Head to Head Contrast: Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) versus American International (OTCMKTS:AMIH)

American International (OTCMKTS:AMIH) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for American International and Lincoln Educational Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lincoln Educational Services	0	2	4	0	2.67

Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus target price of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 99.32%. Given Lincoln Educational Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than American International.

Profitability

This table compares American International and Lincoln Educational Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lincoln Educational Services	3.99%	14.47%	5.76%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares American International and Lincoln Educational Services”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American International	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.21)	-0.01
Lincoln Educational Services	$518.24 million	1.56	$20.00 million	$0.72	35.31

Lincoln Educational Services has higher revenue and earnings than American International. American International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Educational Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.0% of American International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of American International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lincoln Educational Services beats American International on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American International

American International Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as an investor, developer, and asset manager with various assets in the energy supply chain. Its portfolio includes cycle energy that owns and operates cycle oil, cycle services, and cycle technologies. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Electra, Texas.

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.