LINC
Lincoln Educational Services Corp Consumer Discretionary Services-Educational Services Russell 3000
$20.68Close
$654.0MMarket cap
$17.80 – $55.6852-week range
Nov 9, 2026Next report · before the open
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +25% year on year
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 1 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 6 · weaker than 94% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 63% below its 52-week high
- Results soon Nov 9, 2026, in 8 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
63%
1wk
down 4.6%
price change
1mo
down 5.4%
price change
12-month return
down 1%
market up 11% ·
its own down 12%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z″
1.60
Moderate risk
P/E
32.7×
price / earnings
PEG
0.33
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
3.3×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 4.8%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
43%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 18%
year on year
EPS growth
up 25%
latest quarter · -98 pts
Sales growth
up 22%
latest quarter · -0 pts
ROE
up 11%
return on equity
Free cash margin
down 5%
-$27.3M FCF
D/E
0.00
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.6×
net cash
Interest cover
8.9×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- short-term liquidity weakened
- issued more shares
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- gross margin widened
Repair signals
- Gross margin 58.7% → 60.4%
Trade setup
ATR%
5.1%
$1.05 a day · 2×ATR $18.58
RS
6 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
1 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.9×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.81
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 9, 2026
Trend template · 1 of 8
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Aug 10, 2026
Last shock
Aug 10, 2026-25% in one session6.7× volumeon results-33% since
Financials
- Gross 60%
- Net 4%
- Free cash -5%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $293.1M | $335.3M | $348.3M | $378.1M | $440.1M | $518.2M |
| Gross margin | 58% | 59% | 57% | 57% | 59% | 60% |
| Operating income | $14.8M | $49.3M | $16.3M | $33.4M | $15.2M | $30.3M |
| Net income | $48.6M | $34.7M | $12.6M | $26.0M | $9.9M | $20.0M |
| Net margin | 17% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 4% |
| Earnings per share | $1.96 | $1.38 | $0.49 | $851.22 | $320.19 | $639.73 |
| Free cash flow | $17.9M | $19.9M | -$8.1M | -$15.1M | -$27.6M | -$27.3M |
| Free cash margin | 6% | 6% | -2% | -4% | -6% | -5% |
| Cash | $38.0M | $83.3M | $46.1M | $76.0M | $59.3M | $28.5M |
| Long-term debt | $15.2M | $0 | — | — | $0 | $0 |
| Shareholders' equity | $91.1M | $129.4M | $144.9M | $166.8M | $178.3M | $199.7M |
| Shares outstanding | 26.48m | 27m | 31.15m | 31.36m | 31.46m | 31.62m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 41d |
| May 11, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 41d |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 61d |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 41d |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 42d |
| May 12, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 42d |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 63d |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 43d |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 39d |
| May 6, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 36d |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 65d |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 37d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Material agreement · Acquisition or disposal · New obligation ↗ |
| May 13, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| May 11, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| May 11, 2026 | Shareholder vote · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Material agreement · New obligation · Other events ↗ |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Material agreement · Director or officer change ↗ |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| May 14, 2025 | Shareholder vote · Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |