271352.86	126.13 %	15.57 %

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Tax Treatment

You can not sell your investments in this fund for 3 years from the purchase date. Long term capital gain tax will be applicable when you sell your investments after 3 years. Current tax rate is 12.5%, if your total long term capital gain exceeds 1.25 lakhs in a financial year. Any cess/surcharge is not included. However, you can claim a deduction on your taxable income under section 80c for your investments in this fund. (Current tax deductions are capped at 1.5 lakh per year).

Portfolio (Updated on 31st Aug,2025)

Portfolio Turnover Ratio : 47.00% | Category average turnover ratio is 76.98%

Fund manager updated portfolio less frequently than peers in last 1 year. (I.e. fund manager held stocks/bonds in the portfolio for longer duration than peers)

Equity Holding : 93.25% | F&O Holdings : 0.00%| Foreign Equity Holdings : 0.00%| Total : 93.25%

No of Stocks : 54 (Category Avg - 54.36) | Large Cap Investments : 55.71%| Mid Cap Investments : 8.34% | Small Cap Investments : 7.87% | Other : 21.31%

Top 10 Stocks in Portfolio

How to read this table?

Stock Invested in	Sector	Value(Mn)	% of Total Holdings	1M Change	1Y Highest Holding	1Y Lowest Holding	Quantity	1M Change in Qty
HDFC Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	1225.7	9.00%	-0.44%	9.44% (Jul 2025)	7.32% (Sep 2024)	12.88 L	6.44 L
ICICI Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	1030.2	7.56%	-0.37%	7.93% (Jul 2025)	6.54% (Sep 2024)	7.37 L	0.00
Reliance Industries Ltd.	Refineries & marketing	589	4.32%	-0.06%	4.92% (Sep 2024)	3.92% (Dec 2024)	4.34 L	0.00
Axis Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	459.9	3.38%	-0.04%	3.78% (Jun 2025)	2.36% (Jan 2025)	4.40 L	0.00
Infosys Ltd.	Computers - software & consulting	454.1	3.33%	0.31%	4.43% (Jan 2025)	3.02% (Jul 2025)	3.09 L	33.00 k
- Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	Civil construction	453.7	3.33%	0.00%	3.63% (Mar 2025)	2.46% (Sep 2024)	1.26 L	0.00
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	Telecom - cellular & fixed line services	434.4	3.19%	-0.01%	3.2% (Jul 2025)	1.17% (Feb 2025)	2.30 L	0.00
State Bank Of India	Public sector bank	426.9	3.13%	0.06%	3.19% (Mar 2025)	2.44% (Sep 2024)	5.32 L	0.00
ITC Limited	Diversified fmcg	389.7	2.86%	0.02%	3.05% (Apr 2025)	1.84% (Mar 2025)	9.51 L	0.00
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.	Private sector bank	372.5	2.73%	0.00%	2.95% (Jun 2025)	1.06% (Oct 2024)	1.90 L	0.00

- indicates change in weight in the portfolio. # indicates a new entry.

Detailed Portfolio Analysis

Name	Type of Instrument	Weight (%)
TREPS	TREPS	4.52%
MF Units	MF Units	2.20%
Net Receivables	Net Receivables	0.03%

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Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 29th August, 2025)

Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation value gives an idea about how volatile fund returns has been in the past 3 years. Lower value indicates more predictable performance. So if you are comparing 2 funds (lets say Fund A and Fund B) in the same category. If Fund A and Fund B has given 9% returns in last 3 years, but Fund A standard deviation value is lower than Fund B. So you can say that there is a higher chance that Fund A will continue giving similar returns in future also whereas Fund B returns may vary.

Low volatility

11.88vs13.35

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Beta
Beta value gives idea about how volatile fund performance has been compared to similar funds in the market. Lower beta implies the fund gives more predictable performance compared to similar funds in the market. So if you are comparing 2 funds (lets say Fund A and Fund B) in the same category. If Fund A and Fund B has given 9% returns in last 3 years, but Fund A beta value is lower than Fund B. So you can say that there is a higher chance that Fund A will continue giving similar returns in future also whereas Fund B returns may vary.

Low volatility

0.87vs0.92

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Sharpe Ratio
Sharpe ratio indicates how much risk was taken to generate the returns. Higher the value means, fund has been able to give better returns for the amount of risk taken. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free return, defined as an Indian Government Bond, from the fund's returns, and then dividing by the standard deviation of returns. For example, if fund A and fund B both have 3-year returns of 15%, and fund A has a Sharpe ratio of 1.40 and fund B has a Sharpe ratio of 1.25, you can chooses fund A, as it has given higher risk-adjusted return.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.71vs0.76

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Treynor's Ratio
Treynor's ratio indicates how much excess return was generated for each unit of risk taken. Higher the value means, fund has been able to give better returns for the amount of risk taken. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free return, defined as an Indian Government Bond, from the fund's returns, and then dividing by the beta of returns. For example, if fund A and fund B both have 3-year returns of 15%, and fund A has a Treynor's ratio of 1.40 and fund B has a Treynor's ratio of 1.25, then you can chooses fund A, as it has given higher risk-adjusted return.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.1vs0.11

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Jensen's Alpha
Alpha indicates how fund generated additional returns compared to a benchmark. Let's say if a fund A benchmarks its returns with Nifty50 returns then alpha equal to 1.0 indicates the fund has beaten the nifty returns by 1%, so the higher the alpha, the better.

Poor risk adjusted returns

0.54vs1.63

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Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	5524.49	3.20	1.93	13.22	5.69	19.34
WhiteOak Capital ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	406.58	2.63	2.43	16.64	4.46	0.00
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	240.95	2.33	1.37	19.52	4.23	19.26
HDFC ELSS Tax saver - Direct Plan - Growth	5	16525.28	2.99	2.80	15.63	3.19	21.78
PGIM India ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	763.35	2.68	2.00	14.62	1.59	14.50
Mirae Asset ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	25562.27	3.00	2.34	17.09	0.96	17.24
Mahindra Manulife ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	941.27	3.79	2.08	15.40	0.33	15.65
Aditya Birla Sun Life ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	15216.10	2.64	2.69	18.02	0.22	14.32
Baroda BNP Paribas ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	897.12	2.30	2.42	15.11	0.16	18.52
ICICI Prudential ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	14345.55	3.22	2.88	15.68	0.04	16.44

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Scheme Name	Crisil Rank	Asset Size (Cr)	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Sundaram Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	4	12501.03	2.74	2.95	21.12	0.33	22.66
Sundaram Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	7150.26	0.47	1.44	3.33	7.02	7.10
Sundaram Aggressive Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	6679.69	1.66	1.20	11.05	0.58	13.01
Sundaram Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	6650.71	2.48	2.49	15.91	-1.28	15.59
Sundaram Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	4332.60	2.89	1.37	19.15	5.47	18.67
Sundaram Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	1	3302.41	1.42	0.68	11.30	-2.82	12.98
Sundaram Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	3282.20	3.93	1.59	22.56	-1.17	20.37
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	2	2810.27	2.87	3.23	17.42	0.41	16.95
Sundaram Multi Asset Allocation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	NA	2669.25	3.44	3.62	13.90	10.14	0.00
Sundaram Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	3	2383.96	0.44	1.51	4.14	7.90	7.38