Compare Stocks: GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ

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
AZZ AZZ	$137.20 +1.5%	$146.96	$92.98 ▼ $162.20	$4.06B	1.11	211,365 shs	266,101 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$99.27 +1.7%	$104.64	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.31B	1.02	185,092 shs	244,536 shs
GRC Gorman-Rupp	$74.92 +1.3%	$80.80	$41.98 ▼ $92.78	$1.95B	1.29	140,891 shs	193,530 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$273.83 +0.5%	$267.57	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$14.86B	1.21	464,381 shs	267,015 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AZZ AZZ	+0.00%	-3.82%	-9.27%	-2.10%	+20.30%
FELE Franklin Electric	-0.85%	-4.83%	-8.76%	-0.50%	+1.00%
GRC Gorman-Rupp	+0.18%	-4.44%	-10.32%	-4.93%	+75.55%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+1.46%	-6.04%	+1.79%	+3.32%	+12.66%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AZZ AZZ	$137.20 +1.5%	$146.96	$92.98 ▼ $162.20	$4.06B	1.11	211,365 shs	266,101 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$99.27 +1.7%	$104.64	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.31B	1.02	185,092 shs	244,536 shs
GRC Gorman-Rupp	$74.92 +1.3%	$80.80	$41.98 ▼ $92.78	$1.95B	1.29	140,891 shs	193,530 shs
LECO Lincoln Electric	$273.83 +0.5%	$267.57	$216.22 ▼ $310.00	$14.86B	1.21	464,381 shs	267,015 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AZZ AZZ	+0.00%	-3.82%	-9.27%	-2.10%	+20.30%
FELE Franklin Electric	-0.85%	-4.83%	-8.76%	-0.50%	+1.00%
GRC Gorman-Rupp	+0.18%	-4.44%	-10.32%	-4.93%	+75.55%
LECO Lincoln Electric	+1.46%	-6.04%	+1.79%	+3.32%	+12.66%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AZZ AZZ	2.67	Moderate Buy	$155.25	13.16% Upside
FELE Franklin Electric	2.00	Hold	$114.50	15.34% Upside
GRC Gorman-Rupp	2.33	Hold	N/A	N/A
LECO Lincoln Electric	2.70	Moderate Buy	$307.22	12.19% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/24/2026	GRC Gorman-Rupp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/10/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$340.00
8/10/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$257.00 ➝ $283.00
8/10/2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
7/30/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/29/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$100.00 ➝ $105.00
7/29/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$118.00 ➝ $124.00
7/22/2026	GRC Gorman-Rupp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
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
7/13/2026	AZZ AZZ	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$169.00 ➝ $170.00
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)

(Data available from 9/3/2023 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
AZZ AZZ	$1.65B	2.50	$9.87 per share	13.90	$44.78 per share	3.06
FELE Franklin Electric	$2.13B	2.06	$5.76 per share	17.24	$31.88 per share	3.11
GRC Gorman-Rupp	$682.39M	2.90	$3.28 per share	22.85	$16.71 per share	4.48
LECO Lincoln Electric	$4.23B	3.53	$11.86 per share	23.08	$28.51 per share	9.60

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
AZZ AZZ	$317.26M	$6.56	20.91	18.20	N/A	11.83%	14.18%	8.48%	10/14/2026 (Estimated)
FELE Franklin Electric	$147.09M	$3.47	28.61	19.28	1.75	7.06%	15.18%	10.13%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
GRC Gorman-Rupp	$53.02M	$2.37	31.61	24.09	2.13	8.88%	15.55%	7.59%	10/23/2026 (Estimated)
LECO Lincoln Electric	$520.53M	$10.01	27.36	22.15	1.63	12.35%	39.23%	15.25%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	LECO Lincoln Electric	$2.81	$2.93	+$0.12	$2.88	$1.17 billion	$1.22 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	FELE Franklin Electric	$1.44	$1.55	+$0.11	$1.46	$605.92 million	$622.88 million
7/24/2026	Q2 2026	GRC Gorman-Rupp	$0.7050	$0.74	+$0.0350	$0.74	$188.89 million	$186.07 million
7/8/2026	Q1 2027	AZZ AZZ	$1.80	$1.85	+$0.05	$1.72	$434.58 million	$448.53 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AZZ AZZ	$0.96	0.70%	+2.52%	14.63%	N/A
FELE Franklin Electric	$1.12	1.13%	+11.32%	32.28%	33 Years
GRC Gorman-Rupp	$0.76	1.01%	+4.92%	32.07%	52 Years
LECO Lincoln Electric	$3.16	1.15%	+8.95%	31.57%	30 Years

