NASDAQ:LINCLincoln Educational Services Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Lincoln Educational Services Corp Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $2.30 +0.02 (+0.88 %) (As of 04/3/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$2.11Now: $2.30▼$2.3050-Day Range$1.77MA: $2.38▼$2.9552-Week Range$1.51Now: $2.30▼$3.25Volume4,721 shsAverage Volume17,412 shsMarket Capitalization$60.63 millionP/E Ratio57.50Dividend YieldN/ABeta0.69 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media 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 three segments: Transportation and Skilled Trades; Healthcare and Other Professions; and Transitional. It offers associate's degree, and diploma and certificate programs in automotive technology, skilled trades, healthcare services, hospitality services, and information technology areas. 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 associated brand names. As of December 31, 2018, it had 10,525 students enrolled. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in West Orange, New Jersey.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingLincoln Educational Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $3.50, Lincoln Educational Services has a potential upside of 52.2% from its current price of $2.30.Amount of Analyst CoverageLincoln Educational Services has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.1 Community Rank Outperform VotesLincoln Educational Services has received 207 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesLincoln Educational Services has received 278 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentLincoln Educational Services has received 57.32% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Lincoln Educational Services and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe LINC will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe LINC will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldLincoln Educational Services does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthLincoln Educational Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Lincoln Educational Services insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $13,760.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 6.30% of the stock of Lincoln Educational Services is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions63.78% of the stock of Lincoln Educational Services is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 3.1 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Lincoln Educational Services are expected to grow by 45.83% in the coming year, from $0.24 to $0.35 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Lincoln Educational Services is 57.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 10.76.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Lincoln Educational Services is 57.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 15.04.Price to Earnings Growth RatioLincoln Educational Services has a PEG Ratio of 0.63. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioLincoln Educational Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.35. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.5Community Rank: 2.1Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 3.1 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.55 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Educational services Sub-IndustryEducation Services SectorConsumer Discretionary Current SymbolNASDAQ:LINC Previous Symbol CUSIP53353510 CIK1286613 Webhttp://www.lincolntech.edu/ Phone973-736-9340Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.81 Current Ratio0.88 Quick Ratio0.85Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio57.50 Forward P/E Ratio9.58 P/E Growth0.63 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$273.34 million Price / Sales0.22 Cash Flow$0.43 per share Price / Cash Flow5.31 Book Value$1.71 per share Price / Book1.35Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.08 Net Income$2.02 million Net Margins0.74% Return on Equity5.63% Return on Assets1.21%Miscellaneous Employees1,922 Outstanding Shares26,360,000Market Cap$60.63 million Next Earnings Date5/14/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive LINC News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for LINC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. NASDAQ:LINC Rates by TradingView Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) Frequently Asked Questions How has Lincoln Educational Services' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Lincoln Educational Services' stock was trading at $2.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LINC stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $2.30. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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. When is Lincoln Educational Services' next earnings date? Lincoln Educational Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lincoln Educational Services. How were Lincoln Educational Services' earnings last quarter? Lincoln Educational Services Corp (NASDAQ:LINC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $73.92 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.15 million. Lincoln Educational Services had a net margin of 0.74% and a return on equity of 5.63%. View Lincoln Educational Services' earnings history. What guidance has Lincoln Educational Services issued on next quarter's earnings? Lincoln Educational Services updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $281.542-287.009 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $284.52 million. What price target have analysts set for LINC? 1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Lincoln Educational Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.50 to $3.50. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Educational Services' stock price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lincoln Educational Services. Has Lincoln Educational Services been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about LINC stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Educational Services earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutLincoln Educational Services. Are investors shorting Lincoln Educational Services? Lincoln Educational Services saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 23,500 shares, a drop of 13.9% from the February 27th total of 27,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Lincoln Educational Services' Current Options Chain. Who are some of Lincoln Educational Services' key competitors? 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), K12 (LRN), American Public Education (APEI), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), National American University Holdngs (NAUH), Corinthian Colleges (COCOQ) and ITT Educational Services (ESINQ). What other stocks do shareholders of Lincoln Educational Services own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lincoln Educational Services investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Primo Water (PRMW), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Verizon Communications (VZ), TSAKOS ENERGY N/SH (TNP), NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (NBY), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Who are Lincoln Educational Services' key executives? Lincoln Educational Services' management team includes the following people: Mr. Scott M. Shaw, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 56)Mr. Brian K. Meyers, Exec. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 52)Mr. Stephen M. Buchenot, Sr. VP of Campus Operations (Age 63)Mr. Valerian J. Thomas, Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer (Age 56)Ms. Alexandra M. Luster, VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 54) What is Lincoln Educational Services' stock symbol? Lincoln Educational Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LINC." How do I buy shares of Lincoln Educational Services? 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. What is Lincoln Educational Services' stock price today? One share of LINC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.30. How big of a company is Lincoln Educational Services? Lincoln Educational Services has a market capitalization of $60.63 million and generates $273.34 million in revenue each year. The company earns $2.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.08 on an earnings per share basis. Lincoln Educational Services employs 1,922 workers across the globe. View additional information about Lincoln Educational Services. What is Lincoln Educational Services' official website? The official website for Lincoln Educational Services is http://www.lincolntech.edu/. How can I contact Lincoln Educational Services? 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] This page was last updated on 4/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What are Institutional Investors?
