Lincoln Financial Group/$LNC

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About Lincoln Financial Group

Lincoln National Corp operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses. The company's operating segment includes Annuities; Retirement Plan Services; Life Insurance and Group Protection. Its products include fixed and indexed annuities, variable annuities, universal life insurance (UL), variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL, indexed universal life insurance (IUL), term life insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plans and services, and group life, disability and dental.

Ticker

$LNC
Sector

Primary listing

NYSE

Employees

9,783

LNC Metrics

BasicAdvanced
$8.2B
7.20
$6.00
1.40
$1.80
4.16%

What the Analysts think about LNC

Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Lincoln Financial Group stock.

Bulls say / Bears say

Lincoln secured an $825 million strategic investment by selling a 9.9% stake to Bain Capital at a 52% premium, strengthening its capital position and supporting targeted debt reduction toward its 25% leverage objective (WSJ).
In Q2 2025, LNC reported adjusted EPS of $2.36, beating the $1.89 consensus by 25%, demonstrating solid earnings performance despite revenue challenges (Reuters).
Lincoln is using its network of 60,000 financial advisers to launch two private-market funds in partnership with Bain Capital and Partners Group, broadening its product offerings and tapping into rising retail investor demand for private assets (WSJ).
GAAP revenues for Q2 2025 fell 10.7% year over year to $4.04 billion, missing analyst forecasts of $4.66 billion and highlighting ongoing top-line headwinds (Reuters).
Wall Street analysts have trimmed LNC’s earnings estimates by approximately 5.9% over the past three months, indicating concerns about future performance and market challenges (Reuters).
The average analyst rating on LNC remains ‘hold’ (12 holds, one buy, one sell), with a median 12-month price target of $37.50, implying only about 8.8% potential upside and indicating lukewarm market sentiment (Reuters).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 31 Aug 2025.

LNC Financial Performance

Revenues and expenses
QuarterlyAnnual
Q3 24
QoQ growth
Revenue
$37B
-39.75%
Net income
$45B
107.52%
Profit margin
37.65%
6.78%

LNC Earnings Performance

Company profitability
QuarterlyAnnual
Q4 23
Q1 24
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Actual
$3.69
$2.85
$2.45
$2.42
-
Expected
$3.55
$2.61
$2.05
$2.31
$3.94
Surprise
3.94%
9.20%
19.51%
4.63%
-
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