# Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Household Products. Price $25.64, market value $813 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 35.1×** (5-yr avg 24.4×, 3-yr avg 33.0×). Lincoln Educational Services Corporation trades at 35.1× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 24.4×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 24.5×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.25**. A PEG of 0.25 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 1.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.4×.
- **Price / book: 4.0×**. The shares trade at 4.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 13.1×**. Enterprise value is 13.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.0%** (5-yr avg -1.8%). Free cash flow equals 3.0% of the market value, above its five-year average of -1.8%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 2.8%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.8% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 5.9%**. 5.9% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 3.9%**. 3.9% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.0%**. 10.0% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 15.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 15.6%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 4.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 17.8%** (3-yr 14.2%/yr, 5-yr 12.1%/yr). Revenue grew 17.8% over the last year, against 12.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 100.0%** (3-yr 21.1%/yr, 5-yr -15.6%/yr). Earnings per share rose 100.0%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.00**. Debt is 0.00 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: net cash**. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation holds more cash than debt.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.48**. A Z-score of 3.48 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation does not currently pay a dividend.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: strong_buy** (5 analysts). 5 analysts cover Lincoln Educational Services Corporation; the consensus is strong_buy, with an average price target of $53.20 (+107% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 31.7%** (YTD 6.2%, 3-mo -46.6%). The shares are up 31.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -54.5%** (48.3% above the low). Trading 54% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 29**. An RSI of 29 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.81** (volatility 55%). Beta of 0.81 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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