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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DCI Donaldson	$95.59 +2.6%	$87.22	$70.17 ▼ $112.84	$10.80B	0.93	658,752 shs	957,905 shs
ESAB ESAB	$89.07 +0.8%	$92.13	$82.18 ▼ $137.42	$5.38B	1.17	625,361 shs	512,954 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$267.25 +4.0%	$260.11	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$14.07B	1.2	282,180 shs	738,395 shs
MIDD Middleby	$135.09 -0.7%	$152.78	$110.82 ▼ $180.13	$6.15B	1.33	588,450 shs	547,444 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DCI Donaldson	+2.58%	+6.03%	+7.94%	+9.99%	+32.71%
ESAB ESAB	+0.79%	+3.50%	-11.29%	-7.49%	-32.41%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+4.05%	+7.32%	+0.26%	+3.78%	+17.76%
MIDD Middleby	-0.67%	+3.04%	-22.08%	-2.70%	-9.48%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DCI Donaldson	$95.59 +2.6%	$87.22	$70.17 ▼ $112.84	$10.80B	0.93	658,752 shs	957,905 shs
ESAB ESAB	$89.07 +0.8%	$92.13	$82.18 ▼ $137.42	$5.38B	1.17	625,361 shs	512,954 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$267.25 +4.0%	$260.11	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$14.07B	1.2	282,180 shs	738,395 shs
MIDD Middleby	$135.09 -0.7%	$152.78	$110.82 ▼ $180.13	$6.15B	1.33	588,450 shs	547,444 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DCI Donaldson	+2.58%	+6.03%	+7.94%	+9.99%	+32.71%
ESAB ESAB	+0.79%	+3.50%	-11.29%	-7.49%	-32.41%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+4.05%	+7.32%	+0.26%	+3.78%	+17.76%
MIDD Middleby	-0.67%	+3.04%	-22.08%	-2.70%	-9.48%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DCI Donaldson	2.60	Moderate Buy	$97.83	2.35% Upside
ESAB ESAB	2.80	Moderate Buy	$138.38	55.36% Upside
LECO Lincoln Electric	2.44	Hold	$299.38	12.02% Upside
MIDD Middleby	2.50	Moderate Buy	$173.88	28.71% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESAB, LECO, MIDD, and DCI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/24/2026	ESAB ESAB	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
7/21/2026	ESAB ESAB	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$140.00 ➝ $135.00
7/20/2026	ESAB ESAB	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$141.00 ➝ $137.00
7/20/2026	MIDD Middleby	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Overweight	$190.00 ➝ $155.00
7/17/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$250.00 ➝ $253.00
7/14/2026	MIDD Middleby	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$152.00
7/13/2026	MIDD Middleby	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$185.00 ➝ $151.00
7/10/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
7/8/2026	MIDD Middleby	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
7/8/2026	MIDD Middleby	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$200.00 ➝ $160.00
7/7/2026	ESAB ESAB	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$142.00 ➝ $151.00

(Data available from 7/28/2023 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
DCI Donaldson	$3.69B	3.00	$5.32 per share	17.97	$12.47 per share	7.67
ESAB ESAB	$2.84B	1.91	$6.78 per share	13.13	$36.43 per share	2.44
LECO Lincoln Electric	$4.35B	3.37	$12.29 per share	21.75	$26.71 per share	10.01
MIDD Middleby	$3.20B	1.91	$11.54 per share	11.71	$55.12 per share	2.45

