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lincoln educational services corp. - LINC

LINC

Close Chg Chg %
41.95 -0.21 -0.50%

Closed Market

41.74

-0.21 (0.50%)

Volume: 218.79K

Last Updated:

Apr 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

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Company Overview: lincoln educational services corp. - LINC

LINC Key Data

Open

$41.42

 Day Range

41.34 - 42.22

52 Week Range

14.84 - 42.42

 Market Cap

$1.33B

Shares Outstanding

31.88M

 Public Float

29.33M

Beta

0.83

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

65.25

 EPS

$0.65

Yield

0.00%

 Dividend

$0.02

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 11, 2014

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

529.62K

  

LINC Performance

1 Week
 
 2.03%
 
1 Month
 
 16.46%
 
3 Months
 
 79.06%
 
1 Year
 
 172.45%
 
5 Years
 
 544.14%
 

LINC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
Full Ratings ➔

About lincoln educational services corp. - LINC

Lincoln Educational Services Corp. engages in the provision of a career-oriented post-secondary education to recent high school graduates and working adults. It operates through the following segments: Campus Operations and Transitional. The Campus Operations segment includes campuses that are continuing in operation and contribute to the company’s core operations and performance. The Transitional segment refers to businesses that are marked for closure and are currently being taught-out. The Corporate segment represents unallocated corporate activity. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

LINC At a Glance

Lincoln Educational Services Corp.
14 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Phone 1-973-736-9340 Revenue 518.24M
Industry Miscellaneous Commercial Services Net Income 20.00M
Sector Commercial Services 2025 Sales Growth 17.765%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 2,590
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LINC Valuation

P/E Current 65.249
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 37.752
Price to Sales Ratio 1.457
Price to Book Ratio 3.825
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.75
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 18.335
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.795
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.219

LINC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 200,093.05
Income Per Employee 7,721.236
Receivables Turnover 11.108
Total Asset Turnover 1.115

LINC Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.864
Quick Ratio 0.825
Cash Ratio 0.283

LINC Profitability

Gross Margin 60.368
Operating Margin 5.771
Pretax Margin 5.04
Net Margin 3.859
Return on Assets 4.302
Return on Equity 10.582
Return on Total Capital 4.955
Return on Invested Capital 5.414

LINC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 102.091
Total Debt to Total Capital 50.517
Total Debt to Total Assets 41.338
Long-Term Debt to Equity 96.534
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 47.768
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Annual Financials for Lincoln Educational Services Corp. - LINC

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
348.29M 378.07M 440.06M 518.24M
Sales Growth
+3.86% +8.55% +16.40% +17.76%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
148.75M 162.28M 181.76M 205.39M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
6.36M 6.77M 12.96M 20.83M
Depreciation
6.36M 6.77M 12.96M 20.83M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+7.06% +9.10% +12.01% +13.00%
Gross Income
199.54M 215.79M 258.31M 312.85M
Gross Income Growth
+1.60% +8.15% +19.70% +21.12%
Gross Profit Margin
+57.29% +57.08% +58.70% +60.37%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
182.39M 209.13M 243.80M 282.95M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
182.39M 209.13M 243.80M 282.95M
SGA Growth
+7.97% +14.66% +16.58% +16.06%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
1.05M 4.22M (2.79M) 926.00K
EBIT after Unusual Expense
16.10M 2.44M 17.30M 28.98M
Non Operating Income/Expense
495.00K 33.55M (20.00K) 532.00K
Non-Operating Interest Income
318.00K 2.63M 2.10M 126.00K
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
160.00K 347.00K 2.56M 3.39M
Interest Expense Growth
-92.06% +116.87% +639.19% +32.32%
Gross Interest Expense
160.00K 347.00K 2.56M 3.39M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
16.44M 35.64M 14.71M 26.12M
Pretax Income Growth
-65.21% +116.83% -58.72% +77.54%
Pretax Margin
+4.72% +9.43% +3.34% +5.04%
Income Tax
3.80M 9.64M 4.82M 6.12M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
2.51M 8.01M 7.06M 3.50M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
1.29M 1.63M (2.24M) 2.62M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
12.63M 26.00M 9.89M 20.00M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
12.63M 26.00M 9.89M 20.00M
Net Income Growth
-63.61% +105.77% -61.95% +102.18%
Net Margin Growth
+3.63% +6.88% +2.25% +3.86%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
12.63M 26.00M 9.89M 20.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - 3.42M
-
Net Income Available to Common
9.21M 26.00M 9.89M 20.00M
EPS (Basic)
0.3559 0.8635 0.3234 0.6463
EPS (Basic) Growth
-65.80% +142.62% -62.55% +99.85%
Basic Shares Outstanding
25.88M 30.11M 30.58M 30.94M
EPS (Diluted)
0.3559 0.8512 0.3202 0.6397
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-65.80% +139.17% -62.38% +99.78%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
25.88M 30.54M 30.89M 31.26M
EBITDA
23.51M 13.43M 27.46M 50.74M
EBITDA Growth
-32.09% -42.88% +104.44% +84.78%
EBITDA Margin
+6.75% +3.55% +6.24% +9.79%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 37.667
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate 0.023
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 0.70
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.045 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.64 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.132
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 6 6 6
Mean Estimate 0.02 0.18 0.70 1.13
High Estimates 0.07 0.23 0.75 1.49
Low Estimate -0.01 0.16 0.64 0.95
Coefficient of Variance 137.32 15.47 6.52 17.53

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 6
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 0 0 0
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Lincoln Educational Services Corp. - LINC

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 13, 2026 Chad D. Nyce EVP & Chief Operating Officer 174,206 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $36.5 per share 6,358,519.00
Mar 10, 2026 Sylvia J. Young Director 12,697 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $35.81 per share 454,679.57
Mar 5, 2026 Scott M. Shaw CEO; Director 1,177,680 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 5, 2026 Scott M. Shaw CEO; Director 1,104,841 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.24 per share 40,039,437.84
Mar 5, 2026 Alexandra M. Luster SVP and General Counsel 107,097 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 5, 2026 Alexandra M. Luster SVP and General Counsel 102,356 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.24 per share 3,709,381.44
Mar 5, 2026 Stephen E. Ace SVP and Chief Human Resources 155,098 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 5, 2026 Stephen E. Ace SVP and Chief Human Resources 150,079 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.24 per share 5,438,862.96
Mar 5, 2026 Brian K. Meyers CFO and Treasurer 231,516 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 5, 2026 Brian K. Meyers CFO and Treasurer 200,782 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.24 per share 7,276,339.68
Mar 5, 2026 Chad D. Nyce EVP & Chief Operating Officer 182,656 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.24 per share 6,619,453.44
Feb 27, 2026 Jim J. Burke Director 76,917 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $34.69 per share 2,668,250.73
Feb 27, 2026 Jim J. Burke Director 73,703 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $34.87 per share 2,570,023.61
May 22, 2025 Kevin M. Carney Director 46,293 Bona fide gift 0.00

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