Sundaram

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹14.7535

As of

27 Jun 2025

844 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	-0.01%	+0.02%	-0.03	38 / 49	Q4
1W	+0.07%	+0.16%	-0.09	42 / 49	Q4
2W	+0.18%	+0.23%	-0.05	41 / 49	Q4
1M	-1.60%	+0.06%	-1.66	49 / 49	Q4
3M	+0.74%	-0.24%	+0.97	7 / 49	Q1
6M	+2.43%	+0.21%	+2.22	5 / 49	Q1
YTD	+2.30%	+0.32%	+1.98	5 / 49	Q1
1Y	+5.51%	+1.44%	+4.07	4 / 49	Q1
2Y	+4.94%	+3.02%	+1.92	19 / 48	Q2
3Y	+4.72%	+3.13%	+1.59	19 / 46	Q2
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+4.04%	+2.83%	+1.21	16 / 49	Q2

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
2025 YTD	+2.30%	+3.43%	-1.13	23 / 44
2024	+5.62%	+3.72%	+1.91	19 / 46
2023	+4.45%	+3.07%	+1.38	17 / 44
2022	+1.62%	+2.80%	-1.18	15 / 40

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

+4.67%

31 windows

min 1.9% · max 7.2%

100% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+4.48%

7 windows

min 3.9% · max 5.3%

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

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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

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

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

1.68%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.11

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-2.06

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.06%

Jun 2025 → Jun 2025

% positive months

80.6%

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 Short Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Invesco India Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Daily IDCW (Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹1,035.9173	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.6563	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund - REGULAR - Quarterly IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.3522	3 Jun 2026
Mirae Asset Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹16.2857	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond Short Term Plan - Regular Plan - Normal Dividend	Kotak	₹12.0068	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW	HSBC	₹11.0462	3 Jun 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW Option	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹10.0788	3 Jun 2026
CANARA ROBECO SHORT DURATION FUND - REGULAR PLAN - MONTHLY IDCW (Payout/Reinvestment)	Canara Robeco	₹15.6572	3 Jun 2026
UTI Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	UTI	₹14.5997	3 Jun 2026
Axis Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW	Axis	₹10.0459	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
27 Jun 2025	₹14.7535
26 Jun 2025	₹14.7547
25 Jun 2025	₹14.7559
24 Jun 2025	₹14.7606
23 Jun 2025	₹14.7454
20 Jun 2025	₹14.7436
19 Jun 2025	₹14.7484
18 Jun 2025	₹14.7588
17 Jun 2025	₹14.7545
16 Jun 2025	₹14.7382

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 27 Jun 2025, the NAV of Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW is ₹14.7535. It's a Short Duration Fund from Sundaram, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW 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 Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW is managed by Sundaram. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Short Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 5.51% — +4.07 pp ahead of the Short Duration Fund category average of 1.44%. The fund ranks #4 of 49 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 4.72% — +1.59 pp ahead of the Short Duration Fund category average of 3.13%. The fund ranks #19 of 46 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW 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 Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹114,823 today — a multiplier of 1.15×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 4.72%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹109,680.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹387,532 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 4.84%.

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹387,532 — XIRR 4.84%.

On a 3-year basis, Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW ranks #19 out of 46 funds in the Short Duration Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.13%; this fund delivered 4.72%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW has experienced over the last 3-year window is 2.06% — its NAV fell from a high on 06 Jun 2025 to a low on 13 Jun 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 Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW averaged 4.48% (best 5.32%, worst 3.89%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -1.11 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2024, Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW returned 5.62% — beating the Short Duration Fund category average of 3.72% by 1.91 pp. It ranked #19 of 46 in its category that year.

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW is classified as a Debt fund. For units acquired on or after 1 April 2023, all gains are taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of holding period — there's no LTCG concession or indexation. For pre-April-2023 units, the old rules with indexation still apply on long-term gains.

We don't give personal investment advice. Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund) - Regular - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ years
primary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growth
tax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)

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.