Fintel · Feb 25, 2026
NYSE · LNC
Lincoln National Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Life
$40.91
Up+$1.17 (+2.86%)
Updated Oct 6, 2026, 8:15 PM
SID Score
4.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 8.78B
- P/E ratio
- 4.18
- Dividend yield
- 5.50%
- 52-week range
- $32.18 – $47.67
- Volume
- 1.89M
- Avg. volume
- 1.64M
Price performance · LNC
LNC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 5, 2026
LNC closed at $40.91 after 20 trading sessions, down 5.56% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $40.91
- Period change
- -5.56%
- Period low
- $39.73
- Period high
- $44.04
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | $40.24 | $41.275 | $40.1939 | $40.91 | 1.89M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $39.76 | $40.51 | $39.69 | $40.30 | 2.04M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $40.00 | $40.155 | $38.88 | $39.73 | 2.35M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $40.77 | $41.41 | $40.23 | $40.26 | 1.73M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $40.70 | $41.03 | $40.31 | $40.92 | 2.06M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $41.75 | $41.9625 | $40.75 | $40.88 | 1.56M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $41.79 | $41.99 | $41.18 | $41.69 | 1.12M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $41.05 | $41.5352 | $40.78 | $41.39 | 1.6M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $40.75 | $41.605 | $40.7175 | $41.08 | 1.37M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $42.01 | $42.02 | $40.59 | $41.01 | 1.88M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $42.60 | $42.68 | $41.625 | $41.68 | 1.77M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $41.90 | $42.22 | $41.4568 | $42.20 | 4.55M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $43.04 | $43.655 | $42.23 | $42.29 | 2.48M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $43.39 | $43.92 | $41.95 | $42.45 | 2.45M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $43.89 | $44.26 | $43.22 | $43.44 | 2.13M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $43.65 | $44.1206 | $43.175 | $44.04 | 2.59M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $44.27 | $44.50 | $42.925 | $43.84 | 1.65M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $43.81 | $43.99 | $43.29 | $43.56 | 1.15M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $43.22 | $44.045 | $43.07 | $43.54 | 1.73M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $45.15 | $45.26 | $43.22 | $43.32 | 2.31M |
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Lincoln National Corp operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses. The company's operating segment includes Annuities; Retirement Plan Services; Life Insurance and Group Protection. Its products include fixed and indexed annuities, variable annuities, universal life insurance (UL), variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL, indexed universal life insurance (IUL), term life insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plans and services, and group life, disability and dental.
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- —
- Average target
- $41.50
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | — |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Mizuho | Outperform | — |
| Jul 22, 2026 | TD Cowen | Hold | — |
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Benzinga · Feb 25, 2026
Wells Fargo Upgrades Lincoln National to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $48
Wells Fargo analyst Wesley Carmichael upgrades Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raises the price target from $41 to $48.
SeekingAlpha · Feb 24, 2026
Lincoln National: Valuation And Fundamentals In Sync Outweigh Technical Caution
Benzinga · Feb 24, 2026
Price Over Earnings Overview: Lincoln National
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