LNC Dividend History & Description — Lincoln National Corp.

Lincoln National Corporation is a holding company, which operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses through subsidiary companies. Its segments include Annuities, Life Insurance, Group Protection and Retirement Plan Services. Dividend investors can review LNC historical dividends below, including ex-dividend dates, distribution amounts and yield information for Lincoln National Corporation. Use this page to review LNC historical dividends alongside current yield, estimated next dividend timing and dividend growth rate information.

Preferreds: LNC.PR, LNC.PRD

Name: 
Lincoln National Corp.
Stock buyback: 
LNC buyback
Website: 
www.lfg.com
Sector: 
Life & Health Insurance
Number of ETFs Holding LNC: 
141 (see which ones)

LNC Stock Dividend History

The LNC dividend history graphic shown above is presented after taking into consideration any known stock split occurrences, in order to present the most directly comparable LNC historical dividend comparison possible. Historical dividends, when charted graphically, can reveal the long-term variability and/or growth within the LNC dividend history record. Also see the LNC stock dividend history data table along the right-hand column below.

LNC Dividend History FAQ

What is the LNC dividend history?
I am following Lincoln National Corp., under stock symbol LNC, and I would like to know what their dividend history looks like?

✓Accepted answer: In our Dividend Channel database, the first LNC dividend we cover in our data set is from 10/05/1995, and the latest dividend is from 10/09/2026, those being the historical ex-dividend dates. Lincoln National Corp. is showing 124 total dividends in the LNC dividend history we have available. The last dividend to have gone ex-div was in the amount of 0.45 per share.

  Suggested answer: Are you looking to know how many historical dividends Lincoln National Corp. has had? If so, our database shows 124 historical dividends with the earliest in our data set being from 10/05/1995.

  Suggested answer: The Lincoln National Corp. dividend history is 124 entries long in the Dividend Channel database which goes back to 10/05/1995.


What is the LNC historical dividend amount?
For the most recent dividend to have passed its ex-dividend date for LNC, what is the amount per share and when did it go ex-div?

✓Accepted answer: The per-share amount for the most recent historical dividend, i.e. the most recent dividend that has already passed its ex-dividend date, is 0.45 per share, having gone ex-dividend on 10/09/2026

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Hold (2.12 out of 4)
48th percentile
(ranked lower than approx. 52% of all stocks covered)

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