LINCOLN NATL CORP IND LNC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 534187109 · ISIN US5341871094
American holding company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryLife Insurance
- HeadquartersRadnor, PA
- Founded1905
- Websitelincolnfinancial.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($14.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 191.4m as of 2026-07-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $35.37. Options: 22 managers hold calls ($82.7m notional), 22 hold puts ($90.0m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 617 |
| Q4 2022 | 574 |
| Q1 2023 | 493 |
| Q2 2023 | 496 |
| Q3 2023 | 478 |
| Q4 2023 | 506 |
| Q1 2024 | 503 |
| Q2 2024 | 536 |
| Q3 2024 | 532 |
| Q4 2024 | 558 |
| Q1 2025 | 571 |
| Q2 2025 | 569 |
| Q3 2025 | 605 |
| Q4 2025 | 628 |
| Q1 2026 | 616 |
| Q2 2026 | 616 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 231 | 239 |
| Q4 2024 | 216 | 249 |
| Q1 2025 | 267 | 240 |
| Q2 2025 | 261 | 254 |
| Q3 2025 | 278 | 237 |
| Q4 2025 | 278 | 248 |
| Q1 2026 | 297 | 279 |
| Q2 2026 | 314 | 256 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $120.0m | $124.1m | 1.03 |
| Q4 2025 | $106.1m | $123.1m | 1.16 |
| Q1 2026 | $80.2m | $122.9m | 1.53 |
| Q2 2026 | $82.7m | $90.0m | 1.09 |
Biggest buyers
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +1.2m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +868.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +816.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +678.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | Added | +567.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +565.9k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +491.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +486.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +482.0k |
| Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dac | Added | +355.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -701.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -686.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -666.3k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -641.8k |
| CSM Advisors, LLC | Sold out | -372.9k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC | Sold out | -285.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -263.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -207.8k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | Reduced | -197.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | Reduced | -192.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $30.3m857.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $14.9m422.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $7.2m204.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $4.8m135.3k shares |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Added | $3.5m100.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $3.0m84.9k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $2.8m80.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.4m67.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.0m55.4k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $1.8m50.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $32.0m906.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $17.3m488.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $11.4m323.5k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $6.2m175.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.8m108.1k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $3.6m100.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.5m70.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.4m69.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $2.2m62.1k shares |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | $1.4m40.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
Bain Capital Prairie, LLC
13D · may seek influence
-0.1 pts · filed 2026-08-12
Stated purposeItem 4 is amended and supplemented by adding: In accordance with Section 6.2 of the Stock Purchase Agreement, on August 10, 2026, the Reporting Person informed the Company of its election to sell shares of Common Stock to the Company, as the Company repurchases shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time, to the extent necessary to prevent the Reporting Person from beneficially owning 10% or more of the voting securities of the Company, subject to a floor price equal to the Reporting Person's initial acquisition price of the Common Stock. Full filing |
9.8% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $679.6k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.8m | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.1m | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | $84.3k | 1 | $155.4k | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | $9.8k | 2 | $734.0k | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.9m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 2 | $895.8k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | Woodroffe Sean EVP, Ch Ppl Comms Ent Srvc Off | Sold | $498.1k11.0k shares |
| 2026-08-12 | KELLY GARY C Director · Depositary Shares representing Series D Preferred Stock | Sold | $397.7k15.0k shares |
| 2026-06-05 | Beazer CraigT T EVP & General Counsel | Sold | $1.0m30.0k shares |
| 2026-06-01 | Woodroffe Sean EVP, Ch Ppl Comms Ent Srvc Off | Sold | $868.8k25.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Bain Capital Prairie, LLC 100.00% of their portfolio | 18.8m $663.1m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.6m $656.2m | Added +63.9k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.4m $368.6m | Added +17.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 8.6m $303.0m | Added +816.5k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.3m $295.1m | Added +76.1k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.4m $226.6m | Added +491.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.1m $215.9m | Added +215.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.0m $176.5m | Added +565.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.8m $133.4m | Reduced -50.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $128.4m | Reduced -60.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $112.9m | Added +34.8k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.5m $89.8m | Reduced -19.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $81.0m | Not comparable |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $77.5m | Added +57.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.1m $75.6m | Reduced -142.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $74.5m | Added +321.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $68.0m | Added +1.2m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $67.0m | Added +44.1k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.9m $66.1m | Added +73.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $63.1m | Added +6.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.6m | Added +59.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.3m | Added +164.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.7m | Reduced -7.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.7m | Added +25.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $51.0m | Reduced -686.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $50.4m | Added +868.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $49.8m | Added +482.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.4m $48.9m | Reduced -701.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $45.6m | Added +678.1k |
