ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth: NAV, Returns and Analysis

₹90.4600 on 9 November 2026, as published by AMFI, up 0.24% from 6 November 2026. Fund houses publish a NAV for every business day. The regular plan and the IDCW options have NAVs of their own; the regular plan’s grows more slowly because its expense ratio is higher.

To 9 November 2026, the direct plan returned 6.26% over 1 year, 12.07% over 3 years, 10.77% over 5 years (a year, annualised beyond one year). These are AMFI NAV returns of the Direct-Growth plan; the regular plan’s are lower by roughly the difference in expense ratios. Past returns do not guarantee future returns.

Over 1 year it ranked 6th of 36, against a category average of 3.55%. Over 3 years it ranked 7th of 30, against a category average of 10.45%. Over 5 years it ranked 3rd of 23, against a category average of 9.09%. Ranks compare the direct plans of the balanced advantage funds AMFI lists today, by return; they are not ratings.

As disclosed on 8 November 2026, the total expense ratio is 1.01% a year for the direct plan and 1.52% for the regular plan. The 0.51% gap is mostly the distributor’s commission. On ₹10 lakh held for 10 years at an assumed 12% a year before costs, the direct plan would end about ₹1.28 lakh ahead.

Its direct plan NAV fell 27.0% from its high on 12 February 2020 to 23 March 2020, and was back at that high on 26 August 2020. On 9 November 2026 it was at its highest NAV.

Its average assets in July–September 2026 were ₹74,079 crore, across all plans, per AMFI: the 2nd largest of 38 balanced advantage funds.

That depends on your goals, how long you can stay invested and what else you hold, which this page cannot know. What the data shows: its returns against other balanced advantage funds, how far it has fallen, and what it costs. Its rank changes from year to year, so look at several periods rather than one, and at how a fall like its worst would feel for your money. This is education, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold.