Sundaram Focused Fund
- NAV as on 24 Sep 2026
- ₹161.95-1.12%1 day
- Return since launch
- 14.1%
- 52-week range
- ₹142.18 — ₹169.82
- AUM
- ₹1,097 Cr
Sundaram Focused Fund is a Focused equity fund from Sundaram Mutual Fund with ₹1,097 Cr under management, launched in 2005. Over three years it has returned 4.2% a year, against 11.2% for its category. The expense ratio is 2.28% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.
Performance
Sundaram Focused Fund NAV and returns
Growth of the fund against its category average over the period you pick.
Over 1Y this fund returned +1.5% against +0.3% for its category.
Performance
Returns
How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | 3.0% | +1.1 pts | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| 2Y | 2.1% | −0.9 pts | 3.0% | 1.9% |
| 3Y | 4.2% | −7.1 pts | 11.2% | 4.5% |
| 5Y | 8.5% | −0.8 pts | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 7Y | 11.7% | −1.0 pts | 12.7% | 12.0% |
| 10Y | 12.3% | +0.1 pts | 12.3% | 11.8% |
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | -3.7% | +0.2 pts | -4.0% | -3.9% |
| 3M | 0.5% | +0.4 pts | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 6M | 9.7% | 0.0 pts | 9.7% | 8.4% |
| 1Y | 1.5% | −0.3 pts | 1.8% | 0.2% |
| 2Y | -2.9% | −1.1 pts | -1.7% | -2.4% |
| 3Y | 9.2% | −2.0 pts | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 5Y | 8.1% | −1.2 pts | 9.3% | 8.6% |
| 7Y | 14.1% | +0.1 pts | 13.9% | 13.4% |
| 10Y | 12.1% | −0.2 pts | 12.3% | 11.2% |
Since launch (23 Sep 2005): 14.1%
Calendar-year returns
Category averageShow as a table
| Period | Fund | vs category | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.0% | −4.0 pts | 6.0% |
| 2024 | 17.1% | −3.8 pts | 20.9% |
| 2023 | 24.4% | −3.3 pts | 27.7% |
| 2022 | -0.3% | −2.7 pts | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | +0.5 pts | 33.2% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +2.1 pts | 17.5% |
Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.
Costs & terms
Costs and terms
What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.
Costs
2.32%
Expense ratio as on 22 Sep 2026
Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.
- Base expense
- 1.91%
- Brokerage
- 0.03%
- Transaction charges
- 0.00%
- Statutory levies
- 0.38%
- Exit load
- Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 7 days.
- Lock-in
- None
Terms
- Min SIP
- ₹3,000
- Min lumpsum
- ₹5,000
- Plan
- GROWTH
- Fund type
- OPEN-ENDED
- Benchmark
- NIFTY 500 TRI
- Short-term capital gains
- Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
- Long-term capital gains
- After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%
Risk
Risk
What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.
Your principal is treated as being at very high risk — typically small cap, sectoral and thematic equity schemes.
| Ratio | Fund | Category avg | Read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 0.33 | 5.04 | Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better. |
| Beta | 0.80 | 0.96 | How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market. |
| Sharpe | 0.45 | 0.74 | Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better. |
| Sortino | 0.55 | 1.00 | Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better. |
| Std. deviation | 12.92 | 15.86 | How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier. |
| Average of 5 category peers | |||
Portfolio
Sundaram Focused Fund portfolio
Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026
Asset allocation
- Equity93.3%
- Other6.7%
Market cap split
- Large62.2%
- Mid6.9%
- Small30.9%
- P/E
- 28.97
- P/B
- 3.88
Top holdings
| Holding | Sector | Weight | Value | 3M chg | 6M chg | 1Y chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Forgings Ltd. | Metals & Mining | 8.08% | ₹88.61 Cr | +5.02% | +4.75% | +3.30% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | Financial | 7.10% | ₹77.91 Cr | +6.63% | +7.00% | +9.05% |
| Others | Others | 6.67% | ₹73.16 Cr | -0.53% | +1.54% | -0.24% |
| TVS Motor Company Ltd. | Automobile | 6.63% | ₹72.76 Cr | +5.54% | +6.14% | +5.11% |
| Craftsman Automation Ltd. | Automobile | 6.19% | ₹67.95 Cr | +5.42% | +5.40% | +4.86% |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | Communication | 5.70% | ₹62.51 Cr | +6.21% | +6.14% | +6.06% |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | Financial | 5.04% | ₹55.31 Cr | +4.99% | +5.19% | +4.81% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.70% | ₹40.58 Cr | +7.70% | +8.84% | +9.30% |
| Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | Healthcare | 3.64% | ₹39.97 Cr | +3.61% | +3.33% | +3.18% |
| SEDEMAC Mechatronics Ltd. | Capital Goods | 3.49% | ₹38.27 Cr | +2.62% | — | — |
| Avenue Supermarts Ltd. | Services | 3.25% | ₹35.60 Cr | +3.64% | +3.50% | +4.24% |
| City Union Bank Ltd. | Financial | 3.22% | ₹35.30 Cr | +2.90% | +3.10% | +2.11% |
| Infosys Ltd. | Technology | 3.17% | ₹34.78 Cr | +3.50% | +3.78% | +4.37% |
| Interglobe Aviation Ltd. | Services | 3.16% | ₹34.69 Cr | +2.87% | +3.03% | +3.16% |
