Sundaram Focused Fund
The Scheme proposes to invest in equity and equity related securities. The portfolio will have no more than 30 stocks.
Growthvine rating: 2/5 — ranked #21 of 28 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Focused |
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| NAV | ₹168.93 (as of 2026-08-21) |
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| AUM | ₹1,053 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 1.90% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Ashwin Jain |
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| Exit load | 0.25% for redemption within 7 days |
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Performance & risk
| Sharpe ratio | 0.34 |
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| Standard deviation | 12.92% |
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| Max drawdown | -20.43% |
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| Alpha | -1.01 |
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| Beta | 0.81 |
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Over 5 years, captured 89.0% of Nifty 500's upside and 95.8% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 67.2% |
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| Mid cap | 7.0% |
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| Small cap | 25.9% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 33.4% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 54.4% |
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| Total holdings | 29 |
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| Index overlap | 26.7% |
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| Active share | 73.3% |
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Top holdings
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 7.4%
- ICICI Bank Ltd. — 7.2%
- TVS Motor Company Ltd. — 6.8%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd. — 6.4%
- Happy Forgings Limited — 5.7%
- Craftsman Automation Limited — 5.6%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. — 4.8%
- Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. — 3.8%
- Tech Mahindra Limited — 3.5%
- Avenue Supermarts Limited — 3.3%
Top sectors
- Banking & Financial — 26.4%
- Automobile — 15.5%
- Software & Services — 8.0%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 3.3% | Q2 | #13 of 28 |
| 2025 | 2.0% | Q3 | #20 of 28 |
| 2024 | 17.2% | Q3 | #15 of 27 |
| 2023 | 24.4% | Q3 | #16 of 25 |