Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various career-oriented post-secondary education services to high school graduates and working adults in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Transportation and Skilled Trades, and Healthcare and Other Professions. It offers associate's degree, and diploma and certificate programs in automotive technology; skilled trades programs, including electrical, heating and air conditioning repair, weldi

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+90.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

12.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$29M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 20%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

62.3%

Premium pricing power — 62.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

11.8%

Modest — 11.8% operating margin

ROCE

4.2%

Weak — 4.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+17.8%

Fast-growing sales (17.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+103.6%

Earnings growing fast (103.6% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

297%

Turns 297% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-5.3%

Burning cash (-5.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.02

Elevated debt (1.02)

Interest Cover

8.68x

Comfortably covers interest (8.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

73.3x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 73.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+39.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (73.3 → 33.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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