NASDAQ:LECOLincoln Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lincoln Electric's stock was trading at $71.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LECO stock has increased by 36.5% and is now trading at $98.13.
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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."
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Lincoln Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.45. The industrial products company earned $590.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $556.14 million. Lincoln Electric had a net margin of 7.93% and a return on equity of 33.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 24.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.28 earnings per share.
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Lincoln Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 29th.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Lincoln Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $106.00. On average, they expect Lincoln Electric's share price to reach $88.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%.
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News coverage about LECO stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lincoln Electric earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Lincoln Electric saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,430,000 shares, a decline of 11.2% from the December 31st total of 1,610,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 292,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Lincoln Electric trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LECO."

Lincoln Electric's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Keybank National Association OH (2.24%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.03%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.97%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.34%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.17%). Company insiders that own Lincoln Electric stock include Christopher L Mapes, Douglas S Lance, 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 and Vincent K Petrella.
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LECO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC, American International Group Inc., and Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC. 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, Michael J Whitehead, Michael Mintun, Michele R Kuhrt, Steven B Hedlund, Thomas A Flohn, and Vincent K Petrella.
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LECO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Nicholas Investment Partners LP, and Heartland Advisors Inc..
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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 $98.13.

Lincoln Electric has a market capitalization of $5.83 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]