NYSE:LNC - Lincoln National Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Lincoln National announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Saturday, February 1st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. This is a boost from Lincoln National's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Lincoln National's Dividend History.

Lincoln National announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, January 22nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $2.66. The financial services provider had revenue of $4.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.47 billion. Lincoln National had a return on equity of 10.64% and a net margin of 4.82%. Lincoln National's revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.34 EPS. View Lincoln National's Earnings History.

Lincoln National is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lincoln National's stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Lincoln National's stock price to reach $71.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lincoln National.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln National in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lincoln National.

Press coverage about LNC stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln National earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,330,000 shares, a drop of 32.6% from the December 15th total of 4,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Lincoln National's Current Options Chain.

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Lincoln National's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.73%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.26%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.13%), United Services Automobile Association (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Lincoln National stock include Christine A Janofsky, Deirdre P Connelly, Dennis R Glass, Ellen Cooper, Gary C Kelly, Jamie Ohl, Kenneth S Solon, Lisa Buckingham and Randal J Freitag. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lincoln National.

LNC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, OLD National Bancorp IN, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Advisors Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lincoln National company stock in the last year include Christine A Janofsky, Dennis R Glass, Gary C Kelly, Jamie Ohl, Kenneth S Solon and Lisa Buckingham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lincoln National.

LNC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., United Services Automobile Association, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Gradient Investments LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Diversified Trust Co and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lincoln National.

Shares of LNC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.70.

Lincoln National has a market capitalization of $11.64 billion and generates $16.42 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.64 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.48 on an earnings per share basis. Lincoln National employs 11,034 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lincoln National.

The official website for Lincoln National is http://www.lfg.com/.

Lincoln National's mailing address is 150 N. Radnor Chester Road Suite A305, Radnor PA, 19087. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 484-583-1400 or via email at [email protected]