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Lincoln National Corporation

LNC Financial Insurance Life

Lincoln National Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.2 billion, down 1.25% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.3%, EPS grew 76.6%, free cash flow fell 155.1% and total debt rose 19.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

40.23 0.76 −1.85%
Market cap
$7.9B
P/E
3.4×
Fwd P/E
7.0×
Dividend yield
4.47%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.09
Total sells 3.69
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — 1 — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — 1 2 — — 2 — 2 — —
Insider Ownership 1.74%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7,850.00
Revenue 19,325.00
Net Income 2,360.00
Free Cash Flow (1,328.00)
Net Debt (3,300.00)
Current Ratio 0.20
Debt/Equity 0.60
P/E ratio 3.41
Fwd P/E 6.96
P/S ratio 0.40
P/B ratio 0.75
Past 5Y EPS Growth 17.89% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (3.28%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 10.12%
Next Y revenue growth 8.82%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.80%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 16.58%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 29.80%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 44.79%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.16
Annual Dividend Rate 1.80
Annual Dividend Yield 4.47%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2025 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2024 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2023 2.25
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2022 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2021 1.68
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
2020 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2019 1.48
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
2018 1.32
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2017 1.16
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
2016 1.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3,365 5,801 9,502 10,165
Receivables 29,843 28,750 28,012 27,225
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
33,208 34,551 37,514 37,390
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 168,706 176,024 186,276 190,919
ST’ Debt 250 300 400 400
Other — — — —
168,956 176,324 186,676 191,319

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.98% 0.87% (1.07%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings (0.61%) 16.83% (7.18%)
Book Value (2.20%) (13.64%) 28.82%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5,306 4,542 — — —
’25 4,691 4,044 4,555 4,922 18,212
’24 4,116 5,153 4,111 5,062 18,442
’23 3,814 2,929 4,203 699 11,645
’22 4,720 5,577 4,672 3,841 18,810
’21 4,534 4,851 5,241 3,089 17,715
’20 4,425 3,517 5,361 4,136 17,439
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 138 (558) — — —
’25 (272) 1,013 (1,141) 233 (167)
’24 (1,343) (859) (27) 222 (2,007)
’23 (774) 522 46 (1,868) (2,074)
’22 476 1,889 650 594 3,609
’21 (642) 411 339 (325) (217)
’20 455 516 (630) 193 534
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 138 (558) — — —
’25 (272) 1,013 (1,141) 233 (167)
’24 (1,343) (859) (27) 222 (2,007)
’23 (774) 522 46 (1,868) (2,074)
’22 476 1,889 650 594 3,609
’21 (642) 411 339 (325) (217)
’20 455 516 (630) 193 534
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1.10) 6.72 — — —
’25 (4.41) 3.80 2.12 3.80 5.83
’24 6.93 5.11 (3.29) 9.63 18.41
’23 (5.37) 2.94 4.79 (7.35) (4.92)
’22 8.40 4.86 (10.38) 4.98 7.86
’21 1.16 3.34 1.68 13.73 19.92
’20 0.27 (0.49) 2.01 0.74 2.56
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 30.39 61.45 48.07 49.70 16.11 44.59 28.61 18.50 25.10 27.58

