Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC – Get Free Report) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Lincoln Educational Services and JIADE, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Lincoln Educational Services | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
JIADE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lincoln Educational Services presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.67%. Given Lincoln Educational Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than JIADE.
Earnings & Valuation
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Lincoln Educational Services | $440.06 million | 1.13 | $26.00 million | $0.32 | 49.09 |
JIADE | $16.97 million | 0.84 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Lincoln Educational Services has higher revenue and earnings than JIADE.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Lincoln Educational Services and JIADE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Lincoln Educational Services | 2.33% | 10.60% | 4.80% |
JIADE | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Lincoln Educational Services beats JIADE on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lincoln Educational Services
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various career-oriented post-secondary education services to high school graduates and working adults in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Campus Operations and Transitional. It offers associate's degree, and diploma and certificate programs in automotive technology; skilled trades programs, including electrical, heating and air conditioning repair, welding, computerized numerical control, and electrical and electronic systems technology; health science programs comprising licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, dental assistant, medical assistant, medical administrative assistant, and claims examiner; hospitality service and information technology programs, such as culinary, therapeutic massage, cosmetology, aesthetics, and computer systems support technicians. The company operates schools under the Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln College of Technology, Lincoln Culinary Institute, Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences, and other brand names. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation was founded in 1946 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
About JIADE
JIADE LIMITED specializes in providing one-stop comprehensive education supporting services to adult education institutions, through a wide spectrum of software platform and auxiliary solutions. The Company’s services are primarily offered through the Kebiao Technology Educational Administration Platform. JIADE LIMITED is based in Chengdu, China.
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