Lincoln National - LNC Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln National in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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13 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Lincoln National's stock. Their LNC share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $53.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $36.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price.
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Lincoln National's stock was trading at $30.72 at the start of the year. Since then, LNC shares have increased by 14.8% and is now trading at $35.27.
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Lincoln National saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,520,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the December 31st total of 5,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,920,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 3.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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Lincoln National will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.95. The financial services provider earned $5.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.88 billion. Lincoln National had a negative net margin of 10.52% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.59%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.72) EPS.
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Lincoln National declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Wednesday, February 1st. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.10%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 9th.
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Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.99%. LNC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.57%), AustralianSuper Pty Ltd (0.44%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.41%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.27%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.19%) and Keybank National Association OH (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Christine A Janofsky, Dennis R Glass, Ellen Cooper, John Christopher Kennedy, Kenneth S Solon, Leon E Roday, Lisa Buckingham, M Leanne Lachman, 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 $35.27.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) has a market capitalization of $5.97 billion and generates $19.28 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.41 billion in net income (profit) each year or ($12.05) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,848 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.