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ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund

Equity SavingsLow to ModerateOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹23.77-0.04%1 day
Return since launch
7.6%
52-week range
₹22.61 — ₹23.78
AUM
₹14,226 Cr

ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund is a Equity Savings hybrid fund from ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund with ₹14,226 Cr under management, launched in 2014. Over three years it has returned 5.6% a year, against 8.0% for its category. The expense ratio is 1.59% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Low to Moderate.

Performance

Returns

How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y5.2%+1.4 pts3.8%4.5%
2Y4.9%−0.2 pts5.2%4.4%
3Y5.6%−2.4 pts8.0%4.9%
5Y6.8%−0.2 pts6.9%6.4%
7Y7.4%−0.7 pts8.0%7.1%
10Y7.4%−0.2 pts7.6%7.1%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund5.2%
Category3.8%
3Y
Fund5.6%
Category8.0%
5Y
Fund6.8%
Category6.9%

Since launch (18 Nov 2014): 7.6%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
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Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20258.4%+1.0 pts7.3%
20248.4%−3.5 pts11.9%
20239.9%−4.5 pts14.3%
20227.1%+2.9 pts4.2%
20219.5%−4.0 pts13.6%
20204.8%−5.6 pts10.5%

Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.

Costs & terms

Costs and terms

What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.

Costs

1.58%

Expense ratio as on 5 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
0.83%
Brokerage
0.13%
Transaction charges
0.03%
Statutory levies
0.59%
Exit load
Exit load for units in excess of 10% of the investment,0.25% will be charged for redemption within 7 days
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
NIFTY Equity Savings TRI
Short-term capital gains
Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long-term capital gains
After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Risk

Risk

What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.

Low to Moderate

Your principal is treated as being at low to moderate risk — typically short duration debt schemes.

Risk ratios
RatioFundCategory avgRead as
Alpha——Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better.
Beta0.520.93How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe0.260.59Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino0.320.72Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation2.876.22How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 5 category peers

Portfolio

ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Equity20.9%
  • Debt22.5%
  • Other56.6%

Market cap split

  • Large94.5%
  • Mid3.7%
  • Small1.9%
P/E
19.08
P/B
2.60

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
OthersOthers57.35%₹8,547 Cr+222.38%+176.92%+201.03%
ICICI Prudential Money Market Direct-GrowthUnclassified9.19%₹1,369 Cr+8.17%+7.84%+6.90%
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial3.66%₹545 Cr+1.33%-18.75%-29.62%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.Consumer Staples2.12%₹316 Cr+4.29%-0.17%-2.54%
ITC Ltd.Consumer Staples1.81%₹270 Cr-1.86%-0.40%-0.13%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.Insurance1.75%₹261 Cr+3.52%-0.05%-0.85%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.Technology1.57%₹235 Cr+3.65%+4.00%-0.97%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy1.45%₹217 Cr-7.63%-6.88%-7.93%
Infosys Ltd.Technology1.20%₹178 Cr+2.84%+3.47%-3.07%
NTPC Ltd.Energy1.14%₹170 Cr-4.42%-4.21%-3.74%

Sectors

  • Others60.3%
  • Financial9.6%
  • Unclassified9.2%
  • Consumer Staples4.3%
  • Energy2.8%
  • Technology2.8%
  • Sovereign2.3%
  • Healthcare1.9%

