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) Return on invested capital

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Lincoln National Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 12.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.39% (fiscal 2023) to 31.6% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Insurance Life industry median of 7.11% and below the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 12.8% (18.83)
FY2024 31.6% 36.97
FY2023 −5.39% (20.67)
FY2022 15.3% 2.88
FY2021 12.4% 10.80
FY2020 1.60% (1.71)
FY2019 3.31% (4.33)
FY2018 7.64% 3.53
FY2017 4.11% (2.43)
FY2016 6.54% (0.10)

Against its own ten years

Low −5.39% High 31.6%
Ten-year median 6.64%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 17.5%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 8.88%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. compare 8.79%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 5.59%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 2.38%
UNM Unum Group compare 1.32%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 0.00%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 0.00%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 7.11%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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