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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Saturday, February 1st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. This is a positive change from Lincoln National's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Lincoln National's Dividend History.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 5th. The financial services provider reported $2.41 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.41. The financial services provider earned $4.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.49 billion. Lincoln National had a net margin of 5.13% and a return on equity of 9.91%. Lincoln National's revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.15 EPS. View Lincoln National's Earnings History.

Lincoln National is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lincoln National.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Lincoln National's shares. 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 17.4% 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 very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln National earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,710,000 shares, an increase of 41.4% from the January 15th total of 3,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,530,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.4% 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.76%), FMR LLC (2.82%), LSV Asset Management (2.65%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.53%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.39%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.99%). Company insiders that own Lincoln National stock include Christine A Janofsky, Deirdre P Connelly, Dennis R Glass, Gary C Kelly, Jamie Ohl, Kenneth S Solon and Lisa Buckingham. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lincoln National.

LNC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, AJO LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Poplar Forest Capital LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lincoln National company stock in the last year include Christine A Janofsky, 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., Prana Capital Management LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Lyrical Asset Management LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and KBC Group NV. 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 $61.11.

Lincoln National has a market capitalization of $12.12 billion and generates $17.26 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $886 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.70 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]