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

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Balanced Advantage Data as of May 2026 Comparing Apr 2026 → May 2026

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Stocks Held

May 2026

Equity Holdings

₹1,194.06 Cr

Equity only, excl. debt & cash

Top 5 Weight

25.2%

Moderate

Top 10 Weight

35.7%

Diversified

Changes

7 new · 4 exits

Top Sector

Banks

16.2% of portfolio

📋 What Happened This Month Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund ( Formerly Known as Principal Balanced Advantage Fund) made 7 new additions and exited 4 stocks this month. The biggest new buy was Muthoot Finance Limited (Finance) at 1.16% weight. Infosys Limited was the biggest exit (IT - Software), which was held at 1.26%. Among existing holdings, ICICI Bank Limited saw the biggest increase — now at 6.74% of the portfolio. State Bank of India was trimmed the most, now at 0.30%. ICICI Bank Limited remains the top holding with Banks the dominant sector at 16.2%. ↓ 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

+1.17%

+5.78%

-2.28%

+0.56%

Latest NAV

₹41.52

24 Jun 2026

52W High

₹42.81

-3% from High

52W Low

₹37.43

+11% 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

12.1%

+ve in 99% windows

26.4% / -1.8%

3Y Rolling Avg

12.4% 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. What do these mean? →

Sharpe Ratio (3Y)

0.56

Return per unit of risk. >1 is good.

Sortino Ratio (3Y)

0.80

Penalises downside volatility only.

Std Deviation (3Y)

8.1%

Lower = more consistent returns.

NAV Chart ₹41.52 24 Jun 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: ₹41.52

Sector Shift Industry allocation month-over-month

Mar 2026 → Apr 2026

Sector	Prev	Curr ▼	Delta
Banks	18.4%	17.1%	▼ -1.3%
Finance	5.3%	6.0%	▲ +0.7%
IT - Software	5.5%	5.3%	▼ -0.2%
Petroleum Products	5.3%	5.0%	▼ -0.3%
Automobiles	4.6%	4.8%	▲ +0.2%
Telecom - Services	4.5%	3.7%	▼ -0.8%
Capital Markets	2.2%	3.4%	▲ +1.3%
Construction	2.9%	3.4%	▲ +0.5%
Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.2%	2.3%	▲ +1.1%
Agricultural Food & other Products	0.8%	1.8%	▲ +0.9%

Apr 2026 → May 2026

Sector	Prev	Curr ▼	Delta
Banks	17.1%	16.2%	▼ -0.9%
Finance	6.0%	6.7%	▲ +0.7%
Petroleum Products	5.0%	5.5%	▲ +0.5%
Telecom - Services	3.7%	4.0%	▲ +0.3%
IT - Software	5.3%	3.8%	▼ -1.5%
Automobiles	4.8%	3.7%	▼ -1.1%
Capital Markets	3.4%	3.5%	● +0.1%
Construction	3.4%	3.2%	▼ -0.2%
Financial Technology (Fintech)	2.3%	2.3%	● +0.0%
Agricultural Food & other Products	1.8%	2.2%	▲ +0.4%

🟢

Biggest New Buy

Muthoot Finance Limited

1.16% weight · Finance

🔴

Biggest Exit

Infosys Limited

1.26% was held · IT - Software

↑

Biggest Add

ICICI Bank Limited

+0.65% · now 6.74%

↓

Biggest Trim

State Bank of India

-1.24% · now 0.30%

🤝 Other funds also bought this month

Lupin Limited 26 funds

NTPC Limited 25 funds

Muthoot Finance Limited 23 funds

KEI Industries Limited 21 funds

MTAR Technologies Limited 16 funds

CCL Products (India) Limited 10 funds

👋 Other funds also exited

Infosys Limited 19 funds

Coal India Limited 16 funds

PG Electroplast Limited 6 funds

Persistent Systems Limited 4 funds

What Changed in the Portfolio This Month?

