Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) Competitors

Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LINC or GPX?

Lincoln Educational Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GP Strategies. GP Strategies 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln Educational Services	$378.07M	1.28	$26M	$0.32	48.06
GP Strategies	$473.11M	0.77	$7.07M	$0.73	28.56

Does the media refer more to LINC or GPX?

In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services had 17 more articles in the media than GP Strategies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services and 0 mentions for GP Strategies. Lincoln Educational Services' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat GP Strategies' score of 0.00 indicating that Lincoln Educational Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lincoln Educational Services	Positive
GP Strategies	Neutral

Is LINC or GPX more profitable?

GP Strategies has a net margin of 2.73% compared to Lincoln Educational Services' net margin of 2.33%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 10.60% beat GP Strategies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lincoln Educational Services	2.33%	10.60%	4.80%
GP Strategies	2.73%	9.09%	5.38%

Do analysts rate LINC or GPX?

Lincoln Educational Services presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.04%. Given Lincoln Educational Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than GP Strategies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lincoln Educational Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GP Strategies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LINC or GPX?

GP Strategies received 133 more outperform votes than Lincoln Educational Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.31% of users gave GP Strategies an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lincoln Educational Services	Outperform Votes 283 63.60%	Underperform Votes 162 36.40%
GP Strategies	Outperform Votes 416 68.31%	Underperform Votes 193 31.69%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LINC or GPX?

72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of GP Strategies shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of GP Strategies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, LINC or GPX?

Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GP Strategies has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lincoln Educational Services beats GP Strategies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.