| Triveni Turbine Ltd. | Construction | 3.12% | ₹34.26 Cr | +4.32% | +2.75% | +2.86% |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | Insurance | 2.86% | ₹31.33 Cr | +3.24% | +3.47% | +3.02% |
| Info Edge (India) Ltd. | Services | 2.42% | ₹26.51 Cr | +1.98% | +1.97% | +2.90% |
| Tata Consumer Products Ltd. | Consumer Staples | 2.31% | ₹25.37 Cr | +2.84% | +2.64% | +2.42% |
| Go Digit General Insurance Ltd. | Insurance | 2.19% | ₹24.01 Cr | +1.88% | +1.99% | — |
| Trent Ltd. | Services | 2.18% | ₹23.86 Cr | +2.30% | +2.04% | — |
| Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd. | Financial | 2.09% | ₹22.94 Cr | +1.87% | — | — |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | Financial | 2.04% | ₹22.41 Cr | +2.18% | +2.26% | — |
| Dalmia Bharat Ltd. | Materials | 2.04% | ₹22.36 Cr | — | — | — |
| State Bank of India | Financial | 2.04% | ₹22.33 Cr | +2.00% | +2.40% | — |
| PI Industries Ltd. | Chemicals | 1.99% | ₹21.86 Cr | +2.52% | +2.72% | +2.78% |
| company:442 | Financial | 1.90% | ₹20.80 Cr | — | — | — |
| HCL Technologies Ltd. | Technology | 1.22% | ₹13.34 Cr | +1.18% | +1.34% | +1.37% |
| Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd. | Services | 1.05% | ₹11.47 Cr | +0.97% | — | — |
| Aavas Financiers Ltd. | Financial | 0.84% | ₹9.20 Cr | +0.96% | +0.19% | — |
| KEC International Ltd. | Capital Goods | 0.67% | ₹7.35 Cr | +0.87% | +1.37% | +1.85% |
Sectors
Instruments
Recent changes
| Holding | From | To | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | 7.36% | 3.70% | -3.66% |
| Tech Mahindra Ltd. | 3.48% | 0.00% | -3.48% |
| Happy Forgings Ltd. | 5.68% | 8.08% | +2.40% |
| company:442 | 0.00% | 1.90% | +1.90% |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd. | 6.37% | 5.70% | -0.67% |
| Craftsman Automation Ltd. | 5.61% | 6.19% | +0.59% |
| Go Digit General Insurance Ltd. | 1.68% | 2.19% | +0.51% |
| PI Industries Ltd. | 2.38% | 1.99% | -0.38% |
| SEDEMAC Mechatronics Ltd. | 3.11% | 3.49% | +0.38% |
| SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. | 3.17% | 2.86% | -0.31% |
| City Union Bank Ltd. | 2.98% | 3.22% | +0.24% |
| Others | 0.06% | -0.17% | -0.24% |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | 4.82% | 5.04% | +0.22% |
| Triveni Turbine Ltd. | 3.34% | 3.12% | -0.21% |
| Tata Consumer Products Ltd. | 2.48% | 2.31% | -0.17% |
| Trent Ltd. | 2.33% | 2.18% | -0.16% |
| TVS Motor Company Ltd. | 6.77% | 6.63% | -0.13% |
| Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | 3.77% | 3.64% | -0.12% |
| Avenue Supermarts Ltd. | 3.35% | 3.25% | -0.10% |
| KEC International Ltd. | 0.77% | 0.67% | -0.10% |
| Info Edge (India) Ltd. | 2.32% | 2.42% | +0.10% |
| Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd. | 0.95% | 1.05% | +0.10% |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | 7.20% | 7.10% | -0.10% |
| Aavas Financiers Ltd. | 0.93% | 0.84% | -0.09% |
| Infosys Ltd. | 3.25% | 3.17% | -0.07% |
| HCL Technologies Ltd. | 1.28% | 1.22% | -0.07% |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | 1.98% | 2.04% | +0.06% |
| Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd. | 2.14% | 2.09% | -0.05% |
| Interglobe Aviation Ltd. | 3.21% | 3.16% | -0.05% |
| State Bank of India | 2.03% | 2.04% | +0.01% |
| Dalmia Bharat Ltd. | 2.03% | 2.04% | +0.01% |
Compare
Similar funds
The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.
| Fund | AUM | Expense | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category average | ₹15,674 Cr | 2.10% | 6.4% | 9.3% | 13.7% |
 SBI Focused Fund | ₹51,248 Cr | 1.59% | 6.3% | 11.1% | 12.9% |
 ICICI Prudential Focused Fund | ₹17,949 Cr | 2.15% | -3.5% | 6.9% | 13.4% |
 Invesco India Focused Fund | ₹6,454 Cr | 1.94% | 14.0% | 9.8% | 15.4% |
 Bandhan Focused Fund | ₹2,094 Cr | 2.22% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 13.1% |
 ITI Focused Fund | ₹629 Cr | 2.59% | 4.7% | 9.1% | — |
About
About this fund
The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.
Investment objective
The Scheme proposes to invest in equity and equity related securities. The portfolio will have no more than 30 stocks.
Fund managers
- Ashwin JainMr. Jain is a B.E. and PGDM.Prior to joining Sundaram Asset Management Company Ltd. He has worked with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd, HCL Technologies, Irevana and Merill Lynch.
Tools
Return calculator
What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.
| Over the past | Total investment | Would’ve become | Growth | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months9.69% absolute | ₹60,000 | ₹65,814 | 9.69% | |
| 1 year1.49% annualised | ₹1,20,000 | ₹1,20,973 | 0.81% | |
| 3 years9.20% annualised | ₹3,60,000 | ₹4,15,940 | 15.54% | |
| 5 years8.13% annualised | ₹6,00,000 | ₹7,42,259 | 23.71% |
Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.
How this is calculated
Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.
The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
The things people ask about this scheme.