How volatile has it been?

Annualised volatility over the last three years is 0.95% and the deepest peak-to-trough fall in that window was -0.42%. The disclosed Sharpe ratio is 1.5. The SEBI riskometer label is Moderately Low.

What is the minimum investment?

The minimum lumpsum is ₹5,000. Minimum SIP: Not present in the source. Check the scheme information document before investing.

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Sundaram

Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund)

Q: What is the current NAV of Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund)?

The NAV is ₹51.1886 as at 20 Aug 2026, against ₹51.243 on 19 Aug 2026 — a move of -0.11% over one day.

Q: What are the returns of Sundaram Short Duration Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Short Term Debt Fund)?

Over 1 year it returned +5.88%, with a 3-year CAGR of +7.56%. Periods with no figure are shown as —, meaning the NAV history here does not cover them.

Direct Growth

₹51.1886

-0.11% 1D

NAV · 20 Aug 2026 · previous ₹51.243

Short Duration Fund Risk: Moderately Low 4.6y of NAV history

Min lumpsum₹5,000

Min SIP—

Minimum SIP: Not present in the source.

Start SIP One-time

Scorecard

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Performance11th of 22 by 3Y CAGR

3Y CAGR 7.56% vs the Short Duration Fund average of 7.57% (22 schemes with a 3Y figure). That places it 11th of 22 of the Short Duration Fund schemes carrying a 3Y figure, highest first.

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RiskModerately Low

Volatility 0.95% a year; deepest fall over 3Y -0.42%.

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Cost2nd of 20 by expense

Expense ratio 0.28% vs a category average of 0.66% — 0.38 percentage points lower. Among Short Duration Fund schemes disclosing an expense ratio it is 2nd of 20, cheapest first.

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Track record4.6y

NAV history in this dataset covers 4.6y — full periods available: 1Y, 3Y

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ConsistencyMedian 3Y 7.84%

Across 81 overlapping three-year windows starting between 03 Jan 2022 and 17 Aug 2023, this scheme returned between 6.65% and 8.19% a year, median 7.84%.

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Deepest fall-0.67%

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the published series was -0.67%, from 02 May 2022 to 06 May 2022, and the old level was regained 60 days after the trough — 64 days below the peak in all.

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Portfolio23 securities

The fund house’s own disclosure as at 31 Jul 2026 lists 23 securities, the largest five at 31.07% of the portfolio, with 9.58% in cash.

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What is not shownDisclosed gaps

Rating and scheme AUM are deliberately absent — open for the reason on each.

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ⓘ Compared against the 24 Short Duration Fund schemes in this dataset. Factual comparisons on disclosed numbers — GFS does not rate or rank schemes.

Published NAVNAV published by the AMC, sourced from AMFI

Change+35.7%change over the window — not annualised

Low / high₹37.71 / ₹51.266 Jan 2022 · 14 Aug 2026

Last print-0.11%19 Aug 2026 → 20 Aug 2026

Prints823published NAVs, AMFI · axis does not start at zero

Returns

NAV and returns as at 20 Aug 2026

Lumpsum · point to point

1W -0.12%

1M +0.43%

3M +2.46%

6M +2.87%

YTD +3.55%

1Y +5.88%

2Y CAGR +7.34%

3Y CAGR +7.56%

5Y CAGR —

10Y CAGR —

SIP · XIRR on monthly instalments

6M SIP +6.81%

1Y SIP +6.04%

2Y SIP +6.56%

3Y SIP +7.15%

5Y SIP —

10Y SIP —

Full history SIP +7.26%

Periods up to one year are absolute; longer periods are annualised (CAGR). SIP figures are the XIRR of a fixed monthly instalment over the same window. — means this scheme’s NAV history does not cover that period — across all 1648 schemes, 68% have a 3-year figure, 48.8% a 5-year one, and 32.7% a 10-year one.

