1. Opening Hook
So ICICI Prudential AMC finally had its first earnings call as a listed company.
Cue confetti, polite claps, and analysts asking for numbers management refuses to give.
While Twitter debated TER doom and distributors feared pay cuts, ICICI AMC calmly walked in with 87.9% ROE, ₹10.8 trillion AUM, and said: “Relax, we’ve been here before.”
SIPs kept flowing, equity AUM kept swelling, and digital transactions quietly took over the business—95.7% of them, to be precise.
Management didn’t promise moonshots, didn’t hype SIF numbers, and didn’t panic over SEBI circulars. Instead, they stuck to the most boring—and profitable—strategy in finance: manage money well, don’t screw up, repeat for 15 years.
Read on. The real spice is in what they didn’t say.
2. At a Glance
- AUM ₹10.8T (+23.2% YoY) – Second largest AMC, still bullying peers quietly
- PAT ₹917 Cr (+45.1% YoY) – Operating leverage doing God’s work
- Operating revenue +23.5% YoY – TER apocalypse postponed
- ROE 87.9% – Capital-light business flexing shamelessly
- Dividend ₹14.85/share – Because excess cash gets bored
- 95.7% digital transactions – Branches now decorative items
3. Management’s Key Commentary
“Mutual fund industry AUM has grown threefold in five
years.”
(Translation: The tide is rising; we just need to not drown 😏)
“We are not putting any number for SIF fundraising.”
(Translation: Let performance do the marketing.)
“If investors stay invested for 3–5 years, they’ve had a good experience.”
(Translation: Compounding beats marketing decks.)
“Technology is not a strategy anymore, it’s how we operate.”
(Translation: If you’re still bragging about apps, you’re late.)
“We don’t target margins; margins are an outcome.”
(Translation: Ghar chalta hai, spreadsheet nahi 😏)
“Our net flow market share should exceed AUM market share.”
(Translation: We want incremental dominance, not legacy comfort.)
4. Numbers Decoded
| Metric | Q3 FY26 |
|---|---|
| Avg MF AUM | ₹10.8 trillion |
| Equity AUM | ₹6.1 trillion |
| Hybrid AUM | ₹2.1 trillion |
| Passive AUM | ₹1.7 trillion |
| Alternates AUM | ₹75,280 crore |
| PAT | ₹917 crore |
| Operating Margin | 37 bps |
Decoded:
- Equity + hybrids = profit engine
- Alternates = yield booster
- Expenses growing slower

