回顾林肯国家保险公司（纽约证券交易所代码：LNC）和德尔温斯保险公司（纳斯达克证券交易所代码：DWIN）

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC – Get Rating) and Delwinds Insurance Acquisition (NASDAQ:DWIN – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.4% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Delwinds Insurance Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Delwinds Insurance Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lincoln National and Delwinds Insurance Acquisition's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln National	$19.23 billion	0.42	$1.41 billion	$4.80	10.00
Delwinds Insurance Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$4.65 million	N/A	N/A

Lincoln National has higher revenue and earnings than Delwinds Insurance Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Lincoln National and Delwinds Insurance Acquisition's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lincoln National	4.45%	7.82%	0.35%
Delwinds Insurance Acquisition	N/A	-8.93%	0.56%

Volatility & Risk

Lincoln National has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delwinds Insurance Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Lincoln National and Delwinds Insurance Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lincoln National	0	6	3	0	2.33
Delwinds Insurance Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Lincoln National currently has a consensus price target of $61.90, suggesting a potential upside of 28.99%. Given Lincoln National's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lincoln National is more favorable than Delwinds Insurance Acquisition.

Summary

Lincoln National beats Delwinds Insurance Acquisition on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lincoln National

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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 fixed, variable, 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.

About Delwinds Insurance Acquisition

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Delwinds Insurance Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the insurance and insurtech sectors. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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