During the last session, Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC)’s traded shares were 2.33 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.74. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $20.90, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.09% or -$0.23. The 52-week high for the LNC share is $58.68, that puts it down -180.77 from that peak though still a striking 11.48% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $18.50. The company’s market capitalization is $3.62B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 3.22 million shares, and the average trade volume was 4.08 million shares over the past three months.
Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) received a consensus recommendation of a Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 3.10. LNC has a Sell rating from 3 analyst(s) out of 17 analysts who have looked at this stock. 13 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 1 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be $1.85.
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Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) trade information
Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) registered a -1.09% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.09% in intraday trading to $20.90 this Thursday, 05/25/23, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -2.38%, and it has moved by 2.10% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -60.56%. The short interest in Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) is 7.28 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.9 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $24.40, which implies an increase of 14.34% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $16.00 and $33.00 respectively. As a result, LNC is trading at a discount of -57.89% off the target high and 23.44% off the low.
Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) estimates and forecasts
Statistics show that Lincoln National Corporation has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) shares have gone down -46.26% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 235.63% against 22.60. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2023. Revenue is predicted to shrink -17.00% this quarter and then jump 118.00% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -4.40% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $4.34 billion as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 6 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $4.32 billion by the end of Sep 2023. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled $4.64 billion and $4.39 billion respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -6.50% and then drop by -1.40% in the coming quarter.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -42.20%. While earnings are projected to return -231.30% in 2023, the next five years will return 7.90% per annum.
LNC Dividends
Lincoln National Corporation is due to release its next quarterly earnings between August 01 and August 07. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Lincoln National Corporation is 1.80, with the dividend yield indicating at 8.61 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC)’s Major holders
Lincoln National Corporation insiders own 0.64% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 82.52%, with the float percentage being 83.04%. Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) is the largest shareholder of the company, while 803 institutions own stock in it. As of Mar 30, 2023, the company held over 22.79 million shares (or 13.44% of all shares), a total value of $476.34 million in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 10.81 million shares, is of Blackrock Inc.’s that is approximately 6.38% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Mar 30, 2023, these shares were valued at $225.97 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund. Data provided on Dec 30, 2022 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 4.65 million shares. This amounts to just over 2.74 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $97.17 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 3.92 million, or about 2.32% of the stock, which is worth about $82.03 million.
