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NASDAQ:LECO

Lincoln Electric (LECO) Competitors

$173.64
+2.65 (+1.55%)
(As of 05/26/2023 08:47 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$170.68
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$174.33
50-Day Range
$154.18
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$173.64
52-Week Range
$118.17
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$176.52
Volume
236,000 shs
Average Volume
394,886 shs
Market Capitalization
$10.00 billion
P/E Ratio
21.68
Dividend Yield
1.47%
Price Target
$178.50
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LECO vs. CCK, PNR, AOS, ALLE, AGCO, RRX, PKG, GPK, DCI, and ATR

Should you be buying Lincoln Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Electric include Crown (CCK), Pentair (PNR), A. O. Smith (AOS), Allegion (ALLE), AGCO (AGCO), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Donaldson (DCI), and AptarGroup (ATR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Lincoln Electric vs.

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

73.3% of Lincoln Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Lincoln Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Lincoln Electric presently has a consensus target price of $178.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Crown has a consensus target price of $97.60, indicating a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Crown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crown is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lincoln Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Crown
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lincoln Electric pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 18.9% 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.

Crown received 138 more outperform votes than Lincoln Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lincoln ElectricOutperform Votes
426
60.08%
Underperform Votes
283
39.92%
CrownOutperform Votes
564
65.96%
Underperform Votes
291
34.04%

In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 2 more articles in the media than Crown. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 6 mentions for Crown. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Crown's score of 1.04 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lincoln Electric
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crown
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 12.08% compared to Crown's net margin of 4.81%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 48.56% beat Crown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lincoln Electric 12.08% 48.56% 16.41%
Crown 4.81% 31.41% 4.98%

Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Lincoln Electric. Crown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln Electric$3.76 billion2.66$472.22 million$8.0121.68
Crown$12.76 billion0.74$727 million$5.0815.51

Summary

Lincoln Electric beats Crown on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LECO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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LECO vs. The Competition

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MetricLincoln ElectricMetalworking machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.00B$3.02B$6.99B$6.16B
Dividend Yield1.47%2.36%2.11%6.15%
P/E Ratio21.6828.1015.5514.49
Price / Sales2.661.195.3186.87
Price / Cash17.7826.7856.30107.21
Price / Book8.882.233.497.14
Net Income$472.22M$132.85M$364.85M$192.57M
7 Day Performance1.38%4.05%-1.54%5.72%
1 Month Performance3.48%19.67%0.07%7.33%
1 Year Performance27.76%10.29%-2.30%-0.52%

Lincoln Electric Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCK
Crown
2.2802 of 5 stars		$81.48
+1.2%		$97.60
+19.8%		-26.3%$9.79B$12.94B16.0426,000Positive News
PNR
Pentair
2.4413 of 5 stars		$57.73
-2.5%		$62.14
+7.6%		+14.4%$9.52B$4.12B19.3711,250Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AOS
A. O. Smith
2.0785 of 5 stars		$66.73
-2.1%		$67.13
+0.6%		+8.9%$10.04B$3.75B42.2312,000Short Interest ↓
ALLE
Allegion
2.5236 of 5 stars		$107.86
-1.7%		$120.22
+11.5%		-5.7%$9.49B$3.27B19.5012,300
AGCO
AGCO
2.7356 of 5 stars		$116.09
+1.2%		$154.33
+32.9%		-10.4%$8.69B$12.65B8.9725,600Short Interest ↑
RRX
Regal Rexnord
2.7134 of 5 stars		$130.00
-2.3%		$186.00
+43.1%		+7.3%$8.62B$5.22B24.2526,000
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
2.1428 of 5 stars		$127.93
-0.9%		$127.29
-0.5%		-20.5%$11.50B$8.48B12.2815,100
GPK
Graphic Packaging
2.628 of 5 stars		$25.41
-0.9%		$28.78
+13.3%		+10.1%$7.80B$9.44B12.7124,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
DCI
Donaldson
2.4635 of 5 stars		$63.50
-1.1%		$63.67
+0.3%		+22.8%$7.70B$3.31B22.0514,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
ATR
AptarGroup
2.4306 of 5 stars		$117.18
-0.8%		$131.33
+12.1%		+4.8%$7.66B$3.32B33.7713,500

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This page (NASDAQ:LECO) was last updated on 5/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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