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 2.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. This is an increase from Lincoln National's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Lincoln National's Dividend History.

Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) 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 company's revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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 brokerages 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 28.8% 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 somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln National earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Lincoln National.

Lincoln National saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,330,000 shares, a drop of 32.6% from the December 31st total of 4,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Lincoln National's Current Options Chain.

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Lincoln National's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.73%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.30%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.26%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.13%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.09%). 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 Northern Oak Wealth Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., United Services Automobile Association, California Public Employees Retirement System, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. 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 $55.67.

Lincoln National has a market capitalization of $11.04 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]