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Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund

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Fund basics

Launched29 Aug 2024 2.0 years of history
CategoryUltra Short DurationSEBI classification
Plan & optionRegular · Growth code 152828
Benchmark no equity benchmark for this category
NAV as on27 Aug 2026source AMFI

Computed from 485 published NAVs between 29 Aug 2024 and 28 Aug 2026 — 2.0 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund Regular 0.491.863.07 6.00 6.73
Ultra Short Duration category median · 40 funds 5.936.796.12 6.54

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Regular plan in Ultra Short Duration — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 27 Aug 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund Regular 0.40 0.58 2.48 -0.11

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
0.4%0.1%0.582.48

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-0.1%0 monthsAt a high

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
7.4%6.8%5.8%0%
Worst5.8%Median6.8%Best7.4%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

7.0%20254.0%2026InvestVerdict
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

98.93%Debt
38.83%Cash & Equivalents
0.24%AIF Units

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks20
Top 5 stocks40.20%
Top 10 stocks75.58%
Top 20 stocks99.17%
Largest single holding8.14%
Largest sectorICRA A1+ · 18.46%
Number of sectors9
Effective stocks15.6
Cash & equivalents38.83%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Cash & Equivalents — 38.8%ICRA A1+ — 18.5%ICRA AAA — 17.8%CRISIL AAA — 16.1%CARE A1+ — 15.3%SOVEREIGN — 9.8%CRISIL AA — 8.9%CARE AAA — 8.0%CRISIL A1+ — 4.6%Other — 0.2%Cash & Equivalents38.8%ICRA A1+18.5%ICRA AAA17.8%CRISIL AAA16.1%CARE A1+15.3%SOVEREIGN9.8%CRISIL AA8.9%CARE AAA8.0%CRISIL A1+4.6%Other0.2%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 79.3% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

7.71% REC Ltd (26-Feb-2027) 8.14%
7.70% Sundaram Home Finance Ltd (26-Mar-2027) 8.09%
7.23% Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (15-Oct-2026) 8.04%
7.59% National Housing Bank (08-Sep-2027) 7.99%
6.99% Sundaram Finance Ltd (28-May-2027) 7.93%
DBS BANK LTD (Pay Fixed - Receive Floating) 7.92%
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (Pay Fixed - Receive Floating) 7.92%
STANDARD CHARTERED (Pay Fixed - Receive Floating) 7.92%
Small Industries Development Bank of India (13-Oct-2026) 7.77%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (28-Jan-2027) 7.61%
HDFC Bank Ltd (09-Mar-2027) 7.56%
ICICI SECURITIES PRIMARY DEALERSHIP LTD (Pay Fixed - Receive Floating) 6.33%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

How it compares in its category

Against the Ultra Short Duration Regular schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund · this scheme 0.4% 0.58 -0.1%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Savings Fund Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 7.2% 0.6% 1.28 -1.2%
UTI Ultra Short to Short Term Fund UTI Mutual Fund 7.2% 2.4% 0.28 -12.1%
Mirae Asset Ultra Short-Term Fund Mirae Asset Mutual Fund 7.2% 0.3% 1.98 -0.2%
Baroda BNP Paribas Ultra Short Term Fund Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund 7.1% 0.5% 1.10 -1.0%
UTI Ultra Short to Short Term Fund UTI Mutual Fund 7.0% 2.3% 0.21 -12.1%
ICICI Prudential Ultra Short term Fund ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund 7.0% 1.7% 0.29 -7.6%
BANDHAN ULTRA SHORT TERM FUND Bandhan Mutual Fund 7.0% 0.5% 0.90 -0.9%
SBI ULTRA SHORT TERM FUND SBI Mutual Fund 6.9% 0.3% 1.30 -1.0%

Alpha and beta are against the category index. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Ultra Short Duration scheme is

Portfolio duration of 3 to 6 months.

A step out from liquid funds for slightly more return and slightly more movement. Still short enough that a rate change barely registers.

Who it suits. Money needed in three to six months.

How long money should stay. 3 to 6 months.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund — Regular Plan — Growth?

₹11.3865 as on 27 Aug 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Franklin India Ultra Short Term Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the Growth option mean?

Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.

What kind of scheme is this?

Portfolio duration of 3 to 6 months. A step out from liquid funds for slightly more return and slightly more movement. Still short enough that a rate change barely registers.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 3 to 6 months. Money needed in three to six months.