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Sundaram Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

  • Regular
  • Direct
Category : Short Duration Fund
Fund House : PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund
  • NAV
    : ₹ 48.8939 0.09%
    (as on 13th October, 2025)
Crisil Rating
Above average performance among peers
Risk-O-Meter
Low to Moderate Risk

The fund has 94.63% investment in Debt, of which 35.42% in Government securities, 59.22% is in Low Risk securities.

Suitable For : Investors who want to invest for 1-3 years and are looking for alternative to bank deposits.

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Returns (NAV as on 13th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹10000 Invested on Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns Category Avg Rank within Category
1 Week 06-Oct-25 10014.30 0.14% - 0.16% 17/24
1 Month 12-Sep-25 10075.50 0.75% - 0.80% 20/24
3 Month 11-Jul-25 10138.50 1.39% - 1.44% 21/24
6 Month 11-Apr-25 10364.60 3.65% - 3.79% 21/24
YTD 01-Jan-25 10683.10 6.83% - 7.02% 19/23
1 Year 11-Oct-24 10833.30 8.33% 8.29% 8.58% 20/23
2 Year 13-Oct-23 11797.90 17.98% 8.61% 8.64% 15/23
3 Year 13-Oct-22 12659.80 26.60% 8.17% 8.27% 12/23
5 Year 13-Oct-20 13642.20 36.42% 6.41% 6.69% 11/20
10 Year 13-Oct-15 18771.00 87.71% 6.49% 7.37% 17/18
Since Inception 02-Jan-13 24170.10 141.70% 7.15% 7.61% 19/23

SIP Returns (NAV as on 13th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹1000 SIP Started on Investments Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns
1 Year 11-Oct-24 12000 12526.49 4.39 % 8.21 %
2 Year 13-Oct-23 24000 26173.29 9.06 % 8.57 %
3 Year 13-Oct-22 36000 40837.63 13.44 % 8.35 %
5 Year 13-Oct-20 60000 72374.5 20.62 % 7.43 %
10 Year 13-Oct-15 120000 167709.17 39.76 % 6.51 %
 

Tax Treatment

Any profit will be clubbed with your income and taxed at your effective tax rate.

Portfolio (Updated on 30th Sep,2025)

No of Debt Holding 26 (Category Avg - 67.54) | Modified Duration 2.61 Years (Category Avg - 2.49)| Yield to Maturity 6.81% (Category Avg - 6.84%)

Type of Holdings

Security Type
% Weight
Category Average
GOI 35.42% 20.36%
CD 0.00% 3.36%
T-Bills 0.00% 0.04%
CP 0.00% 0.67%
NCD & Bonds 59.22% 69.12%
PTC 0.00% 2.63%

Investment / Portfolio Grades

Security Type
% Weight
Category Average
Government Backed 35.42% 20.39%
Low Risk 59.22% 75.78%
Moderate Risk 0.00% 0.00%
High Risk 0.00% 0.00%
Very High Risk 0.00% 0.00%
Others 0.00% 0.00%
Name Type of Instrument Weight (%)
Net Receivables Net Receivables 3.12%
TREPS TREPS 2.26%

Risk Ratios

Ratios calculated on daily returns for last 3 years (Updated as on 30th September, 2025)

  • Standard Deviation

    Low volatility
    0.68vs0.83
    Category Avg
  • Beta

    Low volatility
    0.81vs0.88
    Category Avg
  • Sharpe Ratio

    Better risk adjusted returns
    2.1vs1.89
    Category Avg
  • Treynor's Ratio

    Better risk adjusted returns
    0.02vs0.02
    Category Avg
  • Jensen's Alpha

    Better risk adjusted returns
    0.24vs-0.01
    Category Avg

Alternative Funds (Category Peers)

Scheme Name
Crisil Rank
Asset Size (Cr)
1M
3M
6M
1Y
3Y
Bank of India Short Term Income Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 241.11 0.68 1.50 3.60 9.86 10.59
Axis Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 12200.82 0.82 1.58 4.08 9.07 8.42
Nippon India Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 8816.28 0.93 1.55 4.08 8.99 8.49
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund - Direct Fund - Growth 3 22387.34 0.87 1.62 3.99 8.83 8.54
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 10696.23 0.82 1.55 3.82 8.70 8.36
Mirae Asset Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 703.54 0.86 1.44 3.74 8.69 8.20
SBI Short Term Debt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 16276.82 0.81 1.48 3.93 8.68 8.17
Groww Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 134.59 0.80 1.49 3.91 8.63 7.88
Baroda BNP Paribas Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 271.94 0.79 1.40 3.87 8.63 8.33
Mahindra Manulife Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 71.33 0.70 1.56 3.84 8.62 8.34

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Scheme Name
Crisil Rank
Asset Size (Cr)
1M
3M
6M
1Y
3Y
Sundaram Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 4 12585.11 0.76 2.51 17.36 1.08 24.97
Sundaram Liquid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 7481.60 0.49 1.44 3.04 6.88 7.11
Sundaram Aggressive Hybrid Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 6944.38 0.99 0.87 9.17 1.87 14.80
Sundaram Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 6740.02 1.37 2.22 13.53 0.50 18.32
Sundaram Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 4425.86 0.88 0.57 14.81 6.20 20.64
Sundaram Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 3340.55 -0.43 -0.66 16.48 -2.32 21.81
Sundaram Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 3279.53 0.23 0.07 9.44 -0.68 14.86
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 2828.73 0.40 1.47 14.65 1.47 19.26
Sundaram Multi Asset Allocation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 2798.62 3.44 6.08 14.26 13.89 0.00
Sundaram Ultra Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 2111.91 0.58 1.54 3.48 7.54 7.52

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