Returns vs category

This fund

+5.88%

Short Duration Fund avg

+5.79%

This fund

+7.56%

Short Duration Fund avg

+7.57%

Average is the mean of every Short Duration Fund scheme in this dataset that discloses the period — 23 schemes at 1Y, 22 at 3Y, 19 at 5Y. Returns beyond one year are annualised.

Top holdings

as at 31 Jul 2026 · source: AMC monthly portfolio disclosure

7.00% Tamil Nadu State Government Securities - 12/03/2029Sovereign 8.33%

6.36% Central Government Securities 16/02/2031Sovereign 6.06%

Power Finance Corporation Ltd - 7.77% - 15/04/2028**ICRA AAA 5.57%

PNB Housing Finance Ltd - 8.15% - 29/07/2027**IND AAA 5.56%

Export Import Bank of India - 7.35% - 27/07/2028**ICRA AAA 5.55%

National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development - 6.66% - 12/10/2028ICRA AAA 5.44%

Punjab National Bank - 05/02/2027**CRISIL A1+ 5.34%

Union Bank of India - 16/03/2027**ICRA A1+ 5.3%

Small Industries Development Bank of India - 7.42% - 12/03/2029**CRISIL AAA 4.42%

7.32% Government Securities-13/11/2030Sovereign 2.86%

Top 10 54.43%Securities 23Securities total 90.43%Cash & equivalents 9.58%

The ten largest securities by weight, out of 23 disclosed. Weight is percent of net assets as filed. Cash-equivalent lines (TREPS, reverse repo, net receivables, margin) and derivative legs are counted in the chips above but not ranked among securities, because a short futures leg is filed as a negative weight and sorting it alongside a shareholding describes no portfolio. A portfolio is a point-in-time filing and changes every month.

Risk

Volatility · annualised · 3Y

0.95%

Max drawdown · 3Y

-0.42%

Sharpe ratio

1.5

SEBI riskometer

Moderately Low

Volatility is the annualised standard deviation of daily NAV moves over the last three years; max drawdown is the deepest peak-to-trough fall in that same window. Where a scheme has less than three years of NAV, the window is what it actually has and is labelled as such — never as three years. Sharpe is as disclosed in the scheme key-ratio feed (as at 24 July 2026).

Beta and alpha are not shown. No benchmark series in the source.

Cost

Expense ratio0.28%

Category average0.66%

Exit loadNil

52W high / low₹51.2612 / ₹48.2952

Expense ratio 0.28% vs a category average of 0.66% — 0.38 percentage points lower. Among Short Duration Fund schemes disclosing an expense ratio it is 2nd of 20, cheapest first.

Expense ratio and category average are as disclosed against this scheme in the source; 78.5% of schemes here carry one. The ratio is charged inside the NAV, so every return on this page is already net of it.

Scheme facts

SEBI sub-category Short Duration Fund

Plan / option Direct Growth

Benchmark Nifty Short Duration Debt Index

Fund manager Sandeep Agarwal, Kumaresh Ramakrishnan

Launched 24 Apr 2002

NAV history here 4.6y

ISIN INF173K01GP0

AMFI scheme code 149587

SEBI riskometer Moderately Low

Exit load Nil

Lock-in None

Minimum lumpsum ₹5,000

Exit load, as disclosed: Nil

Not shown on this page, and why

Star rating — GFS is an AMFI-registered distributor (ARN-169480), not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. It does not rate schemes.

Scheme AUM — Scheme-level AUM is not in the source; only AMC-total AUM, which is a different number.

Minimum SIP — Not present in the source.

Beta and alpha — No benchmark series in the source.

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General SIP calculator

A general SIP illustration: your monthly amount grown at the annual rate you set below, compounded monthly. The rate is your assumption — it is not this scheme’s past return, not a forecast of it, and mutual fund returns are not assured.

Monthly SIP₹10,000

Tenure10 years

Assumed annual return12%

Invested₹12,00,000

Est. gain₹11,23,391

Total value₹23,23,391

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