Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC)

LINC Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts that cover LINC stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $26.67, which forecasts a 20.41% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $26 and the highest is $27.

Price Target: $26.67 (+20.41%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$26	$26.67	$27	$27
Change	+17.38%	+20.41%	+21.90%	+21.90%

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	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	2	2
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	4	4	3	3

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $27	Buy	Maintains	$27	+21.90%	Dec 1, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $25	Buy	Maintains	$25	+12.87%	Nov 11, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $25	Buy	Maintains	$25	+12.87%	Oct 29, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $25	Buy	Maintains	$25	+12.87%	Sep 23, 2025
Steve Frankel Rosenblatt	Rosenblatt	Strong Buy Maintains $25 → $27	Strong Buy	Maintains	$25 → $27	+21.90%	Aug 12, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

518.34M

Increased by 17.79%

from 440.06M

Revenue Next Year

566.18M

Increased by 9.23%

from 518.34M

EPS This Year

0.59

Increased by 85.83%

from 0.32

EPS Next Year

0.78

Increased by 30.45%

from 0.59

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	293.10M	335.34M	348.29M	378.07M	440.06M	518.34M	566.18M
Revenue Growth	7.23%	14.41%	3.86%	8.55%	16.40%	17.79%	9.23%
EPS	1.49	1.04	0.36	0.85	0.32	0.59	0.78
EPS Growth	1,799.31%	-30.08%	-65.78%	138.82%	-62.35%	85.83%	30.45%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	37.25	28.55
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	539.4M	590.0M
Avg	518.3M	566.2M
Low	494.9M	537.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	22.6%	13.8%
Avg	17.8%	9.2%
Low	12.5%	3.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	0.66	0.88
Avg	0.59	0.78
Low	0.55	0.66

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	106.7%	48.3%
Avg	85.8%	30.4%
Low	70.9%	10.4%

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.