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title: "Lincoln Educational (LINC) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings"
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description: "Lincoln Educational (LINC) reports Q2 earnings Monday before market open. Last quarter, the company beat revenue, EPS, and EBITDA estimates, with revenue up 22.5% YoY to $144 million and student enrollment rising 17.6%. Analysts expect current revenue growth of 19.3% YoY. Peers Laureate Education and Covista also recently beat expectations. LINC's stock has declined 23.4% over the last month, trading below its average analyst price target of $57.40."
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# Lincoln Educational (LINC) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

Education company Lincoln Educational will be reporting results this Monday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Lincoln Educational beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $144 million, up 22.5% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. It reported 18,702 enrolled students, up 17.6% 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 19.3% year on year, improving from the 13.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will 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 Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Laureate Education delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and Covista reported revenues up 9.7%, topping estimates by 3.1%. Laureate Education’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Covista was up 13.7%.

Read our full analysis of Laureate Education’s results here and Covista’s results here.

Investors in the consumer discretionary - education services segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.8% on average over the last month. Lincoln Educational is down 23.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $57.40 (compared to the current share price of $41.55).

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