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Lincoln National Corp. (LNC)

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Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) reported revenue of $4.5 billion for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 12.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $1.3 billion, up 90.6% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $6.72. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 30 July 2026.

Revenue$4.5 billionup 12.3%
Net income$1.3 billionup 90.6%
Diluted EPS$6.72
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Lincoln National (LNC) in brief

Lincoln National (LNC) reported revenue of $18.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 1.2% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $1.2 billion and diluted earnings per share $5.83. Revenue was $18.4 billion in fiscal 2024, $11.6 billion in fiscal 2023, $18.8 billion in fiscal 2022 and $17.7 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $3.3 billion, a loss of $752 million, $1.4 billion and $3.8 billion. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Lincoln National reported revenue of $19.3 billion and net income of $2.4 billion. Revenue grew 0.9% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Lincoln National declared $1.80 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 191 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At the close of 9 October 2026 the market cap of Lincoln National was $7.7 billion, 3.5 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE20.8%
ROCE15.9%
Operating margin14.7%
Net margin12.2%
FCF marginn/a
Interest covern/a
Debt to equity0.57
Cash conversion-0.56
Share count, 1 year1.0%
Sales CAGR, 3 years-1.0%
Profit CAGR, 3 years-4.7%
EPS, TTM$11.54

At the close of 9 October 2026

Price$40.23
Market cap$7.7 billion
Stock P/E3.49
Price to book0.68
EV / EBITDAn/a
Dividend yield4.5%
Market cap / sales0.40
52-week high$47.00
52-week low$32.59
Price, 1 year0.8%
Price CAGR, 3 years19.2%
Price CAGR, 5 years-11.1%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the total debt Lincoln National Corp. states in its own filing, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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The public record on LNC

Filings21 in twelve months: 10 current reports (8-K), about 5 regulation FD disclosure; 4 results of operations; 2 officer or director change; 2 other events; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider sales12 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $10.5 million; latest 3 September 2026
Options tapeput/call 1.13 by open interest at the 9 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 3.7% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders8 of the followed funds hold it; largest Geode Capital Management; 5 Schedule 13D or 13G filings in twelve months
Insider trading8 sales and 4 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest14.5 million shares short, 7.09 days to cover at 30 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue4,2036994,1165,1534,1115,0624,6914,0444,5554,9225,3064,542
Operating income1,034-1,6141,5281,096-7032,101-949848524915-2461,643
Operating margin25%-231%37%21%-17%42%-20%21%12%19%-5%36%
Interest expense84.080.081.086.086.083.080.0n/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income1,034-1,6141,5281,096-7032,101-949848524915-2461,643
Tax rate18%n/a20%18%n/a20%n/a18%15%17%n/a19%
Net income853-1,2351,222895-5281,686-722699445755-1721,332
Net margin20%-177%30%17%-13%33%-15%17%10%15%-3%29%
Diluted EPS$4.79-$7.35$6.93$5.11-$3.29$9.63-$4.41$3.80$2.12$3.80-$1.10$6.72
Operating cash flow46.0-1,868-1,343-859-27.0222-2721,013-1,141233138-558
Dividends paid76.076.077.076.077.077.077.076.086.086.086.086.0
Shares outstanding170m170m170m170m170m170m171m190m190m190m191m191m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 12 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue13,55413,57213,33014,25716,42417,25817,43917,71518,78411,64518,44218,21219,325
Operating income1,9971,4301,4581,1301,8859194234,6431,699-1,1484,0221,3382,836
Operating margin14.7%10.5%10.9%7.9%11.5%5.3%2.4%26.2%9.0%-9.9%21.8%7.3%14.7%
Interest expense267272331253297326284270283331336227n/a
Pre-tax income1,9971,4301,4581,1301,8859194234,6431,725-1,1484,0221,3382,836
Income tax483276266-94924433.0-76.0865367-396747161476
Effective tax rate24.2%19.3%18.2%-84.0%12.9%3.6%-18.0%18.6%21.3%n/a18.6%12.0%16.8%
Net income1,5151,1541,1922,0791,6418864993,7781,358-7523,2751,1772,360
Net margin11.2%8.5%8.9%14.6%10.0%5.1%2.9%21.3%7.2%-6.5%17.8%6.5%12.2%
Diluted EPS$5.67$4.51$5.03$9.22$7.40$4.38$2.56$19.96$7.78-$4.92$18.41$5.83$11.54
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment

