ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth

NAV as of Feb 02, 2026	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹26.43-0.83% 1 day change	21.23% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹15,958 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹26.43 as on Feb 02, 2026

This fund Category average

ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund overview

Expense ratio	0.76% as on Jan 30, 2026
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 month!
AUM (Fund size)	₹15,958 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	5 yrs 1 m since Dec 29, 2020
Benchmark	NIFTY 500 TRI
Min. investment	SIP: ₹500 & Lumpsum: ₹5000
Risk	Very High
Short term capital gains (STCG)	Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long term capital gains (LTCG)	After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Returns calculator

Investment type

Monthly investment

₹ 10,000

Investment period

Lumpsum investment

₹1 lakh

Investment period

Disclaimer: Products compared like fixed deposits may provide fixed guaranteed returns. Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.

Total investment ₹ 12 lakh
Profit ₹12 lakhs
Total corpus ₹1 lakh
Absolute return 52.69%

Trailing returns as on Feb 03, 2026

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	-4.48%	-5.0%
3 Months	-2.26%	-4.43%
6 Months	3.2%	-0.15%
1 Year	15.92%	6.58%
2 Years	14.13%	8.28%
3 Years	22.78%	16.88%
4 Years	18.38%	12.78%
5 Years	20.46%	15.33%

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Asset allocationas on Dec 31, 2025

Large Cap 79.48%

Mid Cap 10.21%

Small Cap 7.28%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

HDFC Bank Ltd.9.7%

ICICI Bank Ltd.7.58%

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.6.67%

Reliance Industries Ltd.4.97%

Top sectors

Financial 28.5%

Energy 12.07%

Automobile 11.389999999999999%

Construction 10.76%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Reserve Bank of India 0.81%

Allocation by Instruments

Repo 6.9134179%

Index Derivatives 4.91954237%

Foreign Mutual Funds 2.95461588%

Treasury Bills 0.81224599%

Other Holdings

Others 6.91%

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF 2.95%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund	-4.48%	3.2%	15.92%	22.78%	20.46%	N.A.
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	-2.97%	5.64%	12.89%	24.07%	25.84%	14.9%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	-3.51%	3.96%	11.85%	20.58%	21.22%	17.49%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	-3.62%	3.79%	11.74%	23.62%	24.78%	18.62%
SBI Contra Fund	-3.71%	2.29%	7.43%	20.68%	22.18%	18.06%
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	-4.81%	1.4%	8.8%	20.98%	20.64%	12.46%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund	11.56	0.85	1.34	2.37
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	11.32	0.83	1.44	2.34
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	11.1	0.81	1.23	2.08
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	11.93	0.87	1.38	2.16
SBI Contra Fund	12.08	0.91	1.15	1.76
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	11.67	0.89	1.21	1.86

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund	N.A.	15,958 Cr	5 yrs 1 m	0.76%
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	N.A.	34,779 Cr	7 yrs 1 m	0.66%
ICICI Prudential Value Fund	N.A.	61,272 Cr	13 yrs 1 m	0.96%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	N.A.	6,400 Cr	11 yrs 9 m	0.57%
SBI Contra Fund	N.A.	49,967 Cr	13 yrs 1 m	0.71%
ICICI Prudential Diversified Equity All Cap Omni FoF	N.A.	258 Cr	5 yrs 11 m	0.46%

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Key risk & return ratios Compared to other funds in the category

Alpha	7.09 vs. 5.27 Higher outperformance against benchmark
Sharpe	1.34 vs. 4.78 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.85 vs. 0.83 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	11.56 vs. 8.79 More volatile performance

About this fund

About ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund

ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth is a Strategy mutual fund scheme from Icici Prudential Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 5 yrs 1 m, having been launched on 29/12/2020. ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth has ₹15,958 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/12/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth as of 02/02/2026 is ₹26.43. The fund has an expense ratio of 0.76%, which is close to what most other Strategy funds charge.

ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth returns of last 1-year are 14.38%. Since launch, it has delivered 21.25% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 4 yrs.
ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is in-line with most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is high.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Financial, Energy, Automobile, Construction, Capital Goods sectors. It has taken less exposure in Financial, Energy sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., Nifty 50.

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Fund AUM	15,958 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Manish Banthia

Mr. Banthia is B.Com, CA and MBA He 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.

Anish Tawakley

Mr. Tawakley has done PGDM (MBA) from IIM Bangalore and B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from IIT Delhi Prior joining to ICICI AMC he has worked with Barclays India - Equity Research, Credit Suisse India - Equity research - Indian financial services sector,

Manan Tijoriwala

Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA - all three levels) and Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGP) from the Indian School of Business. Prior to joining the ICICI Pru AMC, he was associated with Proud Securities and Credits Private Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd.

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing with focus on riding business cycles through allocation between sectors and stocks at different stages of business cycles.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	104 view all schemes
Total AUM	11,30,333 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025
Address	One BKC , A Wing , 13th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, 400051

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ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund	N.A.	8,134 Cr	10.28%	28.3%
ICICI Prudential BHARAT 22 FOF Scheme	N.A.	2,500 Cr	17.33%	27.04%
ICICI Prudential Commodities Fund	N.A.	3,409 Cr	23.21%	26.31%
ICICI Prudential India Opportunities Fund	N.A.	34,779 Cr	12.89%	25.84%
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund	N.A.	6,400 Cr	11.74%	24.78%
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund	N.A.	6,549 Cr	12.31%	23.08%

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹26.43 as of Feb 02, 2026.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth is a 5 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 21.23% since inception.

ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	Since Inception
15.92%	22.78%	20.46%	21.23%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 0.76%, representing the annual cost of managing and operating the fund. This fee is deducted from the fund's AUM while declaring the daily NAV, reducing investor returns.

What is the AUM or fund size of this mutual fund?

The ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 15,958 Cr as on Dec 31, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund?

The ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund has invested the majority of its money in the stocks of the following companies -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
HDFC Bank Ltd.	9.7%
ICICI Bank Ltd.	7.58%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	6.67%
Reliance Industries Ltd.	4.97%
Nifty 50	4.92%
Axis Bank Ltd.	4.13%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.	3.76%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	3.03%
NTPC Ltd.	2.99%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.	2.92%

What are the top sectors ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund has invested in?

The ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Financial	28.5%
Energy	12.07%
Automobile	11.389999999999999%
Construction	10.76%
Capital Goods	6.59%
Materials	6.09%
Insurance	5.5%
Services	4.640000000000001%
Communication	3.03%
Metals & Mining	1.99%

What is risk level of ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund?

This is a Strategy fund comes with Very High risk.

Is there any lock-in period in this mutual fund?

No, this fund does not have any lock-in period.

How do I invest in ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund Direct - Growth?

It is very fast, easy, and completely paperless in this mutual fund scheme on ET Money. The whole process takes just a few minutes. Here's how it works:

For the Desktop Version:

Click on the "Invest Now" button at the top right, then scan the QR code to download the app.

For the Mobile Version:

Click on the "Invest on App" button at the bottom to download the app.
Once the app is downloaded:
Sign-up and complete your one time KYC process, or log in if you're already registered.
Search for ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund - Direct Growth, select your investment mode (lump sum or SIP), and enter the investment amount.
Provide the required details, including the bank account you'll use for payment, and confirm your investment.

That's it. Your investment in the ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund is complete.

How can I redeem my investments in ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund?

Redeeming your investments in the ICICI Prudential Business Cycle Fund is simple. If you have invested via ET Money, just log in to the app, go to the holdings section, and submit the redemption request.

If you have invested from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

ET Money rank

App exclusive

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Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Strategy funds in the last 5 Years.
Return/Risk: For every unit of risk this fund takes, it produces 20% more returns.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 month