NASDAQ:LECOLincoln Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lincoln Electric's stock was trading at $71.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LECO shares have increased by 16.8% and is now trading at $83.98. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln Electric in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lincoln Electric.

Lincoln Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lincoln Electric.

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00. The industrial products company earned $701.99 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $713.23 million. Lincoln Electric had a net margin of 9.41% and a return on equity of 35.65%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.17 earnings per share. View Lincoln Electric's earnings history.

Lincoln Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 29th. View Lincoln Electric's dividend history.

7 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Lincoln Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Electric's stock price to reach $82.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View analysts' price targets for Lincoln Electric.

News articles about LECO stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Electric earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Lincoln Electric.

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

Lincoln Electric's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.02%) and Park National Corp OH (0.00%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $83.98.

Lincoln Electric has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $3.00 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $293.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.70 on an earnings per share basis. Lincoln Electric employs 11,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lincoln Electric is www.lincolnelectric.com.

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