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Lincoln Electric (LECO) Competitors

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LECO vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, and NDSN

Should you be buying Lincoln Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Electric include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Lincoln Electric vs.

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

Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 11.63% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 40.19% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lincoln Electric11.63% 40.19% 15.20%
Ingersoll Rand 11.59%12.78%7.45%

In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 5 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 15 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Lincoln Electric's score of 1.10 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lincoln Electric
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingersoll Rand
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln Electric$4.03B2.71$466.11M$8.1124.14
Ingersoll Rand$7.28B4.62$838.60M$2.0241.27

Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Lincoln Electric pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% 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. Lincoln Electric has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Lincoln Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ingersoll Rand received 285 more outperform votes than Lincoln Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lincoln ElectricOutperform Votes
454
59.35%
Underperform Votes
311
40.65%
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
739
61.74%
Underperform Votes
458
38.26%

Lincoln Electric presently has a consensus target price of $216.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lincoln Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Lincoln Electric on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LECO vs. The Competition

MetricLincoln ElectricMetalworking machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.93B$5.33B$7.59B$8.47B
Dividend Yield1.60%161.86%4.59%4.18%
P/E Ratio24.0221.0421.9819.72
Price / Sales2.711.7093.20117.74
Price / Cash19.2816.5227.0234.62
Price / Book8.323.353.964.51
Net Income$466.11M$160.59M$810.42M$247.94M
7 Day Performance4.57%8.28%2.25%3.40%
1 Month Performance8.70%14.19%10.31%11.07%
1 Year Performance-14.51%-10.97%17.74%5.78%

Lincoln Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.0935 of 5 stars
$197.09
+0.7%
$216.17
+9.7%
-15.1%$11.00B$4.03B24.1812,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2863 of 5 stars
$77.23
+0.7%
$98.64
+27.7%
-8.9%$31.19B$7.24B37.5617,000Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.4318 of 5 stars
$122.86
-1.1%
$146.88
+19.5%
-11.7%$29.91B$8.60B33.5817,800Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7609 of 5 stars
$173.52
-0.2%
$206.33
+18.9%
+0.4%$23.80B$7.73B8.9325,000Analyst Revision
SNA
Snap-on
3.6326 of 5 stars
$314.89
-0.7%
$350.83
+11.4%
+16.6%$16.47B$4.67B16.1512,900Analyst Revision
PNR
Pentair
4.571 of 5 stars
$92.93
-0.4%
$106.93
+15.1%
+16.7%$15.31B$4.08B24.8811,200Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.6463 of 5 stars
$82.48
-0.9%
$93.00
+12.8%
+2.4%$13.79B$2.15B29.264,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.4599 of 5 stars
$182.01
+0.3%
$214.50
+17.9%
-16.1%$13.77B$3.28B27.408,870Dividend Increase
Positive News
WWD
Woodward
3.5006 of 5 stars
$196.41
+1.3%
$195.00
-0.7%
+16.3%$11.67B$3.36B32.928,300Positive News
ITT
ITT
3.4554 of 5 stars
$143.59
+1.2%
$161.86
+12.7%
+8.9%$11.64B$3.63B22.8310,300Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.0635 of 5 stars
$191.55
-0.7%
$250.20
+30.6%
-26.1%$10.91B$2.67B24.387,330Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LECO) was last updated on 5/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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