Who owns Lincoln Educational Services (LINC)
Which tracked institutional funds hold LINC, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See LINC company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q2 13F filings (latest filed 2026-09-22). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.
How the tape is positioned
98 tracked funds added or opened LINC while 35 trimmed or exited it between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 — the tape is split. When large holders disagree on a name, the funds moving first are sometimes ahead of the story.
A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.
Conviction spread
LINC’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, BlackRock, Inc., sizes it at 0.0% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes LINC more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in LINC divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
Institutional & insider positioning
Between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2, across 216 tracked filers holding LINC, 144 increased or opened the position and 84 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4s were net sales.
This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
New buyers & exits
Funds opening or closing a position in LINC between the 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.
New buyers 15
- AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE$14M
- J. Goldman & Co LP$9M
- NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC$6M
- Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.$4M
- Swiss National Bank$3M
- Polymer Capital Management (HK) LTD$2M
Full exits 14
- Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP$34M
- LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC$25M
- Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$19M
- OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/$8M
- HRT FINANCIAL LP$7M
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$7M
Largest adds
- ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.$63M
- BlackRock, Inc.$35M
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC$21M
- Driehaus Capital Management LLC$20M
- Qube Research & Technologies Ltd$16M
- NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC$16M
Largest trims
- MARSHALL WACE, LLP$13M
- HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC$10M
- Trexquant Investment LP$7M
- Pullen Investment Management, LLC$5M
- Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC$4M
- WASATCH ADVISORS LP$4M
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, largest reported value first. “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding. Rows marked stale are from an earlier filing than the security’s latest quarter — that fund is absent from the newest snapshot (position exited, or reported under a different name).
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. added | 2,483,081 | $124M | 8.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Juniper Investment Company, LLC trimmed | 1,732,966 | $86M | 5.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC added | 1,325,000 | $66M | 4.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. added | 1,562,856 | $64M | 4.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 1,221,492 | $61M | 4.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC added | 1,175,462 | $59M | 3.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC added | 951,576 | $47M | 3.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 877,173 | $44M | 2.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added | 814,084 | $41M | 2.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. trimmed | 730,658 | $36M | 2.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP added | 696,256 | $35M | 2.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| STATE STREET CORP added | 668,753 | $33M | 2.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC trimmed | 615,530 | $31M | 2.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP trimmed | 547,975 | $27M | 1.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP added | 531,935 | $27M | 1.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| RBF Capital, LLC | 499,070 | $25M | 1.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP added | 450,371 | $22M | 1.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added | 437,748 | $22M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC added | 428,360 | $21M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC added | 413,532 | $21M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP added | 379,909 | $19M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd added | 365,452 | $18M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC trimmed | 356,187 | $18M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC trimmed | 340,366 | $17M | 1.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added | 308,949 | $15M | 1.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP trimmed | 296,374 | $15M | 1.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP added | 281,847 | $14M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE new | 275,610 | $14M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| Verition Fund Management LLC added | 265,288 | $13M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added | 248,760 | $12M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC added | 235,519 | $12M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. trimmed | 214,501 | $11M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC trimmed | 213,685 | $11M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO added | 209,705 | $10M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| AUXIER ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 209,006 | $10M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC trimmed | 202,679 | $10M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. trimmed | 200,550 | $10M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. added | 198,992 | $10M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added | 190,500 | $10M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| J. Goldman & Co LP new | 188,767 | $9M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| Legato Capital Management LLC added | 183,074 | $9M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP trimmed | 176,926 | $9M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| MORGAN STANLEY added | 168,241 | $8M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC added | 162,910 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Journey Advisory Group, LLC added | 156,179 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Harvest Investment Services, LLC trimmed | 152,011 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND added | 149,415 | $7M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Invesco Ltd. added | 144,893 | $7M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Praetorian PR LLC added | 142,500 | $7M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP added | 131,078 | $7M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC new | 125,891 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| Trexquant Investment LP trimmed | 117,107 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| Militia Capital Management LLC | 110,731 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC trimmed | 110,396 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO trimmed | 103,977 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC trimmed | 100,000 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC trimmed | 99,593 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC trimmed | 99,527 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 97,815 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. trimmed | 96,275 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp added | 92,449 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. new | 86,735 | $4M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| LONESTAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 83,911 | $4M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| MYDA Advisors LLC added | 75,000 | $4M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Nuveen, LLC added | 69,402 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC trimmed | 67,973 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC added | 65,038 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA added | 63,426 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 58,884 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Swiss National Bank new | 55,700 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. added | 55,087 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH added | 55,037 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Polymer Capital Management (HK) LTD new | 50,000 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL trimmed | 47,668 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd trimmed | 47,313 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS added | 47,117 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC added | 46,414 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Pullen Investment Management, LLC trimmed | 44,848 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| BAILARD, INC. | 42,071 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| UBS Group AG added | 41,932 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| XTX Topco Ltd added | 41,749 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 38,602 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC added | 33,479 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC added | 32,758 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added | 32,601 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC added | 1,711,213 | $41M | 2.7% | 2025-Q4 stale (2 quarters behind) |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP new | 825,556 | $34M | 2.2% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC added | 623,165 | $25M | 1.7% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. added | 468,556 | $19M | 1.2% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ trimmed | 188,447 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC trimmed | 303,558 | $7M | 0.5% | 2025-Q4 stale (2 quarters behind) |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP added | 178,395 | $7M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC added | 170,207 | $7M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC added | 163,688 | $7M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 161,582 | $7M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| 4D Advisors, LLC new | 185,000 | $4M | 0.3% | 2025-Q4 stale (2 quarters behind) |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP trimmed | 72,182 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP added | 56,533 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
| AMH Equity Ltd | 75,000 | $2M | 0.1% | 2025-Q3 stale (3 quarters behind) |
| Darwins River Capital, LP new | 42,251 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 stale (1 quarter behind) |
Ownership over time
Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.
Reading this table
Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.
About 13F filings
A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.