Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund

Dividend YieldDirect and Regular plans, Growth and IDCW options

Data as on 30-10-2026

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is a Dividend Yield fund run by Sundaram Mutual Fund. On 30-09-2026, it managed ₹757 Cr of investors' money. In the 3 years to 30-10-2026, its Direct plan returned 9.3% a year and its Regular plan returned 7.9% a year. Its benchmark, Nifty 500 TRI, returned 10.2% a year over the same 3 years.

NAV (Direct plan): ₹138.43; ▲ 0.07%30-10-2026
NAV (Regular plan): ₹124.93; ▲ 0.07%30-10-2026
Expense ratio: 1.27%Direct2.43%Regular; 1.27%; A year
Riskometer: Not available; Set by the fund house
3 year return: 9.3%Direct7.9%Regular; 9.3%; A year

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund NAV Today

NAV on 30-10-2026: Direct Plan Growth ₹138.43 (up 0.07% that day); Regular Plan Growth ₹124.93 (up 0.07% that day).

This fund (Direct plan)

₹138.4311

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Returns vs Nifty 500 TRI

Returns as on 30-10-2026. Up to one year they are absolute returns. Longer periods are a rate per year.

Trailing returns
Period	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
This fund (Direct)	−0.24%	−5.19%	−5.64%	−9.22%	+9.25%	--	--
This fund (Regular)	−0.34%	−5.47%	−6.19%	−10.29%	+7.91%	--	--
Nifty 500 TRI	−0.75%	−6.05%	−2.83%	−7.34%	+10.22%	+8.81%	+12.51%
Dividend Yield average	−1.57%	−5.69%	−3.24%	−5.57%	+12.14%	--	--
Best in Dividend Yield	+0.07%	−4.46%	+2.30%	−0.20%	+17.64%	--	--
Worst in Dividend Yield	−4.08%	−8.44%	−6.77%	−9.73%	+9.25%	--	--
Rank in Dividend Yield	2/12	5/11	9/11	9/10	9/9	--	--

Category rows compare the Direct plans of 12 Dividend Yield funds. Rank 1 is the highest return.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Year-wise Returns

Return of each calendar year
Year	Direct	Regular	Nifty 500 TRI
2026to date	−9.84%	−10.72%	−7.51%
2025	+4.57%	+3.32%	+7.76%
2024	+17.22%	+15.70%	+16.24%
2023	+35.70%	+34.02%	+26.91%

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Rolling Returns

The return of every holding period in the fund's history, not only the one that ends today

Rolling returns

Each point is the yearly return of one 3-year holding period, plotted on the day it ended. There are 449 periods, one for each trading day from 03-01-2025 to 30-10-2026.

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Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)Nifty 500 TRI

Every holding period at a glance

Period	Periods	Median	Lowest	Highest	With a loss	Benchmark median	Beat benchmark
1 year	940	8.1%	−10.2%	49.1%	22%	9.4%	49%
2 years	695	20.3%	−6.8%	35.0%	14%	18.3%	64%
3 years	449	16.8%	7.8%	22.3%	0%	15.4%	77%

Every SIP holding period at a glance

Period	Periods	Median	Lowest	Highest	With a loss	Benchmark median	Beat benchmark
1 year	46	8.6%	−19.3%	55.4%	28%	10.8%	54%
2 years	34	11.4%	−5.6%	41.3%	15%	11.8%	56%
3 years	22	13.7%	−1.4%	22.5%	5%	13.6%	36%

Lumpsum: the yearly rate (CAGR) from the NAV on a period's first day to the NAV on its last. SIP: the XIRR of the monthly instalments and their value on the last day. "With a loss" counts the periods that ended below the money put in. "Beat benchmark" counts the periods in which the fund did better than Nifty 500 TRI over the same days. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Risk

