Lincoln National Corporation (LNC)

Lincoln National (Lincoln Financial) provides life insurance and annuities. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Lincoln National Corporation trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol LNC. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $37.00, up 2.13% on the session, giving Lincoln National Corporation a market capitalization of roughly $7.07B.

Over the past 52 weeks, LNC has traded between $32.18 and $46.82. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 4.0, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Lincoln National Corporation also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 4.86%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, Lincoln National Corporation is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch LNC for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.