Should I invest in Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan?

We don't give personal investment advice. Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth 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 lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.3%. 5-year CAGR: 10.33%.

Sundaram

Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth

Latest NAV

₹218.1022

As of

3 Jun 2026

3,298 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	-0.07%	+0.18%	-0.25	17 / 21	Q4
1W	-1.83%	-1.59%	-0.25	14 / 21	Q3
2W	-0.46%	+0.17%	-0.63	15 / 21	Q3
1M	-3.51%	-1.18%	-2.33	21 / 21	Q4
3M	-5.92%	+0.36%	-6.28	21 / 21	Q4
6M	-8.81%	-2.44%	-6.38	21 / 21	Q4
YTD	-9.78%	-3.30%	-6.48	21 / 21	Q4
1Y	-4.37%	+2.76%	-7.13	20 / 21	Q4
2Y	+0.95%	+3.47%	-2.52	15 / 20	Q3
3Y	+9.35%	+16.69%	-7.34	20 / 20	Q4
4Y	+10.69%	+17.36%	-6.67	17 / 17	Q4
5Y	+10.33%	+14.68%	-4.34	14 / 14	Q4
7Y	+10.60%	+15.32%	-4.72	12 / 12	Q4
10Y	+11.23%	+14.72%	-3.49	11 / 11	Q4
Inception	+11.85%	+15.58%	-3.74	20 / 21	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	-9.78%	-3.30%	-6.48	21 / 21
2025	+6.97%	+5.37%	+1.60	9 / 20
2024	+12.69%	+21.06%	-8.37	20 / 20
2023	+22.91%	+35.80%	-12.89	18 / 18
2022	+4.71%	+7.17%	-2.46	11 / 17
2021	+31.76%	+36.76%	-5.00	9 / 13
2020	+10.17%	+15.89%	-5.72	12 / 12
2019	+6.18%	+2.90%	+3.28	4 / 12
2018	-9.68%	-9.33%	-0.35	6 / 11
2017	+37.73%	+41.39%	-3.66	8 / 11
2016	+6.57%	+6.52%	+0.04	5 / 11

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

+15.61%

152 windows

min -32.7% · max 77.7%

83% positive

3-Year rolling

+13.39%

127 windows

min -8.8% · max 29.8%

94% positive

5-Year rolling

+12.78%

103 windows

min -1.4% · max 23.4%

99% positive

7-Year rolling

+11.90%

79 windows

min 6.8% · max 15.0%

100% positive

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

12.65%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.26

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.38

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-15.93%

Sep 2024 → Feb 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 Value Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Value Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹827.0450	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Value Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan	Nippon India	₹239.8244	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Value Fund (erstwhile Value Discovery Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹497.5800	3 Jun 2026
Bandhan Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹163.8250	3 Jun 2026
Quant Value Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan	Quant	₹23.9621	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Value Fund - Growth - Direct Plan	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹148.1734	3 Jun 2026
DSP Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	DSP	₹24.2080	2 Jun 2026
HSBC Value Fund - Direct Growth	HSBC	₹124.4390	3 Jun 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth option	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹14.0496	3 Jun 2026
Canara Robeco Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Canara Robeco	₹18.6400	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
3 Jun 2026	₹218.1022
2 Jun 2026	₹218.7902
1 Jun 2026	₹218.9380
29 May 2026	₹220.7751
27 May 2026	₹223.3413
26 May 2026	₹222.8747
22 May 2026	₹220.2472
21 May 2026	₹219.7420
20 May 2026	₹219.7352
19 May 2026	₹219.8094

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 Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth is ₹218.1022. It's a Value Fund from Sundaram, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth has NAV history starting from 02 Jan 2013, a track record of about 13 years 5 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth is managed by Sundaram. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Value Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a absolute return of -4.37% — -7.13 pp behind the Value Fund category average of 2.76%. The fund ranks #20 of 21 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 9.35% — -7.34 pp behind the Value Fund category average of 16.69%. The fund ranks #20 of 20 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 10.33% — -4.34 pp behind the Value Fund category average of 14.68%. The fund ranks #14 of 14 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹289,904 today — a multiplier of 2.90×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 11.23%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹394,871.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹715,152 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.95%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,060,873 (multiplier 1.72×). XIRR: 10.42%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth ranks #14 out of 14 funds in the Value Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 14.68%; this fund delivered 10.33%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 16.32% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 Jan 2022 to a low on 20 Jun 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth averaged 12.78% (best 23.43%, worst -1.42%). 99% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.33 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth returned 6.97% — beating the Value Fund category average of 5.37% by 1.60 pp. It ranked #9 of 20 in its category that year.

Sundaram Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth 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 Value Fund Direct Plan - Growth 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. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.3%. 5-year CAGR: 10.33%.

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