Headquartered in Parsippany, NJ Fiscal year ends December NASDAQ: LINC lincolntech.edu
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (Nasdaq: LINC) provides career-oriented post-secondary education to recent high school graduates and working adults. Its programs cover four principal areas: skilled trades, automotive, health sciences and information technology. It reports two program groups, Transportation and Skilled Trades and Healthcare and Other Professions. Transportation and Skilled Trades is the larger group, with an ending population of 16,571 of the 20,325 total students as of September 30, 2026.
The company operates 23 campuses in 12 states under the brands Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln College of Technology and Nashville Auto Diesel College. It traces its history to 1946. Revenue is mainly tuition and depends heavily on federal Title IV student financial aid and veterans' benefit programs.
The company runs both full-scale and focused-program campus models. Its expansion pipeline includes:
- Hicksville, New York, opening November 2026
- Rowlett, Texas, under construction
- Suitland, Maryland, expected Q4 2027
- Tempe, Arizona, its first Arizona campus, expected Q1 2028
Its WorkforceLinc division builds employer partnerships, such as with CMC Corporation and ABB, to train students for electrical and data-center technology careers. Management's long-term targets are $850 million in revenue and $150 million of EBITDA by 2030. Updated
The metric whose Q2 stumble triggered securities litigation has reversed: student starts jumped 14.2% to 7,362, with management saying lead conversion is back to historic levels. Lincoln raised full-year revenue guidance to $600 million to $605 million.
Lincoln Educational Services reports before the open with seven straight EPS beats behind it, making $0.122 consensus look soft. The report also shows where skilled-trades enrollment demand stands.
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (Nasdaq: LINC) provides career-oriented post-secondary education to recent high school graduates and working adults. Its programs cover four principal areas: skilled trades, automotive, health sciences and information technology.
The Wall Street consensus 12-month price target for LINC is $47.40.