Lincoln Educational Services Corp [LINC] stock is trading at $15.88, up 2.92%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The LINC shares have gain 9.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.11%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ: LINC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 09, 2022, when Rosenblatt initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $8. Previously, Lake Street started tracking the stock with Buy rating on June 30, 2022, and set its price target to $8. On September 10, 2020, Canaccord Genuity initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $12 on the stock. Colliers Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $6 on June 23, 2020. B. Riley FBR initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $4.50 as its price target on May 22, 2020. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to Perform for this stock on August 29, 2012. In a note dated March 09, 2012, Wunderlich reiterated an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $11 to $8.
Lincoln Educational Services Corp [LINC] stock has fluctuated between $8.91 and $18.74 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $14.67 within the next 12 months. Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ: LINC] shares were valued at $15.88 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -7.62% based on the average LINC price forecast.
Analyzing the LINC fundamentals
Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ:LINC] reported sales of 423.21M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 14.85%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.58% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.01.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 15.63 points at the first support level, and at 15.38 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 16.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 16.26.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Lincoln Educational Services Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.57. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.53, and the Cash Ratio is 0.73. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.18, the price to book ratio is 2.94 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 49.91.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Juniper Investment Company, LL, 10% Owner, that happened on Dec 09 ’24 when 61289.0 shares were sold. 10% Owner, Juniper Investment Company, LL completed a deal on Dec 06 ’24 to sell 60000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner Juniper Investment Company, LL sold 15827.0 shares on Dec 05 ’24.
