CW Advisors LLC Buys 98,876 Shares of Lincoln National Corporation $LNC

CW Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC - Free Report) by 98.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 199,783 shares of the financial services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 98,876 shares during the quarter. CW Advisors LLC owned about 0.11% of Lincoln National worth $6,912,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC raised its position in Lincoln National by 19.6% during the second quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 64,931 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,247,000 after acquiring an additional 10,652 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP increased its stake in shares of Lincoln National by 28.4% during the 2nd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 281,599 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $9,743,000 after purchasing an additional 62,223 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Lincoln National in the 2nd quarter valued at about $87,362,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC lifted its stake in Lincoln National by 27.5% in the 2nd quarter. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC now owns 8,373 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $290,000 after purchasing an additional 1,805 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Lincoln National by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 46,013 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,592,000 after purchasing an additional 2,038 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.81% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LNC has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Lincoln National from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. National Bankshares set a $44.00 target price on Lincoln National in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Lincoln National from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Zacks Research raised shares of Lincoln National from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Lincoln National from $43.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $43.40.

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Lincoln National Stock Up 1.3%

LNC stock opened at $42.46 on Friday. Lincoln National Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $27.58 and a fifty-two week high of $43.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.81, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 1.33. The business's fifty day moving average price is $40.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.04.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The financial services provider reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.20. Lincoln National had a net margin of 11.49% and a return on equity of 18.77%. The business had revenue of $4.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.06 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Lincoln National Corporation will post 7.69 earnings per share for the current year.

Lincoln National Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 12th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Lincoln National's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Lincoln National

In related news, Director Owen Ryan purchased 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $42.17 per share, for a total transaction of $84,340.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 12,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $506,040. This represents a 20.00% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.51% of the company's stock.

Lincoln National Company Profile

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.

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