Lincoln National (LNC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln National in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LNC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LNC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Lincoln National's shares. Their LNC share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $31.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.0% from the stock's current price.
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Lincoln National's stock was trading at $30.72 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LNC stock has decreased by 30.4% and is now trading at $21.38.
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Lincoln National saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,660,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the April 15th total of 7,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,930,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 4.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 9th. The financial services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $3.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.59 billion. Lincoln National had a negative net margin of 17.97% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.09%. The firm's revenue was down 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.66 earnings per share.

Lincoln National declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Tuesday, August 1st. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 7th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG), AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RYF), Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD) and SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD).

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.42%. LNC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Lincoln National updated its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.47-$1.56 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

470 employees have rated Lincoln National Chief Executive Officer Dennis R. Glass on Glassdoor.com. Dennis R. Glass has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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Lincoln National trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LNC."

Lincoln National's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.38%), State Street Corp (5.33%), Dodge & Cox (2.57%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.95%), LSV Asset Management (1.74%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Christine A Janofsky, Dennis R Glass, Ellen Cooper, Gary C Kelly, John Christopher Kennedy, Kenneth S Solon, Leon E Roday, Randal J Freitag and Wilford H Fuller.
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Shares of LNC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.38.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion and generates $18.78 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $-2,241,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($19.19) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,316 workers across the globe.

Lincoln National's mailing address is 150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD, RADNOR PA, 19087. The official website for the company is www.lfg.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (484) 583-1400, via email at investorrelations@lfg.com, or via fax at 215-448-3962.