Lancer Container Lines Ltd.
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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.
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
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 | |
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