Lincoln Educational Services Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:LINC)

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln Educational Services in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" LINC shares.
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2 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Lincoln Educational Services' shares. Their LINC share price targets range from $9.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $10.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.7% from the stock's current price.
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Lincoln Educational Services' stock was trading at $5.79 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LINC stock has increased by 56.0% and is now trading at $9.03.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 26th 2024.
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Lincoln Educational Services Co. (NASDAQ:LINC) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.05. The firm earned $99.62 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $95.29 million. Lincoln Educational Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 7.56%.

Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LINC will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lincoln Educational Services issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $370.00 million-$375.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $365.15 million.

32 employees have rated Lincoln Educational Services Chief Executive Officer Scott Shaw on Glassdoor.com. Scott Shaw has an approval rating of 53% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Shaw in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Lincoln Educational Services' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Heartland Advisors Inc. (6.32%), Cannell Capital LLC (3.64%), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (1.62%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.51%), Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (1.47%) and EAM Investors LLC (0.66%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian K Meyers, Chad D Nyce, J Barry Morrow, James J Burke Jr, Juniper Investment Company, Ll, Ronald Edward Harbour and Scott M Shaw.
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