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Lincoln National Corp (NYSE: LNC) closed the day trading at $33.77 up 0.24% from the previous closing price of $33.69. In other words, the price has increased by $0.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.1 million shares were traded. LNC stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.82 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $33.23.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LNC, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.69 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.65.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on October 09, 2024, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $34.
On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $35.
Jefferies Upgraded its Hold to Buy on May 22, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $26 to $34.
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 Nov 07 ’24 when Kennedy John Christopher sold 2,863 shares for $36.00 per share. The transaction valued at 103,068 led to the insider holds 99,644 shares of the business.
Woodroffe Sean sold 16,164 shares of LNC for $576,570 on Nov 07 ’24. The EVP, Ch Ppl Culture Comms Off now owns 203,577 shares after completing the transaction at $35.67 per share. On Nov 07 ’24, another insider, John Kennedy, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,863 shares for $36.00 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 5752483328 and an Enterprise Value of -25728509952. As of this moment, Lincoln’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.96, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.40. 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 0.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.899 whereas that against EBITDA is 30.039.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LNC is 1.78, which has changed by 0.27565312 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.208081 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LNC has reached a high of $36.98, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $25.09. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.83%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.86%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LNC traded about 1.30M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LNC traded about 1372820 shares per day. A total of 170.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 168.79M. Insiders hold about 0.91% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 74.33% stake in the company. Shares short for LNC as of 1736899200 were 3630606 with a Short Ratio of 2.79, compared to 1734048000 on 4131518. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3630606 and a Short% of Float of 2.4500001.
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 0.05342832The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.67.
