NYSE:LNCInsurance
Lincoln National (LNC) Stock Looks Cheap After Profit Reset And De Risking
Lincoln National stock barely flinched after earnings, slipping less than 1% to about US$45. That muted move sits awkwardly against a quarter that swung from a loss in Q1 to US$6.72 in basic earnings per share and about US$1.3b in net income. The real story is not today’s price tick. It is a life insurer that has been cleaning up its balance sheet and now reports an 11.7% net margin over the past year while trading on a single digit P/E. The rest of this report examines whether that gap can...