Barclays analyst Alex Scott maintains $Lincoln National (LNC.US)$ with a hold rating, and maintains the target price at $36.
According to TipRanks data, the analyst has a success rate of 66.1% and a total average return of 14.7% over the past year.
Furthermore, according to the comprehensive report, the opinions of $Lincoln National (LNC.US)$'s main analysts recently are as follows:
The outlook for the North American insurance sector appears robust, particularly in the life and property and casualty segments. In the life insurance market, positive influences from equity markets are seen, although these are somewhat balanced by the downward movement in interest rates. Expectations are set for catastrophe occurrences to be slightly higher than average, influenced by several significant storm events in the U.S. In the property and casualty insurance space, underlying margins are anticipated to maintain their strength. It is also projected that updates in pricing will be received positively, including in the property sector where there has been some concern about the pace of pricing growth slowing down.
The perspective on the life insurance sector is ambivalent, acknowledging that despite strong capital positions and fair valuations, the expected moderation in growth drivers suggests that investors will need to be discerning in order to succeed in the life insurance market moving ahead.
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