Comparing Apr 2026 → May 2026

Apr 2026 → May 2026

🟢 7 New Entries 🔴 4 Exits ↑ 19 Increased ↓ 36 Decreased

#	Stock	Sector	Weight (May 2026)
1	Muthoot Finance Limited ₹19.12 Cr	Finance	1.16%
2	MTAR Technologies Limited ₹8.58 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.52%
3	CCL Products (India) Limited ₹7.73 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.47%
4	NTPC Limited ₹5.98 Cr	Power	0.36%
5	KEI Industries Limited ₹5.14 Cr	Industrial Products	0.31%
6	Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Limited ₹3.76 Cr	Food Products	0.23%
7	Lupin Limited ₹19.28 L	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.01%

#	Stock	Sector	Last Weight (Apr 2026)
1	Infosys Limited ₹20.91 Cr	IT - Software	1.26%
2	Coal India Limited ₹4.87 Cr	Consumable Fuels	0.29%
3	Persistent Systems Limited ₹4.80 Cr	IT - Software	0.29%
4	PG Electroplast Limited ₹3.96 Cr	Consumer Durables	0.24%

#	Stock	Sector	Apr 2026	May 2026	Change
1	ICICI Bank Limited ₹110.61 Cr	Banks	6.09%	6.74%	+0.65%
2	Reliance Industries Limited ₹90.19 Cr	Petroleum Products	5.01%	5.49%	+0.48%
3	Aster DM Healthcare Limited ₹10.23 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.26%	0.62%	+0.36%
4	Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited ₹8.19 Cr	Metals & Minerals Trading	0.16%	0.50%	+0.34%
5	Affle 3i Limited ₹9.93 Cr	IT - Services	0.29%	0.60%	+0.31%
6	Bharti Airtel Limited ₹65.13 Cr	Telecom - Services	3.69%	3.97%	+0.28%
7	Tata Steel Limited ₹25.70 Cr	Ferrous Metals	1.32%	1.57%	+0.25%
8	Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited ₹31.08 Cr	Capital Markets	1.66%	1.89%	+0.23%
9	Coforge Limited ₹22.16 Cr	IT - Software	1.12%	1.35%	+0.23%
10	Indegene Limited ₹8.64 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.41%	0.53%	+0.12%
11	Elecon Engineering Company Limited ₹4.55 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.16%	0.28%	+0.12%
12	Fractal Analytics Ltd ₹21.57 Cr	IT - Software	1.21%	1.31%	+0.10%
13	One 97 Communications Limited ₹15.77 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	0.87%	0.96%	+0.09%
14	Vedanta Limited ₹7.35 Cr	Diversified Metals	0.37%	0.45%	+0.08%
15	Cummins India Limited ₹21.68 Cr	Industrial Products	1.26%	1.32%	+0.06%
16	Eternal Limited ₹22.36 Cr	Retailing	1.33%	1.36%	+0.03%
17	Bajaj Finserv Limited ₹17.21 Cr	Finance	1.02%	1.05%	+0.03%
18	CRISIL Limited ₹10.78 Cr	Finance	0.64%	0.66%	+0.02%
19	360 One WAM Limited ₹44.18 L	Capital Markets	0.02%	0.03%	+0.01%

