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ICICI Bank
Our verdict on ICICI Bank isn’t the consensus take — see where we landed, and the one risk the bull case glosses over.
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Business banking grew at 22.8% YoY, significantly outpacing the overall loan portfolio growth of 11.5%. (1 exceeded across 1 tracked commitment)
“And we see that momentum sustaining into the fourth quarter as well. Even the year-on-year growth rate... has picked up in the current quarter... And I would expect that to continue into Q4 as well.”
The Board has recommended a higher dividend of ₹ 11 per share for the current period (FY2025), surpassing the previous year's recommendation. (1 exceeded across 1 tracked commitment)
“The Board has recommended a dividend of ₹ 10 per share, subject to requisite approvals”
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How durable is the business?
The bank added 263 branches in the first half of the year, bringing the total count to 7,246, continuing its strategy of physical expansion to drive deposit growth. (1 expanding)
“Our branch count has increased by 263 in H1 of the current year. We had 7,246 branches as of September 30, 2025.”
Net interest income (NII) grew 11.0% year-on-year to ₹21,193 crore, while the Net Interest Margin (NIM) expanded to 4.41% in Q4-2025 from 4.25% in the previous quarter, driven by day count benefits and tax refunds. (5 expanding across 1 engine)
“Net interest income1 219.32... Q3-o-Q3 (%) 7.7%”
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Where does growth come from?
The asset management business is seeing accelerating growth, with average assets under management increasing by nearly 37% year-on-year. (5 accelerating across 5 signals)
“MF QAAUM1 grew by 23.2% y-o-y to ₹ 10,763.80 billion in Q3-2026”
The business banking portfolio is showing explosive growth, significantly outperforming the overall domestic loan growth rate. (5 accelerating across 5 signals)
“The business banking portfolio grew by 22.8% year-on-year and 4.7% sequentially.”
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What could break the thesis?
The risk is INTENSIFYING as the bank disclosed the specific size of the non-compliant portfolio (Rs. 200-250 billion) and confirmed that the additional 12.83 billion Rupees provision will be recurring until the loans are repaid or brought into conformity. (1 intensifying, 1 emerging, 1 high-severity)
“Following its annual supervisory review, RBI has directed the Bank to make a standard asset provision of 12.83 billion Rupees in respect of a portfolio of agricultural priority sector credit facilities wherein the terms of the facilities were found to be not fully compliant with the regulatory requirements for classification as agricultural priority sector lending.”
The bank's Credit-to-Deposit (CD) ratio is high, meaning it is lending out a very large portion of the deposits it collects, which could lead to liquidity tightness if deposit growth slows. [BALANCE_SHEET]
“Credit/deposit ratio of 87.4% on the domestic balance sheet at Dec 31, 2025”
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