Lincoln National - LNC Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln National in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LNC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LNC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Lincoln National's stock. Their LNC share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $53.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $36.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 74.9% from the stock's current price.
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Lincoln National's stock was trading at $30.72 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LNC shares have decreased by 32.6% and is now trading at $20.70.
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Lincoln National saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 6,920,000 shares, a drop of 7.4% from the February 13th total of 7,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Lincoln National Co. (NYSE:LNC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.95. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.88 billion. Lincoln National had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.04% and a negative net margin of 11.89%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.72) earnings per share.
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Lincoln National declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 10th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Monday, May 1st. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 6th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG), 2ndVote Life Neutral Plus ETF (LYFE), AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV), SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RYF).

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.99%. LNC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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470 employees have rated Lincoln National Chief Executive Officer Dennis R. Glass on Glassdoor.com. Dennis R. Glass has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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

Lincoln National's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Millennium Management LLC (2.61%), Morgan Stanley (2.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.96%), LSV Asset Management (1.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.64%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Christine A Janofsky, Dennis R Glass, Ellen Cooper, John Christopher Kennedy, Kenneth S Solon, Leon E Roday, M Leanne Lachman, Randal J Freitag and Wilford H Fuller.
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Shares of LNC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.70.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) has a market capitalization of $3.50 billion and generates $18.78 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $-2,227,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($13.24) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,316 workers across the globe.

Lincoln National's mailing address is 150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD, RADNOR PA, 19087. The official website for the company is www.lfg.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (484) 583-1400, via email at investorrelations@lfg.com, or via fax at 215-448-3962.