Insurance and retirement company Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.
Lincoln Financial Group met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.69 billion, up 2.2% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ book value per share estimates and EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Lincoln Financial Group’s revenue to grow 3.3% year on year to $4.67 billion, a reversal from the 4.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.88 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 life insurance segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Principal Financial Group’s revenues decreased 9.5% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 7.1%, and Globe Life reported revenues up 3.2%, in line with consensus estimates. Principal Financial Group’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Globe Life was up 5.1%.
Read our full analysis of Principal Financial Group’s results here and Globe Life’s results here.
The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the life insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.1% on average over the last month. Lincoln Financial Group is up 1.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $39.18 (compared to the current share price of $35.04).
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