LECO vs. FELE, NDSN, DCI, DOV, GGG, ITT, ITW, KMT, PH, and TKR
Should you be buying Lincoln Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Electric include Franklin Electric (FELE), Nordson (NDSN), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Kennametal (KMT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Timken (TKR).
Lincoln Electric vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 8 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 11 mentions for Franklin Electric. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Franklin Electric's score of 1.00 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 11.44% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 39.44% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Franklin Electric presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.66%. Lincoln Electric has a consensus price target of $211.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.11%. Given Franklin Electric's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Electric pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Lincoln Electric has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
Lincoln Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lincoln Electric beats Franklin Electric on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:LECO) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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