Lincoln National - LNC Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln National in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Lincoln National's shares. Their LNC share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $46.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% from the stock's current price.
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Lincoln National's stock was trading at $68.26 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LNC stock has decreased by 43.0% and is now trading at $38.94.
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Lincoln National saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,120,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the October 31st total of 3,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.95. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.21 billion for 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 last year, the business posted ($0.72) EPS.
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Lincoln National announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 10th will be paid 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 4.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 4.73%. 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.36%), BlackRock Inc. (8.66%), State Street Corp (5.58%), LSV Asset Management (1.84%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.83%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%). 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 $38.94.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) has a market capitalization of $6.59 billion and generates $19.23 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.