Lincoln National - LNC Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Reduce
Consensus Price Target: $28.40
Forecasted Upside: -6.15%
Number of Analysts: 11
Breakdown:
2 Sell Ratings
8 Hold Ratings
1 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$30.26 As of 05/17/2024 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.2 (0.67%)

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Analyst Price Target for LNC

^$28.40

▼ -6.15% Downside Potential

This price target is based on 11 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Lincoln National in the last 3 months. The average price target is $28.40, with a high forecast of $36.00 and a low forecast of $18.00. The average price target represents a -6.15% upside from the last price of $30.26.

Current Consensus is Reduce

The current consensus among 11 investment analysts is to reduce stock in Lincoln National. This Reduce consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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11/26/2022

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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2/24/2023

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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5/25/2023

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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8/23/2023

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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11/21/2023

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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2/19/2024

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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4/19/2024

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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5/19/2024

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
5/10/2024	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$28.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
5/6/2024	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$32.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
4/11/2024	Evercore ISI	Boost Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$33.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
4/11/2024	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$26.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
4/10/2024	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Boost Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$30.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
4/5/2024	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$28.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
4/2/2024	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$26.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
3/21/2024	Evercore ISI	Boost Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
2/12/2024	Jefferies Financial Group	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Hold		Low
1/10/2024	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
1/9/2024	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$29.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
1/3/2024	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$26.00	Low
12/15/2023	Evercore ISI	Boost Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$26.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
11/3/2023	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
11/2/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $30.00	N/A
10/17/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$27.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
10/2/2023	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$29.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
9/14/2023	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	Low
8/15/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$25.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
8/7/2023	Barclays	Boost Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$17.00 ➝ $18.00	Low
8/3/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$31.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
7/26/2023	Raymond James	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform		Low
7/7/2023	Piper Sandler	Boost Target		$21.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
5/15/2023	22nd Century Group	Reiterated Rating	Maintains		Low
5/11/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target		$31.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
5/3/2023	51job	Reiterated Rating	Reiterates		Low
5/3/2023	Piper Sandler	Lower Target		$23.00 ➝ $22.00	Low
5/3/2023	Barclays	Lower Target		$20.00 ➝ $17.00	Low
4/12/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$38.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
4/12/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Sector Perform	$37.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
4/11/2023	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$29.00 ➝ $20.00	Low
4/5/2023	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $23.00	Low
4/5/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$35.00 ➝ $24.00	Low
4/5/2023	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Buy	$39.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
4/4/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
2/13/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
2/10/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$35.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
2/9/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$40.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
1/18/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$38.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
1/10/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$54.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
1/9/2023	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Buy	$46.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
1/9/2023	Barclays	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$35.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
1/6/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$55.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
12/20/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
12/18/2022	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Lower Target		$41.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
12/16/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Underperform	$40.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
12/12/2022	Evercore ISI	Lower Target		$33.00	Low
11/17/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$36.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
11/16/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target		$53.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
11/16/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $46.00	Low
11/6/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$47.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
11/4/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target		$54.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
11/4/2022	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$78.00 ➝ $40.00	N/A
11/4/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$45.00 ➝ $41.00	Low
11/3/2022	Piper Sandler	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$55.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
