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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.67%. 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 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, January 22nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.41 by $2.66. The financial services provider earned $4.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. Lincoln National had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 10.64%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.34 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Lincoln National's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $92.00. On average, they anticipate Lincoln National's stock price to reach $71.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% 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.

News headlines about LNC stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln National earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,330,000 shares, a decrease 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. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Lincoln National's Current Options Chain.

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Lincoln National's stock is owned by a variety of 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, Advisors Capital Management LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $59.83.

Lincoln National has a market capitalization of $11.87 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]