Lincoln Electric Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lincoln Electric in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Lincoln Electric stock.
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Lincoln Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.48 by $0.19. The industrial products company had revenue of $826.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $790.15 million. Lincoln Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.01% and a net margin of 9.97%. Lincoln Electric's quarterly revenue was up 39.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.80 earnings per share.
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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 (WHO). Since then, LECO stock has increased by 81.5% and is now trading at $130.52.
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Lincoln Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 21st. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 29th.
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Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.56%. Lincoln Electric does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Lincoln Electric is 49.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lincoln Electric will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.09% next year. This indicates that Lincoln Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Lincoln Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $155.00. On average, they anticipate Lincoln Electric's stock price to reach $134.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% from the stock's current price.
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113 employees have rated Lincoln Electric CEO Christopher L. Mapes on Glassdoor.com. Christopher L. Mapes has an approval rating of 68% among Lincoln Electric's employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lincoln Electric investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), The Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC), The Procter & Gamble (PG), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and AT&T (T).

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

Lincoln Electric's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.81%), BlackRock Inc. (9.12%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.32%), State Street Corp (4.61%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.43%) and Keybank National Association OH (2.31%). Company insiders that own Lincoln Electric stock include Christopher L Mapes, Douglas S Lance, Gabriel Bruno, Geoffrey P Allman, Jennifer I Ansberry, Michael J Whitehead, 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 BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Principal Financial Group Inc., Millennium Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Keybank National Association OH, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Lincoln Electric company stock in the last year include Geoffrey P Allman, Jennifer I Ansberry, Michael J Whitehead, Steven B Hedlund, and Thomas A Flohn.
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LECO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., State Street Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, and Boston Trust Walden Corp.
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One share of LECO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $130.52.

Lincoln Electric has a market capitalization of $7.75 billion and generates $2.66 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $206.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.15 on an earnings per share basis.

Lincoln Electric employs 11,000 workers across the globe.

Lincoln Electric was founded in 1895.

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

Lincoln Electric is headquartered at 22801 ST CLAIR AVE, CLEVELAND OH, 44117.

Lincoln Electric's mailing address is 22801 ST CLAIR AVE, CLEVELAND OH, 44117. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (888) 935-3877 or via email at [email protected].