FY2025Share
latest year
Group Protection6,09933.5%
Life Insurance5,89932.4%
Annuities4,85926.7%
Retirement Plan Services1,3317.3%
Group ProtectionLife InsuranceAnnuitiesRetirement Plan Services
18.2FY2025

$ billion; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

Follow the cashA discounted cash flow: five years of free cash flow, added up in today's moneyNot for Lincoln National: an insurer's operating cash flow includes premiums it holds to pay claims later, so it is not cash the owners can take out. Book value and return on equity, in the ratios above, are the usual measures for it.

FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow2,5262,2431,2727881,943-2,686534-2173,609-2,074-2,007-167-1,328
Cash from investing-1,805-4,223-3,666-4,188-5,815-5,499-9,481-3,584-11,643-3,334821-4,013-2,577
Cash from financing8341,2071,9702,3064,5898,4038,0924,7058,7685,4303,6227,8816,927
Share-based compensation38.041.046.050.052.062.051.061.051.061.064.078.0n/a
Buybacks6509008797259005502751,1055500.00.0n/an/a
Dividends paid170204238262289303311319310305307325344
Dividend per share$0.68$0.85$1.04$1.20$1.36$1.51$1.62$1.71$1.80$1.80$1.80$1.80n/a
Diluted shares, weighted268m255m237m226m220m202m194m190m173m171m173m186m196m
Shares outstanding at period end257m244m226m218m206m197m192m177m169m170m170m190m191m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity15,74013,61714,47817,32214,35019,68922,69919,9155,1026,8938,26910,90611,349
Debt5,2735,3235,1235,1235,6866,3676,3316,3316,3315,9496,1565,8666,465
Other liabilities232,364232,997242,026259,318278,111308,705336,918368,504322,898359,571376,406400,432411,983
Total liabilities and equity253,377251,937261,627281,763298,147334,761365,948394,750334,331372,413390,831417,204429,797
Owned
Goodwill2,2732,2732,2731,3681,7821,7781,7781,7781,1441,1441,1441,1441,144
Securities held for sale or to maturity86,24084,96489,01394,84094,024105,200123,044118,74699,73688,73887,11193,44895,085
Loansn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a18,30118,96321,08322,47223,406
Securities borrowedn/an/an/a9651,0971,4371,082528941n/an/an/an/a
Trading assets2,0651,8541,7121,6201,950n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents3,9193,1462,7221,6282,3452,5631,7082,6123,3433,3655,8019,50210,165
Other assets158,880159,700165,907181,342196,949223,783238,336271,086210,866260,203275,692290,638299,997
Total assets253,377251,937261,627281,763298,147334,761365,948394,750334,331372,413390,831417,204429,797
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded3.0%0.9%-1.0%7.9%
Profit growth, compounded0.2%18.7%-4.7%107.9%
Return on equity, average12.3%17.0%13.2%10.8%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Lincoln National's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Lincoln National (LNC) reported revenue of $18.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 1.2% on the year before.

How much did Lincoln National earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $1.2 billion for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $5.83.

What is Lincoln National's P/E ratio?

At the close of 9 October 2026, Lincoln National traded at 3.5 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Lincoln National's market cap?

The market cap of Lincoln National was $7.7 billion at the close of 9 October 2026.

Does Lincoln National pay a dividend?

Yes. Lincoln National declared $1.80 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 June 2026.

