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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock

Finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under their true value, are what value investors like to focus on. So, the Value Style Score takes into account ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to highlight the most attractive and discounted stocks.

Lincoln National (LNC)

Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Radnor, PA, Lincoln National Corp. is a diversified life insurance and investment management company. Operating under the name of Lincoln Financial Group, the company’s primary subsidiaries are Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (LNL), First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Company, Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, Delaware Management Holdings Inc., Lincoln National (U.K.) Plc, Lincoln Financial Advisors (LFA), and Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD).

LNC sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Value Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of B. Compared to the Insurance - Life Insurance industry's P/E of 11.5X, shares of Lincoln National are trading at a forward P/E of 5.2X. LNC also has a PEG Ratio of 0.3, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 6.2X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 0.4X.

Value investors don't just pay attention to a company's valuation ratios; positive earnings play a crucial role, too. Three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.84 to $6.61 per share. LNC has an average earnings surprise of 15.9%.

LNC should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.

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