Nippon Life India Asset Management posted a strong set of fourth-quarter numbers for FY26 on Monday, with consolidated revenue and profit both growing sharply on a year-on-year basis, even as a swing in other income weighed on the headline sequential picture.
Consolidated revenue for Q4 FY26 came in at Rs 739 crore, up 30.4% from Rs 567 crore in the same quarter last year. EBITDA rose 22.1% to Rs 474 crore against Rs 388 crore, though the EBITDA margin contracted 440 basis points to 64.1% from 68.5%, reflecting the faster growth in costs relative to operating income. Profit after tax grew 28.8% year-on-year to Rs 385 crore from Rs 299 crore.
A key distortion in the quarter was other income, which swung to a loss of Rs 33.5 crore from income of Rs 23 crore in Q4 FY25 — a market-linked movement that masked the underlying operating strength of the business. Adjusting for this, the core AMC franchise continued to demonstrate stable and growing momentum.
The headline driver across the quarter remained assets under management. The company’s mutual fund quarterly average AUM stood at Rs 7.25 trillion, up 30% year-on-year, with market share expanding 63 basis points to 8.89% — a meaningful gain in a competitive industry.
For the full year FY26, PAT growth came in at approximately 19%, with the business sustaining PAT margins north of 50%, underlining the high-quality, capital-light nature of the AMC model.
The board recommended a final dividend of Rs 12.50 per share for FY26, taking the total dividend for the year to Rs 21.50 per share — representing a payout ratio of approximately 91.5%.
On the governance front, the board approved the Employee Stock Option Scheme 2026, covering up to 91.7 lakh options. It also noted the re-appointment of Sundeep Sikka as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a fresh five-year term beginning April 22, 2026, signalling continuity in leadership as the company enters what analysts have broadly described as a structural growth phase for India’s mutual fund industry.
Ahead of the results, analysts had flagged that the quarter was likely to see a sharp sequential fall in other income due to equity market correction and an increase in bond yields, with earnings estimated to decline around 18% on a quarter-on-quarter basis. The actual performance came broadly in line with those expectations, with the YoY trajectory remaining firmly positive.
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