| ALGEBRIS (UK) LTD 2.95% of their portfolio | 1.3m $44.8m | Reduced -90.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $42.1m | Reduced -263.0k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $38.6m | Added +24.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 968.9k $34.2m | Added +199.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 817.2k $28.9m | Added +108.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 765.3k $27.7m | Added +223.1k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.04% of their portfolio | 739.7k $26.1m | Added +209.4k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 733.1k $25.9m | Added +149.8k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 715.2k $25.3m | Added +166.4k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 707.7k $25.0m | Added +567.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 699.6k $24.7m | Added +486.1k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 697.5k $24.7m | Added +269.2k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 694.0k $24.5m | Added +206.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 662.9k $23.4m | Added +182.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 639.0k $22.6m | Added +46.9k |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 619.9k $21.9m | Added +34.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 618.9k $21.9m | Added +83.2k |
| Cander Asset Management LP 4.06% of their portfolio | 617.6k $21.8m | Added +224.8k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.69% of their portfolio | 608.4k $21.5m | Added +159.8k |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC 5.04% of their portfolio | 603.2k $21.3m | Added +32.5k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.05% of their portfolio | 584.7k $20.7m | Reduced -20.1k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 560.8k $19.8m | Added +38.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 535.3k $18.9m | Reduced -126.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 531.8k $18.8m | Reduced -666.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 530.3k $18.7m | Added +269.2k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 510.4k $18.0m | Added +44.8k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 501.8k $17.7m | Added +248.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 451.3k $16.0m | Reduced -54.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 436.7k $15.4m | Reduced -381 |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.01% of their portfolio | 388.0k $13.7m | Added +21.2k |
| Prana Capital Management, LP 0.40% of their portfolio | 371.4k $13.1m | Added +298.3k |
| Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dac 0.24% of their portfolio | 367.0k $12.8m | Added +355.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 360.2k $12.7m | Reduced -2.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 349.0k $12.3m | Added +63.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 345.0k $12.2m | Reduced -63.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 343.3k $12.1m | Added +5.1k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 324.8k $11.5m | Added +124.0k |
| &PARTNERS 0.04% of their portfolio | 309.7k $10.9m | Added +86.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 300.6k $10.6m | Reduced -130.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 297.5k $10.5m | Reduced -34.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 288.8k $10.2m | Added +164.7k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 287.6k $10.2m | Added +73.9k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 287.5k $10.2m | Added +25.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 271.8k $9.6m | Added +67.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 253.0k $8.9m | Reduced -88.3k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 227.3k $8.0m | Added +44.9k |
| Cordgrass Capital Advisors, LLC 2.89% of their portfolio | 219.6k $7.8m | Reduced -12 |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.4k $7.4m | Added +109.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 198.8k $7.1m | Reduced -63.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 198.6k $7.0m | Added +283 |
| Access Investment Management LLC 1.78% of their portfolio | 196.5k $6.9m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 189.8k $6.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.07% of their portfolio | 187.5k $6.6m | Reduced -48.8k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 183.4k $6.5m | Reduced -7.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.0k $6.3m | Added +1.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 176.1k $6.7m | Reduced -66.1k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 172.7k $6.1m | Reduced -126.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 163.3k $5.8m | Added +19.7k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.7k $5.7m | Added +9.4k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 160.2k $5.7m | Reduced -65.2k |
| Entropy Technologies, LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 159.7k $5.6m | Added +103.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 158.0k $5.6m | Added +134.0k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.9k $5.6m | Reduced -9.6k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.5k $5.5m | Reduced -31.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.6k $5.4m | Reduced -6.8k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 153.4k $5.4m | Reduced -2.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.4k $5.3m | Reduced -5.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 147.5k $5.2m | Added +121.5k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 143.4k $5.1m | Added +66.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.8k $5.0m | Added +29.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.0k $5.0m | Added +7.3k |