Linc Ltd

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Linc Ltd

₹ 138 -1.15%
21 May - close price
lincpen.com BSE: 531241 NSE: LINC
About

Incorporated in 1976, LINC Ltd manufactures and sells Writing instruments and stationeries[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:[1]
Linc is India’s largest & oldest writing instrument manufacturers with an assortment of ball pens, gel pens, roller pens, retractable ball pens, dark pencils and other stationery.

Website BSE NSE
  • Market Cap ₹ 824 Cr.
  • Current Price ₹ 138
  • High / Low ₹ 208 / 95.1
  • Stock P/E 21.3
  • Book Value ₹ 39.3
  • Dividend Yield 0.91 %
  • ROCE 22.5 %
  • ROE 17.7 %
  • Face Value ₹ 5.00
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Pros

  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 21.6%
  • Promoter holding has increased by 1.59% over last quarter.

Cons

  • The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.24% over past five years.

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

Peer comparison

Sector: Printing & Stationery Industry: Printing & Stationery

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2022 Jun 2022 Sep 2022 Dec 2022 Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025
111 98 127 125 137 112 131 120 138 128 135 118 151
105 90 111 106 118 99 119 107 122 114 119 104 132
Operating Profit 6 8 16 18 20 13 13 14 17 14 16 14 19
OPM % 5% 8% 12% 15% 14% 12% 10% 11% 12% 11% 12% 12% 13%
2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 2
Interest 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Depreciation 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Profit before tax 4 6 13 15 17 10 10 10 15 11 12 12 17
Tax % 25% 26% 25% 25% 26% 26% 25% 25% 25% 26% 26% 25% 25%
3 4 10 11 12 7 8 8 11 8 9 9 13
EPS in Rs 0.50 0.74 1.61 1.87 2.08 1.24 1.30 1.27 1.93 1.41 1.48 1.49 2.13
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
305 308 331 344 327 363 393 257 355 487 502 531
282 283 300 311 301 338 354 246 333 425 446 468
Operating Profit 22 25 31 34 26 25 38 10 22 62 56 63
OPM % 7% 8% 9% 10% 8% 7% 10% 4% 6% 13% 11% 12%
-0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 7 5
Interest 2 1 2 2 5 6 5 3 1 1 2 2
Depreciation 5 6 6 8 10 10 13 13 13 14 15 15
Profit before tax 15 18 25 24 12 11 23 -4 11 50 46 52
Tax % 22% 21% 26% 28% 37% 53% 17% -101% 25% 25% 25% 26%
12 14 18 17 8 5 19 0 8 37 34 39
EPS in Rs 1.94 2.42 3.09 2.92 1.32 0.87 3.24 0.01 1.37 6.30 5.74 6.50
Dividend Payout % 26% 26% 24% 26% 28% 43% 12% 0% 33% 20% 22% 23%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: 6%
5 Years: 6%
3 Years: 14%
TTM: 6%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: 10%
5 Years: 15%
3 Years: 67%
TTM: 14%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: 13%
5 Years: 32%
3 Years: 27%
1 Year: -7%
Return on Equity
10 Years: 13%
5 Years: 14%
3 Years: 19%
Last Year: 18%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Equity Capital 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 30
Reserves 64 73 86 104 106 106 122 120 128 162 188 204
34 18 31 51 66 62 47 9 3 1 19 20
44 42 53 41 51 50 61 57 55 59 75 76
Total Liabilities 156 148 185 210 237 232 245 200 202 237 296 330
33 30 42 47 67 75 76 68 81 89 111 110
CWIP 0 0 2 11 0 1 3 3 1 1 9 15
Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
123 117 142 152 170 157 167 129 119 147 176 196
Total Assets 156 148 185 210 237 232 245 200 202 237 296 330

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
11 25 10 9 13 33 38 47 20 43 38 57
-9 -4 -18 -22 -18 -17 -14 -4 -14 -29 -23 -35
-2 -20 7 13 5 -17 -25 -43 -6 -7 -10 -10
Net Cash Flow -0 1 -1 -0 0 -0 0 0 -0 8 5 12

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Debtor Days 50 48 53 42 51 43 40 51 35 29 37 35
Inventory Days 119 110 129 124 130 101 122 132 99 98 110 102
Days Payable 41 37 48 31 46 37 62 81 62 49 68 64
Cash Conversion Cycle 127 121 133 135 135 107 101 102 73 78 80 73
Working Capital Days 91 82 92 102 115 95 86 90 65 55 61 55
ROCE % 16% 18% 22% 17% 9% 9% 16% -1% 8% 31% 24% 23%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

4 Recently
Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025
58.70% 58.70% 58.83% 59.25% 59.28% 59.28% 59.44% 59.46% 59.50% 59.43% 59.43% 61.02%
0.06% 0.07% 0.14% 0.25% 0.94% 1.43% 1.42% 1.27% 1.04% 1.10% 1.14% 1.06%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0.38% 0.38% 0.38% 0.38% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
41.24% 41.23% 41.04% 40.49% 39.78% 38.92% 38.76% 38.88% 39.09% 39.46% 39.43% 37.90%
No. of Shareholders 5,8065,7865,9876,0397,5228,3909,69410,87311,28011,47920,06819,311

* The classifications might have changed from Sep'2022 onwards. The new XBRL format added more details from Sep'22 onwards.

Classifications such as banks and foreign portfolio investors were not available earlier. The sudden changes in FII or DII can be because of these changes.

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