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Lincoln Educational Services (Lincoln Educational Services) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Lincoln Educational Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Lincoln Educational Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Lincoln Educational Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Lincoln Educational Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.39 - 89.18 392.89 -

Lincoln Educational Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 392.89 180.45 62.78 910.94 -

Competitive Comparison of Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Lincoln Educational Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Lincoln Educational Services's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Lincoln Educational Services's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.322/129.4194*129.4194
=0.322

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Lincoln Educational Services Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.397 99.695 -0.515
201406 -0.373 100.560 -0.480
201409 0.614 100.428 0.791
201412 0.351 99.070 0.459
201503 -0.306 99.621 -0.398
201506 -0.254 100.684 -0.326
201509 0.594 100.392 0.766
201512 0.483 99.792 0.626
201603 -0.414 100.470 -0.533
201606 -0.427 101.688 -0.543
201609 0.342 101.861 0.435
201612 0.084 101.863 0.107
201703 -0.521 102.862 -0.656
201706 -0.388 103.349 -0.486
201709 0.051 104.136 0.063
201712 0.179 104.011 0.223
201803 -0.436 105.290 -0.536
201806 -0.148 106.317 -0.180
201809 0.168 106.507 0.204
201812 0.148 105.998 0.181
201903 -0.471 107.251 -0.568
201906 -0.018 108.070 -0.022
201909 0.156 108.329 0.186
201912 0.153 108.420 0.183
202003 -0.538 108.902 -0.639
202006 0.672 108.767 0.800
202009 0.132 109.815 0.156
202012 0.453 109.897 0.533
202103 -0.382 111.754 -0.442
202106 0.282 114.631 0.318
202109 0.595 115.734 0.665
202112 0.294 117.630 0.323
202203 -0.600 121.301 -0.640
202206 0.071 125.017 0.074
202209 0.281 125.227 0.290
202212 -0.063 125.222 -0.065
202303 -0.115 127.348 -0.117
202306 0.098 128.729 0.099
202309 -0.801 129.860 -0.798
202312 0.322 129.419 0.322

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lincoln Educational Services  (NAS:LINC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Lincoln Educational Services (Lincoln Educational Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14 Sylvan Way, Suite A, Parsippany, NJ, USA, 07054
Lincoln Educational Services Corp provides diversified career-oriented post-secondary education to high school graduates and working adults. The company offers programs in automotive technology, skilled trades, healthcare services, hospitality services and business and information technology. Its business is organized into three reportable business segments: Transportation and Skilled Trades, Healthcare and Other Professions (HOPS), and Transitional. It derives most of the revenue from the Transportation and Skilled Trades segment which offers academic programs mainly in the career-oriented disciplines of transportation and skilled trades such as automotive, diesel, HVAC, welding, and manufacturing.
Executives
Burke James J Jr director C/O ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP, 7 TIMES SQUARE, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
J Barry Morrow director COLLEGIATE FUNDING SERVICES, 100 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY, FREDERICKSBURG VA 22406
Juniper Investment Company, Llc 10 percent owner 555 MADISON AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022-3315
Ronald Edward Harbour director C/O SPARTAN MOTORS INC, 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813
Brian K Meyers officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORA, 200 EXECUTIVE DR., STE. 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Kevin M Carney director 12735 GRAN BAY PARKWAY WEST, BUILDING 200, JACKSONVILLE FL 32258
Scott M Shaw officer: Executive Vice President C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP, 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Chad D Nyce officer: Chief Innovation Officer C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORA, 200 EXECUTIVE DR., STE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Sylvia Jean Young director C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORA, 14 SYLVAN WAY, STE. A, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 555 MADISON AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Felecia J. Pryor director 3850 W. HAMLIN ROAD, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Michael A Plater director C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP., 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Carlton Rose director C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORA, 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Stephen M Buchenot officer: Group VP of Operations C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP., 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052
Celia Currin director C/O LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP, 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 340, WEST ORANGE NJ 07052