LINC
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value

156.73M USD

Market Cap

688.41M USD

Margin of Safety

-339.3%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.23×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

64.94M USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

202.65M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

202.59M USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

156.73M USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

156.73M USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

688.41M USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.23×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -339.3% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 64.94M USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)199.78M USD
−②Net Debt Today184.10M USD
+③Growth Value49.26M USD
=Value64.94M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

199.78M USD

Net debt today

-184.10M USD

Growth Value

+49.26M USD

Value

64.94M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

199.78M USD

②Net Debt Today

184.10M USD

③Growth Value

49.26M USD

Market value

Market Cap688.41M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-960.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 202.65M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE97.29M USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today105.36M USD
=Value202.65M USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment rising to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

97.29M USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

105.36M USD

Market value

Market Cap688.41M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-239.7%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 202.59M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (a change in working capital above half the operating profit in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 202.59M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap688.41M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-239.8%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 7.42%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.83×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 9.50%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 6.13M USDPretax Income 26.14M USD= 23.43%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 29.54M USD−Pretax Income 26.14M USD= 3.40M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 3.40M USDTotal Debt 228.33M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 23.43%)= 1.14%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 228.33M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 688.41M USD + 228.33M USD= 24.91%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 75.09%×Cost of Equity 9.50%+Debt Weight 24.91%×Cost of Debt 1.14%= 7.42%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 530.31M USD − Total Liabilities 327.72M USD = Book Value Today 202.59M USD

Total Debt 228.33M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 44.22M USD = Net Debt Today 184.10M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 11.2%at most 5%passes31,722,150 / 31,359,110
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets7.4%at least -10.0%passes(59.37M USD − 20.02M USD) ÷ 530.31M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today3.40×at most 3×does not pass688.41M USD ÷ 202.59M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue5.6%above 10.0%does not pass29.01M USD ÷ 518.76M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 117.8%above 10.0%passes518.76M USD / 440.50M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-26.7%above -30%passes(44.22M USD − 228.33M USD) ÷ 688.41M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit9.3%above 25.0%does not pass29.01M USD ÷ 313.16M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

21.70 USD

Enterprise value

872.51M USD

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

14.38×

Price / book

3.40×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

29.70×

Return on equity

11.9%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

4.0%

Revenue growth

22.4%

Analyst target, mean

48.25 USD

Analysts

5

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

348.64M378.45M440.50M518.76M

Gross profit

199.74M216.01M258.56M313.16M

Operating income

17.17M6.67M14.52M29.01M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

22.98M42.62M28.64M48.72M

Pretax income

16.45M35.67M14.73M26.14M

Net income

12.65M26.02M9.90M20.02M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

13.32M6.53M9.45M19.71M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

291.86M345.59M436.99M493.66M

Total liabilities

146.84M178.62M258.55M293.77M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

145.02M166.97M178.44M199.89M

Total debt

100.73M116.90M177.74M204.07M

Cash and equivalents

46.12M76.07M59.33M28.55M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

117.15M156.73M266.58M351.25M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

59.17M61.31M21.06M-13.69M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

882.88K25.58M29.34M59.37M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-8.99M-40.74M-56.92M-86.72M

Depreciation and amortisation

6.37M6.60M11.35M19.18M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

-8.11M-15.16M-27.59M-27.35M