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
DCI Donaldson	$367M	$3.72	25.70	21.87	2.36	11.52%	29.17%	14.98%	8/26/2026 (Estimated)
ESAB ESAB	$226.77M	$3.38	26.35	13.45	1.65	7.11%	15.04%	6.66%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
LECO Lincoln Electric	$520.53M	$9.69	27.58	22.36	1.58	12.38%	39.33%	14.93%	7/30/2026 (Estimated)
MIDD Middleby	-$277.73M	-$8.48	N/A	12.84	N/A	-11.46%	15.94%	7.34%	8/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ESAB, LECO, MIDD, and DCI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	ESAB ESAB	$1.42	N/A	N/A	N/A	$749.05 million	N/A
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	MIDD Middleby	$2.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	$839.23 million	N/A
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	$2.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.17 billion	N/A
6/1/2026	Q3 2026	DCI Donaldson	$1.05	$1.06	+$0.01	$1.00	$973.65 million	$995.10 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	ESAB ESAB	$1.32	$1.31	-$0.01	$0.78	$706.74 million	$745.60 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	MIDD Middleby	$1.94	$2.16	+$0.22	-$1.06	$777.19 million	$839.91 million
4/30/2026	Q1 2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	$2.42	$2.50	+$0.08	$2.47	$1.07 billion	$1.12 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DCI Donaldson	$1.28	1.34%	+5.73%	34.41%	38 Years
ESAB ESAB	$0.48	0.54%	N/A	14.20%	3 Years
LECO Lincoln Electric	$3.16	1.18%	+8.95%	32.61%	30 Years
MIDD Middleby	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ESAB, LECO, MIDD, and DCI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	quarterly	$0.79	1.27%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/15/2026
5/8/2026	ESAB ESAB	quarterly	$0.12	0.52%	7/2/2026	7/3/2026	7/17/2026
5/29/2026	DCI Donaldson	quarterly	$0.32	1.48%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	6/30/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DCI Donaldson	0.35	2.35	1.55
ESAB ESAB	0.91	2.97	2.26
LECO Lincoln Electric	0.76	1.83	1.15
MIDD Middleby	0.77	1.96	1.10

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
DCI Donaldson	82.81%
ESAB ESAB	91.13%
LECO Lincoln Electric	79.61%
MIDD Middleby	98.55%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DCI Donaldson	2.20%
ESAB ESAB	7.20%
LECO Lincoln Electric	1.68%
MIDD Middleby	9.71%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DCI Donaldson	15,000	115.91 million	113.36 million	Optionable
ESAB ESAB	10,300	60.88 million	56.50 million	Optionable
LECO Lincoln Electric	12,000	54.79 million	53.87 million	Optionable
MIDD Middleby	8,826	45.21 million	40.82 million	Optionable

ESAB, LECO, MIDD, and DCI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Middleby Is Betting a Leaner Business Can Unlock More Value

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July 28 at 8:35 AM | marketbeat.com

Middleby Schedules Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

July 28 at 7:00 AM | businesswire.com

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Sells 18,401 Shares of The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 28 at 4:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Weiss Asset Management LP Acquires New Shares in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 27 at 6:39 AM | marketbeat.com

The Middleby Corporation $MIDD Shares Sold by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

July 27 at 3:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Acquires 72,086 Shares of The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 27 at 3:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Sei Investments Co. Has $106.51 Million Stake in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Clarkston Capital Partners LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Heartland Advisors Inc. Sells 21,103 Shares of The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wall Street Zen Upgrades Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) to Buy

July 20, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) Upgraded by Wall Street Zen to Buy Rating

July 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

S&CO Inc. Sells 12,700 Shares of The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fifth Third Bancorp Grows Position in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Industrial Goods Companies: The Middleby (MIDD), Masco (MAS) and Trex Company (TREX)

July 15, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) Given New $151.00 Price Target at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

July 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

July 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Makes New $1.10 Million Investment in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wall Street Zen Downgrades Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) to Hold

July 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Midera Food Processing (MFP) Starts Life Alone With A Spin Off And Index Debut

July 12, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $2.46 Million in The Middleby Corporation $MIDD

July 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Why Middleby (MIDD) Stock Is Trading Up Today

July 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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ESAB, LECO, MIDD, and DCI Company Descriptions

Donaldson NYSE:DCI

$95.59 +2.40 (+2.57%)