Latest GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ 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
7/24/2026	GRC Gorman-Rupp	quarterly	$0.19	0.94%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/10/2026
7/27/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	quarterly	$0.28	1.02%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	8/20/2026
6/25/2026	AZZ AZZ	quarterly	$0.24	0.68%	7/9/2026	7/9/2026	7/30/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AZZ AZZ	0.35	1.92	1.39
FELE Franklin Electric	0.10	2.41	1.10
GRC Gorman-Rupp	0.62	2.81	1.82
LECO Lincoln Electric	0.74	1.98	1.20

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AZZ AZZ	90.93%
FELE Franklin Electric	79.98%
GRC Gorman-Rupp	59.26%
LECO Lincoln Electric	79.61%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AZZ AZZ	1.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	2.89%
GRC Gorman-Rupp	11.60%
LECO Lincoln Electric	1.68%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AZZ AZZ	3,767	30.05 million	29.54 million	Optionable
FELE Franklin Electric	6,500	44.21 million	42.93 million	Optionable
GRC Gorman-Rupp	1,415	26.41 million	23.35 million	Optionable
LECO Lincoln Electric	12,000	54.51 million	53.59 million	Optionable

GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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61,140 Shares in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Acquired by Corient Private Wealth LP

September 3 at 3:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Makes New Investment in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

September 3 at 3:44 AM | marketbeat.com

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September 2 at 12:51 PM | zacks.com

Lincoln Electric Announces September 2026 Events With the Financial Community

September 1 at 4:30 PM | businesswire.com

40,751 Shares in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Bought by Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio

September 1 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Makes New Investment in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

September 1 at 4:56 AM | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Takes Position in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

September 1 at 3:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Invests $605,000 in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

September 1 at 3:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Takes $15.44 Million Position in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 31 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Makes New $3.88 Million Investment in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 31 at 3:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO Shares Sold by Alyeska Investment Group L.P.

August 31 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Takes $4.50 Million Position in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $20.25 Million in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Buys Shares of 39,658 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Archer Investment Corp Makes New Investment in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Roth MKM Remains a Buy on Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)

August 29, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Takes $2.76 Million Position in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Acquires Shares of 300,616 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Freestone Grove Partners LP Acquires Shares of 78,262 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $LECO

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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GRC, FELE, LECO, and AZZ Company Descriptions

AZZ NYSE:AZZ

$137.20 +2.05 (+1.52%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

AZZ Inc. provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions in North America. It offers metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating to steel fabrication and other industries, as well as to fabricators or manufacturers that provide services to the transmission and distribution, bridge and highway, petrochemical, and general industrial markets; and original equipment manufacturers. It also provides aesthetic and corrosion protective coatings and related value-added services for steel and aluminum coil primarily serving the construction; appliance; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; container; transportation; and other end markets. The company was incorporated in 1956 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$99.27 +1.68 (+1.72%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. The company operates through Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, drives, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and manufactures electronic drives and controls that are used in motors for controlling functionality, as well as provides protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or tanks. The Fueling Systems segment provides pumps, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment primarily for use in fueling system applications. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, as well as includes electronic devices for online monitoring of the power utility, hydroelectric, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells products produced by the Water Systems segment. The company sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, original equipment manufacturers, industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, and oil and utility companies through its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Gorman-Rupp NYSE:GRC

$74.92 +0.98 (+1.33%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems in the United States and internationally. The company's products include self-priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high-pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows, and oscillating pumps. Its products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire suppression, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, military, and other liquid-handling applications. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturers' representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, direct sales, and e-commerce. The Gorman-Rupp Company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio.

Lincoln Electric NASDAQ:LECO

$273.83 +1.24 (+0.45%)

As of 04:00 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.

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