#	Stock	Sector	Apr 2026	May 2026	Change
1	State Bank of India ₹4.99 Cr	Banks	1.54%	0.30%	-1.24%
2	Jubilant Foodworks Limited ₹2.63 Cr	Leisure Services	0.94%	0.16%	-0.78%
3	Bajaj Auto Limited ₹1.72 Cr	Automobiles	0.72%	0.10%	-0.62%
4	Hindustan Unilever Limited ₹14.96 Cr	Diversified FMCG	1.31%	0.91%	-0.40%
5	HCL Technologies Limited ₹18.37 Cr	IT - Software	1.40%	1.12%	-0.28%
6	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ₹33.43 Cr	Automobiles	2.31%	2.04%	-0.27%
7	Bajaj Finance Limited ₹29.45 Cr	Finance	2.01%	1.79%	-0.22%
8	Coromandel International Limited ₹16.93 Cr	Fertilizers & Agrochemicals	1.24%	1.03%	-0.21%
9	Larsen & Toubro Limited ₹52.81 Cr	Construction	3.42%	3.22%	-0.20%
10	HDFC Bank Limited ₹93.38 Cr	Banks	5.85%	5.69%	-0.16%
11	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited ₹53.87 Cr	Banks	3.44%	3.28%	-0.16%
12	Tata Power Company Limited ₹20.20 Cr	Power	1.39%	1.23%	-0.16%
13	TVS Motor Company Limited ₹15.97 Cr	Automobiles	1.13%	0.97%	-0.16%
14	Home First Finance Company India Limited ₹11.53 Cr	Finance	0.84%	0.70%	-0.14%
15	Amber Enterprises India Limited ₹17.06 Cr	Consumer Durables	1.17%	1.04%	-0.13%
16	Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Limited ₹8.46 Cr	Capital Markets	0.65%	0.52%	-0.13%
17	InterGlobe Aviation Limited ₹10.50 Cr	Transport Services	0.76%	0.64%	-0.12%
18	Vedanta Iron And Steel Limited ₹67.66 L	Metals & Minerals Trading	0.16%	0.04%	-0.12%
19	Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd ₹22.20 Cr	Finance	1.46%	1.35%	-0.11%
20	Malco Energy Limited ₹88.70 L	Power	0.16%	0.05%	-0.11%
21	Talwandi Sabo Power Limited ₹1.04 Cr	Power	0.16%	0.06%	-0.10%
22	Bharat Electronics Limited ₹21.70 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	1.41%	1.32%	-0.09%
23	UltraTech Cement Limited ₹14.60 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.98%	0.89%	-0.09%
24	Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited ₹11.39 Cr	Oil	0.78%	0.69%	-0.09%
25	Maruti Suzuki India Limited ₹9.59 Cr	Automobiles	0.66%	0.58%	-0.08%
26	PB Fintech Limited ₹22.68 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.45%	1.38%	-0.07%
27	Tata Consumer Products Limited ₹13.37 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.88%	0.81%	-0.07%
28	UNO Minda Limited ₹9.05 Cr	Auto Components	0.60%	0.55%	-0.05%
29	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited ₹10.65 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.69%	0.65%	-0.04%
30	Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd ₹17.50 Cr	Capital Markets	1.10%	1.07%	-0.03%
31	Mankind Pharma Limited ₹12.23 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.78%	0.75%	-0.03%
32	JK Cement Limited ₹10.36 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.66%	0.63%	-0.03%
33	Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd ₹13.93 Cr	Auto Components	0.87%	0.85%	-0.02%
34	Indraprastha Gas Limited ₹6.82 Cr	Gas	0.44%	0.42%	-0.02%
35	GAIL (India) Limited ₹6.70 Cr	Gas	0.43%	0.41%	-0.02%
36	Prestige Estates Projects Limited ₹6.67 Cr	Realty	0.42%	0.41%	-0.01%

What Stocks Does This Fund Hold?

