Insurance and retirement company Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) will be reporting results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Lincoln Financial Group beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.73 billion, up 4.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ net premiums earned estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Lincoln Financial Group’s revenue to grow 4.6% year on year to $4.81 billion, a reversal from the 1.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.87 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Lincoln Financial Group has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Lincoln Financial Group’s peers in the insurance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Globe Life delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.1%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Principal Financial Group reported revenues up 6.1%, falling short of estimates by 4.8%. Globe Life’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Principal Financial Group was up 3.3%.
Read our full analysis of Globe Life’s results here and Principal Financial Group’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.6% on average over the last month. Lincoln Financial Group’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $43.75 (compared to the current share price of $40.12).
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