Instruments

  • Cash Margin52.2%
  • Mutual Fund9.2%
  • Repo4.4%
  • State Development Loan3.1%
  • Non Convertible Debenture2.3%
  • GOI Securities2.3%
  • Certificate of Deposit1.1%
  • Debenture0.8%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
Others54.29%52.22%-2.07%
Tata Steel Ltd.-0.49%-1.65%-1.16%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.-2.05%-1.39%+0.67%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.-0.00%0.62%+0.62%
Cipla Ltd.-1.07%-0.49%+0.58%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.-2.83%-2.27%+0.56%
ICICI Prudential Money Market Direct-Growth8.63%9.19%+0.56%
Castrol India Ltd.0.00%0.41%+0.41%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.-2.62%-3.00%-0.38%
Reliance Industries Ltd.-3.85%-3.49%+0.36%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.-0.34%-0.01%+0.33%
Piramal Finance Ltd.0.31%0.00%-0.31%
DLF Ltd.-0.29%-0.00%+0.29%
company:201330.28%0.00%-0.28%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.-0.27%-0.01%+0.26%
Infosys Ltd.-0.22%-0.01%+0.22%
Biocon Ltd.-0.78%-0.97%-0.19%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.-1.47%-1.30%+0.17%
Piramal Finance Pvt. Ltd.0.00%0.17%+0.17%
EPL Ltd.0.00%0.15%+0.15%
Avenue Supermarts Ltd.-0.19%-0.05%+0.14%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.-4.02%-4.16%-0.14%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.-2.79%-2.67%+0.12%
Amagi Media Labs Ltd.0.11%0.00%-0.11%
company:1458-0.08%0.00%+0.08%
Vodafone Idea Ltd.-1.00%-0.93%+0.07%
ITC Ltd.-0.89%-0.95%-0.06%
Dabur India Ltd.-0.14%-0.08%+0.06%
NTPC Ltd.-1.10%-1.16%-0.05%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.-0.84%-0.79%+0.05%
Axis Bank Ltd.-1.71%-1.75%-0.04%
Coal India Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
ICICI Bank Ltd.-0.89%-0.86%+0.03%
Symbiotec Pharmalab Ltd.0.03%0.00%-0.03%
Nestle India Ltd.-0.80%-0.77%+0.03%
ICICI Home Finance Company Ltd.0.47%0.50%+0.03%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.-1.46%-1.43%+0.03%
RBL Bank Ltd.-0.24%-0.27%-0.03%
GOI0.72%0.75%+0.03%
Gujarat State0.64%0.67%+0.03%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.-1.81%-1.78%+0.03%
Panatone Finvest Ltd0.43%0.46%+0.03%
Muthoot Finance Ltd.0.48%0.51%+0.03%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.0.41%0.43%+0.03%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.-0.34%-0.37%-0.02%
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.54%-0.56%-0.02%
HDFC Bank Ltd.0.35%0.37%+0.02%
Thyrocare Technologies Ltd.0.31%0.29%-0.02%
Godrej Industries Ltd.0.32%0.34%+0.02%
Bandhan Bank Ltd.-0.12%-0.14%-0.02%
Eicher Motors Ltd.-0.32%-0.30%+0.02%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.-0.40%-0.38%+0.02%
Eternal Ltd.-0.32%-0.33%-0.02%
Cube Highways Trust0.33%0.34%+0.02%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.32%-0.30%+0.01%
Titan Company Ltd.-0.29%-0.28%+0.01%
GAIL (India) Ltd.-0.21%-0.23%-0.01%
India Universal Trust AL10.23%0.22%-0.01%
Tata Power Company Ltd.-0.14%-0.15%-0.01%
One 97 Communications Ltd.-0.21%-0.22%-0.01%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.-0.46%-0.48%-0.01%
Punjab National Bank-0.21%-0.22%-0.01%
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.0.16%0.17%+0.01%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.-0.30%-0.29%+0.01%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.-0.51%-0.50%+0.01%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development0.16%0.17%+0.01%
State Bank of India-0.34%-0.33%+0.01%
Indus Infra Trust0.28%0.29%+0.01%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Indus Towers Ltd.-0.29%-0.30%-0.01%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.-0.33%-0.34%-0.01%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.-0.24%-0.25%-0.01%
Grasim Industries Ltd.-0.27%-0.26%+0.01%
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.-0.13%-0.14%-0.01%
Himachal Pradesh State0.16%0.16%+0.01%
Jindal Steel Ltd.-0.21%-0.21%-0.01%
JSW Steel Ltd.-0.53%-0.54%-0.01%
Rajasthan State0.16%0.16%+0.01%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-4.42%-4.43%-0.01%
Bank Of Baroda-0.17%-0.17%-0.01%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.16%-0.16%-0.01%
Madhya Pradesh State0.16%0.16%+0.01%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.-0.60%-0.59%0.00%
Karnataka State0.08%0.09%0.00%
Maharashtra State0.06%0.07%0.00%
Haryana State0.08%0.08%0.00%
Varun Beverages Ltd.-0.03%-0.03%0.00%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.-0.24%-0.24%0.00%
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.-0.08%-0.08%0.00%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.-0.04%-0.04%0.00%
Canara Bank-0.40%-0.40%0.00%
Bihar State0.05%0.06%0.00%
Adani Power Ltd.-0.04%-0.04%0.00%
Mphasis Ltd.-0.04%-0.04%0.00%
The Federal Bank Ltd.-0.07%-0.07%0.00%
Odisha State0.05%0.05%0.00%
TVS Motor Company Ltd.-0.17%-0.17%0.00%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.07%-0.07%0.00%
West Bengal State0.04%0.04%0.00%
Manappuram Finance Ltd.-0.05%-0.05%0.00%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.-0.03%-0.02%0.00%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.-0.02%-0.02%0.00%
United Spirits Ltd.-0.03%-0.03%0.00%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.03%-0.04%0.00%
UPL Ltd.-0.14%-0.14%0.00%
Shriram Finance Ltd-0.02%-0.02%0.00%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.-0.08%-0.08%0.00%
Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%
Max Financial Services Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Asian Paints Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%
BSE Ltd.-0.05%-0.05%0.00%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.-0.13%-0.13%0.00%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%

