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LNC Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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LNC Dividend answer
LNC (LNC) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 4.39%, or $1.80 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 4.39%, from $1.80 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.45 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 9, 2026. Payment date: Nov 2, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.45 per share.
LNC Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next LNC Dividend Date
When LNC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next LNC dividend
LNC's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest LNC Dividend Dates
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LNC Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
LNC Annual Dividend History
LNC Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.45, event yield 4.39%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 2.38%
- Cohort rank
- #319
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Financial Services rank
- #77
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.600
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.800
- Absolute change
- $0.200
- Years increased
- 2
- Years reduced
- 0
LNC's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 2.38% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #319 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
LNC Dividend Yield
How LNC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
LNC's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent LNC dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 4.39% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Aug 7, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 4.53% | Quarterly | $1.80 | May 28, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.26% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Feb 12, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 1, 2026 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 4.30% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Nov 13, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 4.73% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Aug 14, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 |
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| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.26% | Quarterly | $1.80 | May 22, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 6.04% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Feb 20, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.99% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Nov 14, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 3, 2025 |
| Oct 10, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.73% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| Jul 10, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.72% | Quarterly | $1.80 | May 23, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Apr 9, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 6.03% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Feb 22, 2024 | Apr 10, 2024 | May 1, 2024 |
| Jan 9, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 6.51% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Nov 9, 2023 | Jan 10, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 7.79% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Aug 10, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 6.90% | Quarterly | $1.80 | May 25, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Apr 6, 2023 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 8.78% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Feb 16, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | May 1, 2023 |
| Jan 9, 2023 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 5.87% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Nov 2, 2022 | Jan 10, 2023 | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Oct 6, 2022 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 3.76% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Aug 11, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 3.74% | Quarterly | $1.77 | May 27, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.71% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Feb 17, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | May 2, 2022 |
| Jan 7, 2022 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.34% | Quarterly | $1.71 | Nov 3, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Oct 7, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Aug 18, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.68% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Jun 3, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Aug 2, 2021 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.62% | Quarterly | $1.64 | Feb 18, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | May 3, 2021 |
| Jan 8, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 3.15% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Nov 4, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Oct 8, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 4.49% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Aug 20, 2020 | Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 1, 2020 |
| Jul 9, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 4.80% | Quarterly | $1.57 | Jun 12, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 4.49% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Feb 20, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Jan 9, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $1.51 | Oct 30, 2019 | Jan 10, 2020 | Feb 1, 2020 |
| Oct 9, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 2.72% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Jul 9, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 2.20% | Quarterly | $1.44 | May 24, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Aug 1, 2019 |
| Apr 9, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 2.26% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Feb 28, 2019 | Apr 10, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
| Jan 9, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Nov 1, 2018 | Jan 10, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Oct 9, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | 1.88% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Aug 9, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 |
| Jul 9, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | 1.96% | Quarterly | $1.28 | May 25, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Apr 9, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | 1.81% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Feb 22, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 | May 1, 2018 |
| Jan 9, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | 1.47% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Nov 1, 2017 | Jan 10, 2018 | Feb 1, 2018 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 1.55% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Aug 10, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 |
| Jul 6, 2017 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 1.61% | Quarterly | $1.12 | May 30, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Apr 6, 2017 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 1.64% | Quarterly | $1.08 | Feb 23, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | May 1, 2017 |
| Jan 6, 2017 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 1.54% | Quarterly | $1.04 | Nov 2, 2016 | Jan 10, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Oct 5, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $1.00 | Aug 11, 2016 | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Jul 7, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | — | — | $0.95 | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | — | — | $0.90 | — | — | — |
| Jan 7, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | — | — | $0.85 | — | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2015 | $0.20 | $0.20 | — | — | $0.80 | — | — | — |
| Jul 8, 2015 | $0.20 | $0.20 | — | — | $0.76 | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2015 | $0.20 | $0.20 | — | — | $0.72 | — | — | — |
| Jan 8, 2015 | $0.20 | $0.20 | — | — | $0.68 | — | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2014 | $0.16 | $0.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 8, 2014 | $0.16 | $0.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2014 | $0.16 | $0.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 8, 2014 | $0.16 | $0.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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LNC Dividends FAQ
Does LNC pay a dividend?
LNC (LNC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.45 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is LNC's dividend yield?
LNC's trailing dividend yield is 4.39%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is LNC's next dividend?
LNC's next announced dividend is $0.45 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 9, 2026 and payment date of Nov 2, 2026.
When is LNC's ex-dividend date?
LNC's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 9, 2026.
How has LNC's dividend changed?
LNC's one-year dividend growth is 0.00% based on comparable covered dividend history.