Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
General ticker "LINC" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Education & Training Services
- Capitalization: $593.6M (TTM average)
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 50.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.5%: low 29.48$, high 31.63$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-02-23 bmo
- Total employees count: 2475 (+7.6%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Climate change and natural disasters, Declining course enrollments
- Current price 50.2% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [12.92$, 20.50$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [12.27$, 19.96$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LINC estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 27.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was low
- Positive: -4.66 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.44
- Positive: 19.59 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 40.83 <= 42.74
- Positive: 0.06 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.16
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -9.88 <= -4.45
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.22
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.09 <= 0.30
- Positive: -8.70 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -6.38
- Positive: -0.01 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.01
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Long-term LINC plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $348.46MM | $378.07MM | $440.74MM |
| Operating Expenses | $332.19MM | $344.71MM | $425.56MM |
| Operating Income | $16.28MM | $33.36MM | $15.18MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $0.16MM | $2.28MM | $-0.47MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.16MM | $0.35MM | $2.56MM |
| Income(Loss) | $16.44MM | $35.64MM | $14.71MM |
| Taxes | $3.80MM | $9.64MM | $4.82MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $12.63MM | $26.00MM | $9.89MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $144.88MM | $166.80MM | $178.26MM |
| Inventory | $2.62MM | $2.95MM | $3.05MM |
| Assets | $291.57MM | $345.25MM | $436.56MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $0.88MM | $25.56MM | $29.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $8.99MM | $40.70MM | $56.87MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-21.35MM | $7.37MM | $-46.97MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-12.55MM | $-2.94MM | $-3.33MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.49 | $0.86 | $0.32 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.