Lincoln Educational (LINC) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Lincoln Educational (LINC) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Adam Hejl

Sun, February 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM GMT+9 2 min read

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Education company Lincoln Educational (NASDAQ:LINC) will be announcing earnings results this Monday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.

Lincoln Educational beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $141.4 million, up 23.6% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. It reported 18,244 enrolled students, up 14.8% year on year.

Is Lincoln Educational a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, the market is expecting Lincoln Educational’s revenue to grow 11.9% year on year, slowing from the 16.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

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Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Lincoln Educational has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

Looking at Lincoln Educational’s peers in the consumer discretionary - education services segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Laureate Education delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 27.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.8%, and Universal Technical Institute reported revenues up 9.6%, topping estimates by 1.6%. Laureate Education traded down 6.5% following the results while Universal Technical Institute was also down 11.2%.

Read our full analysis of Laureate Education’s results here and Universal Technical Institute’s results here.

Investors in the consumer discretionary - education services segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Lincoln Educational is up 9.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $29.40 (compared to the current share price of $29.70).

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