Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) Receives Hold Rating from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

About 1.39M shares traded or 13.91% up from the average. Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) has risen 47.27% since January 16, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 30.57% the S&P500. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 4,784 shares of the company's stock valued at $185,000 after buying an additional 410 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Trust Na holds 0.03% or 6,341 shares. The stock increased 0.76% or $0.17 during the last trading session, reaching $22.44. About 1.81M shares traded. It has outperformed by 12.14% the S&P500. It also increased its holding in American Intl Group Wt by 226,820 shares in the quarter, for a total of 1.34M shares, and has risen its stake in Whirlpool Corp. Its down 0.08, from 0.92 in 2017Q2. It is positive, as 15 investors sold OI shares while 85 reduced holdings. Healthcor Management L.P. owns 1.13 million shares or 6.03% of their United States portfolio. Sii Invs Inc Wi holds 0.02% or 4,312 shares. Oregon Employees Retirement Fund owns 92,159 shares. Lincoln National Corporation's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is now 18.83%. Pacad Investment Limited accumulated 3,800 shares. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.33 per share. Beck Mack & Oliver Limited Company reported 613,655 shares stake. Lombard Odier Asset Mngmt (Europe) Ltd holds 3,214 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. Blair William Il holds 0.01% or 44,920 shares. Css Il has 104,311 shares for 0.37% of their portfolio. (NYSE:OI). American invested in 0.03% or 333,210 shares. Charter Tru has 0.14% invested in Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON). Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Lincoln National Corporation from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $72.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 1st. Moreover, Vident Inv Advisory Ltd Llc has 0.01% invested in Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Analysts await Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:AET) to report earnings on January, 30. They expect $0.20 EPS, up 17.65% or $0.03 from last year's $0.17 per share. Jarislowsky Fraser Limited has invested 0.01% in Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC). Marriott International had 56 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray on Friday, August 11 with "Buy". Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained the shares of LNC in report on Friday, September 22 with "Hold" rating. (NYSE:AET) has "Mkt Perform" rating given on Tuesday, January 24 by Leerink Swann. The company was initiated on Thursday, August 27 by Sandler O'Neill. The company was maintained on Monday, November 13 by Morgan Stanley. The company was upgraded on Friday, November 11 by Credit Suisse. Bank of America downgraded the stock to "Neutral" rating in Wednesday, June 29 report. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Outperform" on Friday, February 3.

Since October 20, 2017, it had 2 insider purchases, and 0 insider sales for $5.10 million activity. CHAPPEL DONALD R sold 272,088 shares worth $8.25 million. (NYSE:WMB). Ray Gerald L And Assocs owns 36,054 shares.

Analysts await Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) to report earnings on January, 31 after the close. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.89 EPS. LNC's profit will be $417.97 million for 11.04 P/E if the $1.91 EPS becomes a reality. After $2.03 actual EPS reported by Lincoln National Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -5.91% negative EPS growth.

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The stock of Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) reached all time high today, Jan, 15 and still has $91.96 target or 9.00% above today's $84.37 share price. Investec Asset Management Ltd who had been investing in Lincoln National Corp for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $18.46 billion market cap company. The Company operates through four segments: Annuities segment, which offers fixed (including indexed) and variable annuities; Retirement Plan Services segment, which provides employers with retirement plan products and services; Life Insurance segment, which focuses on the creation and protection of wealth through life insurance products, and Group Protection, which offers principally group non-medical insurance products. It has a 31.86 P/E ratio. The firm sells a range of wealth protection, accumulation, and retirement income products and solutions. Its up 0.13, from 1.06 in 2017Q2.

Lincoln National Corporation is a holding company, which operates insurance and retirement businesses through subsidiary companies. 53 funds opened positions while 169 raised stakes. The financial services provider reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.19. 8,844 were reported by First Business Fincl Svcs. Cap Counsel holds 4,088 shares.

Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 3rd. Agf Investments owns 0.22% invested in Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) for 278,601 shares. Numeric Investors Ltd Llc reported 383,087 shares. 49 are owned by San Francisco Sentry Invest (Ca). The Minnesota-based Us Natl Bank De has invested 0.06% in Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC). Eqis Inc stated it has 3,090 shares. Rhumbline Advisers reported 0.06% stake. Beck Mack And Oliver Ltd Liability, a New York-based fund reported 613,655 shares. In the most recent quarterly financial report, for the quarter ending Sep. Hancock Hldgs accumulated 215,922 shares. (NYSE:WMB). Riverhead Cap Management Llc holds 14,850 shares or 0.02% of its portfolio. Birmingham Capital Co Al has invested 0.92% in Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC). Therefore 24% are positive. Lincoln National's quarterly revenue was down.4% on a year-over-year basis. The firm earned "Overweight" rating on Thursday, August 13 by Morgan Stanley. The stock of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) earned "Buy" rating by UBS on Thursday, October 8. The stock of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) has "Neutral" rating given on Thursday, April 7 by JP Morgan. RBC Capital Markets has "Sector Perform" rating and $52 target. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Barclays Capital downgraded the shares of MAR in report on Wednesday, August 12 to "Overweight" rating.

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