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 69.49 78.74 86.68 67.52 61.96 77.57 76.40 36.50 36.98 46.71
People
People Employees 9,057 9,047 11,034 11,357 10,966 10,848 11,316 11,024 9,783 9,423
Revenue/emp, $m 1.47 1.58 1.49 1.52 1.59 1.63 1.66 1.06 1.89 1.93
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 13,330 14,257 16,424 17,258 17,439 17,715 18,810 11,645 18,442 18,212
Gross margin, % 13.48 16.35 13.75 7.60 4.44 28.22 14.05 (7.02) 23.63 8.59
EBT 1,458 1,130 1,885 919 423 4,643 1,725 (1,148) 4,022 1,338
EBT margin, % 10.94 7.93 11.48 5.33 2.43 26.21 9.17 (9.86) 21.81 7.35
Net income 1,192 2,079 1,641 886 499 3,778 1,358 (752) 3,275 1,177
Depreciation (73) (23) (9) (31) (41) (38) — — — —
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 56.92 64.18 76.06 86.03 90.07 94.55 109.98 68.68 108.10 99.70
Earnings 5.09 9.36 7.60 4.41 2.58 20.16 7.94 (4.92) 18.66 5.94
Cash flow 5.43 3.55 9.00 (13.39) 2.76 (1.16) 21.10 (12.23) (11.76) (0.91)
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Free cash flow 5.43 3.55 9.00 (13.39) 2.76 (1.16) 21.10 (12.23) (11.76) (0.91)
Book value 61.82 77.98 66.45 98.15 117.24 110.77 29.83 40.65 48.47 59.70
Shares, m 234 222 216 201 194 187 171 170 171 183
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.25 8.30 6.75 13.41 19.50 3.39 3.88 0.00 1.70 8.08
P/S 1.18 1.21 0.67 0.69 0.56 0.72 0.28 0.40 0.29 0.45
P/B 1.08 1.00 0.77 0.60 0.43 0.62 1.28 0.78 0.74 0.82
EV/Sales 1.39 1.47 0.90 0.91 0.86 0.95 0.45 0.62 0.31 0.27
EV/FCF 14.58 26.68 7.63 (5.82) 28.12 (77.43) 2.32 (3.48) (2.87) (29.33)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,272 788 1,943 (2,686) 534 (217) 3,609 (2,074) (2,007) (167)
Capex — — — — — — — — — —
Free cash flow 1,272 788 1,943 (2,686) 534 (217) 3,609 (2,074) (2,007) (167)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (96,493) (100,496) (109,469) (119,439) (133,613) (139,079) (137,177) (135,748) (141,773) (149,162)
Total debt 5,345 5,344 5,839 6,367 6,682 6,625 6,455 5,949 6,156 6,266
Net debt 2,623 3,716 3,494 3,804 4,974 4,013 3,112 2,584 355 (3,236)
Shareholders’ equity 14,478 17,322 14,350 19,689 22,699 20,754 5,102 6,893 8,269 10,906
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.46 0.77 0.57 0.28 0.14 1.00 0.38 (0.24) 0.83 0.27
ROIC 6.54 4.11 7.64 3.31 1.60 12.40 15.28 (5.39) 31.58 12.75
ROE 8.49 13.08 10.36 5.21 2.35 17.39 10.92 (16.64) 48.28 12.63
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Lincoln National Corporation vs peers in Insurance Life (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
UNM Unum Group $14.7B 21.4× 11.8× +0.26% (above 0%: growing) −16.58% (below 0%: shrinking) +48.17% (above 0%: growing) 35.37% 11.36% Compare
GL Globe Life Inc. $12.8B 10.7× 10.3× +8.00% (above 0%: growing) +20.06% (above 0%: growing) +0.88% (above 0%: growing) 39.24% 24.44% Compare
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. $9.0B 175× 13.1× +135.67% (above 0%: growing) +292.31% (above 0%: growing) +57.63% (above 0%: growing) (630.95%) 411.90% Compare
PRI Primerica, Inc. $8.5B 11.0× 10.9× +9.04% (above 0%: growing) +19.41% (above 0%: growing) +5.06% (above 0%: growing) 82.88% 30.52% Compare
LNC Lincoln National Corporation $7.9B 3.4× 7.0× +12.31% (above 0%: growing) +76.55% (above 0%: growing) −155.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.98% 37.98%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. $5.0B 17.8× 13.0× +11.61% (above 0%: growing) +45.16% (above 0%: growing) +7.63% (above 0%: growing) 44.06% 16.73% Compare
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. $3.7B 17.7× 26.2× +5.85% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +766.67% (above 0%: growing) 30.09% 7.10% Compare
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. $2.8B 3.9× 3.3× +86.22% (above 0%: growing) +1,520.59% (above 0%: growing) −43,000.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 115.29% 75.59% Compare
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. $2.6B 6.4× 5.8× +4.18% (above 0%: growing) n/m −8.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.89% (3.73%) Compare
Median of peers $6.7B 14.4× 11.4× +8.52% +20.06% +6.35% 37.31% 20.59%

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Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) key facts

  • Concern: Lincoln National Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.2 billion, down 1.25% from fiscal 2024.
  • Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) is an Insurance Life company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 9, 2026, LNC traded at $40.23, a market capitalization of $7.9 billion.
  • Lincoln National Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share, a yield of 4.47%, with a payout ratio of 15.6%.
  • Return on equity was 12.6% and debt-to-equity 0.60.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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