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Updated: Dec 12, 2025

Stock Analysis

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$45.53
-$0.73 |-1.58%
Day Range:
$45.34 - $46.61
Market Cap:
7.89B
P/E Ratio:
4.0121
Avg Value:
$37.10
Year Range:
$27.58 - $46.61
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General Information
Lincoln National Corp operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses. The company's operating segment includes Annuities; Retirement Plan Services; Life Insurance and Group Protection.

Its products include fixed and indexed annuities, variable annuities, universal life insurance (UL), variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL, indexed universal life insurance (IUL), term life insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plans and services, and group life, disability and dental.

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Lincoln National (LNC) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Lincoln National (LNC)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Lincoln National (LNC) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

34.14

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

96.95

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

25.03

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 9 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $37.00 - $58.00 with an average of $45.00

-2.64%
Expected movement for Lincoln National (LNC) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Lincoln National (LNC)

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Date:
Nov 3, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$43.00
New Target:
$44.00
UBS
Date:
Oct 31, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$42.00
New Target:
$43.00
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Date:
Oct 9, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$42.00
New Target:
$43.00
Evercore ISI Group
Date:
Oct 9, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$45.00
New Target:
$46.00
Barclays
Date:
Oct 8, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$42.00
New Target:
$46.00
Wells Fargo
Date:
Oct 8, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$37.00
New Target:
$38.00
Piper Sandler
Date:
Oct 7, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$40.00
New Target:
$42.00
Morgan Stanley
Date:
Oct 7, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$58.00
New Target:
$53.00
Morgan Stanley
Date:
Sep 19, 2025
Action:
Upgrades
Prev. Target:
$41.00
New Target:
$58.00
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, LNC's earnings have fluctuated but has increased since, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Dividend
There are few things we like to see when evaluating the quality of a company's dividend history and future

Ideally, we would like to see a company have a long history of consistently high dividend payouts that have grown at a consistent rate. From here we want to be confident that this sort of dividend growth and consistency will persist into the future.

The chart below shows the historical trend in Lincoln National (LNC) dividend yield on an annual basis.

66.10%
Lincoln National (LNC) saw a increase in it's dividend yield since 2021
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Past Performance
How has Lincoln National (LNC) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Lincoln National (LNC) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -0.2800 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of 0.7195

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Analyzing Lincoln National (LNC) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, LNC's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is LNC's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
19.15
18.91
11.71
17.99
18.46
Operating Revenue
19.15
18.91
11.71
17.99
18.46
Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gross Profit
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Selling General And Administration
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Research and Development
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.37
-0.39
-0.45
-0.46
-0.35
Other Income Expense
-0.15
0.80
0.94
0.82
0.77
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pre-Tax Income
1.64
-2.81
-1.15
4.02
2.52
Tax Provision
0.23
-0.58
-0.40
0.74
0.41
Net Income
1.41
-2.23
-0.75
3.28
2.11
Net Income Common Stockholders
1.41
-2.23
-0.75
3.18
2.02
Total Operating Income As Reported
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Expenses
17.51
21.72
12.86
13.97
15.93
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
1.41
-2.23
-0.75
3.28
2.11
Normalized Income
1.41
-1.71
-0.73
2.83
2.14
Interest Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Interest Expense
0.27
0.28
0.33
0.34
0.00
Net Interest Income
-0.37
-0.39
-0.45
-0.46
-0.35
EBIT
1.91
-2.53
-0.82
4.36
0.00
EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Depreciation
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Normalized EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
-0.11
-0.01
0.10
-0.01
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
387.30
335.44
372.41
390.83
415.28
Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Non-Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
367.03
331.34
365.52
382.56
404.82
Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
20.27
4.10
6.89
8.27
10.45
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
26.37
9.98
12.76
14.32
16.22
Common Stock Equity
20.27
3.12
5.91
7.28
9.47
Net Tangible Assets
18.49
2.96
5.75
7.12
9.31
Working Capital
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Invested Capital
26.92
9.75
12.03
13.64
15.24
Tangible Book Value
18.49
1.97
4.76
6.14
8.32
Total Debt
6.65
6.63
6.12
6.36
5.77
Net Debt
4.03
3.29
2.76
0.55
0.00
Share Issued
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.19
Ordinary Shares Number
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.19
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
0.15
4.03
-2.07
-2.01
-0.18
Net Income from Continuing Operations
1.41
-2.23
-0.75
3.28
2.11
Depreciation and Amortization
Deferred Tax
Deferred Income Tax
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
-0.26
0.33
-2.31
-3.34
-1.91
Change in Working Capital
-1.09
5.33
-3.33
-1.67
-0.80
Change in Receivables
-0.09
-0.05
Changes in Account Receivables
-0.09
-0.05
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
0.62
-0.62
-0.29
1.00
0.54
Change in Payable
0.23
-0.53
-0.40
0.75
0.36
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-3.57
-11.64
-3.33
0.82
-1.68
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
-5.38
-7.28
-1.97
-1.07
-3.19
Purchase of Investment
-17.65
-15.48
-11.76
-12.83
-18.00
Sale of Investment
12.27
8.20
9.79
11.76
14.81
Net Other Investing Changes
2.96
-4.12
-0.57
3.75
3.85
Financing Cash Flow
4.32
8.34
5.43
3.62
5.65
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
4.32
8.34
5.43
3.62
5.65
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
0.10
0.11
-0.54
0.15
-0.83
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
0.11
-0.54
0.15
-0.83
Long-Term Debt Issuance
0.16
0.48
0.09
0.40
0.03
Long-Term Debt Payments
-0.06
-0.37
-0.63
-0.25
-0.86
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
-1.10
-0.55
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
-1.10
-0.55
Cash Dividends Paid
-0.32
-0.31
-0.39
-0.40
-0.41
Net Other Financing Charges
5.62
8.12
6.37
3.88
6.06
End Cash Position
8.96
8.34
13.43
21.41
27.90
Changes in Cash
0.90
0.73
0.02
2.44
4.66
Beginning Cash Position
8.06
7.61
13.41
18.98
23.24
Capital Expenditure
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
0.16
0.48
0.09
0.40
0.03
Repayment of Debt
-0.06
-0.37
-0.63
-0.25
-0.86
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-1.10
-0.55
Free Cash Flow
0.15
4.03
-2.07
-2.01
-0.18