LNC Lincoln National Corporation — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) is a U.S.-based financial services company primarily involved in the insurance and retirement sectors. Operating through various subsidiaries, its operations are structured across four key divisions: Annuities, Retirement Plan Services, Life Insurance, and Group Protection. The Annuities division provides a range of annuity products, including fixed, variable, and indexed variable options. Its Retirement Plan Services segment caters to employers, focusing predominantly on the defined contribution market. This unit delivers a suite of retirement solutions, encompassing individual and group variable and fixed annuities, alongside mutual fund-based programs. Furthermore, it offers comprehensive plan administration services such as recordkeeping, compliance verification, participant education, and trust and custodial support. The Life Insurance segment delivers various life coverage options, from term insurance to universal life products, specifically single and survivorship universal life, variable universal life, and indexed universal life policies. It also makes available critical illness and long-term care riders to enhance these plans. Finally, the Group Protection segment focuses on providing non-medical group insurance benefits and services to the employer sector. Its offerings include short-term and long-term disability, statutory disability, paid family medical leave administration, and absence management. Additionally, it offers group term life, dental, vision, accident, and critical illness coverage, all available through both employee-contributed and employer-funded schemes. Lincoln National distributes its financial products and services through an extensive network of consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, and other intermediary partners. Established in 1905, Lincoln National Corporation maintains its headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
4.11%
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$1.8000
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
79.4
Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
52
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$32.59 – $47.00
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio
35.34%
The share of GAAP earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns. It shows n/a for BDCs, REITs and funds, which pay out of cash flow / net investment income rather than GAAP earnings, so this ratio doesn't apply.Years Paying
41
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book
0.75
Price-to-book ratio: share price divided by book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
LNC's dividend yield fell from 4.79% to 4.11% over the past ~90 days (-0.69 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.69 pp from the share price ($37.57 → $43.84). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 335 daily observations over the past 16 months, LNC's current yield is higher than approximately 11% of them. Our stored price history for LNC covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2026 | Oct 09, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | Nov 02, 2026 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 28, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 03, 2026 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Feb 12, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 01, 2026 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 13, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 02, 2026 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 14, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Nov 03, 2025 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 22, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 01, 2025 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Feb 20, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | May 01, 2025 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 03, 2025 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 01, 2024 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 23, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 01, 2024 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Feb 22, 2024 | Apr 09, 2024 | Apr 10, 2024 | May 01, 2024 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2023 | Jan 09, 2024 | Jan 10, 2024 | Feb 01, 2024 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Nov 01, 2023 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 25, 2023 | Jul 07, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Aug 01, 2023 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Feb 16, 2023 | Apr 06, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | May 01, 2023 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 02, 2022 | Jan 09, 2023 | Jan 10, 2023 | Feb 01, 2023 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2022 | Oct 06, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Nov 01, 2022 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 27, 2022 | Jul 08, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 01, 2022 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Feb 17, 2022 | Apr 08, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | May 02, 2022 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2021 | Jan 07, 2022 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 01, 2022 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Aug 18, 2021 | Oct 07, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | Nov 01, 2021 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Jun 03, 2021 | Jul 09, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Aug 02, 2021 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Feb 18, 2021 | Apr 09, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | May 03, 2021 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2020 | Jan 08, 2021 | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 