Lincoln National Corporation

NYSE:LNC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.3b

Lincoln National Valuation

Is LNC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LNC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LNC ($31) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($90.55)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LNC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LNC?

Key metric: As LNC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LNC. This is calculated by dividing LNC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LNC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.2x
EarningsUS$262.00m
Market CapUS$5.28b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LNC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LNC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.8x
CNO CNO Financial Group
13.8x12.4%US$3.8b
GNW Genworth Financial
31.6xn/aUS$3.0b
PRI Primerica
13.1x6.1%US$9.1b
GL Globe Life
8.4x3.7%US$9.2b
LNC Lincoln National
20.2x20.5%US$5.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LNC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the peer average (16.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LNC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UTGN UTG
1.9xn/aUS$88.57m
AORE.F American Overseas Group
2.1xn/aUS$16.44m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
LNC 20.2xIndustry Avg. 13.1xNo. of Companies14PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LNC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (13.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LNC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LNC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.2x
Fair PE Ratio15.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LNC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LNC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$31.00
US$36.09
+16.4%
11.4%US$45.00US$29.00n/a11
Dec ’25US$35.54
US$35.91
+1.0%
11.3%US$45.00US$29.00n/a11
Nov ’25US$33.52
US$34.18
+2.0%
9.2%US$40.00US$28.00n/a11
Oct ’25US$30.90
US$33.27
+7.7%
10.7%US$40.00US$28.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$32.10
US$32.90
+2.5%
10.2%US$38.00US$28.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$34.05
US$32.60
-4.3%
9.2%US$38.00US$28.00n/a10
Jul ’25US$31.32
US$31.50
+0.6%
11.0%US$38.00US$27.00n/a10
Jun ’25US$32.99
US$30.30
-8.2%
8.7%US$35.00US$27.00n/a10
May ’25US$27.69
US$30.00
+8.3%
8.4%US$35.00US$26.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$31.60
US$28.20
-10.8%
7.4%US$33.00US$26.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$27.70
US$28.10
+1.4%
6.6%US$32.00US$26.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$26.54
US$28.64
+7.9%
12.4%US$36.00US$22.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$26.97
US$25.64
-4.9%
14.6%US$30.00US$17.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$24.13
US$24.08
-0.2%
17.2%US$30.00US$16.00US$35.5412
Nov ’24US$21.44
US$25.58
+19.3%
15.5%US$32.00US$18.00US$33.5212
Oct ’24US$24.69
US$26.00
+5.3%
16.7%US$32.00US$18.00US$30.9012
Sep ’24US$26.21
US$26.08
-0.5%
17.5%US$32.00US$18.00US$32.1012
Aug ’24US$28.27
US$25.17
-11.0%
17.0%US$31.00US$17.00US$34.0512
Jul ’24US$25.76
US$24.00
-6.8%
18.9%US$31.00US$17.00US$31.3212
Jun ’24US$21.48
US$24.38
+13.5%
21.1%US$33.00US$16.00US$32.9913
May ’24US$21.68
US$27.79
+28.2%
20.1%US$37.00US$16.00US$27.6914
Apr ’24US$22.47
US$33.36
+48.5%
17.4%US$39.00US$16.00US$31.6014
Mar ’24US$31.10
US$34.29
+10.2%
11.1%US$39.00US$25.00US$27.7014
Feb ’24US$34.47
US$33.79
-2.0%
12.1%US$40.00US$25.00US$26.5414
Jan ’24US$30.72
US$39.43
+28.3%
19.9%US$55.00US$25.00US$26.9714
Dec ’23US$38.73
US$41.57
+7.3%
14.1%US$55.00US$35.00US$24.1314

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 15:58
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Lincoln National Corporation is covered by 29 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Alex ScottBarclays
Jay GelbBarclays