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Lincoln Financial Group Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results

July 31, 2019 4:15 PM

Net income EPS of $1.79, up 5%, and adjusted operating EPS of $2.36, up 17%

Net income ROE, including AOCI, of 8.3%, and adjusted operating ROE, excluding AOCI, of 13.6%

BVPS, including AOCI, of $91.92, up 32%; BVPS, excluding AOCI, of $70.32, up 9%

$225 million of capital returned to shareholders through buybacks and dividends

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) today reported net income for the second quarter of 2019 of $363 million, or $1.79 per diluted share available to common stockholders, compared to net income in the second quarter of 2018 of $385 million, or $1.70 per diluted share available to common stockholders. Second quarter adjusted income from operations was $478 million, or $2.36 per diluted share available to common stockholders, compared to $454 million, or $2.02 per diluted share available to common stockholders, in the second quarter of 2018.

“We reported record adjusted operating EPS and an adjusted operating ROE of 13.6%,” said Dennis R. Glass, president and CEO of Lincoln Financial Group. “Strong sales results contributed to operating revenue growth in every business segment, and we continue to focus on investing in growth, managing expenses, and returning capital to shareholders, all of which will contribute to continued financial success.”

As of or For the
Quarter Ended
June 30,

As of or For the
Six Months Ended
June 30,

(in millions, except per share data)

2019

2018

2019

2018

Net Income (Loss)

$

363

385

616

752

Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders

363

377

616

742

Net Income (Loss) per Diluted Share Available to Common Stockholders

1.79

1.70

3.01

3.34

Revenues

4,310

4,020

8,275

7,629

Adjusted Income (Loss) from Operations

478

454

919

895

Adjusted Income (Loss) from Operations per Diluted Share Available to Common Stockholders

2.36

2.02

4.50

3.99

Average Diluted Shares

202.9

221.6

204.4

221.9

Return on Equity (ROE), Including accumulated and comprehensive income (AOCI) (Net Income)

8.3%

9.9%

7.5%

9.3%

Adjusted Operating ROE, Excluding AOCI (Income from Operations)

13.6%

13.1%

13.1%

13.0%

Book Value per Share (BVPS), Including AOCI

$

91.92

$

69.85

$

91.92

$

69.85

Book Value per Share, Excluding AOCI

70.32

64.32

70.32

64.32

Operating Highlights – Second Quarter 2019

There were no notable items within adjusted income from operations for the current quarter or the prior-year quarter.

Second Quarter 2019 – Segment Results

Annuities

The Annuities segment reported income from operations of $266 million compared to $275 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily driven by a decrease in account values from the Athene reinsurance transaction completed in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Total annuity deposits of $3.7 billion were up 22% from the prior-year quarter. Variable annuity sales were up 13% versus the prior-year quarter and fixed annuity sales were up 46% over the same time period.

Net flows were $377 million in the quarter compared to net outflows of $126 million in the prior-year period. Average account values of $132 billion decreased 4% over the prior-year quarter. Not including the Athene reinsurance transaction completed in the fourth quarter of 2018, there would have been an additional $7.1 billion in-force, and average account values would have increased 1% over the prior-year quarter.

Retirement Plan Services

Retirement Plan Services reported income from operations of $42 million compared to $43 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily driven by continued spread compression, which more than offset an increase in account values.

Total deposits for the quarter of $2.1 billion were down 6% compared to the prior-year quarter driven by a 27% decline in first-year sales, which was partially offset by 6% increase in recurring deposits.

Net flows of $307 million in the quarter, improved sequentially compared to $381 million of outflows in the prior quarter. Average account values of $73 billion were up 6% from the prior-year quarter driven by equity market growth combined with $1.5 billion of net inflows over the trailing twelve months.

Life Insurance

Life Insurance reported income from operations of $168 million, up 12% versus the prior-year quarter. The increase in earnings is primarily attributable to favorable variable investment income and strong growth in new business, partially offset by unfavorable mortality.

Total Life Insurance sales were $210 million, up 30% from the prior-year quarter driven by double-digit growth in nearly every individual life insurance product line combined with strong executive benefits sales.

Total Life Insurance in-force of $781 billion grew 7% over the prior-year quarter, and average account values of $51 billion increased 4% over the prior-year quarter.

Group Protection

Group Protection income from operations was $68 million in the quarter, up 51% compared to the prior-year period. The increase in earnings was primarily attributable to the acquisition of the Liberty Mutual group benefits business and further improvement in risk results.

Underlying claim results remained favorable, which produced a total loss ratio of 74% in the current quarter. The loss ratio increased year over year due to combining two blocks of business with different loss characteristics.

Group Protection sales of $95 million in the quarter were up modestly over the prior-year quarter as growth in life and disability products were offset by a decline in dental. Employee-paid sales were 46% of total sales in the quarter.

Insurance premiums were $1 billion in the quarter, up 22% from the prior-year period, driven by both the acquisition and continued growth.

