Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth Option

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Portfolio holdings for Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) are updated monthly. SEBI mandates all AMCs to disclose their complete portfolio within 10 days of each month end. RightAdvise sources this data directly from official AMFI portfolio disclosures.

Balanced Advantage Data as of Jul 2026 Comparing Jun 2026 → Jul 2026

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Stocks Held

Jul 2026

Equity Holdings

₹1,285.63 Cr

Equity only, excl. debt & cash

AAUM

₹1,521.94 Cr

Apr-Jun 2026 · Direct + Regular

Top 5 Weight

25.2%

Moderate

Top 10 Weight

38.1%

Diversified

Changes

4 new · 9 exits

Top Sector

Banks

16.4% of portfolio

Launch Date

26 Nov 2010

10+ year track record

AAUM (Average Assets Under Management) of ₹1,521.94 Cr for Apr-Jun 2026 is the combined figure across Direct and Regular plans — sourced from AMFI India's quarterly disclosure. Equity Holdings above shows only the stock portion from the latest portfolio filing.

📋 What Happened This Month Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) made 4 new additions and exited 9 stocks this month. The biggest new buy was Force Motors Limited (Automobiles) at 0.64% weight. Tata Power Company Limited was the biggest exit (Power), which was held at 1.07%. Among existing holdings, Eternal Limited saw the biggest increase — now at 3.71% of the portfolio. Bajaj Finance Limited was trimmed the most, now at 0.76%. ICICI Bank Limited remains the top holding with Banks the dominant sector at 16.4%. ↓ Scroll down for full holdings, sector allocation and month-on-month changes in detail.

How Has the NAV Performed?

1 year history · Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth Option

+3.38%

+3.67%

+0.97%

+3.11%

Latest NAV

₹42.59

24 Aug 2026

52W High

₹42.81

-1% from High

52W Low

₹37.43

+14% from Low

Calendar Year Returns

Jan 1 to Dec 31 each year. Simple point-to-point — not CAGR.

2025

+6.7%

2024

+14.3%

2023

+15.8%

Rolling Returns

Performance across every possible investment start date.

1Y Rolling Avg

11.6%

+ve in 98% windows

26.4% / -1.8%

3Y Rolling Avg

12.2% p.a.

+ve in 100% windows

16.4% / 9.5%

Crisis Period Behaviour

"Pre-inception" = fund didn't exist during that period.

2024–25 Tariff

-9.3%

Rec: Jun 2025 (5 mo)

COVID-19 Crash

Pre-inception

Rec: N/A

2022 Rate Hike

-8.4%

Rec: Aug 2022 (2 mo)

2018 IL&FS

Pre-inception

Rec: N/A

Risk Ratios

3 years daily NAV · Risk-free rate 6.5% p.a. · CAGR, Sharpe Ratio & Standard Deviation — Mutual Fund Guide →

Sharpe Ratio (3Y)

0.43

Return per unit of risk. >1 is good.

Sortino Ratio (3Y)

0.62

Penalises downside volatility only.

Std Deviation (3Y)

8.2%

Lower = more consistent returns.

NAV Chart ₹42.59 24 Aug 2026

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Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth Option

Chart shows indexed performance (base = 100). Actual NAV: ₹42.59

Sector Shift Industry allocation month-over-month

May 2026 → Jun 2026

Sector	Prev	Curr ▼	Delta
Banks	16.2%	16.6%	▲ +0.4%
Finance	6.7%	8.1%	▲ +1.4%
Petroleum Products	5.5%	5.2%	▼ -0.3%
IT - Software	3.8%	4.1%	▲ +0.4%
Telecom - Services	4.0%	3.8%	▼ -0.2%
Automobiles	3.7%	3.6%	▼ -0.1%
Construction	3.2%	3.1%	▼ -0.1%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	1.4%	2.7%	▲ +1.3%
Financial Technology (Fintech)	2.3%	2.6%	▲ +0.2%
Capital Markets	3.5%	2.6%	▼ -1.0%

