Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.49% for Q2 2026, up 1.89 percentage points from 6.60% a year earlier and up 0.12 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lincoln Educational Services' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 8.32%, up 3.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -1.33 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Lincoln Educational Services' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 5.05% in FY2024 (-8.57 pp), 13.62% in FY2023 (+6.79 pp), 6.83% in FY2022 (-17.28 pp) and 24.10% in FY2021 (+14.45 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.37 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 14.31 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a drop of 16.74 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 8.38% (Q1 2026), 7.99% (Q4 2025) and 6.51% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 5.42% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | 13.90% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | 9.56% |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 24.30% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 3.69% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 16.83% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 9.88% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 11.04% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 20.94% |
| 10 | Lincoln Educational Services | 705.18 Mn | 602.31 Mn | 82.93 Mn | 8.49% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.49% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.38% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.99% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.51% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.60% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.24% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.19% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.43% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.96% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.68% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.07% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.63% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.62% |
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Lincoln Educational Services Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LINC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "LINC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LINC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();