Lincoln Electric is a tools & accessories business based in the US. Lincoln Electric shares (LECO) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $191.50 – a decrease of 0.98% over the previous week. Lincoln Electric employs 12,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.1 billion.
Paid non-client promotion. Finder does not invest money with providers on this page. If a brand is a referral partner, we're paid when you click or tap through to, open an account with or provide your contact information to the provider. Partnerships are not a recommendation for you to invest with any one company. Learn more about how we make money.
Finder is not an advisor or brokerage service. Information on this page is for educational purposes only and not a recommendation to invest with any one company, trade specific stocks or fund specific investments. All editorial opinions are our own.
| Latest market close | $191.50 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $161.80 - $258.46 |
| 50-day moving average | $191.17 |
| 200-day moving average | $214.81 |
| Wall St. target price | $218.67 |
| PE ratio | 21.8702 |
| Dividend yield | $2.77 (1.47%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $8.78 |
The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.
This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.
Historical closes compared with the close of $191.5 from 2024-10-04
| 1 week (2024-09-27) | -0.98% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-06) | 9.39% |
| 3 months (2024-07-05) | 3.67% |
| 6 months (2024-04-05) | -22.77% |
| 1 year (2023-10-06) | 3.88% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-02) | N/A |
| 3 years (2021-10-06) | 42.46% |
| 5 years (2019-10-04) | 137.84% |
Valuing Lincoln Electric stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lincoln Electric's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Lincoln Electric's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Lincoln Electric shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Lincoln Electric's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6595. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lincoln Electric's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Lincoln Electric's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $803 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Lincoln Electric's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $4.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 17.89% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 13.33% |
| Return on equity TTM | 40.66% |
| Profit margin | 12.48% |
| Book value | $23.17 |
| Market Capitalization | $11 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Lincoln Electric.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 36.72
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Lincoln Electric's overall score of 36.72 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 68th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Lincoln Electric is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 13.93/100
Lincoln Electric's environmental score of 13.93 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lincoln Electric is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 17.77/100
Lincoln Electric's social score of 17.77 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lincoln Electric is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 11.53/100
Lincoln Electric's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Lincoln Electric is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Lincoln Electric scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Lincoln Electric has managed to keep its nose clean.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 36.72 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 67.68 |
| Environmental score | 13.93 |
| Environmental score percentile | 6 |
| Social score | 17.77 |
| Social score percentile | 6 |
| Governance score | 11.53 |
| Governance score percentile | 6 |
| Level of controversy | 1 |
Dividend payout ratio: 30.15% of net profits
Recently Lincoln Electric has paid out, on average, around 30.15% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.47% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Lincoln Electric shareholders could enjoy a 1.47% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Lincoln Electric's case, that would currently equate to about $2.77 per share.
While Lincoln Electric's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Lincoln Electric may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Lincoln Electric's most recent dividend payout was on 14 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Lincoln Electric's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 31 May 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lincoln Electric shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Lincoln Electric shares which in turn could have impacted Lincoln Electric's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Lincoln Electric's shares have ranged in value from as little as $161.7983 up to $258.4567. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Lincoln Electric's is 1.155. This would suggest that Lincoln Electric's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. It offers brazing and soldering filler metals, arc welding equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, welding accessories, and specialty gas regulators, and education solutions, as well as a portfolio of automated solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing, as well as involved in brazing and soldering alloys, and in the retail business in the United States. In addition, the company manufactures copper and aluminum headers, distributor assemblies, and manifolds for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sector in the United States and Mexico; provides specialty welding consumables, wear plates and maintenance and repair services for alloy and wear-resistant products used in mining, steel, agricultural, and industrial mill applications; and designs and manufactures robotic assembly and arc welding systems that automate the tacking and welding of steel beams. Further, the company serves general fabrication, oil and gas, power generation, process, automotive and transportation, and construction and infrastructure industries, as well as heavy fabrication, ship building, and maintenance and repair markets. It sells its products directly to users of welding products, as well as through industrial distributors, retailers, and agents.
Check out our picks of the best paper trading platforms to practice trading and investing with fake money.
These are the best day trading platforms, according to Finder’s comprehensive analysis.
Explore the best bonuses for opening a new brokerage account.
These are the best trading platforms for beginners, according to Finder’s comprehensive analysis.
Want to buy and sell international stocks? Here are the top brokers to help you trade global markets.
These are the best discount brokers of 2024 according to Finder’s comprehensive review.
Compare the 5 best stock picking services, according to Finder’s analysis, and learn how to choose the best option for your needs.
Check out our picks of the best trading apps for beginners, options traders, hands-off investors and more.
We’ve rounded up stats on some of the most popular graphene stocks, along with information on how they compare and how to invest.
Check out the best-performing ETFs so far in 2024.