Jun 2026 → Jul 2026

Sector	Prev	Curr ▼	Delta
Banks	16.6%	16.4%	▼ -0.2%
Finance	8.1%	7.0%	▼ -1.1%
Automobiles	3.6%	5.0%	▲ +1.5%
Petroleum Products	5.2%	4.8%	▼ -0.4%
IT - Software	4.1%	4.3%	▲ +0.2%
Telecom - Services	3.8%	4.1%	▲ +0.3%
Retailing	1.4%	3.7%	▲ +2.3%
Capital Markets	2.6%	3.1%	▲ +0.6%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	2.7%	3.1%	▲ +0.4%
Construction	3.1%	3.0%	▼ -0.1%

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Biggest New Buy

Force Motors Limited

0.64% weight · Automobiles

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Biggest Exit

Tata Power Company Limited

1.07% was held · Power

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Biggest Add

Eternal Limited

+2.29% · now 3.71%

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Biggest Trim

Bajaj Finance Limited

-1.81% · now 0.76%

🤝 Other funds also bought this month

HDFC Asset Management Company Limited 25 funds

Ashok Leyland Limited 17 funds

TD Power Systems Limited 9 funds

Force Motors Limited 5 funds

👋 Other funds also exited

Hindustan Unilever Limited 43 funds

HCL Technologies Limited 42 funds

Vedanta Limited 39 funds

Muthoot Finance Limited 37 funds

Lupin Limited 32 funds

KEI Industries Limited 30 funds

What Changed in the Portfolio This Month?

Comparing Jun 2026 → Jul 2026

Jun 2026 → Jul 2026

🟢 4 New Entries 🔴 9 Exits ↑ 33 Increased ↓ 19 Decreased

#	Stock	Sector	Weight (Jul 2026)
1	Force Motors Limited ₹10.81 Cr	Automobiles	0.64%
2	HDFC Asset Management Company Limited ₹10.71 Cr	Capital Markets	0.64%
3	TD Power Systems Limited ₹5.72 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.34%
4	Ashok Leyland Limited ₹5.51 Cr	Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles	0.33%

#	Stock	Sector	Last Weight (Jun 2026)
1	Tata Power Company Limited ₹17.88 Cr	Power	1.07%
2	Muthoot Finance Limited ₹17.14 Cr	Finance	1.03%
3	HCL Technologies Limited ₹11.77 Cr	IT - Software	0.71%
4	KEI Industries Limited ₹9.70 Cr	Industrial Products	0.58%
5	Indraprastha Gas Limited ₹6.70 Cr	Gas	0.40%
6	Vedanta Limited ₹5.65 Cr	Diversified Metals	0.34%
7	Hindustan Unilever Limited ₹3.47 Cr	Diversified FMCG	0.21%
8	Kwality Walls (India) Limited ₹31.75 L	Food Products	0.02%
9	Lupin Limited ₹20.56 L	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.01%

