LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP (LINC)
Services-Educational Services · Consumer Discretionary · $1.5B
Intrinsic Value (Consensus)
$9.51
Current Price
$45.91
Margin of Safety
-79.3%
79.3% Above Intrinsic Value
Value: $10
Price: $46
Valuation Model Estimates
Current Price: $45.91
DCF (Discounted Cash Flow)
Not applicable
—
Graham Number
$9.52
Earnings Power Value
$6.21
Relative Value (P/E)
$12.80
Dividend Discount Model
$60.00
Consensus Value
$9.51
Model Assumptions
Discount Rate
10.3%
Growth Rate
20.0%
Terminal Growth
2.5%
Risk-Free Rate
4.3%
Discount rate derived from CAPM (risk-free rate + beta × market risk premium). Growth rate based on trailing earnings growth, capped at 20%.
Health Score
C
58
Profitability
18/25
Strength
14/25
Valuation
7/25
Growth
19/25
Financial Health Signals
Negative free cash flow — company is burning cash
Low debt — conservative balance sheet
Strong earnings growth (20% YoY)
Key Financials
- EPS (TTM)
- $0.64
- EPS (Forward)
- $0.77
- Book Value
- $6.30
- P/E Ratio
- 20.0
- Forward P/E
- 16.7
- PEG Ratio
- —
- ROE
- 10.0%
- Debt/Equity
- 9%
- Revenue Growth
- 17.8%
- Earnings Growth
- 20.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.4%
- Beta
- 1.00
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Data last updated: 2026-06-16
Source: Yahoo Finance