How much it swings, and the falls an investor had to sit through

Risk and return

Measure	Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)This fund	Nifty 500 TRI
Return (CAGR)	−9.22%	−7.34%
Standard deviation	11.15%	14.48%
Sharpe ratio	-1.30	-0.87
Sortino ratio	-1.66	-1.16
Maximum drawdown	−12.8% (08-10-2026)	−14.7% (30-03-2026)
Beta	0.74	1.00
Alpha	−5.14%	0.00%

From daily NAVs, 30-10-2025 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

Measure	Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)This fund	Nifty 500 TRI
Return (CAGR)	+9.25%	+10.22%
Standard deviation	13.13%	14.30%
Sharpe ratio	0.25	0.29
Sortino ratio	0.33	0.40
Maximum drawdown	−18.9% (28-02-2025)	−18.6% (28-02-2025)
Beta	0.89	1.00
Alpha	−0.49%	0.00%

From daily NAVs, 30-10-2023 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

Measure	Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)This fund	Nifty 500 TRI
Return (CAGR)	+8.98%	+8.95%
Standard deviation	12.88%	14.27%
Sharpe ratio	0.24	0.21
Sortino ratio	0.32	0.29
Maximum drawdown	−18.9% (28-02-2025)	−18.6% (28-02-2025)
Beta	0.87	1.00
Alpha	+0.41%	0.00%

From daily NAVs, 03-01-2022 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

Drawdowns

How far below its previous high each one was on every day: the falls an investor had to sit through. 0% means it was at a new high.

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Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)Nifty 500 TRI

	Worst fall	High before it	Bottom	Back at the high	Time to climb back	Below its high today
Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)	−18.9%	27-09-2024	28-02-2025	Not yet	--	−13.3%
Nifty 500 TRI	−18.6%	26-09-2024	28-02-2025	Not yet	--	−8.8%

From the Direct plan's daily NAV since 03-01-2022, adjusted for unit splits, and Nifty 500 TRI over the same days. "Time to climb back" runs from the bottom to the first day back at the old high.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund vs Other Dividend Yield Funds

The five Dividend Yield funds with the best three year return, and this fund. Direct plans.

Fund name	Rank	AUM (Cr)	Exp. ratio	1Y return	3Y return	3Y alpha	3Y beta	3Y Sharpe	3Y Sortino
LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund	1/9	738	0.97%	−2.19%	+17.64%	+7.19%	1.06	0.73	1.00	Compare
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Fund	2/9	6,328	0.76%	−9.73%	+13.40%	+3.73%	0.87	0.58	0.79	Compare
Tata Dividend Yield Fund	3/9	1,109	0.81%	−0.20%	+12.98%	+2.46%	1.07	0.44	0.58	Compare
UTI - Dividend Yield Fund	4/9	3,582	1.54%	−6.51%	+12.82%	+3.24%	0.85	0.54	0.75	Compare
Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund	5/9	1,382	1.87%	−5.32%	+10.91%	+0.64%	0.97	0.33	0.44	Compare
Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund	9/9	757	1.27%	−9.22%	+9.25%	−0.49%	0.89	0.25	0.33

AUM is each fund's size at the end of its last reported month, from its own portfolio file. We calculate the risk ratios from daily NAVs over the last three years. The risk-free return is what NSE's overnight rate index earned over the same years. Alpha and beta compare each fund with its own benchmark's TRI. "--" means we have no figure: for alpha and beta, no daily series for that benchmark.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Expense Ratio and Costs

What each plan charges a year, in force from 19-10-2026

Plan	Base expense ratio	Brokerage	Transaction costs	Levies and GST	Total expense ratio	Dividend Yield median	Cost rank (1 = cheapest)
Direct	1.01%	0.03%	0.00%	0.23%	1.27%	1.21%	7/12
Regular	2.03%	0.03%	0.00%	0.37%	2.43%	2.38%	7/12

The expense ratio comes out of the fund's assets every day, so every return on this page is already after it. Base expense ratio: the fund house's own fee. The total adds brokerage, the cost of executing trades, and statutory levies with GST. From AMFI's expense ratio file. Cost rank: where this plan comes when the Dividend Yield funds' plans of the same type are sorted from the lowest total expense ratio to the highest.

