Growth Metrics

Lincoln National (LNC) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Lincoln National's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 27.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, down 27.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.12%, 31.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.11% in Q4 2025 per LNC's latest filing, down from 0.7% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 7.31% in Q2 2025 to a low of 6.55% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: plummeted -662bps in 2022, then surged 700bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then plummeted by -301bps to 0.18% in 2022, then increased by 19bps to 0.15% in 2023, then soared by 354bps to 0.38% in 2024, then plummeted by -71bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LNC's Return on Equity are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.7% (Q3 2025), and 7.31% (Q2 2025).