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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.05. The company earned $72.59 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.34 million. Lincoln Educational Services had a negative net margin of 0.80% and a negative return on equity of 6.17%. 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Lincoln Educational Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.50 to $3.50. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Educational Services' share price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 59.5% 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 stories about LINC stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Educational Services earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Lincoln Educational Services.

Lincoln Educational Services saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 50,800 shares, a drop of 7.8% from the December 15th total of 55,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), vTv Therapeutics (VTVT), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Amyris (AMRS), Ardelyx (ARDX), ArQule (ARQL), Antares Pharma (ATRS), Codexis (CDXS) and Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX).

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 $2.20.

Lincoln Educational Services has a market capitalization of $55.38 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]