#	Stock	Sector	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	Change
1	Eternal Limited ₹62.40 Cr	Retailing	1.42%	3.71%	+2.29%
2	Bajaj Finserv Limited ₹44.53 Cr	Finance	1.03%	2.65%	+1.62%
3	Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited ₹21.23 Cr	Metals & Minerals Trading	0.62%	1.26%	+0.64%
4	Oracle Financial Services Software Limited ₹23.98 Cr	IT - Software	0.93%	1.43%	+0.50%
5	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ₹40.46 Cr	Automobiles	1.96%	2.41%	+0.45%
6	Coforge Limited ₹27.49 Cr	IT - Software	1.32%	1.63%	+0.31%
7	TVS Motor Company Limited ₹21.15 Cr	Automobiles	0.99%	1.26%	+0.27%
8	Delhivery Limited ₹14.31 Cr	Transport Services	0.59%	0.85%	+0.26%
9	Bharti Airtel Limited ₹68.05 Cr	Telecom - Services	3.80%	4.05%	+0.25%
10	CCL Products (India) Limited ₹13.30 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.55%	0.79%	+0.24%
11	ICICI Bank Limited ₹124.38 Cr	Banks	7.16%	7.39%	+0.23%
12	One 97 Communications Limited ₹25.88 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.32%	1.54%	+0.22%
13	Aster DM Healthcare Limited ₹15.10 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.68%	0.90%	+0.22%
14	Alkem Laboratories Limited ₹10.49 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.40%	0.62%	+0.22%
15	Granules India Limited ₹11.70 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.54%	0.70%	+0.16%
16	PB Fintech Limited ₹23.53 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.25%	1.40%	+0.15%
17	Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Limited ₹11.94 Cr	Food Products	0.62%	0.71%	+0.09%
18	Bajaj Auto Limited ₹11.63 Cr	Automobiles	0.60%	0.69%	+0.09%
19	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited ₹17.27 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.97%	1.03%	+0.06%
20	UNO Minda Limited ₹14.50 Cr	Auto Components	0.80%	0.86%	+0.06%
21	Affle 3i Limited ₹10.76 Cr	IT - Services	0.58%	0.64%	+0.06%
22	Fractal Analytics Ltd ₹20.71 Cr	IT - Software	1.18%	1.23%	+0.05%
23	Amber Enterprises India Limited ₹20.59 Cr	Consumer Durables	1.17%	1.22%	+0.05%
24	Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd ₹13.81 Cr	Auto Components	0.77%	0.82%	+0.05%
25	Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Limited ₹10.24 Cr	Capital Markets	0.56%	0.61%	+0.05%
26	UltraTech Cement Limited ₹14.61 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.83%	0.87%	+0.04%
27	CRISIL Limited ₹11.91 Cr	Finance	0.67%	0.71%	+0.04%
28	Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd ₹25.79 Cr	Finance	1.50%	1.53%	+0.03%
29	Coromandel International Limited ₹19.50 Cr	Fertilizers & Agrochemicals	1.13%	1.16%	+0.03%
30	Home First Finance Company India Limited ₹12.87 Cr	Finance	0.74%	0.77%	+0.03%
31	Poonawalla Fincorp Limited ₹10.17 Cr	Finance	0.58%	0.60%	+0.02%
32	GAIL (India) Limited ₹7.39 Cr	Gas	0.42%	0.44%	+0.02%
33	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ₹3.90 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.22%	0.23%	+0.01%

#	Stock	Sector	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	Change
1	Bajaj Finance Limited ₹12.84 Cr	Finance	2.57%	0.76%	-1.81%
2	HDFC Bank Limited ₹87.91 Cr	Banks	5.64%	5.23%	-0.41%
3	Tata Consumer Products Limited ₹5.66 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.73%	0.34%	-0.39%
4	Reliance Industries Limited ₹81.37 Cr	Petroleum Products	5.19%	4.84%	-0.35%
5	Bharat Electronics Limited ₹16.56 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	1.31%	0.98%	-0.33%
6	Larsen & Toubro Limited ₹50.29 Cr	Construction	3.12%	2.99%	-0.13%
7	Patanjali Foods Limited ₹11.40 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.79%	0.68%	-0.11%
8	Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited ₹12.51 Cr	Capital Markets	0.82%	0.74%	-0.08%
9	MTAR Technologies Limited ₹10.48 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.70%	0.62%	-0.08%
10	Elecon Engineering Company Limited ₹5.67 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.41%	0.34%	-0.07%
11	Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd ₹18.39 Cr	Capital Markets	1.15%	1.09%	-0.06%
12	Cummins India Limited ₹19.65 Cr	Industrial Products	1.21%	1.17%	-0.04%
13	Mankind Pharma Limited ₹12.72 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.79%	0.76%	-0.03%
14	InterGlobe Aviation Limited ₹11.76 Cr	Transport Services	0.73%	0.70%	-0.03%
15	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited ₹54.09 Cr	Banks	3.24%	3.22%	-0.02%
16	JK Cement Limited ₹10.42 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.63%	0.62%	-0.01%
17	Indegene Limited ₹8.53 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.52%	0.51%	-0.01%
18	NTPC Limited ₹5.37 Cr	Power	0.33%	0.32%	-0.01%
19	Union Bank of India ₹3.26 Cr	Banks	0.20%	0.19%	-0.01%

What Stocks Does This Fund Hold?

