Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Operating Income (2010 - 2026)

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) reported Operating Income of $6.4 million for Q1 2026, up 87.72% year-over-year from $3.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 63.87% quarter-over-quarter from $17.7 million in Q4 2025.

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Operating Income (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) has 17 years of Operating Income data on file, last reported at $6.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Income for Q1 2026 came in at $6.4 million, up 87.72% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $33.3 million (up 378.52% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $30.3 million, up 881.29% from the prior year.
  • Operating Income eased to $6.4 million in Q1 2026 per LINC's latest filing, from $17.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Income peaked at $23.5 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$16.9 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $3.7 million and a median of $2.9 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Income.
  • On a YoY basis, Operating Income climbed as much as 5838.13% in 2023 and fell as far as 249.32% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $11.3 million in 2022, then tumbled by 249.32% to -$16.9 million in 2023, then jumped by 93.15% to -$1.2 million in 2024, then jumped by 1630.2% to $17.7 million in 2025, then slumped by 63.87% to $6.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LINC's Operating Income at $6.4 million in Q1 2026, $17.7 million in Q4 2025, and $6.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Op. Inc (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -5.19 Mn
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn -27.53 Mn
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 57.83 Mn
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 91.34 Mn
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 129.08 Mn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 95.46 Mn
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn -6.36 Mn
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 339,000.00
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 63.12 Mn
10 Lincoln Educational Services 1.43 Bn 1.42 Bn 120.06 Mn 6.41 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 6.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 17.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 6.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -458,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 -16.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 23.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 11.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 4.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 396,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -326,000.00
Dec 31, 2021 -5.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 3.45 Mn