Peers: Insurance

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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Manulife Financial Corporation MFC *$71.2 billion19.7011.1%n/an/a0.153.3%
Metlife Inc. MET$62.7 billion18.8013.2%8.3%8.7%0.522.3%
Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF *$42.6 billion17.8314.5%n/a8.0%0.333.5%
Prudential Financial Inc. PRU$39.0 billion10.2512.4%7.6%9.4%0.624.8%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc. RGA$16.7 billion11.2411.0%7.2%19.4%0.421.4%
Corebridge Financial, Inc. CRBG$15.2 billion19.948.5%5.4%29.1%0.832.9%
Globe Life Inc. GL$15.1 billion10.9119.7%24.2%5.2%0.480.7%
Jackson Financial Inc. JXN$8.8 billion158.051.0%55.8%15.1%0.282.6%
Voya Financial, Inc. VOYA$8.6 billion15.9713.0%9.1%3.2%0.451.9%
Primerica, Inc. PRI$8.5 billion11.0631.5%29.9%8.6%0.241.5%
Lincoln National Corp. LNC$7.7 billion3.4920.8%14.7%7.9%0.574.5%
Genworth Financial Inc. GNW$3.6 billion18.062.4%5.4%2.1%0.17n/a
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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B$1.11 trillion12.9611.5%15.0%3.9%n/an/a
UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH$343.3 billion24.4113.5%4.8%6.5%0.672.3%
Chubb Ltd. CB$131.6 billion12.0714.8%23.1%8.0%0.231.1%
Progressive Corp. PGR$126.4 billion10.9134.1%16.2%10.5%0.246.4%
Elevance Health, Inc. ELV$89.5 billion18.3511.1%2.7%6.3%0.691.7%
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MRSH$84.0 billion21.4825.8%21.6%8.3%1.272.0%
Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV$76.9 billion9.8325.1%21.1%2.4%0.270.8%
Cigna Group CI$74.6 billion11.6815.1%3.5%7.8%0.682.1%
Manulife Financial Corporation MFC *$71.2 billion19.7011.1%n/an/a0.153.3%
Metlife Inc. MET$62.7 billion18.8013.2%8.3%8.7%0.522.3%
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG$59.6 billion38.586.6%12.6%26.3%0.571.1%
Allstate Corp. ALL$58.3 billion4.5839.4%23.2%5.9%0.221.7%
Aon plc AON$58.0 billion15.0740.8%26.5%4.9%1.351.1%
Aflac Inc. AFL$57.5 billion12.3516.0%32.0%13.6%0.282.1%
Humana Inc. HUM$51.7 billion40.786.7%1.9%18.3%0.620.8%
Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF *$42.6 billion17.8314.5%n/a8.0%0.333.5%
American International Group, Inc. AIG$40.4 billion14.097.3%13.6%-4.2%0.222.3%
Prudential Financial Inc. PRU$39.0 billion10.2512.4%7.6%9.4%0.624.8%
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. HIG$35.0 billion8.3522.2%17.3%7.0%0.221.7%
Arch Capital Group Ltd. ACGL$32.6 billion7.4719.5%26.9%0.4%0.185.2%
Centene Corp. CNC$32.3 billionn/a-22.6%-2.8%13.9%0.71n/a
Willis Towers Watson plc WTW$27.5 billion18.2220.4%22.2%3.0%0.751.2%
Everest Group, Ltd. EG$27.4 billion7.7912.4%13.4%-5.1%0.032.2%
W. R. Berkley Corp. WRB$26.7 billion14.7619.6%n/a4.3%n/a2.6%
Cincinnati Financial Corp. CINF$25.1 billion7.7120.0%29.8%19.6%0.052.1%
Principal Financial Group Inc. PFG$23.0 billion15.2712.8%11.9%3.7%0.362.9%
Loews Corp. L$21.8 billion13.098.8%12.3%3.5%0.470.2%
Brown & Brown, Inc. BRO$20.8 billion19.849.6%n/a34.2%0.621.0%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc. RGA$16.7 billion11.2411.0%7.2%19.4%0.421.4%
Corebridge Financial, Inc. CRBG$15.2 billion19.948.5%5.4%29.1%0.832.9%
Globe Life Inc. GL$15.1 billion10.9119.7%24.2%5.2%0.480.7%
Unum Group UNM$14.5 billion21.376.5%6.8%3.4%0.351.9%
Equitable Holdings, Inc. EQH$14.4 billionn/an/a-5.7%-22.1%n/a2.0%
Renaissancere Holdings Ltd. RNR$13.9 billion5.6522.3%39.6%-14.0%0.200.5%
Assurant, Inc. AIZ$13.2 billion12.7317.4%9.9%9.4%0.351.2%
