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Lincoln National Corp (NYSE: LNC) closed the day trading at $41.21 down -1.60% from the previous closing price of $41.88. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.03 million shares were traded. LNC stock price reached its highest trading level at $42.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $40.895.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LNC, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.55.
On September 19, 2025, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $58.
On September 16, 2025, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Underperform rating and target price of $37.Wolfe Research initiated its Underperform rating on September 16, 2025, with a $37 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 10 ’25 when Kennedy John Christopher sold 3,519 shares for $44.15 per share. The transaction valued at 155,364 led to the insider holds 118,985 shares of the business.
John C Kennedy bought 3,519 shares of LNC for $155,355 on Dec 10 ’25. On Dec 08 ’25, another insider, Jayson Bronchetti, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 37,568 shares for $42.53 each.
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 7827388416 and an Enterprise Value of -29223612416. As of this moment, Lincoln’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.70, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.10. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.586.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LNC is 1.30, which has changed by 0.2830882 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1726681 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LNC has reached a high of $46.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.54%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LNC traded about 1.53M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LNC traded about 1604850 shares per day. A total of 189.92M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 188.36M. Insiders hold about 0.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.51% stake in the company. Shares short for LNC as of 1767139200 were 4557722 with a Short Ratio of 2.98, compared to 1764288000 on 5227132. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4557722 and a Short% of Float of 2.6800001.
Dividends & Splits
LNC’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.80, up from 1.8 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04297994. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.77. The current Payout Ratio is 9.78% for LNC, which recently paid a dividend on 2026-01-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-01-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-06-22 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 13.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.74, with high estimates of $1.91 and low estimates of $1.48.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $8.05 and $7.79 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.9. EPS for the following year is $8.05, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $8.35 and $7.61.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $4.85B in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.94B to a low estimate of $4.76B. As of. The current estimate, Lincoln National Corp’s year-ago sales were $4.63BFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.95B. There is a high estimate of $5.02B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.84B.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LNC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $19.14B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $18.95B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $19.03B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $18.34BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $20.06B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $20.63B and the low estimate is $19.5B.
