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The price of Lincoln National Corp (NYSE: LNC) closed at $40.79 in the last session, up 1.14% from day before closing price of $40.33. In other words, the price has increased by $1.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.88 million shares were traded. LNC stock price reached its highest trading level at $41.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $40.44.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LNC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.55.
On September 16, 2025, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Underperform rating and target price of $37.
On October 09, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $34.TD Cowen initiated its Hold rating on October 09, 2024, with a $34 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 03 ’25 when Jayson Bronchetti bought 5,000 shares for $40.85 per share.
Woodroffe Sean sold 16,164 shares of LNC for $661,108 on Aug 15 ’25. The EVP, Ch Ppl Culture Comms Off now owns 155,982 shares after completing the transaction at $40.90 per share. On Aug 15 ’25, another insider, Kroll Brian, who serves as the EVP, Head of Life & Annuities of the company, sold 6,362 shares for $40.87 each. As a result, the insider received 260,015 and left with 49,756 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LNC now has a Market Capitalization of 7747614208 and an Enterprise Value of -29303386112. As of this moment, Lincoln’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.07. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.49. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.59.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LNC is 1.34, which has changed by 0.14378905 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13367426 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LNC has reached a high of $43.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.97%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LNC traded on average about 1.73M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1589120 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 189.92M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 188.01M. Insiders hold about 1.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.25% stake in the company. Shares short for LNC as of 1760486400 were 5183584 with a Short Ratio of 3.00, compared to 1757894400 on 5091826. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5183584 and a Short% of Float of 3.05.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for LNC is 1.80, which was 1.8 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.044631783. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.73. The current Payout Ratio is 9.78% for LNC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-10 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-10. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-06-22 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Lincoln National Corp (LNC) is currently attracting attention from 12.0 analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.74, with high estimates of $2.0 and low estimates of $1.44.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $8.17 and $7.54 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.87. EPS for the following year is $8.01, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $8.47 and $7.02.
Revenue Estimates
According to 6 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $4.83B. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.92B to a low estimate of $4.69B. As of. The current estimate, Lincoln National Corp’s year-ago sales were $4.63BFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.93B. There is a high estimate of $5.02B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.77B.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LNC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $19.12B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $18.77B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $19.01B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $18.34BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $19.89B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $20.66B and the low estimate is $18.57B.
