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Sundaram Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

  • Regular
  • Direct
Category : Short Duration Fund
Fund House : PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund
  • NAV
    : ₹ 48.9349 0.06%
    (as on 15th 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 15th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹10000 Invested on Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns Category Avg Rank within Category
1 Week 08-Oct-25 10018.30 0.18% - 0.15% 2/24
1 Month 15-Sep-25 10079.70 0.80% - 0.85% 21/24
3 Month 15-Jul-25 10142.60 1.43% - 1.46% 18/24
6 Month 15-Apr-25 10359.20 3.59% - 3.73% 21/24
YTD 01-Jan-25 10692.10 6.92% - 7.10% 19/23
1 Year 15-Oct-24 10830.30 8.30% 8.30% 8.59% 20/23
2 Year 13-Oct-23 11807.80 18.08% 8.63% 8.66% 15/23
3 Year 14-Oct-22 12668.50 26.69% 8.19% 8.29% 13/23
5 Year 15-Oct-20 13634.40 36.34% 6.39% 6.68% 11/20
10 Year 15-Oct-15 18770.90 87.71% 6.49% 7.37% 17/18
Since Inception 02-Jan-13 24190.30 141.90% 7.15% 7.62% 20/24

SIP Returns (NAV as on 15th October, 2025)

Period Invested for ₹1000 SIP Started on Investments Latest Value Absolute Returns Annualised Returns
1 Year 15-Oct-24 12000 12528.54 4.4 % 8.27 %
2 Year 13-Oct-23 24000 26178.14 9.08 % 8.59 %
3 Year 14-Oct-22 36000 40850.3 13.47 % 8.38 %
5 Year 15-Oct-20 60000 72408.08 20.68 % 7.45 %
10 Year 15-Oct-15 120000 167790.9 39.83 % 6.52 %
 

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 - 67.58) | Modified Duration 2.68 Years (Category Avg - 2.58)| Yield to Maturity 6.75% (Category Avg - 6.87%)

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% 69.24%
PTC 0.00% 2.63%

Investment / Portfolio Grades

Security Type
% Weight
Category Average
Government Backed 35.42% 20.39%
Low Risk 59.22% 75.89%
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 0.74 1.52 3.57 9.88 10.63
Axis Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 12200.82 0.88 1.60 4.04 9.09 8.45
Nippon India Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 8816.28 0.97 1.55 4.03 8.98 8.51
ICICI Prudential Short Term Fund - Direct Fund - Growth 3 22387.34 0.90 1.60 3.93 8.84 8.57
Mirae Asset Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 703.54 0.90 1.47 3.70 8.71 8.22
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 10696.23 0.91 1.57 3.78 8.69 8.39
Groww Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 134.59 0.85 1.52 3.88 8.66 7.92
SBI Short Term Debt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 16276.82 0.84 1.50 3.84 8.65 8.19
Mahindra Manulife Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 71.33 0.70 1.54 3.75 8.61 8.35
Baroda BNP Paribas Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 271.94 0.85 1.42 3.83 8.61 8.36

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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 0.56 1.10 14.40 -0.22 24.94
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 1.19 0.62 7.55 1.48 14.73
Sundaram Large and Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 6740.02 1.57 1.60 11.47 -0.13 18.34
Sundaram Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 4425.86 0.34 -0.74 11.93 4.90 20.17
Sundaram Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 3340.55 -0.28 -1.93 14.30 -3.13 22.04
Sundaram Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 1 3279.53 0.76 -0.16 7.26 -0.89 14.62
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 2 2828.73 0.59 0.55 12.33 0.87 19.21
Sundaram Multi Asset Allocation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth NA 2798.62 4.30 6.36 13.66 14.29 0.00
Sundaram Ultra Short Duration Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 3 2111.91 0.57 1.50 3.43 7.55 7.53

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