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Lincoln National (Lincoln National) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -10.03% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Lincoln National's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,146 Mil. Lincoln National's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-816 Mil. Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -10.03%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

LNC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -17.69   Med: 11.45   Max: 53.39
Current: -9.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Lincoln National was 53.39%. The lowest was -17.69%. And the median was 11.45%.

LNC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
96.95% of 492 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.41 vs LNC: -9.82

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Lincoln National's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Lincoln National Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lincoln National Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.08 4.83 30.49 21.60 -10.03

Lincoln National Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.60 -13.05 -17.33 20.83 -10.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lincoln National Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lincoln National's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Lincoln National Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Lincoln Nationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-817/8145.89202
=-10.03 %

Lincoln National's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-816 Mil.



Lincoln National  (NYSE:LNC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Lincoln National (Lincoln National) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
150 North Radnor-Chester Road, Suite A305, Radnor, PA, USA, 19087
Lincoln National Corp operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses. The company's operating segment includes Annuities; Retirement Plan Services; Life Insurance and Group Protection. Its products primarily include fixed and indexed annuities, variable annuities, universal life insurance (UL), variable universal life insurance (VUL), linked-benefit UL and VUL, indexed universal life insurance (IUL), term life insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plans and services, and group life, disability and dental.
Executives
Owen Ryan director C/O BLACKLINE INC, 21300 VICTORY BOULEVARD 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Andrew Rallis officer: EVP, Chief Risk Officer 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Sean Woodroffe officer: EVP, Ch Ppl Culture Comms Off 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
John Christopher Kennedy officer: EVP, President LFD 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Deirdre P Connelly director C/O GLAXOSMITHKLINE, FIVE CRESCENT DRIVE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112-1001
James Waltman Reid officer: EVP Head of Wrkplc Solutions 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Matthew Grove officer: EVP Head of Life Annuities LFN 150 N RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Dennis R Glass officer: President & COO LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, 150 N. RADNOR CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Christopher M Neczypor officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer 150 N RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Jayson R Bronchetti officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 150 N RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Adam M Cohen officer: CAO 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Randal J Freitag officer: EVP & CFO LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, 150 N. RADNOR CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Janet Liang director 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Dale Lefebvre director 150 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Kenneth S. Solon officer: EVP & Chief Information Ofc.. 150 N. RADNOR CHESTER ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087