Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option
Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings. From Principal Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Jan 2013.
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Calendar-year returns. 5 of last 7 years were positive.
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 19% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
A lump sum invested at the previous peak would have temporarily lost about this much before recovering. Finance-speak calls this max drawdown.
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Fund info
- Fund house
- Principal Mutual Fund
- Category
- Equity Scheme - Dividend Yield Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119437
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 2,211 daily prices
About Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option
Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option is a Equity Scheme - Dividend Yield Fund offered by Principal Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW option. It has approximately 14 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the sector category — Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings.
The current NAV of Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option is ₹49.6600 (as of 30 Dec 2021). Historically, it has delivered 31.72% over the last year, 18.19% CAGR over 3 years, 15.69% CAGR over 5 years. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 18.9% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 33.2%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option?+
The latest NAV of Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option is ₹49.6600 as of 30 Dec 2021, down 0.18% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option?+
Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option has delivered 1-year return 31.72%, 3-year CAGR 18.19%, 5-year CAGR 15.69%, since-inception CAGR 10.83%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option belong to?+
Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option is categorised as Equity Scheme - Dividend Yield Fund. Invests only in one industry or theme (like banking, pharma, tech). Highly concentrated — bigger swings.
How risky is Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 18.9%, Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option a direct plan?+
Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the IDCW option (periodic distributions, taxable at your slab rate).
How old is Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option?+
Principal Dividend Yield Fund- Direct Plan - Half Yearly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal Option has NAV history available from 2 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 2,211 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.