Other Operations

Other Operations reported a loss from operations of $66 million versus a loss of $59 million in the prior-year quarter.

Realized Gains and Losses / Impacts to Net Income

Realized gains/losses and impacts to net income (after-tax) in the quarter were predominantly driven by:

Unrealized Gains and Losses

The company reported a net unrealized gain of $8.5 billion, pre-tax, on its available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2019. This compares to a net unrealized gain of $3.0 billion at June 30, 2018, with the year-over-year increase primarily driven by a decline in interest rates.

Capital

The quarter’s average diluted share count of 202.9 million was down 8% from the second quarter of 2018, the result of repurchasing 18.0 million shares of stock at a cost of $1.1 billion since June 30, 2018.

Book Value

As of June 30, 2019, book value per share, including AOCI, of $91.92 increased 32% from a year ago. Book value per share, excluding AOCI, of $70.32 increased 9% from the prior-year period.

The tables attached to this release define and reconcile the non-GAAP measures adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating ROE and BVPS, excluding AOCI, to net income, ROE and BVPS, including AOCI, calculated in accordance with GAAP.

This press release may contain statements that are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. Please see the Forward Looking Statements – Cautionary Language at the end of this release for factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations.

For other financial information, please refer to the company’s second quarter 2019 statistical supplement available on its website, www.lfg.com/earnings.

Lincoln Financial Group will discuss the company’s second quarter results with investors in a conference call beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 1, 2019. The conference call will be broadcast live through the company website at www.lfg.com/webcast. Please log on at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register and download any necessary streaming media software. To participate via phone: (866) 394-4575 (U.S./Canada) or (678) 509-7536 (International). Ask for the Lincoln National Conference Call.

A replay of the call will be available by 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 1, 2019 at www.lfg.com/webcast. Audio replay will be available from 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 1, 2019 through 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 8, 2019. To access the re-broadcast, dial: (855) 859-2056 (Domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (International). Enter conference code: 3899623.

About Lincoln Financial Group

Lincoln Financial Group provides advice and solutions that help empower people to take charge of their financial lives with confidence and optimism. Today, more than 17 million customers trust our retirement, insurance and wealth protection expertise to help address their lifestyle, savings and income goals, as well as to guard against long-term care expenses. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. The company had $260 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2019. Lincoln Financial Group is a committed corporate citizen included on major sustainability indices including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America and FTSE4Good. Dedicated to diversity and inclusion, Lincoln was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Large Employers, Best Employers for Diversity, and Best Employers for Women. Lincoln also earned perfect 100 percent scores on the Corporate Equality Index and the Disability Equality Index. Learn more at: www.LincolnFinancial.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Sign up for email alerts at http://newsroom.lfg.com.

Explanatory Notes on Use of Non-GAAP Measures

Management believes that adjusted income from operations (adjusted operating income), adjusted operating return on equity, adjusted operating revenues, and adjusted operating EPS better explain the results of the company’s ongoing businesses in a manner that allows for a better understanding of the underlying trends in the company’s current business because the excluded items are unpredictable and not necessarily indicative of current operating fundamentals or future performance of the business segments, and, in most instances, decisions regarding these items do not necessarily relate to the operations of the individual segments. Management also believes that using book value excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) enables investors to analyze the amount of our net worth that is primarily attributable to our business operations. Book value per share excluding AOCI is useful to investors because it eliminates the effect of items that can fluctuate significantly from period to period, primarily based on changes in interest rates.

For the historical periods, reconciliations of non-GAAP measures used in this presentation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure may be included in this Appendix to the presentation and/or are included in the Statistical Reports for the corresponding periods contained in the Earnings section of the Investor Relations page on our website: www.lfg.com/investor.

Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures Used in this Press Release

Adjusted income (loss) from operations, adjusted operating revenues and adjusted operating return on equity (including and excluding average goodwill within average equity), excluding AOCI, using annualized adjusted income (loss) from operations are financial measures we use to evaluate and assess our results. Adjusted income (loss) from operations, adjusted operating revenues and adjusted operating return on equity (“ROE”), as used in the presentation, are non-GAAP financial measures and do not replace GAAP net income (loss), revenues and ROE, the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Adjusted Income (Loss) from Operations

Adjusted income (loss) from operations is GAAP net income (loss) excluding the after-tax effects of the following items, as applicable:

Adjusted Operating Revenues

Adjusted operating revenues represent GAAP revenues excluding the pre-tax effects of the following items, as applicable:

Adjusted Operating Return on Equity

Adjusted operating return on equity measures how efficiently we generate profits from the resources provided by our net assets.

Definition of Notable Items

Adjusted income (loss) from operations, excluding notable items, is a non-GAAP measure that excludes items which, in management’s view, do not reflect the company’s normal, ongoing operations.

Book Value Per Share, Excluding AOCI

Book value per share, excluding AOCI is calculated based upon a non-GAAP financial measure.

