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Sundaram Aggressive Hybrid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Hybrid Equity Fund)
Sundaram Mutual FundHybrid Scheme - Aggressive Hybrid Fund4.8 years
The scheme seeks long-term capital appreciation and current income from a balanced portfolio of equity and debt securities.
- NAV
- 177.4587
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- -7.1%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹8,793.32 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Medium
- 10.2% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Prefer peers first
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
In three lines
Watch if · Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
Watch if · Recent return trails the category median by 3 percentage points or more, with a weak rolling win rate.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Watch
4.8 years - usable, still building a track record.
Engine status
Fail
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
Expense ratio
Pass
1.14% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -13.1%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
0% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Watch
Kumaresh Ramakrishnan · 0.4 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Pass
Top 10 holdings ≈ 31.0% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
Drawdown rehearsal
This scheme’s worst fall on file is about 13%. Before you SIP, ask whether you would keep contributing through a similar drop - pausing on fear is the usual India MF failure mode.
SIP discipline
Review does not mean stop the SIP tomorrow - compare peers first. Stopping on a red label often locks in the worst path.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y-7.1%
- 3Y+8.7%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+7.6%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-6.3%
- 3Y+1.2%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +7.6%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -4.4%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +0%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 8
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +1.2%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +7.5%
- 449 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +13.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -13.1%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -7.6%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 335 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +88%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 13 days
- 51 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 231 days
- Trough to prior peak
26 Sept 2024 – 17 Oct 2025
Trough 28 Feb 2025 · recovered in 231 days
-13.1%
17 Jan 2022 – 9 Sept 2022
Trough 17 Jun 2022 · recovered in 84 days
-13.0%
28 Nov 2025 – open
Trough 30 Mar 2026 · not recovered
-11.5%
14 Dec 2022 – 7 Jun 2023
Trough 20 Mar 2023 · recovered in 79 days
-7.9%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
8
Vs category
23
Consistency
3
Risk-adjusted
35
Drawdown
67
Mean
27
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Review
Buying stance
Prefer peers first
The live read flags issues. Inspect same-category alternatives before buying.
Why this status
- Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
- Recent return trails the category median by 3 percentage points or more, with a weak rolling win rate.
- Three-year return sits below the 25th percentile of comparable share classes.
Supporting reads
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 120 holdings · top 10 are 31.0%.
- Top 5
- 18.4%
- Top 10
- 31.0%
- Largest holding
- 4.9%
- Effective holdings
- 59.8
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
4.9%
Reliance Industries Ltd
Energy & Utilities
3.7%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Industrials
3.4%
Bharti Airtel Ltd
Technology
3.3%
Repo
Unspecified
3.2%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
29 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
28 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
27 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
22 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
21 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
19 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
16 Oct 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
24 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
23 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
22 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
21 Sept 2026
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +0.9%
- 3Y
- +14.3%
- Vol
- 12.4%
- Max DD
- -31.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.53
- 3Y win
- +63%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
DSP Aggressive Hybrid Fund
DSP Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -7.0%
- 3Y
- +9.9%
- Vol
- 12.0%
- Max DD
- -28.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.59
- 3Y win
- +74%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Edelweiss Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Edelweiss Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -2.4%
- 3Y
- +12.8%
- Vol
- 12.5%
- Max DD
- -28.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.62
- 3Y win
- +71%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Franklin India Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -7.3%
- 3Y
- +9.2%
- Vol
- 11.1%
- Max DD
- -27.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.64
- 3Y win
- +79%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Kotak Aggressive Hybrid Fund
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -2.8%
- 3Y
- +12.3%
- Vol
- 15.5%
- Max DD
- -47.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.02
- 3Y win
- +49%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown