Is Lincoln (NASDAQ:LINC) outlook still optimistic?

Lincoln Educational has a beta of 0.6037. Let's try to break down what Lincoln's beta means in this case. Lincoln Educational returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, Lincoln Educational is expected to follow. The beta indicator helps investors understand whether Lincoln Educational moves in the same direction as the rest of the market, and how volatile (i.e., risky) it is compared to the market (i.e., selected benchmark). In other words, if Lincoln deviates very little from the market, it does not add much risk to the portfolio, but it also doesn't increase the expected returns. The entity reported the previous year's revenue of 341.57 M. Net Income was 21.17 M with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 196.41 M.

Over 3 percent rise for Lincoln Educational. What does it mean for investors?

Current skewness is at 0.62. Lincoln Educational exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.62 and kurtosis of 1.49. However, we advise investors to further study Lincoln Educational technical indicators to ensure that all market info is available and is reliable. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Lincoln Educational's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Lincoln Educational's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.

The Bottom Line

Whereas some other entities within the education & training services industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, Lincoln Educational may offer a potential longer-term growth to investors. With an impartial outlook on the current market volatility, it may be better to hold off any inventment activity and neither buy nor sell any shares of Lincoln Educational at this time. The Lincoln Educational risk-reward trade off is not appealing enough to do any trading. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Lincoln Educational.