Direct vs Regular: what the gap cost

Both plans own the same portfolio, so the difference in what they earned is the Regular plan's extra cost, taken out of its NAV.

Over the last	Regular	Direct	Direct earned more by	₹1 lakh became (Regular)	₹1 lakh became (Direct)
1 year	−10.29%	−9.22%	1.07%	₹89,710	₹90,780
3 years	7.91%	9.25%	1.34% a year	₹1,25,657	₹1,30,396

Returns over more than 1 year are a rate a year (CAGR). ₹1 lakh invested once at the start of each period, valued on the last NAV.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund SIP Calculator

What a one-time or monthly investment in this fund would be worth today, from its own NAV history

Growth of an investment

Every month₹

Step up each year

PeriodFor

₹10,000 on the first trading day of every month, from 03-01-2022 to 30-10-2026: 58 instalments, ₹5,80,000 in all.

Investment	Invested	Value now	Gain	Return a year
Direct planSundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)	₹5,80,000	₹6,80,395	₹1,00,395	6.6%
Regular planSundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Regular)	₹5,80,000	₹6,58,352	₹78,352	5.2%
Nifty 500 TRI	₹5,80,000	₹6,93,432	₹1,13,432	7.3%
Category averageCategory average, 12 Dividend Yield funds	₹5,80,000	₹7,33,540	₹1,53,540	9.7%

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Direct planSundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Direct)Regular planSundaram Dividend Yield Fund (Regular)Nifty 500 TRICategory averageCategory average, 12 Dividend Yield fundsAmount invested

From each plan's published NAV (Growth option), the benchmark's TRI and the category average, over the same days. Return a year: XIRR for a SIP, CAGR for a lumpsum, shown for a year or more. It does not include exit load, stamp duty or tax. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Asset Allocation

Asset allocation as on 30-09-2026

What the fund holds

91.5%Equity

Asset	Fund	Category
Equity	91.5%	88.3%
Cash and others	8.5%	11.0%

Market cap of stocks

Market cap	Fund	Category
Large Cap	70.4%	55.9%
Mid Cap	10.9%	15.2%
Small Cap	10.2%	15.1%

Share of the whole fund. Category: the average of the Dividend Yield funds that hold stocks. Groups follow AMFI's latest list, as SEBI defines them: Large Cap is the 100 largest companies, Mid Cap the next 150, Small Cap the rest.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Sector Allocation

Sector allocation of the fund's stocks as on 30-09-2026

Largest sectors

Banks17.0%
It - Software9.6%
Power9.6%
Petroleum Products6.3%
Oil4.3%
Automobiles4.2%
Diversified Fmcg4.0%
Consumer Durables3.6%
Consumable Fuels3.4%
Construction3.1%

The ten largest of 27 sectors. The other 17 add up to 26.3%.

Sector changes

Sector	July 2026	August 2026	September 2026	Change
Banks	16.3%	16.9%	17.0%	+0.7%
It - Software	9.6%	10.0%	9.6%	0.0%
Power	9.7%	9.3%	9.6%	−0.1%
Petroleum Products	6.0%	6.0%	6.3%	+0.3%
Oil	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	+0.2%

Each sector's share of the fund at the end of each month. The five largest sectors of September 2026. Change: from July 2026 to September 2026, in % of the fund.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Portfolio Holdings

