Financial Services
Lincoln National Corporation(LNC-PD)
Live Price
Offline$26.50
+0.27% today
1Y Change
-1.35%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026
- Market Cap
- $5.04B
- Revenue Growth
- +1.2%
- EPS Growth
- -68.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.8%
Coverage: 236 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lincoln National Corporation (LNC-PD) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $5.04B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $26.50 and down 1.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ May 29, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.2%, EPS growth of -68.1%, a dividend yield of 4.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.2%, EPS -68.1%, free cash flow +91.7% with operating margin 7.3% and ROIC 0.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 6.1 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LNC-PD price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+1.2% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+7.3% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +1.2% and EPS is at -68.1%, with operating margin around 7.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 4.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -0.3% | -0.4% | โ |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +16.3% | -1.8% | -1.8% | -2.9% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | +22.5% | +0.0% | +1.0% | -1.0% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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LNC-PD Max Drawdown
-5.23%
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Lincoln National Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Annuities, Retirement Plan Services, Life Insurance, and Group Protection. The Annuities segment offers fixed, variable, and indexed variable annuities. The Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace. This segment offers individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and a range of plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services. The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, such as single and survivorship versions of universal life insurance; variable universal life insurance; indexed universal life insurance products; and critical illness and long-term care riders. The Group Protection segment offers group non-medical insurance products comprising short and long-term disability, statutory disability and paid family medical leave administration and absence management services, term life, dental, vision and accident, and critical illness benefits and services to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans. The company distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Ellen R. Gail Cooper
- IPO Date
- Nov 17, 2022
- Employees
- 9.8k
- Street Address
- 150 North Radnor-Chester Road
- Mailing
- Radnor, PA, 19087
- Region
- Radnor, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 484 583 1400
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 6.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 2.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 0.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.2%
- EPS
- -68.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +91.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 20.0%
- Operating Margin
- 7.3%
- Net Margin
- 6.4%
- ROE
- 12.0%
- ROIC
- 0.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.57
- Current Ratio
- 23.75
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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