President & CEO of Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) Dennis R Glass sells 25,469 shares of LNC on 03/08/2011 at an average price of $31.1 a share.

Lincoln National Corp. has a market cap of $9.82 billion; its shares were traded at around $31.11 with a P/E ratio of 9.9 and P/S ratio of 0.9. The dividend yield of Lincoln National Corp. stocks is 0.7%. Lincoln National Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 17.2% over the past 10 years.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of LNC. For the complete insider trading history of LNC, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director Gary C Kelly bought 1,000 shares of LNC stock on 02/07/2011 at the average price of 31.11. Gary C Kelly owns at least 3,294 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0% since.
• Sell: VP & CAO Douglas N Miller sold 2,500 shares of LNC stock on 02/11/2011 at the average price of 31.54. Douglas N Miller owns at least 16,368 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.36% since.
• Sell: President - LFD Wilford H. Fuller sold 3,367 shares of LNC stock on 02/11/2011 at the average price of 31.56. Wilford H. Fuller owns at least 142,923 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.43% since.
• Sell: President - Ins. and Ret. Sol. Mark E Konen sold 5,000 shares of LNC stock on 01/27/2011 at the average price of 30. Mark E Konen owns at least 140,741 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.7% since.
• Sell: President - LFD Wilford H. Fuller sold 5,500 shares of LNC stock on 12/08/2010 at the average price of 27.22. Wilford H. Fuller owns at least 146,080 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 14.29% since.

For the complete insider trading history of LNC, click here.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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