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About

About this fund

The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.

Investment objective

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 Scheme's assets in equity and equity related instruments.

Fund managers

  • Ajay Kumar SolankiMr. Solanki has done B.Com, CA and CFA Level-IIIPrior to joining ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, he has worked with GPS & Associates
  • Archana NairMs. Nair has done B.Com and CAPrior to joining ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, he has worked with PWC
  • Dharmesh KakkadMr. kakkad is B.com., CA & CFA.He is associated with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited from June 2010. Prior to working in Dealing function, he was working in the Operations Department of ICICI Prudential AMC.
  • Manish BanthiaMr. Banthia is B.Com, CA and MBAHe is associated with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company since Oct 2005, ICICI Prudential AMC - Fixed Income Investments - Aug 2007 to Oct 2009, ICICI Prudential AMC - New Product Development - Oct 2005 to Jul 2007, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. - From May 2005 to Oct 2005, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd. - From May 2004 to May 2005.
  • Ritesh LunawatMr. Lunawat is B.Com and Chartered Accountant.He has been Working with ICICI Prudential AMC Since September 2013.
  • Sri SharmaMs. Sharma has done B.Com, CA and CFA ( Level 2 cleared)Prior to joining ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, she has worked with PwC
Scheme information document

Tools

Return calculator

What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.

₹
Over the pastTotal investmentWould’ve becomeGrowthReturns
6 months3.39% absolute₹60,000₹62,0343.39%
1 year3.30% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,22,1671.81%
3 years6.88% annualised₹3,60,000₹4,00,86711.35%
5 years7.07% annualised₹6,00,000₹7,21,45320.24%

Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.

How this is calculated

Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.

The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

The things people ask about this scheme.

What is the NAV of ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
The NAV of ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund is ₹23.77 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
The expense ratio of ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund is 1.59% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
You can start a SIP in ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund given?
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund has returned 5.2% over 1 year, 5.6% over 3 years and 6.8% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load for units in excess of 10% of the investment,0.25% will be charged for redemption within 7 days.
How risky is ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund is rated Low to Moderate on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Equity Savings category.
Which fund house manages ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund?
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund is managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, which runs 109 schemes with ₹12,20,481 Cr under management.