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Lincoln Educational Services Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Lincoln Educational Services Corp. (LINC) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Lincoln Educational Services Corp. has a market cap of $348.97 million; its shares were traded at around $15.73 with a P/E ratio of 5.03 and P/S ratio of 0.55. The dividend yield of Lincoln Educational Services Corp. stocks is 1.59%. Lincoln Educational Services Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 24.7% over the past 5 years.

Highlight of Business Operations:We are a leading provider of diversified career-oriented post-secondary education as measured by total enrollment. As of December 31, 2010, we operated 45 campuses in 17 states. We offer recent high school graduates and working adults degree and diploma programs in five areas of study: health sciences, automotive technology, skilled trades, business and information technology and hospitality services. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our health science program, our automotive technology program, our skilled trades program, our business and information technology program and our hospitality services program accounted for approximately 40%, 30%, 11%, 10%, and 9%, respectively, of our average enrollment. We had 29,221 students enrolled as of December 31, 2010 and our average enrollment for the year ended December 31, 2010 was 31,535 students, an increase of 13.4% from our average enrollment of 27,808 for the year ended December 31, 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our revenues were $639.5 million, which represented an increase of 15.7% from the year ended December 31, 2009. For more information relating to our revenues, profits and financial condition, please refer to “Management s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. For the year ended December 31, 2009, our revenues were $552.5 million, which represents an increase of 46.6% from the year ended December 31, 2008. Excluding our acquisitions of Lincoln College of New England (formerly known as Briarwood College) or BRI on December 1, 2008, six of the seven schools comprising Baran Institute of Technology or BAR on January 20, 2009 and Clemens College, the seventh BAR school, or Clemens on April 20, 2009, or collectively the Acquisitions, our revenues and average enrollment would have increased by 31.5% and 26.5%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the year ended December 31, 2008.
Referrals. Referrals from current students, high school counselors and satisfied graduates and their employers have historically represented 20% to 25% of our new enrollments. Our school administrators actively work with our current students to encourage them to recommend our programs to potential students. We continue to build strong relationships with high school guidance counselors and instructors by offering annual seminars at our training facilities to further educate these individuals on the strengths of our programs. Graduates who have gone on to enjoy success in the workforce frequently recommend our programs, as do local business owners who are pleased with the performance of our graduates whom they have hired.
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