Closing price 07/28/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$95.37 -0.22 (-0.23%)

As of 07/28/2026 04:49 PM Eastern

Donaldson Company, Inc. manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Life Sciences. Its Mobile Solutions segment provides replacement filters for air and liquid filtration applications, such as air filtration systems; liquid filtration systems for fuel, lube, and hydraulic applications; exhaust and emissions systems and sensors; indicators; and monitoring systems. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and transportation markets; and to independent distributors, and OEM dealer networks. The company's Industrial Solutions segment offers dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air and industrial gasses purification systems; and hydraulic and lubricated rotating equipment applications, as well as gas and liquid filtration for industrial processes. This segment sells its products to various distributors, OEMs, and end-users. Its Life Sciences segment provides micro-environment gas and liquid filtration for food, beverage, and industrial processes; bioprocessing equipment, that includes bioreactors and fermenters; and bioprocessing consumables, such as chromatography devices, reagents and filters, and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-based products, as well as specialized air and gas filtration systems for applications, including hard disk drives, semi-conductor manufacturing and sensors, battery systems, and powertrain components to OEMs and various end-users. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

ESAB NYSE:ESAB

$89.07 +0.75 (+0.85%)

Closing price 07/28/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$89.14 +0.07 (+0.07%)

As of 07/28/2026 05:05 PM Eastern

ESAB Corporation engages in the formulation, development, manufacture, and supply of consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, automated welding, and gas control equipment. Its comprehensive range of welding consumables includes electrodes, cored and solid wires, and fluxes using a range of specialty and other materials; and cutting consumables comprising electrodes, nozzles, shields, and tips. The company's equipment ranges from portable welding machines to large customized automated cutting and welding systems. It also offers a range of software and digital solutions to help its customers increase their productivity, remotely monitor their welding operations, and digitize their documentation. The company sells its products under the ESAB brand to various end markets, such as general industry, infrastructure, renewable energy, medical and life sciences, transportation, construction, and energy. It offers its products through independent distributors and direct salespeople. The company operates in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. ESAB Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Lincoln Electric NASDAQ:LECO

$267.25 +10.40 (+4.05%)

Closing price 07/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$267.23 -0.02 (-0.01%)

As of 07/28/2026 04:15 PM 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.

Middleby NASDAQ:MIDD

$135.09 -0.91 (-0.67%)

Closing price 07/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$135.18 +0.09 (+0.07%)

As of 07/28/2026 04:49 PM Eastern

The Middleby Corporation designs, markets, manufactures, distributes, and services foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment worldwide. Its Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment offers conveyor, combi, convection, baking, proofing, deck, speed cooking, and hydrovection ovens; ranges, fryers, and rethermalizers; steam cooking, food warming, catering, induction cooking, and countertop cooking equipment; heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, toasters, griddles, charcoal grills, professional mixers, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, professional refrigerators, blast chillers, cold rooms, ice machines, and freezers; soft serve ice cream, coffee and beverage dispensing, home and professional craft brewing equipment; and fry dispensers, bottle filling and canning equipment, IoT solutions, and controls development and manufacturing. The company's Food Processing Equipment Group segment provides batch, baking, proofing, conveyor belt, and continuous processing ovens; frying and automated thermal processing systems; tumblers, massagers, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, and blenders; battering, breading, and seeding equipment; water cutting systems, food presses, food suspension equipment, filling and depositing solutions, and forming equipment; and automated washing systems, auto-guided vehicles, food safety, food handling, freezing, and defrosting and packaging equipment. Its Residential Kitchen Equipment Group segment offers kitchen equipment comprising cookers, stoves, cooktops, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, undercounter refrigeration, wine cellars, ice machines, beer dispensers, mixers, rotisseries, and ventilation and outdoor cooking equipment. The company was formerly known as Middleby Marshall Oven Company and changed its name to The Middleby Corporation in 1985. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Elgin, Illinois.

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