Lincoln National Corp’s recently made public that its EVP, Ch Ppl Culture Comms Off Woodroffe Sean unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.66 million on Aug 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $40.90 per share,16,164 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Woodroffe Sean now holds 155,982 shares worth roughly $6.28 million.
Then, Kroll Brian sold 6,362 shares, generating $260,015 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $40.87, the EVP, Head of Life & Annuities now owns 49,756 shares.
Before that, Sean Nigel Woodroffe bought 16,164 shares. Lincoln National Corp shares valued at $661,045 were divested by the Officer at a price of $40.90 per share.
Morgan Stanley upgraded its Lincoln National Corp [LNC] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal-weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wolfe Research’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid September with a ‘”an Underperform”‘ rating. TD Cowen began covering LNC with “Hold” recommendation on October 09, 2024. Barclays started covering the stock on September 05, 2024. It rated LNC as “an Equal weight”.
Price Performance Review of LNC
On Tuesday, Lincoln National Corp [NYSE:LNC] saw its stock jump 2.57% to $40.25. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.47%. Lincoln National Corp shares have risen nearly 28.02% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 26.93% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Lincoln National Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Lincoln National Corp stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 0.23 million shares to a total of 5.21 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 4.98 million shares. There was a rise of 4.35%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
