Sundaram

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹171.8827

As of

3 Jun 2026

1,085 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	+0.57%	+0.16%	+0.41	2 / 28	Q1
1W	-0.62%	-1.70%	+1.08	2 / 28	Q1
2W	+0.45%	+0.08%	+0.37	8 / 28	Q2
1M	+1.00%	-0.57%	+1.58	6 / 28	Q1
3M	-1.24%	-0.01%	-1.23	17 / 28	Q3
6M	-4.76%	-4.00%	-0.76	17 / 28	Q3
YTD	-5.55%	-4.28%	-1.27	17 / 28	Q3
1Y	-0.23%	+1.05%	-1.28	17 / 28	Q3
2Y	+1.51%	+4.18%	-2.68	22 / 28	Q4
3Y	+11.65%	+14.42%	-2.76	23 / 27	Q4
4Y	+12.50%	+14.60%	-2.10	20 / 24	Q4
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+8.65%	+14.67%	-6.02	27 / 28	Q4

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	-5.55%	-4.28%	-1.27	17 / 28
2025	+2.71%	+5.55%	-2.84	20 / 28
2024	+18.24%	+20.88%	-2.63	17 / 27
2023	+24.79%	+27.60%	-2.81	16 / 25
2022	-0.69%	+2.34%	-3.03	17 / 23

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+14.09%

42 windows

min -4.2% · max 37.1%

83% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+14.22%

18 windows

min 9.8% · max 19.5%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

—

Insufficient history

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

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Today's value

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XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

11.83%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.45

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.67

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-17.17%

Sep 2024 → Apr 2025

% positive months

72.2%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Focused Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Focused Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹250.6800	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Focused Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹131.4877	3 Jun 2026
SBI FOCUSED FUND - DIRECT PLAN -GROWTH	SBI	₹430.6856	2 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Focused Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹102.5000	3 Jun 2026
Invesco India Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹28.4200	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹101.5750	3 Jun 2026
quant Focused Fund - Growth Option-Direct Plan	Quant	₹100.2827	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Focused Fund - Growth - Direct Plan	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹158.3303	3 Jun 2026
Motilal Oswal Focused Fund - Direct Plan Growth Option	Motilal Oswal	₹54.9491	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Focused Equity Fund - Direct - Growth	Franklin India	₹110.9849	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹171.8827
2 Jun 2026	₹172.2650
1 Jun 2026	₹171.2934
29 May 2026	₹172.4051
27 May 2026	₹173.5525
26 May 2026	₹173.3464
22 May 2026	₹172.4722
21 May 2026	₹171.9420
20 May 2026	₹171.6311
19 May 2026	₹171.4900

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 03 Jun 2026, the NAV of Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹171.8827. It's a Focused Fund from Sundaram, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 03 Jan 2022, a track record of about 4 years 5 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option is managed by Sundaram. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Focused Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of -0.23% — -1.28 pp behind the Focused Fund category average of 1.05%. The fund ranks #17 of 28 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 11.65% — -2.76 pp behind the Focused Fund category average of 14.42%. The fund ranks #23 of 27 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹139,188 today — a multiplier of 1.39×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 11.65%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹149,781.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹383,637 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.17%.

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹383,637 — XIRR 4.17%.

On a 3-year basis, Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option ranks #23 out of 27 funds in the Focused Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 14.42%; this fund delivered 11.65%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 17.17% — its NAV fell from a high on 23 Sep 2024 to a low on 07 Apr 2025. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option averaged 14.22% (best 19.51%, worst 9.83%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.45 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option returned 2.71% — lagging the Focused Fund category average of 5.55% by 2.84 pp. It ranked #20 of 28 in its category that year.

Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. Sundaram Focused Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Focused Multicap Fund)- Direct Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.