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

38.98 0.18 −0.46%
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) Net margin

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Lincoln National Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.7%, up 9.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.96%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.16% (fiscal 2023) to 21.3% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Insurance Life industry median of 9.93% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.96% (11.30)
FY2024 17.3% 24.42
FY2023 −7.16% (14.38)
FY2022 7.22% (14.11)
FY2021 21.3% 18.47
FY2020 2.86% (2.27)
FY2019 5.13% (4.86)
FY2018 9.99% (4.59)
FY2017 14.6% 5.64
FY2016 8.94% 0.44

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.3% (4.83)
Jun 2026 29.1% 32.96
Mar 2026 −3.88% (18.98)
Dec 2025 15.1% 6.08
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.16% High 21.3%
Ten-year median 8.50%
Current reading's percentile 88

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 22.9%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 18.9%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation 15.7%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 12.7%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 10.2%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. compare 9.19%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 6.61%
UNM Unum Group compare 1.94%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 0.76%
Insurance Life industry median 9.93%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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