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, February 19th. Investors of record on Monday, April 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, May 1st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. View Lincoln National's Dividend History.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The financial services provider reported $2.41 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.41. The financial services provider had revenue of $4.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.49 billion. Lincoln National had a return on equity of 9.91% and a net margin of 5.13%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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 brokers have issued 1-year 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 58.0% 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.

Media coverage about LNC stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National saw a increase in short interest during 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 presently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's 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 State Street Corp (4.76%), FMR LLC (2.82%), LSV Asset Management (2.65%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.53%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.39%). 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, Man Group plc, Bank of America Corp DE, Poplar Forest Capital LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Prudential Financial 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 bought 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 $45.39.

Lincoln National has a market capitalization of $8.87 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 RD, RADNOR PA, 19087. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 484-583-1400 or via email at [email protected]