Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC)

LINC Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover LINC stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $37.5, which forecasts a 1.67% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $35 and the highest is $39.

Price Target: $37.5 (+1.67%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$35	$37.5	$38	$39
Change	-5.11%	+1.67%	+3.02%	+5.73%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for LINC stock is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	3	3	2	2	3	3
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	3	3	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Eric Martinuzzi Lake Street	Lake Street	Strong Buy Maintains $26 → $35	Strong Buy	Maintains	$26 → $35	-5.11%	Feb 24, 2026
Raj Sharma B. Riley Securities	B. Riley Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $33 → $38	Strong Buy	Maintains	$33 → $38	+3.02%	Feb 24, 2026
Steve Frankel Rosenblatt	Rosenblatt	Strong Buy Maintains $27 → $39	Strong Buy	Maintains	$27 → $39	+5.73%	Feb 24, 2026
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $33 → $38	Buy	Maintains	$33 → $38	+3.02%	Feb 23, 2026
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $27 → $33	Buy	Maintains	$27 → $33	-10.53%	Feb 19, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

595.04M

Increased by 14.82%

from 518.24M

Revenue Next Year

643.42M

Increased by 8.13%

from 595.04M

EPS This Year

0.72

Increased by 11.83%

from 0.64

EPS Next Year

1.08

Increased by 50.36%

from 0.72

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	335.34M	348.29M	378.07M	440.06M	518.24M	595.04M	643.42M
Revenue Growth	14.41%	3.86%	8.55%	16.40%	17.77%	14.82%	8.13%
EPS	1.04	0.36	0.85	0.32	0.64	0.72	1.08
EPS Growth	-30.08%	-65.78%	138.82%	-62.35%	100.00%	11.83%	50.36%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	51.54	34.28
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	6

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	614.3M	668.1M
Avg	595.0M	643.4M
Low	568.4M	614.7M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	18.5%	12.3%
Avg	14.8%	8.1%
Low	9.7%	3.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	0.82	1.21
Avg	0.72	1.08
Low	0.63	0.90

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	28.0%	68.7%
Avg	11.8%	50.4%
Low	-2.0%	26.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.