01, 2021 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Aug 20, 2020 | Oct 08, 2020 | Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 01, 2020 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Jun 12, 2020 | Jul 09, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | Aug 01, 2020 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Feb 20, 2020 | Apr 09, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | May 01, 2020 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Oct 30, 2019 | Jan 09, 2020 | Jan 10, 2020 | Feb 01, 2020 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2019 | Oct 09, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | Nov 01, 2019 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | May 24, 2019 | Jul 09, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Aug 01, 2019 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2019 | Apr 09, 2019 | Apr 10, 2019 | May 01, 2019 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2018 | Jan 09, 2019 | Jan 10, 2019 | Feb 01, 2019 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2018 | Oct 09, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | Nov 01, 2018 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | May 25, 2018 | Jul 09, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 | Aug 01, 2018 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Feb 22, 2018 | Apr 09, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 | May 01, 2018 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2017 | Jan 09, 2018 | Jan 10, 2018 | Feb 01, 2018 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2017 | Oct 06, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 01, 2017 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | May 30, 2017 | Jul 06, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Aug 01, 2017 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 2017 | Apr 06, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | May 01, 2017 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Nov 02, 2016 | Jan 06, 2017 | Jan 10, 2017 | Feb 01, 2017 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2016 | Oct 05, 2016 | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 01, 2016 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | May 27, 2016 | Jul 07, 2016 | Jul 11, 2016 | Aug 01, 2016 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2016 | Apr 07, 2016 | Apr 11, 2016 | May 02, 2016 |
| $0.2500 Q | Regular | Oct 28, 2015 | Jan 07, 2016 | Jan 11, 2016 | Feb 01, 2016 |
| $0.2000 Q | Regular | Aug 13, 2015 | Oct 07, 2015 | Oct 12, 2015 | Nov 01, 2015 |
| $0.2000 Q | Regular | May 21, 2015 | Jul 08, 2015 | Jul 10, 2015 | Aug 01, 2015 |
| $0.2000 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2015 | Apr 08, 2015 | Apr 10, 2015 | May 01, 2015 |
| $0.2000 Q | Regular | Oct 29, 2014 | Jan 08, 2015 | Jan 12, 2015 | Feb 01, 2015 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Aug 14, 2014 | Oct 08, 2014 | Oct 10, 2014 | Nov 01, 2014 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | May 22, 2014 | Jul 08, 2014 | Jul 10, 2014 | Aug 01, 2014 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2014 | Apr 08, 2014 | Apr 10, 2014 | May 01, 2014 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2013 | Jan 08, 2014 | Jan 10, 2014 | Feb 01, 2014 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2013 | Oct 08, 2013 | Oct 10, 2013 | Nov 01, 2013 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | May 23, 2013 | Jul 08, 2013 | Jul 10, 2013 | Aug 01, 2013 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 | Apr 09, 2013 | May 01, 2013 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2012 | Jan 08, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Feb 01, 2013 |
| $0.0800 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2012 | Oct 05, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 | Nov 01, 2012 |
| $0.0800 Q | Regular | May 24, 2012 | Jul 06, 2012 | Jul 10, 2012 | Aug 01, 2012 |
| $0.0800 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2012 | Apr 04, 2012 | Apr 09, 2012 | May 01, 2012 |
| $0.0800 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2011 | Jan 06, 2012 | Jan 10, 2012 | Feb 01, 2012 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2011 | Oct 06, 2011 | Oct 11, 2011 | Nov 01, 2011 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | May 26, 2011 | Jul 07, 2011 | Jul 11, 2011 | Aug 01, 2011 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2011 | Apr 07, 2011 | Apr 11, 2011 | May 01, 2011 |
| $0.0500 Q | Regular | Nov 16, 2010 | Jan 06, 2011 | Jan 10, 2011 | Feb 01, 2011 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | Aug 12, 2010 | Oct 06, 2010 | Oct 08, 2010 | Nov 01, 2010 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | May 28, 2010 | Jul 07, 2010 | Jul 09, 2010 | Aug 01, 2010 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 2010 | Apr 07, 2010 | Apr 09, 2010 | May 01, 2010 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2009 | Jan 07, 2010 | Jan 11, 2010 | Feb 01, 2010 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2009 | Oct 07, 2009 | Oct 09, 2009 | Nov 01, 2009 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | May 14, 2009 | Jul 08, 2009 | Jul 10, 2009 | Aug 01, 2009 |
| $0.0100 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2009 | Apr 07, 2009 | Apr 09, 2009 | May 01, 2009 |
| $0.2100 Q | Regular | Oct 10, 2008 | Jan 07, 2009 | Jan 09, 2009 | Feb 01, 2009 |
| $0.4150 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2008 | Oct 08, 2008 | Oct 10, 2008 | Nov 01, 2008 |
| $0.4150 Q | Regular | May 08, 2008 | Jul 08, 2008 | Jul 10, 2008 | Aug 01, 2008 |
| $0.4150 Q | Regular | Feb 08, 2008 | Apr 07, 2008 | Apr 09, 2008 | May 01, 2008 |
| $0.4150 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2007 | Jan 08, 2008 | Jan 10, 2008 | Feb 01, 2008 |
| $0.3950 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2007 | Oct 05, 2007 | Oct 10, 2007 | Nov 01, 2007 |
| $0.3950 Q | Regular | May 10, 2007 | Jul 06, 2007 | Jul 10, 2007 | Aug 01, 2007 |
| $0.3950 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 2007 | Apr 04, 2007 | Apr 09, 2007 | May 01, 2007 |
| $0.3950 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2006 | Jan 08, 2007 | Jan 10, 2007 | Feb 01, 2007 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Sep 14, 2006 | Oct 10, 2006 | Oct 12, 2006 | Nov 01, 2006 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Jun 09, 2006 | Jul 06, 2006 | Jul 10, 2006 | Aug 01, 2006 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Mar 09, 2006 | Apr 11, 2006 | Apr 14, 2006 | May 01, 2006 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Nov 11, 2005 | Jan 06, 2006 | Jan 10, 2006 | Feb 01, 2006 |
| $0.3650 Q | Regular | Sep 08, 2005 | Oct 05, 2005 | Oct 10, 2005 | Nov 01, 2005 |
| $0.3650 Q | Regular | May 13, 2005 | Jul 07, 2005 | Jul 11, 2005 | Aug 01, 2005 |
| $0.3650 Q | Regular | Mar 10, 2005 | Apr 07, 2005 | Apr 11, 2005 | May 01, 2005 |
| $0.3650 Q | Regular | Nov 11, 2004 | Jan 06, 2005 | Jan 10, 2005 | Feb 01, 2005 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Sep 09, 2004 | Oct 06, 2004 | Oct 08, 2004 | Nov 01, 2004 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | May 14, 2004 | Jul 07, 2004 | Jul 09, 2004 | Aug 01, 2004 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 2004 | Apr 06, 2004 | Apr 09, 2004 | May 01, 2004 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Nov 13, 2003 | Jan 07, 2004 | Jan 09, 2004 | Feb 01, 2004 |
| $0.3350 Q | Regular | Sep 11, 2003 | Oct 08, 2003 | Oct 10, 2003 | Nov 01, 2003 |
| $0.3350 Q | Regular | May 09, 2003 | Jul 08, 2003 | Jul 10, 2003 | Aug 01, 2003 |
| $0.3350 Q | Regular | Mar 13, 2003 | Apr 07, 2003 | Apr 09, 2003 | May 01, 2003 |
| $0.3350 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2002 | Jan 08, 2003 | Jan 10, 2003 | Feb 01, 2003 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2002 | Oct 08, 2002 | Oct 10, 2002 | Nov 01, 2002 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | May 14, 2002 | Jul 08, 2002 | Jul 10, 2002 | Aug 01, 2002 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Mar 14, 2002 | Apr 08, 2002 | Apr 10, 2002 | May 01, 2002 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2001 | Jan 08, 2002 | Jan 10, 2002 | Feb 01, 2002 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2001 | Oct 05, 2001 | Oct 10, 2001 | Nov 01, 2001 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | May 11, 2001 | Jul 06, 2001 | Jul 10, 2001 | Aug 01, 2001 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Mar 08, 2001 | Apr 06, 2001 | Apr 10, 2001 | May 01, 2001 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2000 | Jan 08, 2001 | Jan 10, 2001 | Feb 01, 2001 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2000 | Oct 05, 2000 | Oct 10, 2000 | Nov 01, 2000 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | May 11, 2000 | Jul 06, 2000 | Jul 10, 2000 | Aug 01, 2000 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Mar 10, 2000 | Apr 06, 2000 | Apr 10, 2000 | May 01, 2000 |
| $0.2900 Q | Regular | Nov 11, 1999 | Jan 06, 2000 | Jan 10, 2000 | Feb 01, 2000 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Aug 12, 1999 | Oct 06, 1999 | Oct 08, 1999 | Nov 01, 1999 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | May 13, 1999 | Jul 07, 1999 | Jul 09, 1999 | Aug 01, 1999 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Mar 11, 1999 | Apr 07, 1999 | Apr 09, 1999 | May 01, 1999 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Nov 12, 1998 | Jan 06, 1999 | Jan 08, 1999 | Feb 01, 1999 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | Aug 13, 1998 | Oct 07, 1998 | Oct 09, 1998 | Nov 01, 1998 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | May 14, 1998 | Jul 08, 1998 | Jul 10, 1998 | Aug 01, 1998 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 1998 | Apr 07, 1998 | Apr 09, 1998 | May 01, 1998 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | Nov 13, 1997 | Jan 07, 1998 | Jan 09, 1998 | Feb 01, 1998 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Aug 14, 1997 | Oct 08, 1997 | Oct 10, 1997 | Nov 01, 1997 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | May 15, 1997 | Jul 08, 1997 | Jul 10, 1997 | Aug 01, 1997 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Mar 13, 1997 | Apr 08, 1997 | Apr 10, 1997 | May 01, 1997 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 1996 | Jan 08, 1997 | Jan 10, 1997 | Feb 01, 1997 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Insurance - Life dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINSF | China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company Limited | 5.03% | 2.9% | 2 yrs | 83 |
| TDHOF | T&D Holdings, Inc. | 3.55% | 15.4% | 4 yrs | 76 |
| JPPIF | Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. | 3.19% | 8.7% | 3 yrs | 72 |
| CILJF | China Life Insurance Company Limited | 5.64% | -1.4% | 2 yrs | 72 |
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LNC dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Lincoln National Corporation pay a dividend?
Yes. Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $1.80 per share, a yield of approximately 4.11%.
What is Lincoln National Corporation's dividend yield?
Lincoln National Corporation's dividend yield is approximately 4.11%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Lincoln National Corporation pay dividends?
Lincoln National Corporation pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
When is Lincoln National Corporation's next ex-dividend date?
The next ex-dividend date on record for Lincoln National Corporation is October 9, 2026. The associated payment is $0.4500 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.
How long has Lincoln National Corporation paid dividends?
Lincoln National Corporation has 41 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Sep 13, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.