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Linc Limited (LINC)

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Consumer stocks · Small cap · NSE

Linc Limited operates in Stationery, within the Consumer sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹95.07
+0.38 · +0.40%
Quote05 Sept, 08:06 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags03 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Consumer P/E 23.3 (n=433)
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Mixed fundamentals, management trust is acceptable, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
FAIR VALUE
51

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
Healthy Trust
71

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bearish
34

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
mixed
61

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Bad · 0/100

PAT -14% YoY · margin compression · Rev +1% YoY

Filed 06 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹139 Cr+1.4%+0.9%
EBITDA₹12.1 Cr-8.0%-32.0%
Operating margin8.7%-89 bps-421 bps
PAT₹6.1 Cr-14.4%-42.3%
PAT margin4.3%-81 bps-327 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Linc Limited operates in Stationery, within the Consumer sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

34Bearish

full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -7.7% / mo · MACD +

Stock trend: 27
Sector RS: 45
Sector 3M: -2.3% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

LINCdaily · 1Y · AUTO-10.4%
Latest close ₹95.07 on 2026-09-04
Bar
+1.0%
RSI
41
MACD hist
0.18
52W pos
18%
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term trend down. RSI 41. Wait for confirmation.

  • Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
  • SMA20 falling (~8.3% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 41 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal, histogram expanding — bullish momentum building.
  • 32% off 52W high · 12% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 51 · FAIR VALUE · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

51U-SCORE
Financial Turnaround

Fundamental score breakdown

FAIR VALUE
Valuation14/30
Growth12/25
Quality5/20
Balance Sheet12/15
Cash Flow2/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
1
Raw sum
51

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

51/100 · FAIR VALUE

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 57.2%.
  • Balance sheet contributes 12/15 to the score.

Main drags

  • Cash flow is weaker at 2/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Quality is weaker at 5/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 14/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Consumer valuation: PE/PEG and brand-quality premium

Consumer franchises can deserve higher multiples, but only when growth quality supports them.

Consumer PE/PEG
Primary lens
PE and PEG relative to growth, ROE, margins, and brand strength.
Secondary checks
Volume growth, pricing power, distribution, same-store or category growth.
Main risk check
Premium valuation needs durable growth and margin resilience.
PE
18.0
PB
2.2
EV/EBITDA
8.1
ROE
13.2%
ROCE
19.1%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
+57.2%
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
51
Previous: 51
Verdict
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
+57.2%
Previous: +57.2%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +1 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
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Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹71.86
-32.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
41.9
Growth-justified Value
₹222.28
+57.2% MoS
PEG
1.38

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
71Healthy Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 66th percentile of the scored universe and 69th percentile within Consumer. Main check: cash conversion is weak at 55/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 61%. Key concern: 0/4 latest quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
102 docs text-extracted · 39 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.

Relative rank
66th percentile

overall median 67 · Consumer: 69th pctile, median 66 · Small: 69th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

102 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Healthy Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
86
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
55
watch · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
96
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
60
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
61
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 61%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • Debt/equity is 0.10.
  • 3/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • 0/4 latest quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
18.00
P/B
2.20
EV/EBITDA
8.12
Market Cap
566.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
13.20%
ROCE
19.10%
ROA
8.96%
Dividend Y
1.58%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
13.00%
EPS 5Y
13.00%
Revenue 3Y
-18.00%
EPS 3Y
-18.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.10
Interest Coverage
19.33×
Altman Z
6.65
Book Value
43.30

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
FCF Positive Y
2/5
OCF
33.00 Cr
EPS TTM
5.30

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
61.02%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
18%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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