LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP · Educational Services

LINC

Low riskNext report: Around Nov 9 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 22% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Sales up 18% last year

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 8.2% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (143 bought, 79 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$21.25-1.9% that day

Company value: $674M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 29.1x; You pay about $29 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 1.2x; Company value is 1.2 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 7%; Cash as a share of company value

From LINC's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$142.6M+22% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $570.8M, up 22% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 12% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of LINC. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+22% a yearRecently: +22% a yearProfit margin4%Last 12 months: 4.0%P/E at the end29xToday: 29.1x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.5B

Profit in 5 years$62M

Price these guesses point to$56.41+165% vs $21.25 todayAbout +22% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 4% margin and a 29x P/E, sales would have to grow about 0.4% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

1/5Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.10.6%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.00x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.3.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$27.3M

Revenue: $518.2M; +17.8% vs prior year
5-year growth: +12.1%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: None; 0.00x equity
Current ratio: 0.86x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: share count not growing, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.