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

Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 4.45% in Q1 2026.

• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.45%, up 155.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.11% (up 458.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.85%, up 515.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin declined to 4.45% in Q1 2026 per LINC's latest filing, from 12.41% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 26.53% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 16.5% in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 3.4% and a median of 2.47% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• On a YoY basis, Operating Margin climbed as much as 2604 bps in 2023 and fell as far as 2884 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.34% in 2022, then slumped by 234 bps to 16.5% in 2023, then surged by 94 bps to 0.97% in 2024, then jumped by 1379 bps to 12.41% in 2025, then tumbled by 64 bps to 4.45% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows LINC's Operating Margin at 4.45% in Q1 2026, 12.41% in Q4 2025, and 4.45% in Q3 2025.