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Arey yaar, sabse pehle toh yeh suno ki Indian mutual fund companies ke stocks bhaag kyun rahe hain. Basically, investors paisa laga rahe hain! Active equity mein around ₹46,900 crore ka inflow hua hai, jo last month se 3.8% zyada hai. Yeh sab steady SIPs aur badhte hue lump-sum investments ki wajah se ho raha hai. Is sabke chalte, total active equity Assets Under Management (AUM) lagbhag ₹44.7 lakh crore ho gaya hai.
Isi baat par, brokerage firm Nuvama ne HDFC AMC aur Nippon Life India Asset Management (NAM) ko 'Buy' rating di hai, jismein 15% aur 7% ka upside dikha rahe hain. HDFC AMC ko ₹69.3 billion ka net inflow mila, jo total ka 14.8% hai. NAM bhi apne passive business aur distribution se achha perform kar raha hai. Market ka mood April 2026 mein kaafi positive tha.
Lekin, har kahani mein ek twist hota hai, right? Yahan bhi hai. Jab hum inflows ke numbers dekhte hain, toh pata chalta hai ki passive funds ab ₹50 lakh crore AUM par pahunch gaye hain. Iska matlab hai ki industry ki average income kam ho rahi hai. Upar se, April 2026 se applicable SEBI ke naye rules, jismein expense disclosures aur Base Expense Ratio (BER) model hai, woh fee income ko aur bhi daba rahe hain.
Ab baat karte hain valuations ki. HDFC AMC, jiska market cap ₹1.13 lakh crore hai aur P/E ratio lagbhag 41x hai, aur NAM, jiska market cap ₹70,409 Cr aur P/E 46x ke aas-paas hai, yeh sab bahut high valuations par trade ho rahe hain. Matlab, agar thoda bhi gadbad hua toh stock gir sakta hai. Iske muqable, UTI AMC zyada attractive lag raha hai, jiska P/E lagbhag 23.85x hai, haalanki unka net profit FY26 mein 45% gir gaya tha. ABSL AMC ka P/E 32x hai, aur Emkay Global ne ise ₹1,150 par 'Add' rating di hai.
Risk ki baat karein toh, leaders jaise HDFC AMC aur NAM ke high P/E ratios ( 41x aur 46x) chinta ka vishay hain, khaskar UTI AMC ( 23.85x) ke comparison mein. Agar earnings expectation se kam aayi, toh stock prices mein badi girawat aa sakti hai. Passive funds ki taraf steady shift ek long-term challenge hai, jiske liye bade scale ki zarurat hogi. Recent FY26 results mein bhi yeh pressure dikh raha hai: UTI AMC ka profit 45% gira, aur HDFC AMC ka net profit Q4 FY26 mein 2.5% kam hua. Naye SEBI rules revenue ko aur bhi kam kar sakte hain. ICICI Prudential AMC bhi 47-54x ke high P/E par hai aur inflow momentum April mein slow hote dikha. Global events bhi market sentiment ko affect kar sakte hain.
Waise toh analysts sector ke long-term future ko lekar cautiously optimistic hain, aur agle dashak mein AUM mein 17% annual growth ka andaza laga rahe hain. Emkay Global ne HDFC AMC (target ₹3,200), ICICI Pru AMC (target ₹4,000), aur NAM (target ₹1,150) ko 'Buy' rating di hai. Nuvama ne HDFC AMC aur NAM ko 'Buy' rakha hai, aur ABSL AMC, UTI AMC ko 'Hold'. HDFC AMC ke liye consensus targets 18–35% upside dikha rahe hain, around ₹4,000 to ₹4,600. Lekin yaar, passive funds ka trend aur naye rules future earnings ko shape karenge. Jinke paas scale aur strong brand hai, woh better perform karenge. High valuations par companies ke liye execution risk zyada hai.