ICICI Bank Ltd Q2 FY26 FY25 — The Bank That Outsourced Risk to Excel and Still Beat the Market
1. At a Glance
When the rest of corporate India is still reconciling petty cash, ICICI Bank is reconciling continents. The ₹10.26 lakh-crore giant just posted another solid quarter—Q2 FY26 consolidated profit ₹13,357 cr, up 3 % QoQ—while handling more GST show-cause notices than a Delhi trader.
At ₹1,437 per share (Oct 17 close), the bank trades at 3.3× book, P/E ≈ 19×, and a 17.9 % ROE that could make even HDFC blink twice. CASA is 39 %, NIM 4.6 %, GNPA 2.3 %, NNPA 0.44 %—numbers so clean you’d think the auditors use Dettol.
In short: the second-largest private bank in India behaves like the first and charges tuition to the rest. The market treats it less like a bank and more like a blue-chip religion—one where dividends come at 0.77 % and confessions are quarterly.
2. Introduction
Once upon a time ICICI Bank was the over-leveraged corporate lender that gave auditors migraines. Then somewhere between 2018 and 2024, it took a spiritual turn—embraced retail, digital, compliance, and common sense—and reinvented itself as the boring perfectionist.
Now it sits in that rare club where balance sheets look so flawless you start suspecting witchcraft. While peers were busy cleaning up NPAs, ICICI was quietly selling credit cards, mortgages, and insurance to every breathing Indian with a PAN card.
The result? A bank that’s everywhere—your toll booth, your UPI handle, your home loan, your Amazon checkout, even your retirement fund. And yet, every few months, the GST Department drops a fresh love letter demanding crores. Because perfection apparently needs drama.
3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even Do?
Short answer: Everything that earns interest and a fee. Long answer: ICICI Bank is India’s universal financial supermarket with aisles for every risk appetite.
Corporate & Others (21 %) – Because someone has to fund airports and steel plants.
Rural (8 %) + SME (5 %) + Biz Banking (7 %) – Small tickets, big volumes, and a lot of chai.
Overseas (3 %) – Branches from New York to Singapore, politely pretending rupee volatility doesn’t exist.
Subsidiaries? Pick your poison: ICICI Prudential Life, ICICI Lombard, ICICI Securities, ICICI Home Finance, ICICI UK, ICICI Canada. Basically, if it can charge a fee, it’s an ICICI cousin.
Retail book: Mortgages ≈ 60 %, Personal 17 %, Vehicle 14 %, Credit Cards 7 %. Average home-loan ticket ₹35 lakh, 64 % non-digital sanctions—because India still trusts paper more than portals.
4. Financials Overview
Source table
Metric
Latest Qtr (Q2 FY26)
YoY Qtr
Prev Qtr
YoY %
QoQ %
Revenue (₹ Cr)
48,181
46,326
49,080
+4 %
-1.8 %
Operating Profit
35,065
32,221
31,991
+8.8 %
+9.6 %
PAT
13,357
13,906
14,456
-4 %
-7.6 %
EPS (₹)
18.7
18.4
19.0
+2 %
-1.6 %
Commentary: Flat profits are now called “stability.” ICICI didn’t grow earnings this quarter—it defended them like a test match in Chennai heat.
5. Valuation Discussion – Fair Value Range Only
a) P/E Method
TTM EPS ≈ ₹75. Assign 18–22× multiple (premium for consistency). → Fair Value Range ₹1,350 – ₹1,650.
b) P/B Method
BV ₹441; apply 3–3.5× as per sector leadership. → ₹1,325 – ₹1,540.
