Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Travel Services
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. LIND
$34.78 +3.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.28B
Strong growthStrong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 19.9% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +180.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 165.0 percentage points.
- Net debt is 3.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 47%
- Operating marginTop 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Interest coverBottom 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 16%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 2%
- 6-month returnTop 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.2% | 18.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 34.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 7.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 13.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.3% | 19.2% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| Gross margin | 34.7% | 47.3% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.3% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| Net margin | -2.1% | -1.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.1% | 8.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.4% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 22.3% | — | Top 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.34×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.27%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.27%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +19.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +7.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +8.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $31.75
- Target vs current price
- -8.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 92%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +80.8% | +12.0% | +14.8% | +0.0% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +800.0% | +14.7% | +9.2% | +27.2% | +67.0% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -40.6% | -2.5% | -11.4% | -10.5% | -4.2% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +50.0% | +2.0% | +0.1% | -3.3% | +36.6% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +37.9% | +5.3% | +5.4% | +24.3% | +7.3% |
| May 6, 2025 | +117.7% | +8.8% | +16.1% | +19.8% | +31.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -92.0% | -1.3% | -4.8% | -6.6% | -9.6% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +89.5% | +25.2% | +41.8% | +43.2% | +30.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.10 | +80.8% | $199.2M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.01 | +800.0% | $208.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.45 | -$0.32 | -40.6% | $183.2M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.22 | +50.0% | $240.2M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.29 | +37.9% | $167.9M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.02 | -$0.12 | +117.7% | $179.7M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.48 | -$0.25 | -92.0% | $148.6M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.19 | +89.5% | $206.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 179.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.3× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| EV / Sales | 3.17× | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.78% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Earnings yield | -1.07% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 5
- Days above the 200-day average
- 216
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +16.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +55.6%
- RSI (14)
- 76.1
- Relative volume
- 1.10×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.77
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- +0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2021 | Oct 27, 2023 | -73.0% | 674 days | 631 days (May 6, 2026) |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | -26.7% | 19 days | 16 days (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -20.5% | 6 days | 5 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Feb 2, 2021 | -15.7% | 9 days | 3 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
| May 6, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | -14.9% | 9 days | 5 days (May 27, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.28B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.37
- Revenue (TTM)
- $830.6M
- 52-week range
- $11.37 – $35.49
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $147.1M | $421.5M | $569.5M | $644.7M | $771.0M |
| Gross profit | $22.6M | $138.3M | $247.2M | $301.1M | $290.2M |
| Operating income | -$110.8M | -$63.0M | $10.6M | $21.6M | $45.5M |
| Net income | -$119.2M | -$111.4M | -$45.6M | -$31.2M | -$29.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.41 | -$2.23 | -$0.94 | -$0.67 | -$0.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $206.0M | $148.6M | $179.7M | $167.9M | $240.2M | $183.2M | $208.0M | $199.2M |
| Net income | $22.5M | -$25.0M | $1.2M | -$8.5M | $1.2M | -$23.6M | $6.5M | -$1.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.34 | -$0.48 | -$0.00 | -$0.18 | -$0.00 | -$0.45 | $0.10 | -$0.02 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $32.5M | -$2.2M | $25.4M | $92.4M | $111.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$96.7M | -$38.2M | -$30.0M | -$33.5M | -$47.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$64.2M | -$40.4M | -$4.5M | $58.8M | $63.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.2M | -$1.1M | -$1.1M | -$3.0M | $2.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $318.9M
- Total assets
- $1.03B
- Total liabilities
- $1.20B
- Total debt
- $665.6M
- Net debt
- $346.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$195.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,250,531
- Days to cover
- 5.82
- Change vs previous report
- -1.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.