Compare Stocks: LECO, GWW, and HUBB

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,486.16 +0.9%	$1,321.63	$906.52 ▼ $1,521.41	$68.95B	0.95	295,602 shs	191,564 shs
HUBB Hubbell	$443.34 +1.3%	$455.10	$403.82 ▼ $565.50	$23.13B	0.84	784,717 shs	414,645 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$288.14 +1.3%	$267.86	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$15.40B	1.19	373,499 shs	213,834 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GWW W.W. Grainger	+0.82%	-0.23%	+13.67%	+12.52%	+57.02%
HUBB Hubbell	+1.12%	+1.28%	-6.42%	-12.57%	-1.52%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+1.31%	+3.15%	+10.96%	+1.23%	+25.07%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,486.16 +0.9%	$1,321.63	$906.52 ▼ $1,521.41	$68.95B	0.95	295,602 shs	191,564 shs
HUBB Hubbell	$443.34 +1.3%	$455.10	$403.82 ▼ $565.50	$23.13B	0.84	784,717 shs	414,645 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$288.14 +1.3%	$267.86	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$15.40B	1.19	373,499 shs	213,834 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GWW W.W. Grainger	+0.82%	-0.23%	+13.67%	+12.52%	+57.02%
HUBB Hubbell	+1.12%	+1.28%	-6.42%	-12.57%	-1.52%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+1.31%	+3.15%	+10.96%	+1.23%	+25.07%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
GWW W.W. Grainger	2.08	Hold	$1,331.08	-10.44% Downside
HUBB Hubbell	2.55	Moderate Buy	$544.22	22.76% Upside
LECO Lincoln Electric	2.60	Moderate Buy	$319.11	10.75% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LECO, GWW, and HUBB Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/11/2026	HUBB Hubbell	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$486.00 ➝ $470.00
11/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$1,400.00
11/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$1,427.00 ➝ $1,582.00
11/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$1,375.00 ➝ $1,645.00
11/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$1,355.00 ➝ $1,380.00
10/29/2026	HUBB Hubbell	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/29/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$340.00
10/29/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $350.00
10/28/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Hold (C)
10/28/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$340.00 ➝ $360.00
10/28/2026	HUBB Hubbell	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$515.00

(Data available from 11/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
GWW W.W. Grainger	$17.94B	3.88	$45.76 per share	32.48	$101.21 per share	14.68
HUBB Hubbell	$5.84B	4.01	$22.49 per share	19.71	$77.94 per share	5.69
LECO Lincoln Electric	$4.23B	3.69	$11.97 per share	24.08	$28.71 per share	10.04

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1.71B	$45.52	32.65	28.59	2.39	11.17%	48.92%	22.72%	N/A
HUBB Hubbell	$887.10M	$17.06	21.79	19.23	2.09	13.78%	27.33%	10.61%	N/A
LECO Lincoln Electric	$520.53M	$10.43	27.63	22.89	1.66	12.40%	40.06%	15.86%	N/A

Latest LECO, GWW, and HUBB Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	$11.68	$12.54	+$0.86	$12.42	$5.08 billion	$5.18 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	HUBB Hubbell	$5.75	$5.91	+$0.16	$4.94	$1.85 billion	$1.87 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	$2.81	$2.98	+$0.17	$2.63	$1.17 billion	$1.22 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
GWW W.W. Grainger	$9.96	0.67%	+8.25%	21.88%	55 Years
HUBB Hubbell	$5.68	1.28%	+7.72%	33.29%	17 Years
LECO Lincoln Electric	$3.16	1.10%	+8.95%	30.30%	30 Years

Latest LECO, GWW, and HUBB Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/14/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	quarterly	$0.87	1.35%	12/31/2026	12/31/2026	1/15/2027
10/23/2026	HUBB Hubbell	quarterly	$1.52	1.36%	11/30/2026	11/30/2026	12/15/2026
10/28/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	quarterly	$2.49	0.69%	11/9/2026	11/9/2026	12/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.52	2.61	1.64
HUBB Hubbell	1.09	1.53	0.87
LECO Lincoln Electric	0.74	1.91	1.18

