LINC PEER ANALYSIS

Lincoln Educational Services — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

LINCLincoln Educational Services

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Education & Training Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

LINCIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	LINC	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	BATS	TABGD	Ind. Median
P/E	75.66	17.03	19.50	—	12.96●	24.73	18.75
P/B	8.53	2.96	7.51	84.31	2.09●	2.54	2.96
EV/EBITDA	33.00	8.10	12.72	—	10.54	6.46●	10.79
P/S	3.11	0.93●	2.31	38.81	3.92	1.21	2.03

Financial Health
Metric	LINC	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	BATS	TABGD	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.83	2.12	0.79	8.18●	0.87	1.56	1.16
Debt/Equity	103.9%	57.0%	190.6%	4.7%●	74.6%	27.9%	29.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.32	0.98	2.21	6.99	2.54	0.02●	-0.00

Profitability
Metric	LINC	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	BATS	TABGD	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.1%	5.4%	11.9%	-5.2%	30.2%●	4.9%	5.4%
ROE	11.9%	18.0%	33.4%●	-12.4%	15.9%	12.0%	11.9%
ROA	4.9%	9.0%●	8.0%	-9.4%	6.8%	7.4%	5.2%
EBITDA Margin	10.5%	13.0%	22.0%	-5.3%	49.0%●	18.8%	13.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LINC	NWC	ULVR	GUNDG	BATS	TABGD	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	19.9%	-0.5%	-16.2%	-31.4%	-1.0%	21.7%●	8.6%
NI Growth	86.0%	2.5%	-9.9%	—	154.1%●	-5.1%	-1.0%
Div. Yield	—	3.3%	4.3%	0.0%	5.3%●	1.7%	0.6%
Payout	—	55.2%	73.0%	0.0%	67.7%	41.8%	10.7%

Valuation
Metric	LINC	STRA	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
P/E	75.66	14.06	13.05●	65.20	—	18.75	18.75
P/B	8.53	1.12●	2.22	8.19	1.58	5.92	2.96
EV/EBITDA	33.00	7.75	3.38●	26.21	—	12.13	10.79
P/S	3.11	1.44	2.60	3.20	1.29●	3.66	2.03

Financial Health
Metric	LINC	STRA	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.83	1.16	4.82●	1.17	2.47	2.75	1.16
Debt/Equity	103.9%	6.7%	6.0%●	93.0%	—	15.0%	29.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.32	-0.21	-4.77●	1.38	—	-0.45	-0.00

Profitability
Metric	LINC	STRA	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.1%	10.2%	19.9%●	4.9%	-8.2%	19.5%	5.4%
ROE	11.9%	7.9%	17.3%	13.5%	-10.3%	29.8%●	11.9%
ROA	4.9%	6.2%	13.3%	5.4%	-6.5%	22.0%●	5.2%
EBITDA Margin	10.5%	18.0%	31.9%●	12.9%	-3.8%	29.1%	13.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LINC	STRA	PRDO	UTI	COUR	LOPE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	19.9%●	3.0%	17.7%	11.0%	9.8%	7.4%	8.6%
NI Growth	86.0%●	15.0%	12.1%	-25.7%	—	-4.3%	-1.0%
Div. Yield	—	3.0%●	1.4%	0.0%	—	—	0.6%
Payout	—	43.4%	22.3%	0.0%	—	—	10.7%

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