Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Competitors $21.63 +0.47 (+2.22%) Closing price 06/11/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$21.63 0.00 (0.00%) As of 03:59 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LINC vs. STRA, UTI, APEI, BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, PRDO, AFYA, and UDMYShould you be buying Lincoln Educational Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Educational Services include Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), and Udemy (UDMY). Lincoln Educational Services vs. Its Competitors Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute American Public Education Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stride Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Perdoceo Education Afya Udemy Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking. Is LINC or STRA a better dividend stock? Lincoln Educational Services pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Strategic Education pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Lincoln Educational Services pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strategic Education pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LINC or STRA? Strategic Education received 91 more outperform votes than Lincoln Educational Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLincoln Educational ServicesOutperform Votes29464.47% Underperform Votes16235.53% Strategic EducationOutperform Votes38556.12% Underperform Votes30143.88% Do analysts prefer LINC or STRA? Lincoln Educational Services currently has a consensus target price of $24.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.73%. Strategic Education has a consensus target price of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.39%. Given Strategic Education's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Lincoln Educational Services.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lincoln Educational Services 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.17Strategic Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more risk & volatility, LINC or STRA? Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Education has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LINC or STRA? Strategic Education has higher revenue and earnings than Lincoln Educational Services. Strategic Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Educational Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLincoln Educational Services$454.20M1.50$26M$0.3955.46Strategic Education$1.23B1.66$69.79M$4.6818.06 Is LINC or STRA more profitable? Strategic Education has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Lincoln Educational Services' net margin of 2.33%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 10.60% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lincoln Educational Services2.33% 10.60% 4.80% Strategic Education 10.44%7.61%5.89% Does the media refer more to LINC or STRA? In the previous week, Strategic Education had 2 more articles in the media than Lincoln Educational Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Strategic Education and 6 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of 0.73 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lincoln Educational Services 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Strategic Education 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in LINC or STRA? 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryStrategic Education beats Lincoln Educational Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lincoln Educational Services News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LINC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LINC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LINC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLincoln Educational ServicesEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$683.36M$1.02B$8.02B$8.63BDividend YieldN/A5.77%3.19%4.18%P/E Ratio67.6011.9515.2520.06Price / Sales1.501.533.79157.10Price / Cash21.4527.8916.3734.64Price / Book4.072.474.864.70Net Income$26M$22.13M$257.86M$247.88M7 Day Performance-4.16%3.07%1.71%2.63%1 Month Performance1.45%-0.23%3.90%6.36%1 Year Performance97.53%18.37%1.18%14.05% Lincoln Educational Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LINCLincoln Educational Services4.146 of 5 stars$21.63+2.2%$24.60+13.7%+99.4%$683.36M$454.20M67.602,060Insider TradeSTRAStrategic Education4.5686 of 5 stars$85.49-4.4%$107.67+25.9%-23.1%$2.07B$1.23B16.283,910Positive NewsUTIUniversal Technical Institute2.908 of 5 stars$33.26-6.0%$35.83+7.7%+126.4%$1.92B$782.69M34.281,950Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.5425 of 5 stars$27.07-4.2%$31.25+15.4%+65.3%$488.34M$634.68M48.345,800BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.1212 of 5 stars$125.08-1.5%$138.33+10.6%+18.3%$7.16B$2.73B52.1225,800Positive NewsLRNStride1.4413 of 5 stars$141.32-2.8%$126.83-10.3%+112.1%$6.33B$2.29B23.597,500Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.5916 of 5 stars$185.54-4.5%$207.67+11.9%+32.2%$5.26B$1.05B23.975,500Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.6539 of 5 stars$121.37-5.4%$135.67+11.8%+85.7%$4.52B$1.74B22.604,680Short Interest ↓PRDOPerdoceo Education4.1496 of 5 stars$32.27-2.2%$40.00+24.0%+50.8%$2.11B$726.00M14.674,500Positive NewsInsider TradeAFYAAfya2.6673 of 5 stars$17.55+0.2%$17.60+0.3%+9.4%$1.64B$3.44B14.158,080UDMYUdemy3.6342 of 5 stars$7.51-1.2%$10.05+33.8%-15.9%$1.13B$790.02M-13.181,680Analyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Strategic Education Alternatives Universal Technical Institute Alternatives American Public Education Alternatives Bright Horizons Family Solutions Alternatives Stride Alternatives Grand Canyon Education Alternatives Adtalem Global Education Alternatives Perdoceo Education Alternatives Afya Alternatives Udemy Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LINC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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