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.

Revenue
+22.4%
EPS
+20.0%
Free cash flow
+129.4%
Total debt
+28.4%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

17.54 2.57 −12.78%
Market cap
$556.7M
P/E
24.0×
Fwd P/E
26.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.03
Beneish M
−2.81
Dividend safety
n/a

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) trades at a P/E ratio of 24.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2019) to 76.3× (July 2026); the current reading is higher than 78% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 12.1× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 37.7× (22.98%)
FY2024 49.0× 331.38%
FY2023 11.4× (29.49%)
FY2022 16.1× 122.11%
FY2021 7.3× 64.19%
FY2020 4.4× (93.46%)
FY2019 67.5× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 68.4× 20.98%
Mar 2026 56.5× 49.73%
Dec 2025 37.7× (27.74%)
Sep 2025 52.2× 4.22%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 76.3×
Ten-year median 6.6×
Current reading's percentile 63

P/E ratio against peers

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COUR Coursera, Inc. compare n/m
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GOTU Gaotu Techedu Inc. compare n/m
AFYA Afya Limited compare 6.2×
PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. compare 9.2×
APEI American Public Education, Inc. compare 15.1×
LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation 24.0×
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc compare 31.3×
DAO Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR compare 102×
Education & Training Services industry median 12.1×
Consumer Defensive sector median 17.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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