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LNC vs SLF

Side-by-side comparison of Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) and Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both LNC and SLF operate in Life Insurance (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SLF is the larger of the two at $40.56B, about 5.7x LNC ($7.14B).
  • SLF has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for LNC).
  • LNC has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 19 for SLF).
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Company
Lincoln National Corporation
Sun Life Financial Inc.
Price
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Market cap
$7.14B
$40.56B
1M return
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1Y return
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Industry
Life Insurance
Life Insurance
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
6
8
Recent ratings
25
19
LNC

Lincoln National Corporation

Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Annuities, Retirement Plan Services, Life Insurance, and Group Protection. The Annuities segment offers variable, fixed, and indexed variable annuities. The Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace. This segment offers individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and a range of plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services. The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, such as single and survivorship versions of universal life insurance; variable universal life insurance; indexed universal life insurance products; and critical illness and long-term care riders. The Group Protection segment offers group non-medical insurance products comprising short and long-term disability, statutory disability and paid family medical leave administration and absence management services, term life, dental, vision and accident, and critical illness benefits and services to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans. The company distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

SLF

Sun Life Financial Inc.

Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions to individuals and corporate clients worldwide. It offers term and permanent life, as well as health, dental, critical illness, long-term care, and disability insurance products. The company also provides reinsurance products; investment counselling and portfolio management services; mutual funds and segregated funds; trust and banking services; real estate property brokerage and appraisal services; and merchant banking services. It distributes its products through direct sales, and managing and independent general agents, as well as financial intermediaries, broker-dealers, banks, pension and benefits consultants, and other third-party marketing organizations. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.