Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC)

NASDAQ: LINC · USD

$21.7

+0.14 (+0.7%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	689M
Revenue (ttm)	570.8M
Net income (ttm)	22.8M
EPS (ttm)	$0.73
Shares out	31.7M
P/E (trailing)	29.8x
P/E (forward)	22.3x
Volume	856,595
Beta	0.83

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 570.8M
Net income (ttm): 22.8M
EPS (ttm): $0.73
P/E (trailing): 29.8x
P/E (forward): 22.3x
Market cap: 689M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E22.3

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Trailing P/E29.8

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ROE11.9

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ROIC6.6

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001286613
Company name	Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	533535100
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	2,590
Employees change	115
Employees growth	4.65%
Enterprise value	$872.9M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1946
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Education & Training Services
IPO date	2005-06-23
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US5335351004
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-02
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$689M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	Yes
Price	$21.72
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	8200
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	LINC
U.S. state	New Jersey
Website	https://www.lincolntech.edu

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	23.96x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	24.05x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	40.06x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	28.18x
Earnings yield	3.35%
EV/Earnings	37.78x
EV/EBIT	26.22x
EV/EBITDA	14.21x
EV/FCF	35.11x
EV/Sales	1.51x
FCF / EV yield	2.85%
FCF yield	3.62%
Forward EV/Sales	1.4x
Forward P/E	22.27x
Forward P/S	1.1x
Graham number	10.22755
Graham upside	-52.12%
Industry forward P/E	11.37x
Industry P/E	49.88x
Lynch fair value	$3.64
Lynch upside	-82.94%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	36.56x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	7.7x
P/B ratio	3.38x
P/E ratio	29.81x
P/FCF ratio	27.62x
P/OCF ratio	7.21x
P/S ratio	1.19x
Price / tangible book value	3.54x
Price/EBITDA ratio	11.17x
Sector forward P/E	21.3x
Sector P/E	28.26x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	5.76%
EBITDA margin	10.62%
Effective tax rate	21.58%
FCF margin	4.3%
Gross margin	59.84%
Operating margin	5.76%
Pretax margin	5.09%
Profit margin	3.99%
Profit per employee	$8,803
Profitable quarters	8
Profitable years	7
Revenue per employee	$220,378
ROA	4.2%
ROA (5Y)	2.24%
ROCE	7.84%
ROE	11.9%
ROE (5Y)	14.05%
ROIC	6.65%
ROIC (5Y)	4.15%
SBC / revenue	1.05%
Tax / revenue	1.1%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	59.97%
EPS growth (Q)	20%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-57.12%
EPS growth 10Y	24.29%
EPS growth 3Y	-8.26%
EPS growth 5Y	-15.88%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth 3Y	70.25%
FCF growth 5Y	15.26%
Gross profit growth	21.82%
Gross profit growth (Q)	19.01%
Gross profit growth 3Y	18.56%
Gross profit growth 5Y	12.77%
Net income growth	59.6%
Net income growth (Q)	25.23%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-55.33%
Net income growth 3Y	-4.8%
Net income growth 5Y	-12.02%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	237.9%
OCF growth (Q)	7,280.27%
OCF growth (QoQ)	383.29%
OCF growth 10Y	28.19%
OCF growth 3Y	64.1%
OCF growth 5Y	39.06%
Operating income growth	56.61%
Operating income growth (Q)	25.06%
Operating income growth 3Y	36.35%
Operating income growth 5Y	6.08%
Revenue growth	22.02%
Revenue growth (Q)	22.4%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-0.97%
Revenue growth 10Y	8.59%
Revenue growth 3Y	16.66%
Revenue growth 5Y	12.34%
Revenue growth quarters	24
Revenue growth years	8

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-69.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$27.8M
EBIT	$32.9M
EBITDA	$60.6M
EPS	$0.73
FCF per share	$0.77
Financing cash flow	$3M
Free cash flow	$24.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$18.5M
Gross profit	$341.6M
Income taxes	$6.3M
Investing cash flow	$-69.5M
Net borrowing	$12.6M
Net cash flow	$27.5M
Net income	$22.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$88M
Operating income	$32.9M
Revenue	$570.8M
Stock-based compensation	$6M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3.28
Book value per share	$6.38
Debt / EBITDA	2.71
Debt / equity	1.13
Debt / FCF	9.3
Goodwill	$10.7M
Interest coverage	8.7
Long-term assets	$423.5M
Long-term liabilities	$216.4M
Net cash (debt)	$-183.9M
Net cash / market cap	-27.14%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.03
Net debt / equity	0.91
Net debt / FCF	7.5
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$366.5M
Shareholders' equity	$202.4M
Tangible book value	$191.6M
Tangible book value per share	$6.04
Total assets	$529.8M
Total cash	$44.2M
Total debt	$228.1M
Total liabilities	$327.4M
WACC	6.94%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.17
Current assets	$106.2M
Current liabilities	$111M
Current ratio	0.96
Inventory turnover	53.42
Net working capital	$-37.2M
Quick ratio	0.88
Working capital	$-4.7M
Working capital turnover	-85.66

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.4%
Dividend growth (3Y)	-39.68%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.02
Shareholder yield	-0.4%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	1,226.71%
10Y return CAGR	29.51%
10Y total return	1,226.71%
150-day SMA	$37.35
15Y price change	121.58%
15Y return CAGR	6.58%
15Y total return	160%
1D price change	0.65%
1M price change	-4.9%
1M total return	-4.9%
1W price change	-1.34%
1W total return	-1.34%
1Y price change	-6.15%
1Y return CAGR	-6.16%
1Y total return	-6.15%
20-day SMA	$22.30
200-day SMA	$35.94
20Y price change	31.93%
20Y return CAGR	2.62%
20Y total return	67.61%
3M price change	-47.39%
3M total return	-47.39%
3Y price change	153.38%
3Y return CAGR	36.32%
3Y total return	153.38%
50-day SMA	$23.72
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$56.34
52-week high date	2026-07-08
52-week low	$17.29
52-week low date	2025-11-06
5Y price change	202.12%
5Y return CAGR	24.75%
5Y total return	202.12%
6M price change	-46.36%
6M total return	-46.36%
All-time high	$56.34
All-time high date	2026-07-08
All-time low	$0.17
All-time low date	2015-09-28
Average true range (ATR)	$1.03
Average volume	634.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.47
Beta (2Y)	0.86
Beta (5Y)	0.83
Change from 52-week high	-61.45%
Change from 52-week low	25.62%
Change from all-time high	-62.09%
Change from all-time low	12,464.71%
Change from open	0.28%
Day's gap	0.37%
Dollar volume	$18.6M
High price	$21.91
Low price	$21.12
Monthly RSI	45.59
Open price	$21.66
Position in 52-week range	75.95%
Premarket change	0.88%
Premarket close	$21.58
Premarket price	$21.77
Previous close	$21.58
Price vs 150-day SMA	-42.81%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-4.22%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-40.56%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-9.94%
Relative volume	1.35
RSI	35.51
Sharpe ratio	0.1
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.83
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.64
Sortino ratio	0.23
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.33
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.07
Volume	856.6K
Weekly RSI	32.84
YTD price change	-11.55%
YTD total return	-11.55%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	27.8M
Float percentage	87.62%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.28%
Shares change (YoY)	0.4%
Shares held by insiders	6.91%
Shares held by institutions	87.71%
Shares outstanding	31.7M
Short % of float	9.45%
Short % of shares	8.28%
Short ratio	3.2 days

Deeper analysis on LINC

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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