Contrasting Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG)

Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lincoln Educational Services and JIADE”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and 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	49.06
JIADE	$16.97 million	0.93	N/A	N/A	N/A

Lincoln Educational Services has higher revenue and earnings than JIADE.

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Lincoln Educational Services and JIADE, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 price target of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Lincoln Educational Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than JIADE.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.