Lincoln Educational Services price to free cash flow LINC

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 28.0×
10-year median: 15.6×
Against its 10-year history: 69th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.2× to 184×
Peer median: 12.1×

Lincoln Educational Services' price to free cash flow is 28.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 15.6×, higher than on 69% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.2× in Oct 2016 to 184× in Nov 2022.

The median for 9 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 12.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 15.6×

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	28.0×	28.0×	38.7×
2025	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	55.1×	49.3×	181×
2022	156×	7.5×	184×
2021	8.5×	8.1×	16.1×
2020	16.5×	11.2×	18.8×
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	7.4×	3.5×	10.7×
2015	5.3×	0.6×	12.6×
2014	11.4×	11.0×	14.3×
2013	18.9×	17.6×	40.4×
2012	35.3×	22.9×	39.4×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
LINCLincoln Educational Services	28.0×
APEIAmerican Public Education	12.7×
UTIUniversal Technical Institute	n/m
STRAStrategic Education	10.8×
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	9.7×
LRNStride	6.6×
LGCYLegacy Education	49.0×
LOPEGrand Canyon Education	17.5×
CVSACovista	11.4×
LAURLaureate Education	18.8×
Peer median	12.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.