LNC · Lincoln National Corporation
$41.36
+3.96% last session
End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28
Market cap
$8B
Enterprise value
$-27B
Trailing P/E
4.5
Forward P/E
4.9
Dividend yield
4.0%
Beta
1.16
Avg volume
2M
Employees
9K
2D change
-0.39%
5D change
0.91%
10D change
-2.46%
30D change
13.49%
60D change
18.09%
MTD change
15.03%
YTD change
-4.20%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — LNC
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-22
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
JP Morgan
Underweight$42.00
+1.5% vs priceJefferies
Buy$57.00
+37.8% vs priceWells Fargo
Overweight$47.00
+13.6% vs priceUBS
Neutral$44.00
+6.4% vs priceBarclays
Overweight$45.00
+8.8% vs priceMorgan Stanley
Overweight$40.00
-3.3% vs priceBank of America
Neutral$37.00
-10.5% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | TD Cowen | Maintains | Hold | $37.00 → $42.00 |
| 2026-07-21 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Underweight | $40.00 → $42.00 |
| 2026-07-13 | Evercore ISI Group | Maintains | In-Line | $48.00 → $51.00 |
| 2026-07-13 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Maintains | Outperform | $44.00 → $46.00 |
| 2026-07-10 | Jefferies | Maintains | Buy | $56.00 → $57.00 |
| 2026-07-09 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | $44.00 → $47.00 |
| 2026-07-09 | Mizuho | Maintains | Outperform | $48.00 → $51.00 |
| 2026-07-08 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral | $39.00 → $44.00 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28
- RSI (14): RSI is 70 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 15.3% above the 50-day MA ($37.13).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 12.9% above the 200-day MA ($37.94).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+0.09) — short-term momentum is improving.
- 52-week range: Price is within 5% of the 52-week high ($44.87).
LNC Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Lincoln National Corporation
Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Life Insurance, Annuities, Group Protection, and Retirement Plan Services. The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, universal life insurance (UL), indexed universal life insurance, variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL products, and critical illness and long-term care riders. Its Annuities segment offers variable, fixed, and registered index-linked annuities. The Group Protection segment offers group nonmedical insurance products consisting of short and long-term disability and administration services, statutory disability; paid family medical leave administration and absence management services; term life; life; supplemental health insurance; accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity benefits and dental and vision products to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans. Its Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace; individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and various plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services. It distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, financial institutions, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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