Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
LINC Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $518.2 million, up 17.8% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 22.4%, EPS grew 20.0%, free cash flow grew 129.4% and total debt rose 28.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) EV/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (September 2015) to 3.1× (July 2026); the current reading is higher than 88% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.4× | 37.02% |
| FY2024 | 1.1× | 64.27% |
| FY2023 | 0.6× | 17.94% |
| FY2022 | 0.5× | (9.50%) |
| FY2021 | 0.6× | 26.04% |
| FY2020 | 0.5× | 70.34% |
| FY2019 | 0.3× | (20.24%) |
| FY2018 | 0.4× | 7.16% |
| FY2017 | 0.3× | 55.62% |
| FY2016 | 0.2× | (26.52%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 2.8× | 16.71% |
| Mar 2026 | 2.4× | 63.14% |
| Dec 2025 | 1.4× | (5.10%) |
| Sep 2025 | 1.5× | (5.23%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| GOTU Gaotu Techedu Inc. compare | 0.2× |
| COUR Coursera, Inc. compare | 0.2× |
| PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. compare | 0.7× |
| APEI American Public Education, Inc. compare | 1.1× |
| LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation | 1.2× |
| UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc compare | 1.3× |
| STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare | 1.3× |
| AFYA Afya Limited compare | 2.1× |
| DAO Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR compare | 2.6× |
| Education & Training Services industry median | 0.8× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.0× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)