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Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Dividend Yield Fund)
Sundaram Mutual FundEquity Scheme - Dividend Yield Fund4.7 years
The scheme aims to provide capital appreciation by investing predominantly in a well-diversified portfolio of companies that have a relatively high dividend yield.
- NAV
- 140.4314
- 15 Sept 2026
- 1Y
- -5.1%
- Trailing CAGR
- Upside capture
- +88%
- Vs NIFTY 500 TRI
- Downside capture
- +83%
- Lower is better
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-5.1%
- 3Y+8.7%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+9.6%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y-9.2%
- 3Y+0.2%
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +9.6%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -8.0%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +0%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 0
- Vs comparable share classes
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +8.7%
- 420 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +17.0%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +0.2%
- Simulated monthly SIP
Official benchmark
Date-aligned against NIFTY 500 TRI. Capture ratios use common month-end observations through 15 Sept 2026.
- 1Y excess
- -2.8%
- Fund minus TRI
- 3Y excess
- -0.7%
- Fund minus TRI
- Upside capture
- +88%
- Benchmark-up months
- Downside capture
- +83%
- Lower is better
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high. Move across the path to read a date.
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 11 days
- 40 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 164 days
- Trough to prior peak
- Current spell
- 718 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +89%
- NAV observations
27 Sept 2024 – open
Trough 28 Feb 2025 · not recovered
-18.9%
17 Jan 2022 – 1 Dec 2022
Trough 20 Jun 2022 · recovered in 164 days
-16.2%
3 Jun 2024 – 13 Jun 2024
Trough 4 Jun 2024 · recovered in 9 days
-7.9%
1 Dec 2022 – 15 May 2023
Trough 28 Mar 2023 · recovered in 48 days
-6.7%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
0
Vs category
0
Consistency
3
Risk-adjusted
44
Drawdown
53
Mean
20
Portfolio
31 Aug 2026 · 57 holdings · top 10 are 36.5%.
- Top 5
- 21.0%
- Top 10
- 36.5%
- Largest holding
- 4.8%
- Effective holdings
- 41.9
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
4.8%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
4.6%
Embassy Office Parks REIT
Real Estate
3.9%
State Bank of India
Financial
3.9%
NTPC Ltd
Energy & Utilities
3.9%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
11 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
10 Sept 2026
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Quantitative read of the live evidence. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
As of 15 Sept 2026
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Engine status
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Closer look
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
No supporting reads in the current evidence set.
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund.
Baroda BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund
Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +1.1%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 12.5%
- Max DD
- -18.1%
- Sharpe
- -0.48
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund
LIC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +4.5%
- 3Y
- +17.8%
- Vol
- 15.8%
- Max DD
- -20.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.84
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
SBI Dividend Yield Fund
SBI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +3.7%
- 3Y
- +10.7%
- Vol
- 11.8%
- Max DD
- -17.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.77
- 3Y win
- 0%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher trailing returns
Tata Dividend Yield Fund
Tata Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +8.7%
- 3Y
- +13.7%
- Vol
- 15.1%
- Max DD
- -20.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.68
- 3Y win
- +45%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +2.9%
- 3Y
- +11.7%
- Vol
- 15.0%
- Max DD
- -42.0%
- Sharpe
- 0.54
- 3Y win
- +34%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown