Lincoln National Corp (Radnor PA) (LNC): Today's Featured Insurance Winner

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Lincoln National Corp (Radnor (LNC) pushed the Insurance industry higher today making it today's featured insurance winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Lincoln National Corp (Radnor rose 52 cents (1.8%) to $29.50 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.1 million shares of Lincoln National Corp (Radnor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $29.12-$29.62 after having opened the day at $29.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.98. Other companies within the Insurance industry that increased today were: Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), up 7.2%, Crawford & Company (CRD.A), up 5.4%, Radian Group (RDN), up 5.3%, and Donegal Group (DGICA), up 4.7%.

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Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It sells a range of wealth protection, accumulation, and retirement income products and solutions. Lincoln National Corp (Radnor has a market cap of $7.97 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Lincoln National Corp (Radnor a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Lincoln National Corp (Radnor as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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