Lancer Containers Lines Analysis

dividend

Pros

Cons

• Unable to evaluate Lancer Container Lines's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
• Unable to evaluate Lancer Container Lines's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

health

Pros

• Lancer Container Lines is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
• Lancer Container Lines is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
• Lancer Container Lines is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
• Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (40.8%, greater than 20% of total debt).
• The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (342.1% vs 111.1% today).
• Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 4.6x coverage).

Cons

• Debt is not covered by short term assets, assets are 0.9x debt.
• Lancer Container Lines's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
• Lancer Container Lines's level of debt (111.1%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
• High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

Pros

• The tenure for the Lancer Container Lines board of directors is about average.
• Narayanan's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
• The tenure for the Lancer Container Lines management team is about average.

Cons

• Narayanan's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.

misc

Pros

Cons

• Lancer Container Lines is not covered by any analysts.
• Lancer Container Lines has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

past

Pros

• Lancer Container Lines has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
• Lancer Container Lines used its assets more efficiently than the Asia Shipping industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
• Lancer Container Lines has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).

Cons

• Lancer Container Lines's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
• Lancer Container Lines has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
• Lancer Container Lines's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the Asia Shipping industry average.

value

Pros

• Lancer Container Lines is good value based on earnings compared to the Asia Shipping industry average.
• Lancer Container Lines is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
• BSE:539841 is up 8.6% along with the Shipping industry (9.1%) over the past month.
• BSE:539841 is up 8.6% along with the India market (9%) over the past month.

Cons

• Lancer Container Lines is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Shipping industry average.
• 539841 underperformed the Shipping industry which returned 15% over the past year.
• 539841 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.8% over the past year.