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title: "Lincoln National Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Lincoln National Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) slid 3.45% to $41.98 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Lincoln National Corp. closed 11.93% short of its 52-week high of $47.67, which the company achieved on August 5th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as MetLife Inc. (MET) fell 1.73% to $93.46, Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) fell 1.33% to $120.59, and AFLAC Inc. (AFL) fell 0.29% to $116.17.

Trading volume (1.8 M) remained 140,581 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.

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