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ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund

Equity OpportunitiesVery HighOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹36.93+0.33%1 day
Return since launch
18.0%
52-week range
₹33.33 — ₹38.22
AUM
₹36,573 Cr

ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund is a Equity Opportunities equity fund from ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund with ₹36,573 Cr under management, launched in 2018. Over three years it has returned 6.7% a year, against 13.7% for its category. The expense ratio is 1.72% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Very High.

Performance

Returns

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

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y3.6%−0.6 pts4.1%5.3%
2Y4.6%−1.2 pts5.8%3.0%
3Y6.7%−7.0 pts13.7%3.6%
5Y14.0%+1.2 pts12.8%9.6%
7Y19.2%+1.2 pts18.0%12.7%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund3.6%
Category4.1%
3Y
Fund6.7%
Category13.7%
5Y
Fund14.0%
Category12.8%

Since launch (26 Dec 2018): 18.0%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
Show as a table
Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
202513.0%+9.8 pts3.2%
202421.3%−2.0 pts23.3%
202336.2%+0.9 pts35.3%
202219.5%+9.9 pts9.7%
202149.3%+12.3 pts37.0%
20207.3%−4.1 pts11.4%

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

1.72%

Expense ratio as on 5 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
1.30%
Brokerage
0.05%
Transaction charges
0.00%
Statutory levies
0.37%
Exit load
Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year.
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
NIFTY 500 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.

Very High

Your principal is treated as being at very high risk — typically small cap, sectoral and thematic equity schemes.

Risk ratios
RatioFundCategory avgRead as
Alpha2.894.92Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better.
Beta0.800.97How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe0.540.62Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino0.690.84Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation12.9115.96How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 5 category peers

Portfolio

ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Equity95.5%
  • Debt0.9%
  • Other3.6%

Market cap split

  • Large71.9%
  • Mid17.8%
  • Small10.2%
P/E
16.68
P/B
2.74

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial9.00%₹3,281 Cr+9.08%+4.61%+4.14%
ICICI Bank Ltd.Financial5.61%₹2,046 Cr+0.46%+0.45%+0.56%
Axis Bank Ltd.Financial5.12%₹1,867 Cr+5.36%+4.62%+6.49%
Infosys Ltd.Technology4.51%₹1,645 Cr+5.06%+5.88%+6.71%
Life Insurance Corporation of IndiaInsurance4.22%₹1,539 Cr+0.97%——
OthersOthers3.60%₹1,314 Cr+2.36%+0.37%+0.63%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy3.45%₹1,259 Cr+3.68%+4.25%+5.05%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.Insurance3.02%₹1,100 Cr+2.91%+3.26%+2.92%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.Communication2.98%₹1,088 Cr+3.25%+3.22%+2.56%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.Services2.69%₹979 Cr+1.78%+1.82%+1.42%

Sectors

  • Financial24.5%
  • Insurance13.0%
  • Services10.8%
  • Technology7.7%
  • Energy7.4%
  • Automobile7.1%
  • Healthcare6.2%
  • Communication4.0%