As on 30-09-2026 · 55 holdings · from the fund house's monthly portfolio

Holdings	Sector	Weight%	1M change
HDFC Bank Ltd	Banks	4.87%	0.0%
ICICI Bank Ltd	Banks	4.62%	0.0%
Embassy Office Parks REIT	Realty	4.13%
NTPC LTD	Power	4.05%	0.0%
State Bank of India	Banks	3.76%	0.0%
Coal India Ltd	Consumable Fuels	3.37%	0.0%
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd	Power	3.01%	0.0%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd	Oil	2.98%	0.0%
Somany Ceramics Ltd	Consumer Durables	2.85%	0.0%
Tech Mahindra Ltd	It - Software	2.82%	0.0%
Infosys Ltd	It - Software	2.80%	0.0%
GAIL (India) Ltd	Gas	2.65%	0.0%
ITC Ltd	Diversified Fmcg	2.43%	0.0%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd	Construction	2.33%	0.0%
Bharti Airtel Ltd	Telecom - Services	2.20%	0.0%
Bajaj Auto Ltd	Automobiles	2.10%	0.0%
Vardhman Textiles Ltd	Textiles & Apparels	2.05%	0.0%
Tata Steel Ltd	Ferrous Metals	1.95%	0.0%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd	Petroleum Products	1.94%	0.0%
Bharat Electronics Ltd	Aerospace & Defense	1.79%	0.0%
Reliance Industries Ltd	Petroleum Products	1.72%	0.0%
HCL Technologies Ltd	It - Software	1.62%	0.0%
Hindustan UniLever Ltd	Diversified Fmcg	1.61%	0.0%
Thermax Ltd	Electrical Equipment	1.61%	New
Castrol India Ltd	Petroleum Products	1.52%	0.0%
Shriram Finance Ltd	Finance	1.49%	0.0%
Britannia Industries Ltd	Food Products	1.47%	0.0%
CESC Ltd	Power	1.46%	0.0%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd	Automobiles	1.44%	0.0%
Coforge Ltd	It - Software	1.39%	0.0%
Aster DM Healthcare Ltd	Healthcare Services	1.38%	0.0%
Axis Bank Ltd	Banks	1.38%	0.0%
Oil India Ltd	Oil	1.30%	0.0%
Cummins India Ltd	Industrial Products	1.26%	0.0%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd	Banks	1.24%	0.0%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd	Aerospace & Defense	1.23%	0.0%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	1.20%	0.0%
Brookfield India Real Estate Trust REIT	Realty	1.17%
LIC of India Ltd	Insurance	1.15%	0.0%
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd	Petroleum Products	1.11%	0.0%
Bank of Baroda	Banks	1.10%	0.0%
Ultratech Cement Ltd	Cement & Cement Products	1.08%	0.0%
NHPC Ltd	Power	1.06%	0.0%
Emami Ltd	Personal Products	1.00%	0.0%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd	It - Software	0.95%	0.0%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd	Personal Products	0.84%	0.0%
Engineers India Ltd	Construction	0.82%	0.0%
Asian Paints Ltd	Consumer Durables	0.79%	0.0%
National Aluminium Company Ltd	Non - Ferrous Metals	0.79%	0.0%
Ashok Leyland Ltd	Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles	0.71%	0.0%
Hero MotoCorp Ltd	Automobiles	0.69%	−44.4%
Sanofi India Ltd	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.46%	0.0%
Kwality Wall’s (India) Ltd	Food Products	0.03%	0.0%
Crystal Cable Industries Ltd		0.00%	0.0%
Sandur Laminates Ltd		0.00%	0.0%

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Stocks Bought and Sold

All changes are between August 2026 and September 2026

Stocks bought and sold in September 2026

Thermax Ltd	New	New	1.61%
Hero MotoCorp Ltd	Reduced	−44.4%	0.69%
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd	Sold out	−100%	was 0.92%
REC Ltd	Sold out	−100%	was 0.60%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd	Sold out	−100%	was 0.59%

A change is counted by the number of shares the fund holds, not by price. A stock can become a smaller part of the fund in a month when the fund bought more of it, if its price fell. Debt papers are left out.

What Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund bought and sold

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Portfolio Overlap

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HDFC Dividend Yield FundDividend Yield · HDFC	46.7%	36	Compare
Tata NIFTY 50 Exchange Traded FundIndex · Tata	46.4%	26	Compare
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SBI BSE 100 ETFETF · SBI	46.3%	36	Compare
Nippon India Index Fund - Nifty 50 PlanIndex · Nippon India	46.3%	26	Compare
SBI NIFTY Index FundIndex · SBI	46.3%	26	Compare
JioBlackRock Nifty 50 Index FundIndex · Jio BlackRock	46.3%	26	Compare

Overlap: for each holding both funds own, the smaller of its two weights, added up. 40% means 40% of each fund's money sits in positions the other also holds. From each fund's latest monthly portfolio, matched by ISIN. Cash and hedged positions are left out. Funds that overlap under 10% are not listed. A high overlap does not make two funds the same: their costs, lock-in and category can differ.

