Valuation
26% of the score
14median 56
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is valued at 45.5x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
45.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
LINCLincoln Educational Services Corporation
$21.74+11% 1Y
$21.74
$17.8052 weeks$54.21
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 37 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation scores higher than 27% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by the balance sheet and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 65 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time45
64
57
47
37
2020202120242025today
The biggest move was up 19 points from 2020 to 2021, mostly return on new capital.
Return on capital
18% of the score
54median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 9.7% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
9.7%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 7.1%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 8 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -4.9%, and 169% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-8.3%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
28median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 4.7% a year over 5 years: new shares
45%
-3%
4.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 15% a year, sales 12%
6512%
-2%
2.9%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
58median 62
Today's operating margin of 5.9% is 1.09x its normal 5.4%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 5.9%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
85median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 9x
711.5x
12x
8.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.04x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 8.5% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-8.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.98
99-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.98
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #13 of 14 by RyuScore