NASDAQ · LINC

Lincoln Educational Services

$40.60 +$0.09 (+0.22%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$1.29B
Market cap
57.34×
P/E · TTM
$544.69M
Revenue · TTM
$22.41M
Net income
EPS · TTM $0.72
Dividend yield
Free cash flow −$9.12M
Beta · 1Y 0.71
EBITDA · TTM $51.92M
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 22
    From its Jul 7 high, the share price fell 28%.

    Peak close $55.68 on Jul 7; trough close $39.99 on Jul 22. The drawdown is the fact — the chapters around it are the context.

    RECEIPT: PRICE SERIES, PEAK-TO-TROUGH -28%
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 15
    The stock moved -16.8% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jul 15
  • May 11
    The stock moved +10.6% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, May 11

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$1.29B
Enterprise value$1.27B
Shares outstanding31.7M
52-wk range$17.29 – $56.34
Avg volume · 20D178.2K
Net cash $11.69M
Book value / share$6.40
IndustryServices-Educational Services
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Lincoln Educational Services
IPO dateJun 23, 2005
Employees2590

Lincoln Educational Services Corp provides diversified career-oriented post-secondary education to high school graduates and working adults. The company offers programs in automotive technology, skilled trades, healthcare services, hospitality services, and business and information technology.

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Valuation

P/E57.34
P/S2.36
P/FCF
EV/EBITDA24.52
EV/Sales2.34
Graham №$10.19

Profitability

Gross
Operating 5.3%
Net 4.1%
FCF -1.7%
ROE / ROIC 11.9% · 12.0%

Financial Health

Current ratio0.83
Quick ratio0.80
Debt / equity0.03
Debt / EBITDA 0.10Low leverage
Net cash $11.69M
Working capital−$15.90M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $72.26M
Capex −$81.37M
Free cash flow −$9.12M
Buybacks
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

4.3
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$10.19 vs $40.60
Trades 4.0× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings