Seasonality
LNC seasonality — Lincoln Financial
Over the last 11 years, LNC's strongest month on average has been July (+8.3%) and its weakest March (-7.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.03% | +2.20% | 70% | +15.3% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.93% | -1.67% | 50% | +25.0% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -7.01% | -5.10% | 30% | +15.9% | -42.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.82% | -1.28% | 50% | +34.8% | -14.6% | 10 |
| May | +0.81% | -2.57% | 40% | +21.0% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.39% | -1.42% | 50% | +23.1% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Jul | +8.31% | +8.48% | 90% | +29.0% | -1.9% | 10 |
| Aug | -3.81% | -5.16% | 20% | +12.7% | -19.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.92% | -2.81% | 40% | +14.1% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.98% | +3.64% | 70% | +22.7% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.04% | +2.27% | 67% | +34.5% | -27.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.56% | +1.66% | 60% | +13.4% | -21.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LNC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -6.6 | -17.6 | 3.5 | 6.5 | -6.7 | 0.2 | 29.0 | -6.6 | -5.5 | 1.9 | -2.3 | -10.1% | |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 10.9 | -7.9 | -11.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 12.7 | -6.1 | 4.1 | -2.0 | 8.2 | +40.4% |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 15.9 | -14.6 | 21.0 | -5.7 | 7.1 | -3.6 | -1.8 | 10.3 | 2.3 | -10.8 | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 15.3 | -10.5 | -29.2 | -3.3 | -3.7 | 23.1 | 8.8 | -8.5 | -3.8 | -11.8 | 9.2 | 13.4 | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 2.5 | -3.7 | -3.1 | -8.0 | -3.7 | -19.3 | 9.8 | -10.3 | -4.7 | 22.7 | -27.7 | -21.1 | -55.0% |
| 2021 | -9.6 | 25.0 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 8.8 | -10.0 | -1.9 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 5.0 | -8.1 | 2.9 | +35.7% |
| 2020 | -7.7 | -16.7 | -42.0 | 34.8 | 6.9 | -3.0 | 1.3 | -3.3 | -13.1 | 12.0 | 34.5 | 6.5 | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 14.0 | 6.9 | -6.1 | 13.7 | -10.9 | 8.4 | 1.4 | -19.1 | 14.1 | -6.4 | 4.5 | -0.1 | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 7.7 | -8.0 | -4.1 | -3.3 | -6.2 | -6.1 | 9.4 | -3.7 | 3.2 | -11.0 | 4.6 | -18.5 | -33.2% |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 3.9 | -6.7 | 0.7 | -1.4 | 4.0 | 8.1 | -7.1 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 3.4 |