NASDAQ:LINC - Lincoln Educational Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lincoln Educational Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LINC."

Lincoln Educational Services Corp (NASDAQ:LINC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $72.59 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $72.34 million. Lincoln Educational Services had a negative return on equity of 6.17% and a negative net margin of 0.80%. View Lincoln Educational Services' Earnings History.

Lincoln Educational Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$271.096-276.36 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$272.1 million.

1 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Lincoln Educational Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.50 to $3.50. On average, they expect Lincoln Educational Services' stock price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 79.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lincoln Educational Services.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln Educational Services in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lincoln Educational Services.

News headlines about LINC stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Educational Services earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Lincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 37,300 shares, a decline of 22.0% from the October 31st total of 47,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 22,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Lincoln Educational Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Lincoln Educational Services include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Career Education (CECO), K12 (LRN), American Public Education (APEI), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), National American University Holdngs (NAUH), Corinthian Colleges (COCOQ) and ITT Educational Services (ESINQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lincoln Educational Services investors own include Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Amyris (AMRS), ArQule (ARQL), TSAKOS ENERGY N/SH (TNP), Allena Pharmaceuticals (ALNA), Digital Turbine (APPS), Ardelyx (ARDX), Athersys (ATHX), BGC Partners (BGCP) and Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC).

Shares of LINC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LINC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.95.

Lincoln Educational Services has a market capitalization of $49.20 million and generates $263.20 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-6,550,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.27) on an earnings per share basis. Lincoln Educational Services employs 1,884 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lincoln Educational Services.

The official website for Lincoln Educational Services is http://www.lincolntech.edu/.

Lincoln Educational Services' mailing address is 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ, 07052. The company can be reached via phone at 973-736-9340 or via email at [email protected]