American Financial Group Inc. AFG$11.7 billion12.3319.8%14.5%-0.2%0.385.2%
Erie Indemnity Co. ERIE$11.6 billion20.1123.4%17.9%3.7%0.00n/a
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. FNF$10.4 billion13.5110.4%11.3%13.0%0.595.2%
Molina Healthcare, Inc. MOH$10.2 billionn/a-0.2%0.5%2.6%0.90n/a
OLD Republic International Corp. ORI$9.2 billion8.3718.7%14.8%12.1%n/a9.6%
Jackson Financial Inc. JXN$8.8 billion158.051.0%55.8%15.1%0.282.6%
Voya Financial, Inc. VOYA$8.6 billion15.9713.0%9.1%3.2%0.451.9%
Primerica, Inc. PRI$8.5 billion11.0631.5%29.9%8.6%0.241.5%
Lincoln National Corp. LNC$7.7 billion3.4920.8%14.7%7.9%0.574.5%
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. KNSL$7.7 billion13.6527.9%35.7%15.8%0.110.2%
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. THG$7.6 billion10.4720.6%15.4%5.6%0.23n/a
Enact Holdings, Inc. ACT$6.4 billion9.6812.7%69.1%2.5%0.141.9%
First American Financial Corp. FAF$6.2 billion8.4713.3%12.3%22.6%n/a3.6%
Mercury General Corp. MCY$5.7 billion6.0733.0%18.3%10.0%0.331.2%
Mgic Investment Corp. MTG$5.7 billion8.5714.1%74.0%-1.9%0.132.2%
Essent Group Ltd. ESNT$5.6 billion8.7212.0%62.0%4.3%0.082.1%
RLI Corp. RLI$5.1 billion11.7025.0%28.0%8.7%0.174.7%
Selective Insurance Group Inc. SIGI$5.0 billion10.4513.6%11.5%7.0%0.251.9%
CNO Financial Group, Inc. CNO$4.9 billion18.2110.8%13.3%6.0%0.521.3%
Radian Group Inc. RDN$4.5 billion8.7211.2%n/a37.1%0.143.0%
Corvel Corp. CRVL$3.9 billion34.3028.2%n/a7.1%n/an/a
Genworth Financial Inc. GNW$3.6 billion18.062.4%5.4%2.1%0.17n/a
Palomar Holdings, Inc. PLMR$3.4 billion17.5920.7%24.1%60.0%0.30n/a
Assured Guaranty Ltd. AGO$3.1 billion9.336.3%37.0%-10.6%0.311.9%
NMI Holdings, Inc. NMIH$3.0 billion7.8814.6%69.3%7.5%0.25n/a
SiriusPoint Ltd. SPNT$2.9 billion6.0922.2%18.4%22.6%0.30n/a
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. BHF$2.8 billion3.9012.7%14.7%2.6%0.48n/a
F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. FG$2.5 billion6.589.1%n/a15.0%0.495.0%
HCI Group, Inc. HCI$2.4 billion8.2528.7%48.4%22.8%0.030.8%
Horace Mann Educators Corp. HMN$1.8 billion10.6411.8%12.4%5.9%0.403.1%
Kemper Corp. KMPR$1.6 billionn/a-22.6%n/a-4.5%0.434.7%
Alignment Healthcare, Inc. ALHC$1.6 billion39.7115.4%1.2%37.2%1.22n/a
Stewart Information Services Corp. STC$1.5 billion11.128.1%5.9%22.5%0.394.0%
Safety Insurance Group Inc. SAFT$1.5 billion22.387.8%6.8%7.2%0.063.5%
United Fire Group Inc. UFCS$1.4 billion10.2414.4%12.0%11.4%0.151.2%
Trupanion, Inc. TRUP$1.1 billion49.215.7%1.6%11.8%0.24n/a
Employers Holdings, Inc. EIG$887 million60.270.9%0.8%-5.8%0.152.5%
Amerisafe Inc. AMSF$453 million9.8518.8%17.5%9.5%n/a6.4%
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. RYANn/an/a19.4%14.8%14.4%7.13n/a
13 companies share its SEC industry code (Life Insurance); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Insurance, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 202630 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20267 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202519 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202530 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202531 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20258 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202421 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202431 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20241 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20242 May 2024EDGAR

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