Consumer Defensive
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation(LINC)
Live Price
Offline$48.43
+4.15% today
1Y Change
+112.23%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.29B
- Revenue Growth
- +17.8%
- EPS Growth
- +103.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $1.29B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $48.43 and up 112.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +17.8%, EPS growth of +103.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +17.8%, EPS +103.1%, free cash flow +0.4% with operating margin 5.7% and ROIC 5.6%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 62.8 and price/sales 2.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LINC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+17.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+5.7% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
62.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 11, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +17.8% and EPS at +103.1%, with operating margin around 5.7%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 11, 2026 | โ | +1.4% | -0.1% | -6.3% |
2026 Feb 23, 2026 | +19.1% | +7.3% | +11.5% | +19.8% |
2025 Nov 10, 2025 | +66.7% | +3.5% | +0.3% | +8.8% |
Benchmark Edge
LINC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LINC
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LINC Max Drawdown
-27.35%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LINC and SPY.
Company Overview
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various career-oriented post-secondary education services to high school graduates and working adults in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Transportation and Skilled Trades, and Healthcare and Other Professions. It offers associate's degree, and diploma and certificate programs in automotive technology; skilled trades programs, including electrical, heating and air conditioning repair, welding, computerized numerical control, and electrical and electronic systems technology; health science programs comprising nursing, dental and medical assistant, claim examiner, medical administrative assistant, etc.; hospitality services programs, such as culinary, therapeutic massage, cosmetology, and aesthetics; and information technology programs. The company operates 22 schools in 14 states under the Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln College of Technology, Lincoln Culinary Institute, Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences, and other brand names. As of December 31, 2021, it had 13,059 students enrolled at 22 campuses. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
- Leadership
- Scott Shaw
- IPO Date
- Jun 23, 2005
- Employees
- 1.9k
- Street Address
- 14 Sylvan Way
- Mailing
- Parsippany, NJ, 07054
- Region
- Parsippany, NJ, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 973 736 9340
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 62.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 29.7
- Price/Sales
- 2.5
- Price/Book
- 6.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +17.8%
- EPS
- +103.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +0.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 60.4%
- Operating Margin
- 5.7%
- Net Margin
- 3.9%
- ROE
- 10.8%
- ROIC
- 5.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.02
- Current Ratio
- 0.86
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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