The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Lincoln National Corp shares valued at $196,450 were sold by Kennedy John Christopher on Aug 07 ’25. At $39.29 per share, Kennedy John Christopher sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 123,815 shares worth approximately $5.07 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, John Kennedy purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 196,455 in proceeds.
Before that, Kroll Brian had sold 10,075 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $333,482, the EVP, Head of Life & Annuities traded Lincoln National Corp shares for $33.10 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,075 shares, worth approximately $2.0 million.
As published in their initiating research note from TD Cowen on October 09, 2024, Lincoln National Corp [LNC] has been a Hold and the price target has been revised to $34. Analysts at Barclays started covering the stock with ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of May 22, 2024, Jefferies has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for LNC. Earlier on February 12, 2024, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for LNC stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing LNC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Lincoln National Corp [NYSE: LNC] rose 0.91% to $40.98. The stock’s lowest price that day was $40.02, but it reached a high of $40.99 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 7.11%. Over the course of the year, Lincoln National Corp shares have jumped approximately 40.49%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $40.99 on 08/14/25 and a 52-week low of $27.58 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Lincoln National Corp (LNC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 40.34, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 39.69. In the upper region, resistance lies at 41.31. The next price resistance is at 41.63. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.45 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Lincoln National Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Lincoln National Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.61 million shares to 6.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 6.12 million shares. A jump of 9.04% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.19 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.19.
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In terms of Lincoln National Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 39.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -2.73% from the previous closing price of $40.61. Analysts anticipate Lincoln National Corp stock to reach 42 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 37. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Lincoln National Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On January 03, 2024, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $26.
