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About Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. The company offers brazing and soldering filler metals, arc welding equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, wel… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Tools & Accessories
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: June 13, 1995
Headquarters: 22221 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH, United States, 44117
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$262.84
Market Cap
$14.25B
Float
53.8M
Shares Outstanding
54.8M
P/E (Forward)
24.21
P/E (TTM)
26.81
Price/Sales (TTM)
3.28
vs. Analyst Target
+11.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
12.38%
Operating Margin (TTM)
17.15%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.35B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
17.60%
Dividend Rate
3.2%
Analyst Target Price
$294.11 (10 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.66B
$206M
$871M
$410M
2021
$3.23B
$277M
$1.07B
$675M
2022
$3.76B
$472M
$1.28B
$708M
2023
$4.19B
$545M
$1.48B
$789M
2024
$4.01B
$466M
$1.48B
$801M
2025
$4.23B
$521M
$1.54B
$813M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$1.09B
$143M
Sep 2025
$1.06B
$123M
Dec 2025
$1.08B
$136M
Mar 2026
$1.12B
$136M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
1.5%
Institutional Ownership
81.6%
Short Float
1.5%
% of All Funds Holding
7.84%
Number of Funds Holding
644
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$259.39
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$252.27
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$227.57
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$202.47
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$252.13
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$226.75
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$212.58
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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