LINC — Lincoln Educational Services

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About Lincoln Educational Services

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various career-oriented postsecondary education services to high school graduates and working adults in the United States. It operates in two segments, Campus Operations and Transitional. The company offers associate's degree, and diploma and certificate programs in automotive technology; skilled trades programs, including electrical, heating and air conditioning r… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$48.40
Market Cap$1.49B
Float27.5M
Shares Outstanding31.7M
P/E (Forward)59.88
P/E (TTM)65.06
Price/Sales (TTM)2.73
vs. Analyst Target+5.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin4.11%
Operating Margin (TTM)4.45%
Revenue (TTM)$545M
Earnings Growth (YoY)133.20%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$51.20 (5 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $293M $48.6M $171M $22.1M
2021 $335M $34.7M $196M $56.4M
2022 $348M $12.6M $200M $23.0M
2023 $378M $26.0M $216M $42.8M
2024 $440M $9.9M $258M $28.6M
2025 $518M $20.0M $313M $50.7M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $116M $1.6M
Sep 2025 $141M $3.8M
Dec 2025 $143M $12.7M
Mar 2026 $144M $4.4M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership7.2%
Institutional Ownership88.5%
Short Float7.4%
% of All Funds Holding2.17%
Number of Funds Holding178

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$42.52Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$28.76Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$23.66Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$14.62Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$29.96Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$24.11Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$16.67Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$42.00 support 1.29x 0 months ago
$35.90 support 1.63x 1 months ago
$26.50 support 1.65x 2 months ago
$18.70 support 1.36x 7 months ago
$16.90 support 1.98x 11 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (84 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.41% 0.42% 60.71% 6.54% -8.33%
1 Day 0.35% 0.00% 48.81% 23.62% -14.06%
1 Week 0.87% 1.35% 54.76% 34.13% -25.95%
2 Weeks 0.34% 0.46% 50.60% 44.65% -31.35%
1 Month 0.25% -1.03% 40.96% 58.33% -67.97%

Next earnings: July 30, 2026 (65 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-0.5%38.1%21
Feb5.9%61.9%21
Mar1.6%47.6%21
Apr-0.7%47.6%21
May5.9%55.0%20
Jun-1.1%50.0%20
Jul0.5%52.4%21
Aug-7.4%42.9%21
Sep-1.2%38.1%21
Oct1.8%52.4%21
Nov12.0%66.7%21
Dec6.6%57.1%21

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.06% 44.9% 985
Tuesday 0.25% 49.5% 1079
Wednesday 0.19% 46.3% 1079
Thursday -0.10% 47.3% 1058
Friday 0.16% 45.9% 1056

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 88.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 7.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings12
Net Value-$2.5M
Net Shares Change-601,155
% of Float-2.2%
C-Suite Filings3
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Juniper Investment Company, LLC -$14.9M 2 2 sell
Meyers Brian K CFO and Treasurer -$2.0M 1 1 sell
BURKE JAMES J JR -$1.1M 2 2 sell
Plater Michael A -$616,556.88 1 1 sell
Carney Kevin M -$479,702.063 1 1 sell
Nyce Chad D EVP and Chief Operating Officer -$450,591 2 2 sell
Young Sylvia Jean -$285,011.79 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-05-30 – 2025-06-09 3 3 -$1.3M 1 C-suite
2026-02-26 – 2026-03-12 6 5 -$16.4M 1 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-13 Meyers Brian K CFO and Treasurer -$2.0M Transaction at $49.98, now -3.2%
2026-05-18 BURKE JAMES J JR -$802,630.335 Transaction at $49.57, now -2.4%
2026-03-12 Nyce Chad D EVP and Chief Operating Officer -$308,425 Transaction at $36.50, now +32.6%
2026-03-09 Young Sylvia Jean -$285,011.79 Transaction at $35.81, now +35.2%
2026-03-02 Plater Michael A -$616,556.88 Transaction at $35.73, now +35.5%
2026-02-26 BURKE JAMES J JR -$297,420.783 Transaction at $34.76, now +39.3%

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