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.

Revenue
+20.3%
EPS
+220.9%
Free cash flow
+176.7%
Total debt
+19.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

39.47 2.13 −5.12%
Market cap
$7.5B
P/E
2.4×
Fwd P/E
4.5×
Dividend yield
4.56%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) Free cash flow margin

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Lincoln National Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.40%, up 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.92%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.8% (fiscal 2023) to 19.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Insurance Life industry median of 15.4% and below the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −0.92% 9.96
FY2024 −10.9% 6.93
FY2023 −17.8% (37.00)
FY2022 19.2% 20.41
FY2021 −1.22% (4.28)
FY2020 3.06% 18.62
FY2019 −15.6% (27.39)
FY2018 11.8% 6.30
FY2017 5.53% (4.01)
FY2016 9.54% (6.99)

Against its own ten years

Low −17.8% High 19.2%
Ten-year median 3.06%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 89.9%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 71.3%
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 26.7%
UNM Unum Group compare 13.0%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 6.11%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation 3.40%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 0.00%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. compare 0.00%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare −19.9%
Insurance Life industry median 15.4%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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