LINC vs. STRA, UTI, APEI, BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, PRDO, AFYA, and DAO
Should 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 Youdao (DAO).
Lincoln Educational Services vs.
Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Strategic Education pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Lincoln Educational Services pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Strategic Education pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Educational Services pays out 20.5% 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.
93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services had 10 more articles in the media than Strategic Education. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services and 8 mentions for Strategic Education. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of 0.51 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Strategic Education presently has a consensus target price of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus target price of $24.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Given Strategic Education's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Lincoln Educational Services.
Strategic Education has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Strategic Education beats Lincoln Educational Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LINC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
