Lincoln Educational Services PE ratio LINC

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 30.1×
10-year median: 19.4×
Against its 10-year history: 58th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.5× to 80.5×
Peer median: 17.5×

Lincoln Educational Services' PE ratio is 30.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $21.68 against $0.72 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.4×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.5× in May 2022 to 80.5× in Feb 2026.

The median for 9 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 17.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 19.4×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	30.1×	30.1×	80.5×
2025	55.2×	38.7×	65.4×
2024	48.2×	10.2×	62.3×
2023	11.3×	7.2×	20.6×
2022	6.9×	5.5×	8.2×
2021	16.8×	16.5×	17.9×
2020	18.6×	14.6×	62.5×
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2016	18.6×	18.1×	26.9×
2015	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2014	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2013	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2012	19.1×	19.1×	36.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Education & Training Services nearest Lincoln Educational Services' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
LINCLincoln Educational Services	30.1×
APEIAmerican Public Education	20.1×
UTIUniversal Technical Institute	35.2×
STRAStrategic Education	13.6×
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	12.4×
LRNStride	11.0×
LGCYLegacy Education	15.3×
LOPEGrand Canyon Education	19.7×
CVSACovista	18.7×
LAURLaureate Education	17.5×
Peer median	17.5×

Where Lincoln Educational Services ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.