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Lincoln Educational Services LINC

US equityMarket cap rank #3484
$22.74 +$0.00 (0.00%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $22.74 0.00%
Open$22.50
Prev close$22.74
Day range$22.30 – $23.19
Volume427.3K
Market cap$721.35M
P/E (TTM)31.2
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership94.5%-0.15 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding257-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)20 buys / 30 sellsNet selling
Short interest8.94% of floatDays to cover 3.6 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share13.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%14%21%28%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$9.64M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$3.1MSuper−$6.5MBig−$3.6MMid−$7.3MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 26.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.83%
  • Juniper Investment Company, LLC5.46%
  • AllianceBernstein4.93%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.51%
  • Needham Investment Management, LLC4.18%
  • Next Century Growth Investors LLC3.71%
  • Scott Shaw3.48%
  • Driehaus Capital Management LLC3.00%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund69.90%
  • Hedge Fund17.94%
  • Individual/Insider6.91%
  • Public Company3.91%
  • Private Company1.70%
  • Government Pension Fund0.84%
  • Insurance Company0.18%
  • Family Office/Trust0.02%

Reported short interest has risen from 8.68% to 8.94% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
AllianceBernstein Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,534,396 4.9%
PGIM, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +396,040 1.3%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +320,173 1.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +300,567 7.8%
Axiom Investors LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +275,610 0.9%
Driehaus Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +274,653 3.0%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +230,887 1.0%
Verition Fund Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +214,044 0.8%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +208,545 0.9%
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +191,054 0.7%
J. Goldman & Co., L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +188,767 0.6%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +136,404 2.8%
Next Century Growth Investors LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +134,860 3.7%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +125,891 0.4%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +116,504 1.3%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
14 Jun 2026 Alexandra Luster Senior Vice President Open Market Disposition -18,007 $44.64 82,356
9 Jun 2026 Kevin Carney Independent Director Open Market Disposition -3,000 $48.00 27,534
7 Jun 2026 Kevin Carney Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,216 – 27,534
7 Jun 2026 Kevin Carney Independent Director Other Disposition -3,216 – 27,534
4 Jun 2026 Alexandra Luster Senior Vice President Open Market Disposition -1,993 $50.11 100,363
3 Jun 2026 Juniper Investment Company, LLC Open Market Disposition -106,712 $51.13 1,781,778
2 Jun 2026 Felecia Pryor Independent Director Open Market Disposition -2,000 $49.70 14,801
21 May 2026 James Burke Independent Director Open Market Disposition -15,807 $48.36 44,198
17 May 2026 James Burke Independent Director Open Market Disposition -16,193 $51.76 60,005
14 May 2026 Juniper Investment Company, LLC Open Market Disposition -49,821 $51.16 1,888,490
13 May 2026 James Burke Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -32,000 $50.94 –
11 May 2026 Brian Meyers Chief Financial Officer Open Market Disposition -40,070 $49.98 160,712
6 May 2026 James Burke Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 76,198
6 May 2026 Johnathan Bartholdson Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,515 $44.10 212,458
6 May 2026 Kevin Carney Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 30,534
6 May 2026 Sylvia Young Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 15,192
6 May 2026 Anna Cabral Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 10,059
6 May 2026 Michael Plater Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 20,063
6 May 2026 Felecia Pryor Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 16,801
6 May 2026 Carlton Rose Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,495 $44.10 17,790

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 2,837,214 8.9% 3.6
31 Aug 2026 2,133,135 6.7% 2.1
14 Aug 2026 2,058,004 6.5% 1.5
31 Jul 2026 2,930,379 9.2% 5.2
15 Jul 2026 3,061,982 9.7% 5.2
30 Jun 2026 2,751,856 8.7% 5.5

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