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
GWW W.W. Grainger	80.70%
HUBB Hubbell	88.16%
LECO Lincoln Electric	79.61%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
GWW W.W. Grainger	6.30%
HUBB Hubbell	0.63%
LECO Lincoln Electric	1.68%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
GWW W.W. Grainger	25,000	46.81 million	43.87 million	Optionable
HUBB Hubbell	18,000	52.83 million	52.50 million	Optionable
LECO Lincoln Electric	12,000	54.16 million	53.25 million	Optionable

LECO, GWW, and HUBB Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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Zacks Research Lifts Earnings Estimates for Lincoln Electric

November 11 at 7:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Reviewing Lincoln Electric (LECO) & Its Competitors

November 10 at 3:45 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Stock Purchased by Pictet Asset Management Holding SA

November 9 at 5:47 AM | marketbeat.com

32,047 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Shares Sold by Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS

November 9 at 5:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Stock: Boston Trust Walden Corp Reduces Holdings

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Is Up 8.19% in One Week: What You Should Know

November 4, 2026 | zacks.com

4,440 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Shares Acquired by VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al

November 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Shares Newly Bought by Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super

November 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) CEO Steven Hedlund Sells 14,371 Shares of Stock

November 3, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Insider Selling: Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) CEO Sells 14,371 Shares of Company Stock

November 3, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO) - What Are Analysts Saying About This Stock?

November 3, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO) - What Are Investment Firms Saying About This Stock?

November 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) CEO Steven Hedlund Sells 14,371 Shares of Company Stock

November 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Shares Bought by ProShare Advisors LLC

November 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

LECO Q3 deep dive: automation and data center demand drive growth, margins face input cost pressure

November 1, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) Stock Lifted to "Buy" by Wall Street Zen

October 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Emerges as a New Investment After Share Price Weakness

October 29, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

The top 5 analyst questions from Lincoln Electric’s Q3 earnings call

October 29, 2026 | msn.com

Is Lincoln Electric (LECO) a solid growth stock? 3 reasons to think yes

October 28, 2026 | msn.com

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Morgan Stanley Analyst Says

October 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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LECO, GWW, and HUBB Company Descriptions

W.W. Grainger NYSE:GWW

$1,486.16 +13.25 (+0.90%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1,473.68 -12.48 (-0.84%)

As of 08:05 AM Eastern

W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The company provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. It also offers technical support and inventory management services. The company serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Hubbell NYSE:HUBB

$443.34 +5.55 (+1.27%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$435.71 -7.63 (-1.72%)

As of 08:34 AM Eastern

Hubbell Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells electrical and utility solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Electrical Solutions and Utility Solutions. The Electrical Solution segment offers standard and special application wiring device products, rough-in electrical products, connector and grounding products, lighting fixtures, and other electrical equipment for use in industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities by electrical contractors, maintenance personnel, electricians, utilities, and telecommunications companies, as well as components and assemblies. It also designs and manufactures various industrial controls, and communication systems for use in the non-residential and industrial markets, as well as in the oil and gas, and mining industries. This segment sells its products through electrical and industrial distributors, home centers, retail and hardware outlets, lighting showrooms, and residential product-oriented internet sites; and special application products primarily through wholesale distributors to contractors, industrial customers, and original equipment manufacturers. The Utility Solution segment designs, manufactures, and sells electrical distribution, transmission, substation, and telecommunications products, such as arresters, insulators, connectors, anchors, bushings, and enclosures cutoffs and switches; and utility infrastructure products, including smart meters, communications systems, and protection and control devices. This segment sells its products to distributors. Its brand portfolio includes Hubbell, Kellems, Bryant, Burndy, CMC, Bell, TayMac, Wiegmann, Killark, Hawke, Aclara, Fargo, Quazite, Hot Box, etc. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut.

Lincoln Electric NASDAQ:LECO

$288.14 +3.72 (+1.31%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$288.20 +0.06 (+0.02%)

As of 08:31 AM Eastern

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. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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