Instruments

  • Repo2.7%
  • Treasury Bills0.9%
  • Cash Margin0.6%
  • Net Current Assets0.4%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
ICICI Bank Ltd.0.47%5.61%+5.14%
SBI Cards And Payment Services Ltd.0.01%1.21%+1.20%
Avenue Supermarts Ltd.0.01%0.96%+0.95%
Swiggy Ltd.0.01%0.95%+0.94%
Delhivery Ltd.0.00%0.51%+0.51%
Others0.09%0.57%+0.47%
HDFC Bank Ltd.8.56%9.00%+0.44%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.2.95%2.55%-0.40%
Infosys Ltd.4.89%4.51%-0.38%
Titan Company Ltd.0.34%0.00%-0.34%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.1.77%2.07%+0.31%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.2.36%2.65%+0.29%
Tata Motors Ltd.2.59%2.30%-0.29%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.0.75%0.99%+0.24%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.2.79%3.02%+0.23%
State Bank of India0.34%0.12%-0.22%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.0.77%0.55%-0.22%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.0.21%0.00%-0.21%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.2.48%2.69%+0.21%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.1.88%1.69%-0.19%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.2.44%2.60%+0.16%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.2.02%1.87%-0.15%
Brainbees Solutions Ltd.0.36%0.51%+0.15%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.0.74%0.59%-0.15%
PVR Inox Ltd.0.15%0.00%-0.15%
Trent Ltd.0.85%1.00%+0.14%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.2.49%2.35%-0.14%
KPIT Technologies Ltd.1.11%0.99%-0.11%
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.0.40%0.51%+0.11%
PB Fintech Ltd.0.27%0.16%-0.11%
NTPC Ltd.1.72%1.83%+0.11%
AIA Engineering Ltd.0.11%0.00%-0.11%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.2.88%2.98%+0.10%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.1.00%0.90%-0.10%
Reliance Industries Ltd.3.53%3.45%-0.08%
ICICI Life Insurance Ltd.0.81%0.73%-0.08%
Affle 3I Ltd.0.89%0.95%+0.06%
Oil India Ltd.0.52%0.46%-0.06%
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.0.72%0.77%+0.05%
Axis Bank Ltd.5.16%5.12%-0.04%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.1.25%1.21%-0.04%
Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Ltd.0.61%0.56%-0.04%
Aarti Industries Ltd.0.55%0.51%-0.04%
Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.0.58%0.54%-0.04%
Jindal Steel Ltd.0.50%0.54%+0.04%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.0.47%0.50%+0.03%
Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.0.76%0.78%+0.03%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.49%-0.47%+0.03%
Apollo Tyres Ltd.0.49%0.52%+0.03%
Life Insurance Corporation of India4.25%4.22%-0.03%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.0.25%0.23%-0.02%
Mphasis Ltd.0.35%0.33%-0.02%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.2.45%2.47%+0.02%
Britannia Industries Ltd.2.04%2.03%-0.02%
Gujarat Energy Ltd.0.01%0.00%-0.01%
TBO Tek Ltd.0.95%0.97%+0.01%
Reserve Bank of India0.26%0.27%+0.01%
Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd.0.27%0.28%+0.01%
Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.0.12%0.14%+0.01%
KEC International Ltd.0.25%0.24%-0.01%
UPL Ltd.1.22%1.24%+0.01%
Tata Communications Ltd.1.02%1.03%+0.01%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.0.35%0.36%+0.01%
CIE Automotive India Ltd.0.23%0.24%+0.01%
Eternal Ltd.0.33%0.34%+0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.1.84%1.85%+0.01%
Shree Cement Ltd.0.53%0.54%+0.01%
Gland Pharma Ltd.1.01%1.00%-0.01%
Cohance Lifesciences Ltd.0.22%0.23%+0.01%
Medplus Health Services Ltd.0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cipla Ltd.0.62%0.63%0.00%
Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd.0.98%0.98%0.00%
GSPL Transmission Ltd.0.07%0.07%0.00%
Redtape Ltd.0.06%0.06%0.00%
PI Industries Ltd.0.03%0.03%0.00%
Tata Chemicals Ltd.0.37%0.37%0.00%

Compare

Similar funds

The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.

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Category average₹6,051 Cr2.13%7.0%8.6%15.0%
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund₹14,614 Cr1.86%3.4%6.8%13.3%
Franklin India Opportunities Fund₹9,577 Cr2.08%0.9%5.9%16.1%
Kotak Business Cycle Fund₹3,414 Cr2.02%15.1%11.2%—
Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund₹1,359 Cr2.26%14.5%13.5%15.7%
Mahindra Manulife Business Cycle Fund₹1,291 Cr2.42%0.9%5.7%—

About

About this fund

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

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in opportunities presented by special situations such as corporate restructuring, Government policy and/or regulatory changes, companies going through temporary unique challenges and other similar instances.

Fund managers

  • Roshan ChutkeyRoshan Chutkey did his engineering from IIT Madras, MBA from IIM Lucknow and has a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School.He is associated with ICICI Prudential AMC from February 2015 and has 12 years of overall experience in the industry.
  • Sankaran NarenMr. Naren is a B.Tech from IIT Chennai and MBA (Finance)from IIM Kolkata.Prior to joining ICICI Prudential AMC he has worked with Refco Sify Securities India Pvt. Ltd., HDFC Securities Ltd. and Yoha Securities.
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 year−0.24% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,19,844−0.13%
3 years14.15% annualised₹3,60,000₹4,50,50925.14%
5 years15.32% annualised₹6,00,000₹9,04,93750.82%

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 India Opportunities Fund?
The NAV of ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund is ₹36.93 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund?
The expense ratio of ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund is 1.72% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund?
You can start a SIP in ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund given?
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund has returned 3.6% over 1 year, 6.7% over 3 years and 14.0% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year..
How risky is ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund?
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund is rated Very High on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Equity Opportunities category.
Which fund house manages ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund?
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund is managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, which runs 109 schemes with ₹12,20,481 Cr under management.