11/3/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$68.00 ➝ $55.00	Low
11/3/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$58.00 ➝ $50.00	Low
11/3/2022	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$68.00 ➝ $54.00	Low
10/10/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$55.00 ➝ $51.00	Low
10/7/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$77.00 ➝ $68.00	Low
10/6/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Sector Perform	$57.00 ➝ $54.00	Low
8/15/2022	Barclays	Lower Target		$47.00	N/A
8/9/2022	Barclays	Lower Target		$47.00	Low
8/5/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target		$71.00 ➝ $57.00	Low
7/13/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $49.00	N/A
7/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target		$83.00 ➝ $77.00	N/A
7/8/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$70.00 ➝ $55.00	N/A
7/6/2022	Evercore ISI	Lower Target	In-Line	$78.00 ➝ $66.00	N/A
7/6/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$80.00 ➝ $68.00	N/A
6/23/2022	Wolfe Research	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform		Low
6/22/2022	Wolfe Research	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform	$99.00 ➝ $53.00	Low
6/6/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$78.00 ➝ $60.00	Low
5/27/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $70.00	High
5/23/2022	Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$56.00	Medium
5/10/2022	Barclays	Lower Target		$66.00 ➝ $58.00	Medium
4/12/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$72.00 ➝ $66.00	Low
4/8/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$81.00 ➝ $80.00	Medium
3/1/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$74.00	High
2/22/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$79.00 ➝ $81.00	Medium
2/3/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$81.00 ➝ $79.00	High
1/25/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$80.00	High
1/21/2022	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$99.00	High
1/11/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$73.00 ➝ $72.00	Low
1/7/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$80.00 ➝ $81.00	Low
1/5/2022	Piper Sandler	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$73.00 ➝ $83.00	High
1/5/2022	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line	$85.00 ➝ $75.00	High
12/2/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$88.00	Medium
11/5/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$70.00 ➝ $76.00	Low
10/14/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00	Medium
10/12/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$69.00 ➝ $73.00	Low
9/20/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$64.00 ➝ $69.00	High
8/9/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$70.00 ➝ $72.00	Low
8/6/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$69.00 ➝ $70.00	Low
8/5/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$73.00 ➝ $75.00	Medium
7/15/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$72.00 ➝ $73.00	Low
7/8/2021	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$70.00 ➝ $65.00	Medium
5/19/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$69.00 ➝ $72.00	Medium
5/18/2021	B. Riley	Boost Target	Neutral	$56.00 ➝ $72.00	Medium
5/7/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$59.00 ➝ $69.00	Medium
5/6/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$66.00 ➝ $69.00	High
4/26/2021	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$67.00	N/A
4/20/2021	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$67.00	Medium
4/12/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$61.00 ➝ $66.00	Medium
4/6/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$51.00 ➝ $59.00	Low
4/5/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Cautious ➝ Overweight	$63.00 ➝ $73.00	Medium
4/1/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$60.00 ➝ $66.00	Low
3/31/2021	Citigroup	Boost Target		$57.00 ➝ $67.00	Low
2/25/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$59.00 ➝ $60.00	High
2/5/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$43.00 ➝ $51.00	Medium
2/4/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$60.00 ➝ $59.00	High
1/29/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Underperform	$45.00 ➝ $56.00	High
1/15/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$52.00 ➝ $60.00	Low
1/7/2021	B. Riley	Boost Target	Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $56.00	N/A
1/6/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target	Neutral	$37.00 ➝ $50.00	N/A
12/16/2020	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$56.00	Medium
12/4/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$59.00	High
12/1/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$41.00 ➝ $56.00	High
11/18/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$45.00 ➝ $52.00	Low
11/17/2020	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$44.00	Low
11/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$46.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
10/6/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$45.00 ➝ $46.00	High
8/20/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$43.00 ➝ $45.00	Medium
8/7/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$44.00 ➝ $43.00	High
8/6/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$39.00	High
7/20/2020	Bank of America	Lower Target	Buy	$51.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
7/16/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$52.00 ➝ $41.00	Medium
7/7/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
7/6/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$40.00 ➝ $44.00	High
5/22/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Neutral		Low
5/12/2020	B. Riley	Boost Target	Neutral	$26.00 ➝ $35.00	High
5/8/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$40.00 ➝ $43.00	High
4/27/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Neutral	$68.00 ➝ $52.00	Medium
4/21/2020	B. Riley	Lower Target	Neutral	$51.00 ➝ $26.00	High
4/17/2020	Citigroup	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $30.00	High
4/3/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
4/1/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$66.00 ➝ $33.00	Medium
3/23/2020	B. Riley	Lower Target	Neutral	$57.00 ➝ $51.00	High
3/20/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$70.00 ➝ $40.00	High
3/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$73.00 ➝ $40.00	High
3/11/2020	B. Riley	Lower Target	Neutral	$72.00 ➝ $57.00	High
3/10/2020	Piper Sandler	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$60.00 ➝ $36.00	High
2/10/2020	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$73.00	Low
1/7/2020	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$72.00 ➝ $73.00	Medium
1/6/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
12/6/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
10/10/2019	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$55.00 ➝ $56.00	Low
10/8/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Market Perform	$69.00 ➝ $65.00	High
9/13/2019	Citigroup	Lower Target	Buy	$75.00 ➝ $70.00	Low
8/20/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$76.00 ➝ $75.00	Medium
8/12/2019	Barclays	Set Target	Buy	$69.00	Low
7/31/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$69.00	High
6/25/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$65.00 ➝ $77.00	High

