LINC vs. UTI, APEI, BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, AFYA, PRDO, and UDMY
Should you be buying Lincoln Educational Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Educational Services include Universal Technical Institute (UTI), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Udemy (UDMY).
Lincoln Educational Services vs.
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Lincoln Educational Services received 10 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.76% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Technical Institute has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Lincoln Educational Services' net margin of 2.33%. Universal Technical Institute's return on equity of 21.25% beat Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity.
Universal Technical Institute currently has a consensus target price of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Lincoln Educational Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.
Universal Technical Institute has higher revenue and earnings than Lincoln Educational Services. Universal Technical Institute is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Educational Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute had 6 more articles in the media than Lincoln Educational Services. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Universal Technical Institute and 4 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services. Universal Technical Institute's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of 0.24 indicating that Universal Technical Institute is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Technical Institute pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Lincoln Educational Services pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Universal Technical Institute pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Educational Services pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Universal Technical Institute beats Lincoln Educational Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LINC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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