ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
NAV as on 17-04-2025
₹ 55.66
▲1.4%
1D
Inception Returns
17%
/yr
Historical NAV & Returns
Absolute
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3851 people have invested ₹ 2.3Cr in ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth in the last three months
About ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is an equity fund. This fund was started on 16 May, 2014. The fund is managed by Mittul Kalawadia. The fund could potentially beat inflation in the long-run.
Key Parameters
- ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth has ₹4995 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Mar 2025 and is more than category average.
- The fund has an expense ratio 0.7.
Returns
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 17.02% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 12.13%, 23.28% and 34.30% respectively.
Holdings
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Securitize, Consumer Cyclical, Energy, Utilities, Basic Materials, Consumer Defensive, Industrial, Health, Tech, Communication, Corporate, Real Estate. Its top holdings are HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, NTPC Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
Taxation
As it is a dividend yield mutual fund the taxation is as follows:For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefitDividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Long term gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt capital gains tax.
Investment objective of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
The investment objective of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund is to provide medium to long term capital gains and/or dividend distribution by predominantly investing in a well diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments of dividend yielding companies. However, there can be no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme would be achieved.
Minimum Investment and lockin period
Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 5000.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth Overview
| Expense ratio | 0.68% |
Benchmark | Nifty 500 TR INR |
| AUM | ₹4995 Cr |
| Inception Date | 16 May, 2014 |
| Min Lumpsum/SIP | ₹5000/₹100 |
Exit Load | 1.0% |
| Lock In | No Lock-in |
TurnOver | 38.27% |
| STCG | Selling mutual fund before 1 year, returns taxed at 20%. |
| LTCG | After 1 year, 12.5% tax on returns over ₹1.25 lakh/year. |
| Risk |   Very High Risk |
INDmoney Rank for ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
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84% Performance
70% Risk Management
100% Cost
1 out of 6 among dividend yield
Generated Consistent Returns
Consistently beats benchmark
Lower volatility within category
No bad points found for this fund.
Trailing Returns
as on (17-Apr-25)
Fund Distribution
as on (31-Mar-25)
Large cap
81.1%
Small cap
6.8%
Mid cap
5.5%
Sector Allocation
Financial Services
29%
Consumer Cyclical
11.4%
Energy
11.1%
Utilities
8.7%
Basic Materials
7.8%
Consumer Defensive
7.2%
Industrial
6.9%
Health
6.7%
Tech
5%
Communication
4.7%
Real Estate
1.5%
All changes are between Jan'25 and Mar'25
- This fund’s returns stands at 7.44% whereas the fund’s underlying benchmark Nifty 500 returns stands at 7.25% as on Mar'25
- This fund outperformed Nifty 500 by 0.19% in Mar'25
- AUM of the fund stands at 5K Cr as of Mar'25
- AUM increased by 420.9 Cr between Mar'25 and Feb'25
Top Stocks bought last month
UltraTech Cement Ltd's allocation increased from 1.25% to 2.03%
NTPC Ltd's allocation increased from 6.41% to 6.74%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd's allocation increased from 0.92% to 1.2%
Top Stocks sold last month
HDFC Bank Ltd's allocation decreased from 8.42 % to 8.13 %
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd's allocation decreased from 7.48 % to 6.61 %
Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd's allocation decreased from 6.49 % to 6.13 %
Mid Cap allocation has gone up from 5.5% to 5.5%
Large Cap allocation has gone up from 80.2% to 81.1%
Small Cap allocation has gone down from 7% to 6.8%
Cash allocation has gone down from 5.2% to 4.6%
Debt allocation has gone down from 1.9% to 1.7%
Top 3 Sectors in March were Financial Services, Securitize & Consumer Cyclical
Mar'25
Financial Services
29%
Securitize
25%
Consumer Cyclical
11%
Feb'25
Financial Services
30%
Securitize
25%
Consumer Cyclical
12%
Holdings | Weight% | 1M Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
 HDFC Bank Ltd | 8.13% | 0% | |
 ICICI Bank Ltd | 7.84% | 0% | |
 NTPC Ltd | 6.74% | 0% | |
 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd | 6.61% | 0% | |
 Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd | 6.13% | -5.4% |
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Funds | 1Y Returns | 3Y Returns | 5Y Returns | Since Inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | 12.13% | 23.28% | 34.3% | 17.02% |
 LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth | 13.6% | 19.47% | 26.22% | 19.51% |
 UTI-Dividend Yield Fund -Growth-Direct | 12.48% | 16.1% | 25.29% | 14.19% |
 Templeton India Equity Income Fund Direct Growth | 5.72% | 17.02% | 30.22% | 16.01% |
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Top Growth Drivers | 1M Return |
|---|---|
 HDFC Bank Ltd | 9.8% |
 NTPC Ltd | 8.3% |
 ICICI Bank Ltd | 6.9% |
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Mittul Kalawadia
Fund Manager of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth, since 29 January 2018
Top funds managed
Fund House
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹8.04L Cr
as on 31-Mar-2025
Address
ICICI Prudential Asset Mgmt.Company Limited,3rd Floor, Hallmark Business Plaza,,Sant Dyaneshwar Marg,,Bandra (East)
Phone
+912226428000
Website
investor.helpdesk@hdfcbank.com
Mutual Fund Insights
In the last 5 years, this fund has outperformed all funds in its category.
