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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$95.10
-1.3%
$95.78
$78.87
$111.94
$4.23B1.08259,896 shs141,031 shs
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$21.96
+0.4%
$21.62
$17.30
$32.18
$1.67B1.461.05 million shs525,106 shs
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$236.38
0.0%
$239.23
$161.11
$249.19
$13.04B1.2341,038 shs288,148 shs
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$139.82
+0.9%
$135.56
$118.09
$182.73
$7.09B1.52882,398 shs398,380 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
0.00%+1.28%-1.31%+5.46%-7.15%
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
0.00%+4.51%-0.32%-7.23%-13.74%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
0.00%-0.14%-3.25%+8.58%+23.44%
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
0.00%+4.20%-4.04%-4.67%+3.06%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$95.10
-1.3%
$95.78
$78.87
$111.94
$4.23B1.08259,896 shs141,031 shs
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$21.96
+0.4%
$21.62
$17.30
$32.18
$1.67B1.461.05 million shs525,106 shs
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$236.38
0.0%
$239.23
$161.11
$249.19
$13.04B1.2341,038 shs288,148 shs
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$139.82
+0.9%
$135.56
$118.09
$182.73
$7.09B1.52882,398 shs398,380 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
0.00%+1.28%-1.31%+5.46%-7.15%
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
0.00%+4.51%-0.32%-7.23%-13.74%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
0.00%-0.14%-3.25%+8.58%+23.44%
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
0.00%+4.20%-4.04%-4.67%+3.06%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.00
Hold$107.0012.51% Upside
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
1.67
Reduce$24.009.29% Upside
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
2.57
Moderate Buy$239.331.25% Upside
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
2.33
Hold$160.7114.94% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KMT, FELE, LECO, and MIDD Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
9/27/2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
Weiss Ratings
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Reiterated RatingHold (C)
9/27/2025
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
Weiss Ratings
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Reiterated RatingHold (C)
9/27/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
Weiss Ratings
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Reiterated RatingBuy (B-)
9/27/2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Weiss Ratings
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Reiterated RatingHold (C)
9/5/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
Roth Capital
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Initiated CoverageBuy$279.00
9/4/2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Wolfe Research
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Set Price TargetOutperform$163.00
9/4/2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Wolfe Research
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$163.00
9/2/2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Canaccord Genuity Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy$162.00 ➝ $175.00
8/15/2025
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
UBS Group
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UpgradeSellNeutral$19.00 ➝ $21.00
8/11/2025
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
Zacks Research
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UpgradeStrong Sell
8/11/2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Zacks Research
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(Data available from 10/6/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$2.06B2.05$5.11 per share18.62$27.77 per share3.42
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$1.97B0.85$3.18 per share6.91$17.38 per share1.26
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$4.10B3.18$10.98 per share21.53$23.52 per share10.05
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$3.84B1.84$11.96 per share11.69$67.64 per share2.07
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$180.31M$3.8724.5720.451.948.71%14.05%9.47%11/4/2025 (Estimated)
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$93.12M$1.2018.3016.033.844.73%8.09%4.19%11/5/2025 (Estimated)
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$466.11M$8.9026.5623.451.6312.27%39.79%14.74%10/30/2025 (Estimated)
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$428.43M$7.8617.7914.55N/A11.06%14.14%7.06%10/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest KMT, FELE, LECO, and MIDD Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
10/30/2025Q3 2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$2.37N/AN/AN/A$1.05 billionN/A
10/30/2025Q3 2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$2.07N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
8/6/2025Q4 2025
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$0.40$0.34-$0.06$0.28$527.52 million$516.45 million
8/6/2025Q2 2025
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$2.20$2.35+$0.15$1.99$979.59 million$977.86 million
7/31/2025Q2 2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$2.32$2.60+$0.28$2.56$1.04 billion$1.09 billion
7/29/2025Q2 2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$1.28$1.31+$0.03$1.31$566.61 million$587.43 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
$1.061.11%N/A27.39%33 Years
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
$0.803.64%N/A66.67%N/A
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
$3.001.27%N/A33.71%30 Years
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest KMT, FELE, LECO, and MIDD Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/23/2025
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
quarterly$0.751.27%9/30/20259/30/202510/15/2025
7/29/2025
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
quarterly$0.203.2%8/12/20258/12/20258/26/2025
7/28/2025
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
quarterly$0.26501.14%8/7/20258/7/20258/21/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
0.01
1.72
0.77
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
0.45
2.46
1.19
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
0.83
1.68
1.08
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
0.64
2.57
1.56

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
79.98%
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
N/A
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
79.61%
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
98.55%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.72%
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
1.43%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
2.63%
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
6.18%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. stock logo
FELE
Franklin Electric
6,30044.49 million43.28 millionOptionable
Kennametal Inc. stock logo
KMT
Kennametal
8,12476.02 million74.94 millionOptionable
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LECO
Lincoln Electric
12,00055.19 million53.86 millionOptionable
The Middleby Corporation stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
10,61650.68 million47.55 millionOptionable

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Franklin Electric stock logo

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$95.10 -1.22 (-1.27%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$95.12 +0.02 (+0.02%)
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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.

Kennametal stock logo

Kennametal NYSE:KMT

$21.96 +0.09 (+0.41%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$21.95 -0.01 (-0.06%)
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Kennametal Inc. engages in development and application of tungsten carbides, ceramics, and super-hard materials and solutions for use in metal cutting and extreme wear applications to enable customers work against corrosion and high temperatures conditions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. It offers standard and custom products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems, and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders for manufacturers engaged in various industries, such as the manufacturers of transportation vehicles and components, machine tools, and light and heavy machinery; airframe and aerospace components; and energy-related components for the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation. In addition, the company provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to aerospace, general engineering, energy, and transportation customers. Further, it produces compacts, nozzles, frac seats, and custom components used in oil and gas, and petrochemical industries; rod blanks and abrasive water jet nozzles for general industries; earth cutting tools and systems used in underground mining, trenching and foundation drilling, and road milling; tungsten carbide powders for the oil and gas, aerospace, and process industries; and ceramics used by the packaging industry for metallization of films and papers. The company provides its products under the Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA Hanita, and WIDIA GTD brands through its direct sales force; a network of independent and national distributors; integrated supplier channels; and through the Internet. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lincoln Electric stock logo

Lincoln Electric NASDAQ:LECO

$236.38 -0.01 (0.00%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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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 stock logo

Middleby NASDAQ:MIDD

$139.82 +1.22 (+0.88%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$139.92 +0.10 (+0.07%)
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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.