60 stocks — Jul 2026

#	Stock	Sector	Weight & Value
1	ICICI Bank Limited ₹124.38 Cr	Banks	7.39%
2	HDFC Bank Limited ₹87.91 Cr	Banks	5.23%
3	Reliance Industries Limited ₹81.37 Cr	Petroleum Products	4.84%
4	Bharti Airtel Limited ₹68.05 Cr	Telecom - Services	4.05%
5	Eternal Limited ₹62.40 Cr	Retailing	3.71%
6	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited ₹54.09 Cr	Banks	3.22%
7	Larsen & Toubro Limited ₹50.29 Cr	Construction	2.99%
8	Bajaj Finserv Limited ₹44.53 Cr	Finance	2.65%
9	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ₹40.46 Cr	Automobiles	2.41%
10	Coforge Limited ₹27.49 Cr	IT - Software	1.63%
11	One 97 Communications Limited ₹25.88 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.54%
12	Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd ₹25.79 Cr	Finance	1.53%
13	Oracle Financial Services Software Limited ₹23.98 Cr	IT - Software	1.43%
14	PB Fintech Limited ₹23.53 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.40%
15	Tata Steel Limited ₹22.64 Cr	Ferrous Metals	1.35%
16	TVS Motor Company Limited ₹21.15 Cr	Automobiles	1.26%
17	Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited ₹21.23 Cr	Metals & Minerals Trading	1.26%
18	Fractal Analytics Ltd ₹20.71 Cr	IT - Software	1.23%
19	Amber Enterprises India Limited ₹20.59 Cr	Consumer Durables	1.22%
20	Cummins India Limited ₹19.65 Cr	Industrial Products	1.17%
21	Coromandel International Limited ₹19.50 Cr	Fertilizers & Agrochemicals	1.16%
22	Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd ₹18.39 Cr	Capital Markets	1.09%
23	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited ₹17.27 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	1.03%
24	Bharat Electronics Limited ₹16.56 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.98%
25	Aster DM Healthcare Limited ₹15.10 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.90%
26	UltraTech Cement Limited ₹14.61 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.87%
27	UNO Minda Limited ₹14.50 Cr	Auto Components	0.86%
28	Delhivery Limited ₹14.31 Cr	Transport Services	0.85%
29	Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd ₹13.81 Cr	Auto Components	0.82%
30	CCL Products (India) Limited ₹13.30 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.79%
31	Home First Finance Company India Limited ₹12.87 Cr	Finance	0.77%
32	Bajaj Finance Limited ₹12.84 Cr	Finance	0.76%
33	Mankind Pharma Limited ₹12.72 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.76%
34	Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited ₹12.51 Cr	Capital Markets	0.74%
35	Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Limited ₹11.94 Cr	Food Products	0.71%
36	CRISIL Limited ₹11.91 Cr	Finance	0.71%
37	Granules India Limited ₹11.70 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.70%
38	InterGlobe Aviation Limited ₹11.76 Cr	Transport Services	0.70%
39	Bajaj Auto Limited ₹11.63 Cr	Automobiles	0.69%
40	Patanjali Foods Limited ₹11.40 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.68%
41	Force Motors Limited ₹10.81 Cr	Automobiles	0.64%
42	Affle 3i Limited ₹10.76 Cr	IT - Services	0.64%
43	HDFC Asset Management Company Limited ₹10.71 Cr	Capital Markets	0.64%
44	JK Cement Limited ₹10.42 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.62%
45	MTAR Technologies Limited ₹10.48 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.62%
46	Alkem Laboratories Limited ₹10.49 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.62%
47	Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Limited ₹10.24 Cr	Capital Markets	0.61%
48	Poonawalla Fincorp Limited ₹10.17 Cr	Finance	0.60%
49	Indegene Limited ₹8.53 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.51%
50	GAIL (India) Limited ₹7.39 Cr	Gas	0.44%
51	Tata Consumer Products Limited ₹5.66 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.34%
52	Elecon Engineering Company Limited ₹5.67 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.34%
53	TD Power Systems Limited ₹5.72 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.34%
54	Ashok Leyland Limited ₹5.51 Cr	Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles	0.33%
55	NTPC Limited ₹5.37 Cr	Power	0.32%
56	State Bank of India ₹5.32 Cr	Banks	0.32%
57	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ₹3.90 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.23%
58	Union Bank of India ₹3.26 Cr	Banks	0.19%
59	360 One WAM Limited ₹45.41 L	Capital Markets	0.03%
60	Cipla Limited ₹2.58 L	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.00%