A share price of Lincoln Educational Services Corp [LINC] is currently trading at $20.92, up 3.98%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LINC shares have gain 14.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 23.42%, and 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 April 24, 2025, when Northland Capital initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $24. On September 09, 2022, Rosenblatt initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $8 on the stock. Lake Street started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $8 on June 30, 2022. Canaccord Genuity initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $12 as its price target on September 10, 2020. Colliers Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 23, 2020, and assigned it a price target of $6. In a note dated May 22, 2020, B. Riley FBR initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $4.50 on this stock.
Lincoln Educational Services Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $10.06 and $20.51. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24 within the next 12 months. Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ: LINC] shares were valued at $20.92 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.72% based on the average LINC price forecast.
Analyzing the LINC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ:LINC] were 440.06M which represents 16.44% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.0.
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 20.16 points at the first support level, and at 19.41 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 21.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.90.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Lincoln Educational Services Corp [NASDAQ:LINC] is 1.23. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.20, while the Cash Ratio is 0.66. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.50, the price to book ratio is 3.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 65.89.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bartholdson John A., Chairman, that happened on Mar 14 ’25 when 36350.0 shares were sold. Chairman, Bartholdson John A. completed a deal on Mar 11 ’25 to sell 60943.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chairman Bartholdson John A. sold 33019.0 shares on Mar 12 ’25.
