NASDAQ:LINCLincoln Educational Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lincoln Educational Services' stock was trading at $2.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LINC stock has increased by 64.2% and is now trading at $3.99. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Lincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 12th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services Corp (NASDAQ:LINC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 13th. The company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.10. The company had revenue of $70.04 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $66.59 million. Lincoln Educational Services had a return on equity of 15.34% and a net margin of 2.05%. View Lincoln Educational Services' earnings history.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Lincoln Educational Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $4.50. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Educational Services' stock price to reach $4.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lincoln Educational Services.

News stories about LINC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Educational Services earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutLincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 52,400 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the April 15th total of 59,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Lincoln Educational Services' Current Options Chain.

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

Lincoln Educational Services' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alyeska Investment Group L.P. (9.18%), Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (1.38%), Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (1.12%), National Investment Services of America LLC (0.42%) and Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV (0.05%). Company insiders that own Lincoln Educational Services stock include Celia Currin, Juniper Investment Company, Ll, Peter S Burgess, Scott M Shaw and Stephen M Buchenot. View institutional ownership trends for Lincoln Educational Services.

LINC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., and Essex Investment Management Co. LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Lincoln Educational Services.

LINC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including National Investment Services of America LLC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., and Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV. Company insiders that have bought Lincoln Educational Services stock in the last two years include Celia Currin, Juniper Investment Company, Ll, Peter S Burgess, Scott M Shaw, and Stephen M Buchenot. View insider buying and selling activity for 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.

One share of LINC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.99.

Lincoln Educational Services has a market capitalization of $105.18 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.

The official website for Lincoln Educational Services is 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]