Special Note

Sales

Sales as reported consist of the following:

Lincoln National Corporation

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Income from Operations

(in millions, except per share data)

For the Quarter Ended

For the Six Months Ended

June 30,

June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Total Revenues

$

4,310

$

4,020

$

8,275

$

7,629

Less:

Excluded realized gain (loss)

(161)

(53)

(562)

(89)

Amortization of DFEL on benefit ratio unlocking

1

-

4

(1)

Total Adjusted Operating Revenues

$

4,470

$

4,073

$

8,833

$

7,719

Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders – Diluted

$

363

$

377

$

616

$

742

Less:

Adjustment for deferred units of LNC stock in our deferred compensation plans (1)

-

(8)

-

(10)

Net Income (Loss)

363

385

616

752

Less:

Excluded realized gain (loss), after-tax

(128)

(41)

(443)

(69)

Benefit ratio unlocking, after-tax

46

7

188

(3)

Net impact from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

-

-

-

(13)

Acquisition and integration costs related to mergers and acquisitions, after-tax

(33)

(35)

(48)

(39)

Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt, after-tax

-

-

-

(19)

Adjusted Income (Loss) from Operations

$

478

$

454

$

919

$

895

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share -- Diluted

Net income (loss)

$

1.79

$

1.70

$

3.01

$

3.34

Adjusted income (loss) from operations

2.36

2.02

4.50

3.99

Average Stockholders’ Equity

Average equity, including average AOCI

$

17,436

$

15,581

$

16,410

$

16,117

Average AOCI

3,394

1,717

2,412

2,384

Average equity, excluding AOCI

14,042

13,864

13,998

13,733

Average goodwill

1,778

1,559

1,779

1,463

Average equity, excluding AOCI and goodwill

$

12,264

$

12,305

$

12,219

$

12,270

Return on Equity, Including AOCI

Net income (loss) with average equity including goodwill

8.3%

9.9%

7.5%

9.3%

Adjusted Operating Return on Equity, Excluding AOCI

Adjusted income (loss) from operations with average equity including goodwill

13.6%

13.1%

13.1%

13.0%

Adjusted income (loss) from operations with average equity excluding goodwill

15.6%

14.8%

15.0%

14.6%

(1)

The numerator used in the calculation of our diluted EPS is adjusted to remove the mark-to-market adjustment for deferred units of LNC stock in our deferred compensation plans if the effect of equity classification would result in a more dilutive EPS.

Lincoln National Corporation

Reconciliation of Book Value per Share

As of June 30,

2019

2018

Book value per share, including AOCI

$

91.92

$

69.85

Per share impact of AOCI

21.60

5.53

Book value per share, excluding AOCI

70.32

64.32

Lincoln National Corporation

Digest of Earnings

(in millions, except per share data)

For the Quarter Ended
June 30,

2019

2018

Revenues

$

4,310

$

4,020

Net Income (Loss)

$

363

$

385

Adjustment for deferred units of LNC stock in our deferred compensation plans (1)

-

(8)

Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders – Diluted

$

363

$

377

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share – Basic

$

1.80

$

1.76

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share – Diluted

1.79

1.70

Average Shares – Basic

201,498,137

217,997,297

Average Shares – Diluted

202,905,913

221,604,586

For the Six Months Ended
June 30,

2019

2018

Revenues

$

8,275

$

7,629

Net Income (Loss)

$

616

$

752

Adjustment for deferred units of LNC stock in our deferred compensation plans (1)

-

(10)

Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders – Diluted

$

616

$

742

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share – Basic

$

3.03

$

3.45

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share – Diluted

3.01

3.34

Average Shares – Basic

202,866,733

218,182,118

Average Shares – Diluted

204,426,073

221,945,054

(1)

The numerator used in the calculation of our diluted EPS is adjusted to remove the mark-to-market adjustment for deferred units of LNC stock in our deferred compensation plans if the effect of equity classification would be more dilutive to our diluted EPS.

Forward Looking Statements — Cautionary Language

Certain statements made in this press release and in other written or oral statements made by Lincoln or on Lincoln's behalf are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”). A forward-looking statement is a statement that is not a historical fact and, without limitation, includes any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain words like: "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "project," "will," "shall" and other words or phrases with similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, trends in Lincoln's businesses, prospective services or products, future performance or financial results, and the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings. Lincoln claims the protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the PSLRA.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including:

The risks and uncertainties included here are not exhaustive. Our most recent Form 10-K, as well as other reports that we file with the SEC, include additional factors that could affect our businesses and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a rapidly changing and competitive environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors.

Further, it is not possible to assess the effect of all risk factors on our businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. In addition, Lincoln disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this press release.

The reporting of Risk Based Capital (“RBC”) measures is not intended for the purpose of ranking any insurance company or for use in connection with any marketing, advertising or promotional activities.

Chris Giovanni

(484) 583-1793

Investor Relations

[email protected]

Scott Sloat

(484) 583-1625

Media Relations

[email protected]

Source: Lincoln Financial Group

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