LIND (Lindblad Expeditions Holdings) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.62 (As of Mar. 2026) — 98% Below Median

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LIND Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc LIND
65 GF Score
Price $26.85
GF Value $13.23
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings LIND -0.78% 65 Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.62 as of Mar. 2026, which is 98% below its 10-year median of 30.77. GuruFocus rates LIND with a GF Score™ of 65/100 and a GF Value™ of $13.23 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 462 Travel & Leisure companies, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings ranks worse than 82.9% on this metric.

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.62. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 43.31.


The historical rank and industry rank for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

LIND' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.43   Med: 30.77   Max: 94.96
Current: 43.04


During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Lindblad Expeditions Holdings was 94.96. The lowest was 14.43. And the median was 30.77.


LIND's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked worse than
82.9% of 462 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 13.76 vs LIND: 43.04

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.09. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-0.54. It's PE Ratio (TTM) ratio for today is At Loss.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.09. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-0.21. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is At Loss.


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Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Related Terms


Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.23 -1.90 -1.32 0.14 0.65

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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 0.55 0.77 0.38 0.65 0.62

LIND vs TRIP, PRSU, YTRA: Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Comparison

For the Travel Services subindustry, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings 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.


Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Price-to-Owner-Earnings vs Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.


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Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

TTM / Last Quarter Average of Last 20 Quarters
Net Income -24.4
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 67.2
Change In Deferred Tax -1.9
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 47.9
Change In Working Capital 45.1
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 61.1

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-24.4 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $67.2 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-1.9 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $47.9 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous quarter. If the revenue decreased from the previous quarter, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous quarter, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $47.9 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $45.1 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Mar. 2026 was 61.113 Mil.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( -24.383 +67.238+-1.864
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-47.895260802285+45.055)/61.113
=0.62

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=26.85/0.62
=43.31

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.62 mean?
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings (LIND) has a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.62 as of Mar. 2026. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Lindblad Expeditions Holdings. This is 98% below median its historical median of 30.77. Over the past decade, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 14.43 to 94.96. According to the industry distribution chart, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings ranks #383 out of 462 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, placing it in the top 82.9%.
Is Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) too high?
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.62 is 98% below median its 10-year median of 30.77. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 14.43 to a high of 94.96. The Travel & Leisure industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 13.76. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' value of 0.62 is 95.5% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings ranks #383 out of 462 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings has a GF Score™ of 65/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) compare to TRIP and PRSU?
According to the Travel & Leisure industry distribution chart, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings ranks #383 out of 462 companies for Owner Earnings per Share (TTM). This places Lindblad Expeditions Holdings in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 13.76. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' value of 0.62 is 95.5% below this benchmark. Historically, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' own Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 14.43 to 94.96 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 30.77 vs. the industry median of 13.76, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) for a Travel & Leisure company?
The median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) among Travel & Leisure companies is 13.76, based on 462 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.62 is 95.5% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) mean?
A high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Lindblad Expeditions Holdings. For the Travel & Leisure industry, the median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 13.76 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.62, which is 98% below median its own 10-year median of 30.77. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Lindblad Expeditions Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings (LIND) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $13.23, compared to a current price of $26.85 — trading 102.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.62, which is 98% below median its 10-year median of 30.77 and 95.5% below the Travel & Leisure industry median of 13.76. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 65/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) calculated?
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Lindblad Expeditions Holdings (LIND), the current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.62 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Lindblad Expeditions Holdings (LIND) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $26.85 is trading 102.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of $13.23. GuruFocus considers Lindblad Expeditions Holdings to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for LIND:

  • Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.62 (98% below median its 10-year median of 30.77)
  • GF Value™: $13.23 vs. price of $26.85 (102.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 65/100 with 6 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 95.5% below the Travel & Leisure median (#383 of 462)

No single metric tells the full story. See the LIND stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Business Description

Other Exchanges LI4:Germany
Address 11 West 42nd Street, Suite 22 B3, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc provides expedition cruising and adventure travel services. The company operates in two segments: Lindblad and Land Experiences, of which Lindblad generates the vast majority of its revenue. It offers itineraries that feature up-close encounters with wildlife, nature, history, and culture, as well as promote guest empowerment and interactivity. It operates expeditions on intimately-scaled ships and interaction between guests, crew, and the teams of scientists, naturalists, researchers, and photographers that participate in the expeditions. Lindblad operates a fleet of twelve owned expedition ships and five seasonal charter vessels under the Lindblad brand.
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