Growth Metrics

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2026)

On a quarterly basis, Equity Ratio fell 1.79% to 0.41 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.41, a 1.79% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.4, down 0.84% from a year prior.

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) has 17 years of Equity Ratio data on record, last reported at 0.41 in Q1 2026.

  • Equity Ratio reached 0.41 in Q1 2026 per LINC's latest filing, up from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Equity Ratio for LINC hit a ceiling of 0.5 in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.4 in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.44 and a median of 0.44 in 2022 define the central range for Equity Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Equity Ratio: increased 14.91% in 2023, then decreased 15.48% in 2024.
  • Tracing LINC's Equity Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.5 in 2022, then decreased by 2.77% to 0.48 in 2023, then dropped by 15.48% to 0.41 in 2024, then decreased by 0.84% to 0.4 in 2025, then increased by 0.88% to 0.41 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Equity Ratio for LINC at 0.41 in Q1 2026, 0.4 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -0.47
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.58
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.46
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 0.72
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.67
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 0.78
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.40
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 0.79
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 0.41
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 0.57

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.41
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Sep 30, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 0.40
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.41
Sep 30, 2024 0.42
Jun 30, 2024 0.45
Mar 31, 2024 0.46
Dec 31, 2023 0.48
Sep 30, 2023 0.50
Jun 30, 2023 0.50
Mar 31, 2023 0.48
Dec 31, 2022 0.50
Sep 30, 2022 0.43
Jun 30, 2022 0.44
Mar 31, 2022 0.45
Dec 31, 2021 0.44
Sep 30, 2021 0.40
Jun 30, 2021 0.40
Mar 31, 2021 0.40
Dec 31, 2020 0.37
Sep 30, 2020 0.22
Jun 30, 2020 0.22
Mar 31, 2020 0.24
Dec 31, 2019 0.22
Sep 30, 2019 0.21
Jun 30, 2019 0.21
Mar 31, 2019 0.22
Dec 31, 2018 0.27
Sep 30, 2018 0.28
Jun 30, 2018 0.30
Mar 31, 2018 0.34
Dec 31, 2017 0.30
Sep 30, 2017 0.32
Jun 30, 2017 0.29
Mar 31, 2017 0.32
Dec 31, 2016 0.34
Sep 30, 2016 0.38
Jun 30, 2016 0.41