(Data available from 5/19/2019 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.34 (Hold)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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8 very positive mentions
6 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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10/22/2023

3 very positive mentions
8 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
1 very negative mentions

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11/21/2023

5 very positive mentions
7 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
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12/21/2023

14 very positive mentions
7 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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1/20/2024

20 very positive mentions
19 positive mentions
4 negative mentions
2 very negative mentions

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2/19/2024

20 very positive mentions
12 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
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3/20/2024

16 very positive mentions
22 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
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4/19/2024

14 very positive mentions
69 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
2 very negative mentions

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5/19/2024

Current Sentiment

Recent Stories by Sentiment

Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates in four segments: Life Insurance, Annuities, Group Protection, and Retirement Plan Services. The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, universal life insurance (UL), indexed universal life insurance, variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL products, and critical illness and long-term care riders. The Annuities segment offers variable, fixed, and registered index-linked annuities. The Group Protection segment offers group non-medical insurance products consisting of short and long-term disability and statutory disability; paid family medical leave administration and absence management services; term life; dental and vision; and accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity benefits and services to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans. The Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace; individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and various plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services. The company distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Today's Range

Now: $30.26

$30.06

$30.53

50 Day Range

MA: $28.97

$26.76

$32.08

52 Week Range

Now: $30.26

$20.47

$32.43

Volume

1,067,232 shs

Average Volume

1,634,415 shs

Market Capitalization

$5.15 billion

P/E Ratio

4.14

Dividend Yield

5.95%

Beta

1.8

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Lincoln National?: The following Wall Street research analysts have issued research reports on Lincoln National in the last twelve months: Barclays PLC, Evercore ISI, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Raymond James, StockNews.com, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., TheStreet, UBS Group AG, and Wells Fargo & Company.
View the latest analyst ratings for LNC.
What is the current price target for Lincoln National?: 10 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Lincoln National in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $28.40, suggesting a possible downside of 6.1%. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has the highest price target set, predicting LNC will reach $36.00 in the next twelve months. Barclays PLC has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $18.00 for Lincoln National in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for Lincoln National?: Lincoln National currently has 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Reduce."
View the latest ratings for LNC.
What other companies compete with Lincoln National?: Other companies that are similar to Lincoln National include American Equity Investment Life, Primerica, National Western Life Group, F&G Annuities & Life and Jackson Financial. Learn More about companies similar to Lincoln National.
How do I contact Lincoln National's investor relations team?: Lincoln National's physical mailing address is 150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD, RADNOR PA, 19087. The financial services provider's listed phone number is (484) 583-1400 and its investor relations email address is [email protected]. The official website for Lincoln National is www.lfg.com. Learn More about contacing Lincoln National investor relations.

Lincoln National - LNC Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for LNC

Current Consensus is Reduce

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.34 (Hold)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Lincoln National?

What is the current price target for Lincoln National?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Lincoln National?

What other companies compete with Lincoln National?

How do I contact Lincoln National's investor relations team?