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund Overview

Fund facts from the scheme summary document

Expense ratio (Direct): 1.27%
Expense ratio (Regular): 2.43%
Category: Dividend Yield
Risk: Not available
Benchmark: Not available
Launch date: Not available
Minimum investment: Not available
Minimum additional investment: Not available
AUM: ₹757.47 Cr (30-09-2026)
Lock in: Not available
Scheme code (Direct): 149700
ISIN (Direct): INF173K01EV3
Scheme code (Regular): 149697
ISIN (Regular): INF173K01AC1
NAV history: From 03-01-2022, 4.8 years

Exit load: Not available

Tax on Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund returns

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is taxed as an equity fund: 65% or more of it is in Indian stocks.
Units sold within 1 year: the gain is taxed at 20%.
Units held longer: gains above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year, across all your equity funds and shares, are taxed at 12.5%.
IDCW (dividend) payouts are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate.
A stamp duty of 0.005% is deducted when you invest.

Rules in force from 23-07-2024 (Finance Act 2024). Tax depends on your own income; this is general information, not tax advice.

All plans and options

Plan	Option	NAV	As on
direct	Growth	₹138.4311	30-10-2026
direct	Income Distribution Cum Capital Withdrawal IDCW	₹57.7806	30-10-2026
regular	Growth	₹124.925	30-10-2026
regular	Income Distribution Cum Capital Withdrawal IDCW	₹33.968	30-10-2026

About Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund is a mutual fund from Sundaram Mutual Fund. Its category is Dividend Yield. At the end of September 2026 it held 55 securities.

Fund Manager

Not available

See all funds of Sundaram Mutual Fund

AUM change

September 2026: ₹757.47 Cr; First month on file

AUM moves with money invested or taken out, and with the value of what the fund holds.

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Frequently Asked Questions for Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund

What is the current NAV of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

The Direct plan NAV is ₹138.4311. The Regular plan NAV is ₹124.925, as on 30-10-2026.

What are the returns of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

The Direct plan returned −9.22% in 1 year, +9.25% a year over 3 years. The Regular plan returned −10.29% in 1 year, +7.91% a year over 3 years. These figures are as on 30-10-2026.

What is the expense ratio of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

The Direct plan charges 1.27% a year. The Regular plan charges 2.43% a year. This is the figure the fund house reported to AMFI, in force from 19-10-2026.

What is the AUM of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund managed ₹757.47 Cr on 30-09-2026, as its fund house reported in its monthly portfolio.

What are the top holdings of Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

At the end of September 2026 the largest holdings were HDFCBANK (4.87%), ICICIBANK (4.62%), EMBASSY-RR (4.13%), NTPC (4.05%), SBIN (3.76%). The fund held 55 securities in all.

What did Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund buy and sell in September 2026?

It bought 1 new stock: Thermax Ltd. It sold out of 3: REC Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. It reduced 1.

How do I invest in Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund?

Through Sundaram Mutual Fund's website or app, a mutual fund distributor, or an investment platform. Choose the Direct plan to pay no distributor commission, or the Regular plan to invest through a distributor. You can invest once or through a monthly SIP.

How has Sundaram Dividend Yield Fund performed against its benchmark?

Its benchmark is Nifty 500 TRI. The Direct plan returned +9.25% a year over 3 years. The benchmark returned +10.22% a year over 3 years.

Sources: NAV and expense ratio from AMFI. Holdings from the fund house's monthly portfolio statement. Fund facts from its scheme summary document.

This page is information, not investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not promise future returns. Figures come from AMFI, NSE, BSE and each fund house's own documents.