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Lancer Container Lines Ltd

BSE: 539841

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
28.04
+24.2%+49.2%
Expenditure
27.17
+28.8%+21.6%
Net Profit
0.75
-61.8%+120.7%
OPM %
0.35%
+100.35pp-11.18pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
-19.1020.8660.83100.79140.75Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Lancer Container Lines turns profitable, consolidated PAT ₹5.24 Cr as revenue up 23% YoY

container shipping · nvocc logistics · consolidated turnaround

ResultsQ1 FY2712 Aug 20263 minIndustrials & Infra
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Quarterly Result12 Aug, 7:50 pm

Lancer Container Lines turns profitable, consolidated PAT ₹5.24 Cr as revenue up 23% YoY

Lancer Container Lines' consolidated revenue grew 23.1% YoY to ₹131.88 Cr (from ₹107.09 Cr in Q1 FY26), and the group swung to a consolidated net profit of ₹5.24 Cr from a net loss of ₹4.62 Cr a year earlier — a clean loss-to-profit turnaround rather than a marginal beat. EBITDA (per the company's own press release) rose 63.5% YoY to ₹11.29 Cr, lifting the EBITDA margin to 8.6% from 6.5% a year ago; basic EPS came in at ₹0.15 versus a loss of ₹0.13/share in Q1 FY26. Sequentially, revenue slipped 5.0% QoQ and PAT fell 51.9% QoQ from ₹10.90 Cr, but that Q4 FY26 base was propped up by an outsized ₹18.02 Cr other-income line and a ₹3.89 Cr depreciation credit (versus a normalised ₹5.52 Cr depreciation charge this quarter) — once that one-off-heavy base is accounted for, the sequential dip reads as normalization rather than fresh weakness, and the underlying EBITDA margin actually improved versus Q4's 6.3%. The YoY turnaround was driven less by the topline and more by the cost structure normalizing: finance costs fell 82% YoY (₹1.45 Cr to ₹0.26 Cr) and depreciation fell 41% YoY (₹9.42 Cr to ₹5.52 Cr), which more than offset a modest ₹0.27 Cr tax charge (versus ₹0.65 Cr a year ago, when the company was loss-making). Standalone (parent-only) results are a fraction of the consolidated scale — revenue ₹23.43 Cr and PAT ₹0.75 Cr — underscoring that Lancer's operating scale and this quarter's profitability sit predominantly in its subsidiary network (11 Group entities including Lancia Shipping LLC Dubai, Argo Anchor Shipping and PKM General Trading) rather than the listed parent itself. No broker previews or consensus estimates for this micro-cap quarter surfaced in a search, so the print cannot be benchmarked against a Street number; management also has no formal prior guidance or outlook on record, so the result is judged purely on its own YoY trajectory rather than against a stated target. The quarter carried notable non-operating corporate activity: the company allotted 1.85 Cr shares to its promoter via loan conversion on July 20, 2026, following BSE's in-principle nod (July 14) and trading approval for a 10.28 Cr-share preferential issue (July 3) — equity-base expansion running alongside the operating turnaround. On August 7 it also incorporated two new step-down subsidiaries, and the board separately approved shifting the registered office within Navi Mumbai (Belapur to Dronagiri), pending shareholder approval — an administrative move with no P&L impact. Management's own press release frames the quarter squarely around the YoY swing from loss to profit and the EBITDA improvement, consistent with the reported figures; it offers no forward guidance for Q2 FY27.

12 Aug 2026, 07:50 pm

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