Lincoln National Corp. (LNC): Price and Financial Metrics

LNC POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where LNC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 96.38% of US stocks.
• LNC's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 177 days.
• LNC's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 1.46% of US stocks).

LNC Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.15% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP is higher than it is for about 98.06% of US stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 68.79 for LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP; that's greater than it is for 99.44% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be FTAI, PIII, LNG, WTI, and AES.
• LNC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP's official web site, go to www.lfg.com.

LNC Valuation Summary

• LNC's EV/EBIT ratio is 2.4; this is 77.78% lower than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• Over the past 243 months, LNC's price/sales ratio has gone down 1.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LNC.

LNC Growth Metrics

The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 9.39%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -182.87%.
• The 2 year price growth rate now stands at 69.74%.

LNC's revenue has moved up $22,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows LNC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	18,784	4,033	-2,227
2022-09-30	19,192	3,437	-2,012
2022-06-30	19,635	3,090	880
2022-03-31	19,382	1,546	1,284
2021-12-31	19,230	151	1,405
2021-09-30	18,762	301	1,328

LNC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LNC has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 22.86% of graded US stocks.
• LNC's asset turnover comes in at 0.052 -- ranking 121st of 133 Insurance stocks.
• VOYA, FAF, and PRU are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LNC.

The table below shows LNC's key quality metrics over time.