1. At a Glance – Blink and You’ll Miss the Cash
If asset management were a gym, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd would be that guy bench-pressing while checking SIP inflows on his phone. Market cap of ₹22,326 crore, current price ₹774, dividend yield a juicy 3.10%, ROE at 27%, and ROCE flexing at 35.5%. In Q3 FY26 (Dec 2025 quarter), revenue clocked ₹478 crore (+7.4% YoY), PAT landed at ₹270 crore (+21% YoY), and OPM strutted in at 61%. Average AUM crossed ₹4.25 lakh crore; including alternates it’s ₹4.61 lakh crore, up 15% YoY. Equity AUM crossed ₹2 lakh crore. Investor folios: 1.07 crore. SIP AUM: ~₹82,000 crore. Translation? This AMC is not just managing money; it’s managing emotions, patience, and India’s monthly salary deductions.
So why is the stock down ~6.8% over 3 months? Because markets love drama. And AMCs? They’re paid to stay calm. Curious yet?
2. Introduction – Calm Business, Chaotic Opinions
Asset management is the ultimate “heads I win, tails I still charge TER” business. ABSL AMC sits comfortably as one of the largest non-bank affiliated AMCs in India, backed by the Birla surname and Sun Life’s global pedigree. The model is simple: collect AUM, charge basis points, smile through market cycles. But simplicity hides nuance—mix matters. Equity yields ~64–65 bps, blended yields ~80 bps, and PMS/AIF is inching up the revenue ladder.
Q3 FY26 numbers show operating leverage alive and kicking. Costs stayed polite while revenues did their job. Other income bounced (market-linked, hello), and PAT followed obediently. The narrative this quarter isn’t fireworks; it’s consistency. And in AMCs, consistency is king. Or queen. Or trustee.
Question for you: would you rather own volatility or rent it?
3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even
Do?
Explain this to a lazy investor: they manage your money, charge you a small percentage, and pray markets don’t crash before fee day. ABSL AMC runs Mutual Funds (equity, debt, liquid), PMS, AIFs, offshore strategies, real estate funds, and now passives and SIFs. Distribution is omnichannel: digital (44% of asset sourcing), MFDs (32%), national distributors (16%), banks (8%). Equity sourcing leans heavily on MFDs (53%).
Pan-India reach? 300+ locations, 19,000+ pin codes, 80% in B-30 cities, services in 14 languages. This is how you harvest SIPs at scale. The alternate business is the spicy add-on: PMS/AIF AUM jumped from ₹3,852 crore to ₹30,250 crore YoY (thanks, ESIC mandate of ~₹25,800 crore). EPFO debt mandate for five years adds prestige (and steady, cost-neutral sanity). Passive AUM touched ~₹36,000 crore with new index launches. Silver crossed ₹2,000 crore. Yes, even silver has fans now.
Still think AMCs are boring?
4. Financials Overview – Numbers That Behave
Result Type Locked: Quarterly Results (Dec 2025).
EPS Annualisation Rule Applied: Q3 → Average of Q1, Q2, Q3 EPS × 4.
| Metric | Latest Qtr (Dec’25) | YoY Qtr (Dec’24) | Prev Qtr (Sep’25) | YoY % | QoQ % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (₹ cr) | 478 | 445 | 461 | 7.4% | 3.7% |
| EBITDA (₹ cr) | 290 | 274 | 283 | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| PAT (₹ cr) | 270 | 224 | 241 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
| EPS (₹) | 9.33 | 7.78 | 8.36 | 20.0% | 11.6% |
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