67 stocks — May 2026

#	Stock	Sector	Weight & Value
1	ICICI Bank Limited ₹110.61 Cr	Banks	6.74%
2	HDFC Bank Limited ₹93.38 Cr	Banks	5.69%
3	Reliance Industries Limited ₹90.19 Cr	Petroleum Products	5.49%
4	Bharti Airtel Limited ₹65.13 Cr	Telecom - Services	3.97%
5	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited ₹53.87 Cr	Banks	3.28%
6	Larsen & Toubro Limited ₹52.81 Cr	Construction	3.22%
7	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ₹33.43 Cr	Automobiles	2.04%
8	Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited ₹31.08 Cr	Capital Markets	1.89%
9	Bajaj Finance Limited ₹29.45 Cr	Finance	1.79%
10	Tata Steel Limited ₹25.70 Cr	Ferrous Metals	1.57%
11	PB Fintech Limited ₹22.68 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	1.38%
12	Eternal Limited ₹22.36 Cr	Retailing	1.36%
13	Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd ₹22.20 Cr	Finance	1.35%
14	Coforge Limited ₹22.16 Cr	IT - Software	1.35%
15	Bharat Electronics Limited ₹21.70 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	1.32%
16	Cummins India Limited ₹21.68 Cr	Industrial Products	1.32%
17	Fractal Analytics Ltd ₹21.57 Cr	IT - Software	1.31%
18	Tata Power Company Limited ₹20.20 Cr	Power	1.23%
19	Muthoot Finance Limited ₹19.12 Cr	Finance	1.16%
20	HCL Technologies Limited ₹18.37 Cr	IT - Software	1.12%
21	Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd ₹17.50 Cr	Capital Markets	1.07%
22	Bajaj Finserv Limited ₹17.21 Cr	Finance	1.05%
23	Amber Enterprises India Limited ₹17.06 Cr	Consumer Durables	1.04%
24	Coromandel International Limited ₹16.93 Cr	Fertilizers & Agrochemicals	1.03%
25	TVS Motor Company Limited ₹15.97 Cr	Automobiles	0.97%
26	One 97 Communications Limited ₹15.77 Cr	Financial Technology (Fintech)	0.96%
27	Hindustan Unilever Limited ₹14.96 Cr	Diversified FMCG	0.91%
28	Patanjali Foods Limited ₹14.62 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.89%
29	UltraTech Cement Limited ₹14.60 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.89%
30	Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd ₹13.93 Cr	Auto Components	0.85%
31	Tata Consumer Products Limited ₹13.37 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.81%
32	Mankind Pharma Limited ₹12.23 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.75%
33	Home First Finance Company India Limited ₹11.53 Cr	Finance	0.70%
34	Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited ₹11.39 Cr	Oil	0.69%
35	CRISIL Limited ₹10.78 Cr	Finance	0.66%
36	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited ₹10.65 Cr	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.65%
37	InterGlobe Aviation Limited ₹10.50 Cr	Transport Services	0.64%
38	JK Cement Limited ₹10.36 Cr	Cement & Cement Products	0.63%
39	Aster DM Healthcare Limited ₹10.23 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.62%
40	Affle 3i Limited ₹9.93 Cr	IT - Services	0.60%
41	Maruti Suzuki India Limited ₹9.59 Cr	Automobiles	0.58%
42	UNO Minda Limited ₹9.05 Cr	Auto Components	0.55%
43	Indegene Limited ₹8.64 Cr	Healthcare Services	0.53%
44	MTAR Technologies Limited ₹8.58 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.52%
45	Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Limited ₹8.46 Cr	Capital Markets	0.52%
46	Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited ₹8.19 Cr	Metals & Minerals Trading	0.50%
47	CCL Products (India) Limited ₹7.73 Cr	Agricultural Food & other Products	0.47%
48	Vedanta Limited ₹7.35 Cr	Diversified Metals	0.45%
49	Indraprastha Gas Limited ₹6.82 Cr	Gas	0.42%
50	Prestige Estates Projects Limited ₹6.67 Cr	Realty	0.41%
51	GAIL (India) Limited ₹6.70 Cr	Gas	0.41%
52	NTPC Limited ₹5.98 Cr	Power	0.36%
53	KEI Industries Limited ₹5.14 Cr	Industrial Products	0.31%
54	State Bank of India ₹4.99 Cr	Banks	0.30%
55	Elecon Engineering Company Limited ₹4.55 Cr	Electrical Equipment	0.28%
56	Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Limited ₹3.76 Cr	Food Products	0.23%
57	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ₹3.62 Cr	Aerospace & Defense	0.22%
58	Union Bank of India ₹3.19 Cr	Banks	0.19%
59	Jubilant Foodworks Limited ₹2.63 Cr	Leisure Services	0.16%
60	Bajaj Auto Limited ₹1.72 Cr	Automobiles	0.10%
61	Talwandi Sabo Power Limited ₹1.04 Cr	Power	0.06%
62	Malco Energy Limited ₹88.70 L	Power	0.05%
63	Vedanta Iron And Steel Limited ₹67.66 L	Metals & Minerals Trading	0.04%
64	360 One WAM Limited ₹44.18 L	Capital Markets	0.03%
65	Kwality Walls (India) Limited ₹24.41 L	Food Products	0.01%
66	Lupin Limited ₹19.28 L	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.01%
67	Cipla Limited ₹2.45 L	Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology	0.00%