Over the last 1 month, this fund has experienced a 9.2% growth in AUM moving from 4.57K Cr to 4.99K Cr.
This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (dividend yield). Its expense ratio is 0.68% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 1.42%.
In the last 3 years, this fund has outperformed all funds in its category.
In the last 1 year, LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund Direct Growth has given 13.6% return, outperforming this fund by 1.47%.
Over the last 3 months, this fund has increased expense ratio by 28.3% moving from 0.53 to 0.68.
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth Highlights
Very High Risk
Investors understand that their principal will be at Very High Risk
About the fund
This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 17.02% since inception which is more than its category average return of 13.86%
Fund Allocations
This fund has an allocation of 93.46% in Equity, 1.7% in Debt and 4.57% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹4995 Cr
This fund has AUM of ₹4995 Cr which is more than its category average of ₹ 3196 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.68%
This fund has an expense ratio of 0.68% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 1.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions for ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
The current NAV of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is ₹55.66 as on 17-Apr-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 17-Apr-2025.
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | Absolute Returns | CAGR Returns |
1 Month Returns | 7.22% | 7.22% |
6 Month Returns | -3.54% | -3.54% |
1 Year Returns | 12.13% | 12.13% |
3 Years Returns | 87.34% | 23.28% |
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0.68% as on March 2025
₹4995 Cr as on March 2025
HDFC Bank Ltd(8.13%), ICICI Bank Ltd(7.84%), NTPC Ltd(6.74%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd(6.61%), Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd(6.13%) as on March 2025
Financial Services(27.11%), Consumer Cyclical(10.66%), Energy(10.4%) as on March 2025
The alpha ratio for the ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Alpha 1 Year | Alpha 3 Years | Alpha 5 Years |
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | 3.95 | 8.91 | 9.73 |
As on March 2025
The alpha for ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is calculated against Nifty 500 TR INR. Higher alpha indicates that this fund has generated extra returns compared to the benchmark index. An alpha of 1.0 means the fund has outperformed its benchmark index by 1%.
The Beta ratio for the ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Beta 1 Year | Beta 3 Years | Beta 5 Years |
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
As on March 2025
The Beta for ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is calculated with Nifty 500 TR INR. Beta tells the volatility of the mutual fund relative to its benchmark. If the beta of a mutual fund is more than 1, then the mutual fund is more volatile than its benchmark. If beta is less than 1, then the mutual fund is less volatile than the benchmark.
The sharpe ratio for the ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Sharpe Ratio 1 Year | Sharpe Ratio 3 Years | Sharpe Ratio 5 Years |
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | 0.3 | 1.16 | 1.8 |
As on March 2025
The sharpe ratio for ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is calculated with Nifty 500 TR INR. Sharpe ratio tells risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Sharpe ratio, the better a fund's returns have been relative to the risk it has taken on.
The standard deviation for the ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth for various period is as follows:
Fund Name | Standard Deviation 1 Year | Standard Deviation 3 Years | Standard Deviation 5 Years |
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth | 15.5 | 13.42 | 14.65 |
As on March 2025
Standard deviation tells the volatility of the returns of the mutual fund. The higher a fund's Standard deviation, the higher the volatility of the fund's returns.
Sortino ratio is 2.2 as on March 2025. Sortino ratio tells the downside risk-adjusted-returns of the mutual fund.
Information ratio is 1.87 as on March 2025. It tells the consistency of the fund in generating superior risk-adjusted performance
Mittul Kalawadia is the fund manager of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Direct Growth is 1%