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) Operating margin

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Lincoln National Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 8.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.59%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.02% (fiscal 2023) to 27.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Insurance Life industry median of 8.83% and in line with the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.59% (15.04)
FY2024 23.6% 30.65
FY2023 −7.02% (17.70)
FY2022 10.7% (17.05)
FY2021 27.7% 23.68
FY2020 4.05% (3.16)
FY2019 7.21% (6.08)
FY2018 13.3% 3.59
FY2017 9.70% (3.72)
FY2016 13.4% 0.88

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 0.00% (37.98)
Jun 2026 38.0% 41.09
Mar 2026 −3.11% (23.35)
Dec 2025 20.2% 7.00
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.02% High 27.7%
Ten-year median 10.7%
Current reading's percentile 36

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 25.5%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. compare 16.8%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 15.5%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 14.0%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 11.3%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 4.67%
UNM Unum Group compare 4.11%
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 0.00%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 8.83%
Financial sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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