NASDAQ:LECO - Lincoln Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lincoln Electric trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LECO."

Lincoln Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from Lincoln Electric's previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. View Lincoln Electric's Dividend History.

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.15. The industrial products company had revenue of $730.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $750.21 million. Lincoln Electric had a return on equity of 36.00% and a net margin of 10.50%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.21 EPS. View Lincoln Electric's Earnings History.

Lincoln Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lincoln Electric.

Lincoln Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Lincoln Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Electric's share price to reach $92.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Lincoln Electric.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lincoln Electric.

Media coverage about LECO stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Electric earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Lincoln Electric.

Lincoln Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,610,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the December 15th total of 1,440,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 295,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.4 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Lincoln Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Lincoln Electric's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.92%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.41%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.14%), Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE (0.13%), Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO (0.03%) and Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV (0.03%). Company insiders that own Lincoln Electric stock include Christopher L Mapes, Douglas S Lance, G Russell Lincoln, Gabriel Bruno, Geoffrey P Allman, George D Blankenship, Hellene S Runtagh, Kathryn Jo Lincoln, Michael J Whitehead, Michael Mintun, Michele R Kuhrt, Steven B Hedlund, Thomas A Flohn, Vincent K Petrella and William E Macdonald III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lincoln Electric.

LECO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Welch & Forbes LLC, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Lincoln Electric company stock in the last year include Christopher L Mapes, Douglas S Lance, Gabriel Bruno, Geoffrey P Allman, George D Blankenship, Hellene S Runtagh, Michael J Whitehead, Michael Mintun, Michele R Kuhrt, Steven B Hedlund, Thomas A Flohn and Vincent K Petrella. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lincoln Electric.

LECO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Uncommon Cents Investing LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV and Albert D Mason Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lincoln Electric.

Shares of LECO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LECO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.53.

Lincoln Electric has a market capitalization of $5.78 billion and generates $3.03 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $287.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.82 on an earnings per share basis. Lincoln Electric employs 11,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lincoln Electric.

The official website for Lincoln Electric is http://www.lincolnelectric.com/.

Lincoln Electric's mailing address is 22801 ST. CLAIR AVENUE, CLEVELAND OH, 44117. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 216-481-8100 or via email at [email protected]