Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 7.65 for Q1 2026, up 57.22% year-over-year from 4.87 in Q1 2025, and down 61.63% quarter-over-quarter from 19.95 in Q4 2025.

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) has 17 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 7.65 in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 7.65, up 57.22% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.43 (up 265.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.93, up 641.6% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio eased to 7.65 in Q1 2026 per LINC's latest filing, from 19.95 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 839.82 in Q2 2023 and troughed at 61.95 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 74.16 and a median of 6.34 in 2025 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • On a YoY basis, Interest Coverage Ratio climbed as much as 7322.66% in 2023 and fell as far as 488.81% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 246.24 in 2022, then plunged by 125.16% to 61.95 in 2023, then soared by 97.22% to 1.72 in 2024, then surged by 1256.69% to 19.95 in 2025, then slumped by 61.63% to 7.65 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LINC's Interest Coverage Ratio at 7.65 in Q1 2026, 19.95 in Q4 2025, and 6.34 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn -8.77
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.56
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 6.70
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn -
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn -
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn -
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.34
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 41.36
10 Lincoln Educational Services 1.43 Bn 1.42 Bn 120.06 Mn 7.65

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.65
Dec 31, 2025 19.95
Sep 30, 2025 6.34
Jun 30, 2025 3.54
Mar 31, 2025 4.87
Dec 31, 2024 -1.72
Sep 30, 2024 8.83
Jun 30, 2024 -1.67
Mar 31, 2024 -0.81
Dec 31, 2023 -61.95
Sep 30, 2023 95.05
Jun 30, 2023 839.82
Mar 31, 2023 -44.64
Dec 31, 2022 246.24
Sep 30, 2022 135.56
Jun 30, 2022 11.31
Mar 31, 2022 -7.58
Dec 31, 2021 -4.64
Sep 30, 2021 19.67
Jun 30, 2021 11.62