ICICI Pru Equity Savings Fund
The Scheme seeks to generate regular income through investments in fixed income securities and using arbitrage and other derivative Strategies. It also intends to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing a portion of the Schemes assets in equity and equity related instruments.
Growthvine rating: 3/5 — ranked #12 of 25 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Hybrid: Equity Savings |
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| NAV | ₹23.15 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹15,795 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 0.83% |
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| Riskometer | Moderate |
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| Fund manager | Ajay Kumar Solanki |
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| Exit load | For units in excess of 10% of the investment, 0.25% will be charged for redemption within 7 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 6.65% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.24 |
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| Standard deviation | 2.83% |
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| Max drawdown | −19.28% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Over 5 years, captured 79.8% of NIFTY 50 Hybrid Short Duration Debt 25:75 Index's upside and 22.7% of its downside.
Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 94.5% |
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| Mid cap | 4.2% |
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| Small cap | 1.2% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 26.3% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 38.4% |
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| Total holdings | 171 |
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Top holdings
- Net Receivable / Payable — 55.2%
- ICICI Prudential Money Market Fund - Direct Plan - Growth — 8.6%
- HDFC Bank Ltd. — 8.1%
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. — 5.7%
- Reliance Industries Ltd — 5.0%
- TREPS — 4.7%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. — 4.0%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. — 3.5%
- Bajaj Finance Limited — 2.8%
- ITC Ltd — 2.5%
Top sectors
Not disclosed.
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | −0.8% | Q3 | #19 of 25 |
| 2025 | 8.4% | Q1 (Top) | #4 of 22 |
| 2024 | 8.5% | Q3 | #16 of 22 |
| 2023 | 9.9% | Q4 (Bottom) | #19 of 21 |
| 2022 | 7.1% | Q1 (Top) | #1 of 19 |