Lancer Container Lines Ltd.

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lancerline.comBSE: -NSE: LANCER

Market Cap₹ 478 Cr.

Current Price

High / Low₹ 14 / 10

Stock P/E92.3

Book Value₹ 18

Price to Book0.78

Dividend Yield0.00 %

ROCE1.8 %

ROE0.5 %

Face Value₹ 5

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Broad services remain in expansion. Services PMI was 54.1 (Aug/26), export of services grew 13.0% YoY (2026-06), and urban employment was still positive at 2.0% YoY (2026-07), although airport passenger traffic was -2.0% YoY (2026-06). FPI inflows of INR 7081 crore over 3 months to 2026-08-31 support the constructive sector view.

Confidence

72%

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PROS

Latest quarter profit grew 120.7% YoY, showing strong momentum
Working capital cycle has improved - days down from 61 to 41
Company maintains a comfortable, low leverage position

CONS

A large part of profit comes from other income (849.2% of PBT)
Promoter holding has decreased over last 2 years: -10.7pp
Interest coverage is weak at 1.3x - earnings barely cover interest
Free cash flow has been persistently negative
Company has delivered a poor profit growth of -25.5% over past five years
Operating margins have contracted to 1.5% from 8.3%

* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.

Peer comparison

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S.No.	Name
1.	CONCOR	505.80	31.02	38522.64	1.70	268.90	0.61	2159.76	0.28	13.63	20.41
2.	DELHIVERY	451.00	361.29	33793.18	0.00	31.91	-64.96	2930.73	27.76	2.97	4.75
3.	SHADOWFAX	255.05	133.96	14964.56	0.00	654.00	6732.86	13581.20	1806.32	11.58	6.76
4.	BLACKBUCK	585.40	63.17	10664.07	0.00	42.17	25.14	204.17	42.17	12.75	24.35
5.	TCI	856.45	14.41	6580.20	1.17	106.60	-0.56	1248.50	9.58	20.52	12.30
6.	TVSSCS	128.95	87.86	5689.58	0.00	22.48	-96.84	3335.22	28.66	11.51	6.75
7.	VRLLOG	231.45	18.87	4048.92	0.00	805.30	1509.31	8788.40	1080.70	26.47	21.23
8.	MAHLOG	399.70	103.12	3968.12	0.63	27.83	394.81	2002.88	23.29	10.40	5.76
9.	SINDHUTRAD	23.81	47.44	3671.33	0.00	38.74	-79.39	129.21	-21.85	12.80	45.34
10.	GATEWAY	53.58	10.96	2677.09	6.07	512.68	724.44	5492.97	897.94	17.99	21.31
11.	TCIEXP	535.25	24.95	2057.72	1.31	20.49	5.24	313.40	9.29	13.92	10.03
12.	LANCER	12.87	30.89	478.48	0.00	5.24	213.54	131.88	23.15	1.40	4.73

Detailed Comparison with:

Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	109	112	106	121	108	113	116	50	18	20	16	5	23
	93	99	93	111	102	109	119	54	16	20	16	17	27
Operating Profit	15	13	13	9	6	5	-3	-5	2	-0	-1	-12	-4
OPM %	13.92%	11.71%	12.28%	7.87%	5.65%	4.01%	-2.24%	-9.24%	11.54%	-1.21%	-3.78%	-248.49%	-15.96%
	2	5	3	3	4	5	7	6	1	12	4	18	5
Interest	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	0	1	2	1	1	0
Depreciation	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	3	3
Profit before Tax	9	10	9	6	5	4	-2	-4	-4	5	-2	1	1
Tax %	25.34%	31.12%	31.66%	24.54%	26.11%	25.89%	-3.43%	53.33%	-2.54%	0.39%	-4.82%	-32.21%	13.78%
Net Profit	7	7	6	5	3	3	-2	-2	-4	5	-3	2	1
	0.33	0.31	0.26	0.22	0.13	0.12	-0.10	-0.07	-0.14	0.21	-0.10	0.08	0.02

Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	43	78	109	197	265	300	595	682	446	390	64
	37	71	95	177	243	276	548	610	396	384	81
Operating Profit	6	6	14	21	22	23	47	71	50	6	-17
OPM %	13.88%	7.93%	12.95%	10.45%	8.47%	7.76%	7.96%	10.45%	11.18%	1.50%	-26.47%
	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	11	13	19	39
Interest	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	12	11	6	5
Depreciation	4	4	5	7	9	10	10	16	16	16	16
Profit before Tax	1	2	9	12	11	12	37	54	35	2	5
Tax %	28.86%	18.33%	26.04%	29.70%	26.15%	25.76%	27.32%	26.12%	28.48%	16.08%	-4.43%
Net Profit	1	2	7	8	8	9	27	40	25	2	5
EPS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.74	8.99	1.88	1.10	0.07	—
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	5.72%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	—

COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH

10 Years:: 29%
5 Years:: 8%
3 Years:: -13%

COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH

10 Years:: 15%
5 Years:: -25%
3 Years:: -59%

STOCK PRICE CAGR

10 Years:: —
5 Years:: —
3 Years:: -37%
1 Year:: -74%

RETURN ON EQUITY

10 Years:: 25%
5 Years:: 23%
3 Years:: 15%
Last Year:: 0%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity Capital	4	6	10	10	10	10	30	31	114	125
	2	4	9	17	25	34	40	135	235	312
	20	16	20	35	34	29	39	279	94	54
Trade Payables	6	6	9	13	23	41	74	28	29	3
	2	9	4	8	5	9	22	11	24	29
Total Liabilities	34	41	53	84	96	122	205	484	495	523
	26	28	35	63	66	65	81	109	102	130
Capital Work in Progress	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	0	0	1	2	3	4	3	6	16	146
	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	40
Cash & Bank	3	4	5	4	5	18	46	31	20	17
	4	7	9	14	21	35	70	339	262	189
Total Assets	34	41	53	84	96	122	205	484	495	523

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	6	6	15	23	19	30	57	-5	23	41
Cash from Investing	-12	-6	-15	-34	-6	-4	-18	-38	-27	-77
Cash from Financing	7	2	-0	12	-9	-13	-6	36	-7	34
	1	2	0	-1	2	12	28	-15	-11	-2

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	42.40	41.89	41.89	44.67	44.67	44.67	44.67	31.67	31.67
	16.85	11.79	6.16	1.06	0.74	0.74	0.61	0.43	0.43
	2.71	2.68	2.68	2.35	2.31	2.31	2.31	1.64	1.64
Government	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	38.04	43.65	49.28	51.92	52.28	52.28	52.41	66.27	66.26

Documents

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CONCOR

505.80

31.02

38522.64

1.70

268.90

0.61

2159.76

0.28

13.63

20.41

DELHIVERY

451.00

361.29

33793.18

0.00

31.91

-64.96

2930.73

27.76

2.97

4.75

SHADOWFAX

255.05

133.96

14964.56

0.00

654.00

6732.86

13581.20

1806.32

11.58

6.76

BLACKBUCK

585.40

63.17

10664.07

0.00

42.17

25.14

204.17

42.17

12.75

24.35

TCI

856.45

14.41

6580.20

1.17

106.60

-0.56

1248.50

9.58

20.52

12.30

TVSSCS

128.95

87.86

5689.58

0.00

22.48

-96.84

3335.22

28.66

11.51

6.75

VRLLOG

231.45

18.87

4048.92

0.00

805.30

1509.31

8788.40

1080.70

26.47

21.23

MAHLOG

399.70

103.12

3968.12

0.63

27.83

394.81

2002.88

23.29

10.40

5.76

SINDHUTRAD

23.81

47.44

3671.33

0.00

38.74

-79.39

129.21

-21.85

12.80

45.34

GATEWAY

53.58

10.96

2677.09

6.07

512.68

724.44

5492.97

897.94

17.99

21.31

TCIEXP

535.25

24.95

2057.72

1.31

20.49

5.24

313.40

9.29

13.92

10.03

LANCER

12.87

30.89

478.48

0.00

5.24

213.54

131.88

23.15

1.40

4.73

Jun 2023

Sep 2023

Dec 2023

Mar 2024

Jun 2024

Sep 2024

Dec 2024

Mar 2025

Jun 2025

Sep 2025

Dec 2025

Mar 2026

Jun 2026

109

112

106

121

108

113

116

111

102

109

119

Operating Profit

-3

-5

-0

-1

-12

-4

OPM %

13.92%

11.71%

12.28%

7.87%

5.65%

4.01%

-2.24%

-9.24%

11.54%

-1.21%

-3.78%

-248.49%

-15.96%

Interest

Depreciation

Profit before Tax

-2

-4

-2

Tax %

25.34%

31.12%

31.66%

24.54%

26.11%

25.89%

-3.43%

53.33%

-2.54%

0.39%

-4.82%

-32.21%

13.78%

Net Profit

-2

-4

-3

0.33

0.31

0.26

0.22

0.13

0.12

-0.10

-0.07

-0.14

0.21

-0.10

0.08

0.02

Mar 2016

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

TTM

109

197

265

300

595

682

446

390

177

243

276

548

610

396

384

Operating Profit

-17

OPM %

13.88%

7.93%

12.95%

10.45%

8.47%

7.76%

7.96%

10.45%

11.18%

1.50%

-26.47%

Interest

Depreciation

Profit before Tax

Tax %

28.86%

18.33%

26.04%

29.70%

26.15%

25.76%

27.32%

26.12%

28.48%

16.08%

-4.43%

Net Profit

EPS

0.00

8.74

8.99

1.88

1.10

0.07

—

Dividend Payout %

0.00%

5.72%

0.00%

—

Mar 2016

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Equity Capital

114

125

135

235

312

279

Trade Payables

Total Liabilities

122

205

484

495

523

109

102

130

Capital Work in Progress

146

Cash & Bank

339

262

189

Total Assets

122

205

484

495

523

Mar 2016

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

-5

Cash from Investing

-12

-6

-15

-34

-6

-4

-18

-38

-27

-77

Cash from Financing

-0

-9

-13

-6

-7

-1

-15

-11

-2

Mar 2016

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Jun 2024

Sep 2024

Dec 2024

Mar 2025

Jun 2025

Sep 2025

Dec 2025

Mar 2026

Jun 2026

42.40

41.89

44.67

31.67

16.85

11.79

6.16

1.06

0.74

0.61

0.43

2.71

2.68

2.35

2.31

1.64

Government

0.00

38.04

43.65

49.28

51.92

52.28

52.41

66.27

66.26

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