LINCLincoln Educational Services Corporation

Consumer Defensive

$23.52+12% 1Y

$23.52

$17.8052 weeks$54.21

Is it safe?

Mixed

Forensics clean, with a caveat: a safe balance sheet and clean books, but big price swings.

4 good, 1 to watch, 1 without data

SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality7 / 9

High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Net cash and profitable. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk51% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Large price swings, high volatility. Worst drawdown -60% · now 57% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybehind 67% of the market

Max drawdownmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can LINC take a bad year?

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation holds $18M more cash than debt, so a bad year is a question about profits, not about lenders.

$18M

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA: net cash
Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings
Altman Z-score: 4.68
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
Interest cover: 8.94×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over