Stock Evaluator: Lincoln National Corporation (LNC)

Lincoln National Corporation LNC

$43.48 -1.60 -3.55%
August 19, 2026 4:00:02 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 2,291,422
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NYSE | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Financials Insurance

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Life Insurance, Annuities, Group Protection, and Retirement Plan Services. The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, universal life insurance (UL), indexed universal life insurance, variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL products, and critical illness and long-term care riders. Its Annuities segment offers variable, fixed, and registered index-linked annuities. The Group Protection segment offers group nonmedical insurance products consisting of short and long-term disability and administration services, statutory disability; paid family medical leave administration and absence management services; term life; life; supplemental health insurance; accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity benefits and dental and vision products to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans. Its Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace; individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and various plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services. It distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, financial institutions, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics LNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $8,037.0 $6,436.5 74%
Shares Out (Mil) 196.4 70.1 76%
Institutional Ownership 99.3% 79.8% 87%
Float (Mil) 171.5 66.5 71%
Beta na 0.52 na
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 1,846 207 81%
Price Change
(52-week)
3.5% 89.3% 48%
Growth LNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 0.9% 5.8% 20%
Net Income (5yr) 18.7% 14.3% 71%
EPS (5yr) 17.9% 15.6% 64
Dividends (5yr) 2.1% 3.1% 88%
Cash Flow (5yr) 45.8% (12.2%) 92%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 10 12 13
Current EPS $2.023 $7.872 $8.624
Month Ago EPS $2.015 $7.650 $8.404
# Rev Up 1 0 0
# Rev Down 0 1 1
Three Months Ago EPS $2.015 $7.721 $8.333
Year/Year Chg (69.9%) 35.0% 63.3%
Financials LNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $19,393 $5,268 91%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $2,360 $562 93%
EPS (TTM) $11.834 $2.500 96%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) ($1,328) $566 1%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $3,022 $5 98%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $6,841 $917 88%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) na $7,858 na
Valuation LNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 0.78 1.68 15%
P/E 3.7 12.1 3%
Dividend Yield 4.3% 1.1% 92%
PEG (5yr hist) 0.2 0.5 8%
Ratios LNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 27.1% 34.7% 31%
Net Margin 12.2% 10.1% 68%
ROA 0.6% 2.4% 42%
ROE 24.9% 14.5% 84%
Liabilities to Assets 97.4% 77.1% 93%
F-Score 5 6 50%

Passing Stock Screens

As of 8/20/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, LNC meetings the criteria of 1 screen:

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