Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) fair value analysis
Nasdaq · Updated 2026-09-12
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is a for-profit educational institution that provides career-focused training programs in healthcare, skilled trades, and technology fields. The company operates multiple campuses across the United States offering diploma and degree programs to students seeking professional credentials in various industries.
Forward Fair Value verdict
Fairly valuedBased on TickrTrends' weekly Forward Fair Value model, LINC is trading at within about 10% of estimated fair value.
LINC currently ranks #47 of 65 Consumer Defensive stocks by discount to Forward Fair Value. Its Fairly valued verdict is new as of this week's run.
- Last price
- $24.30
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- 12-month range
- $18.54–$52.61
Derived indicators
Coarse bands from TickrTrends' weekly models; exact figures are part of the full report.
- Quality grade
- D
- Leverage
- Moderate
- Margin trend
- Stable
- Revenue growth
- Strong
- RSI zone
- Neutral
- 50/200-day trend
- Mixed
- 52-week position
- The bottom quarter of its range
- DCF cross-check
- Overvalued
What our data shows for LINC
- Our model validated 17 trailing price-to-earnings windows for LINC, built from quarterly earnings records.
- Shares are trading in the lower third of their 12-month price range of $18.54–$52.61.
- The 14-day relative strength index sits at a neutral 32.
The exact numbers are one step away
- The precise Forward Fair Value dollar figure for LINC
- Exact discount / premium to today's price
- The normalized historical P/E behind the estimate, and how many quarters support it
- Forward EPS input and fiscal-year basis
- Screeners and rankings across the full S&P 500 and Nasdaq universes
How Forward Fair Value works
TickrTrends computes a Forward Fair Value for every covered stock each week: a conservatively normalized historical price-to-earnings multiple is applied to the analyst-consensus earnings estimate for the next full fiscal year. Every input window is validated for continuity and every result is screened for plausibility before publication.
Recent LINC news
TickrTrends' derived news-sentiment signal for LINC is currently leaning positive, computed from recent coverage.
- Lincoln Educational Services Expands Presence to Arizona with New Tempe Campus (manilatimes.net, 2026-08-19)
- Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com, 2026-08-10)
What people are saying
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TickrTrends weekly updates
- 2026-09-12 — TickrTrends initiated weekly Forward Fair Value coverage of this stock.
Frequently asked questions
Is LINC stock undervalued?
Based on TickrTrends' Forward Fair Value model (updated 2026-09-12), LINC is trading at within about 10% of estimated fair value and screens as fairly valued. The exact fair value and discount are available to subscribers.
What is LINC's TickrTrends verdict?
LINC's current verdict is Fairly valued, refreshed with every weekly Forward Fair Value run.
How does LINC compare to other Consumer Defensive stocks?
LINC ranks #47 of 65 Consumer Defensive stocks in TickrTrends' coverage when sorted by discount to Forward Fair Value.
Is LINC overbought or oversold?
LINC's 14-day RSI is in neutral territory - neither overbought nor oversold.
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