Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
General ticker "LINC" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Education & Training Services
- Capitalization: $750.6M (TTM average)
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 38.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.2%: low 45.54$, high 48.52$
Factors to consider:
- 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 71.1% above estimated high
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [17.83$, 28.29$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [16.94$, 27.56$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LINC estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 27.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.95 < Operating profit margin, % of 5.84
- Positive: 6.65 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.89
- Positive: 1.85 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.90
- Positive: -14.22 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -11.47
- Positive: 5.51 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.22
- Positive: 19.44 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 40.49 <= 42.58
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.45 <= 0.73
Short-term LINC quotes
Long-term LINC plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $378.07MM | $440.74MM | $518.65MM |
| Operating Expenses | $344.71MM | $425.56MM | $488.33MM |
| Operating Income | $33.36MM | $15.18MM | $30.31MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $2.28MM | $-0.47MM | $-4.19MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.35MM | $2.56MM | $3.39MM |
| Income(Loss) | $35.64MM | $14.71MM | $26.12MM |
| Taxes | $9.64MM | $4.82MM | $6.12MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $26.00MM | $9.89MM | $20.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $166.80MM | $178.26MM | $199.69MM |
| Inventory | $2.95MM | $3.05MM | $3.99MM |
| Assets | $345.25MM | $436.56MM | $493.16MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $25.56MM | $29.31MM | $59.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $40.70MM | $56.87MM | $86.63MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $7.37MM | $-46.97MM | $-86.20MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-2.94MM | $-3.33MM | $-3.87MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.86 | $0.32 | $0.65 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.