ICRA rates AU Small Finance Bank at AA, outlook Stable

What happened

In a filing with the BSE on 1 October 2026 at 08:20 PM, AU Small Finance Bank (AUBANK) said that ICRA has reviewed its credit rating at AA with a stable outlook.

Company snapshot

AU Small Finance Bank is a mid-cap company in the Financial Services sector, with a market value of about ₹73,924 crore.

The stock last traded at ₹987, against a 52-week range of ₹719.1–₹1,144.1 (13.7% below the high).

Before this filing the shares had moved −7.5% over the month and −4.9% over three months. Average daily turnover over the last 20 sessions was about ₹122 crore.

Promoters held 22.74% at the end of Q1 FY27, down 0.02% points from the previous quarter. Foreign institutions owned 35.98% and domestic institutions 32.81%.

What history shows

BCEIE has no earlier credit rating filing from this company on record since May 2026.

Across 184 similar disclosures by other Financial Services companies, shares moved +0.1% on average the next day and −0.0% over five days; 48% of them rose the next day.

Market-wide, 1,199 credit rating filings with an impact score of 50 or more saw an average next-day move of +0.2%, with 48% rising.

Past reactions describe what happened before; they are not a forecast.

What to watch

• Whether other agencies take a similar view on the company's credit.

In the news

Recent coverage elsewhere (links open the original publisher):

• AU Small Finance Bank Plans Analyst and Investor Meeting on September 24 — Sahi, 21 Sept 2026
• AUBANK Outlook for the Week (September 28, 2026 – October 02, 2026) — Equitypandit, 25 Sept 2026
• AU Small Finance Bank is now a Scheduled Commercial Bank — Elets BFSI, 29 Sept 2026
• AU Small Finance Bank adopts Intellect's Purple Fabric platform — scanx.trade, 25 Sept 2026
• AU Small Finance Bank Ltd (AUBANK) Share Price — Business Today, 28 Sept 2026

Source

• Exchange filing (PDF)