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Lincoln Educational Services Corp

LINC
18.550USD
+0.010+0.05%
Close 11/04, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
586.65MMarket Cap
41.07P/E TTM

Lincoln Educational Services Corp

18.550
+0.010+0.05%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Lincoln Educational Services Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a very weak stock market performance, the company shows strong technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Lincoln Educational Services Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
3 / 6
Overall Ranking
194 / 4616
Industry
Professional & Business Education

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
26.167
Target Price
+41.14%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Lincoln Educational Services Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is a provider of diversified career-oriented post-secondary education. The Company offers career-oriented programs to recent high school graduates and working adults in five principal areas of study: automotive technology, health sciences, skilled trades, business and information technology, and hospitality services. The Company operates 22 campuses in 13 states under four brands: Lincoln College of Technology, Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln Culinary Institute, and Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences. The Company operates through two 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 campuses that are marked for closure and are currently being taught-out.
Industry Leader
The company's revenue leads the industry, with the latest annual revenue totaling USD 440.06M.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 26.35% year-on-year.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 39.80, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 25.68M shares, decreasing 1.86% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Wasatch Global Investors
Star Investor Wasatch Global Investors holds 1.12M shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 2.18.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company's current financial score is 5.84, which is lower than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 6.81. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 116.47M, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.18%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 327.86%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.84
Change
0

Financials

4.62

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

5.81

Operational Efficiency

6.13

Growth Potential

5.53

Shareholder Returns

7.11

Lincoln Educational Services Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current valuation score is 7.13, which is lower than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 7.36. Its current P/E ratio is 39.80, which is 51.93% below the recent high of 60.47 and 83.60% above the recent low of 6.53.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.13
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 3/6
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.33, which is higher than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 7.82. The average price target for Lincoln Educational Services Corp is 26.00, with a high of 27.00 and a low of 25.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.33
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
26.167
Target Price
+41.14%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

4
Total
4
Median
4
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Lincoln Educational Services Corp
LINC
6
Universal Technical Institute Inc
UTI
7
Franklin Covey Co
FC
3
Skillsoft Corp
SKIL
1
1

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.86, which is higher than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 6.13. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 22.09 and the support level at 16.47, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.76
Change
0.1

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(4)
Neutral(0)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-1.002
Sell
RSI(14)
27.258
Sell
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
10.977
Oversold
ATR(14)
0.881
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-174.524
Sell
Williams %R
88.958
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
-0.161
Sell
StochRSI(14)
0.826
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(6)
Neutral(0)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
19.692
Sell
MA10
21.306
Sell
MA20
21.562
Sell
MA50
21.198
Sell
MA100
21.676
Sell
MA200
19.846
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 6.17. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 81.23%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 1.71%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 1.62M shares, representing 5.14% of shares outstanding, with 13.95% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Juniper Investment Company, LLC
2.36M
--
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
1.94M
+7.35%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
1.62M
+8.63%
Heartland Advisors, Inc.
1.30M
-0.32%
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.
1.15M
+36.19%
Wasatch Global Investors Inc
Star Investors
1.12M
+22.15%
Shaw (Scott M)
1.10M
-6.72%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
859.92K
-17.52%
First Eagle Investment Management, L.L.C.
Star Investors
789.23K
-11.40%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
728.51K
+10.96%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.71, which is higher than the Professional & Business Education industry's average of 3.86. The company's beta value is 1.00. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.71
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.00
VaR
+4.06%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+24.33%
240-Day Volatility
+52.87%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+5.24%
120 days
+8.22%
5 years
+19.58%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-15.07%
120 days
-15.07%
5 years
-15.07%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-1.85
120 days
-0.30
5 years
+0.74

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+24.33%
3 years
+24.76%
5 years
+41.96%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.87
3 years
+3.19
5 years
+0.92
Skewness
240 days
-0.12
3 years
+0.74
5 years
+0.64

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+52.87%
5 years
+50.80%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+4.39%
5 years
+2.28%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-34.72%
240 days
-34.72%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+22.78%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+30.96%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.09%
120 days
+0.97%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+218.42%
60 days
+110.41%
120 days
+87.15%

Peer Comparison

Professional & Business Education
Lincoln Educational Services Corp
Lincoln Educational Services Corp
LINC
6.84 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Universal Technical Institute Inc
Universal Technical Institute Inc
UTI
7.25 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Franklin Covey Co
Franklin Covey Co
FC
6.85 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Skillsoft Corp
Skillsoft Corp
SKIL
6.37 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
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Jianzhi Education Technology Group Co Ltd
JZ
5.04 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
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4.11 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
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