LECO — Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc

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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 →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$262.84
Market Cap$14.25B
Float53.8M
Shares Outstanding54.8M
P/E (Forward)24.21
P/E (TTM)26.81
Price/Sales (TTM)3.28
vs. Analyst Target+11.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin12.38%
Operating Margin (TTM)17.15%
Revenue (TTM)$4.35B
Earnings Growth (YoY)17.60%
Dividend Rate3.2%
Analyst Target Price$294.11 (10 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
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

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $1.09B $143M
Sep 2025 $1.06B $123M
Dec 2025 $1.08B $136M
Mar 2026 $1.12B $136M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.5%
Institutional Ownership81.6%
Short Float1.5%
% of All Funds Holding7.84%
Number of Funds Holding644

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.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$259.39Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$252.27Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$227.57Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$202.47Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$252.13Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$226.75Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$212.58Secular 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.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$207.00 support 1.19x 9 months ago
$193.00 support 1.24x 10 months ago
$176.00 support 1.18x 11 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.13% 0.06% 53.66% 6.10% -3.74%
1 Day 0.00% 0.29% 55.28% 6.83% -8.70%
1 Week 0.27% 0.76% 56.91% 14.35% -16.97%
2 Weeks 0.41% 0.91% 58.54% 15.98% -22.01%
1 Month 0.77% 1.43% 56.56% 19.86% -25.47%

Next earnings: July 19, 2026 (52 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan0.3%50.0%32
Feb1.9%68.8%32
Mar2.1%56.3%32
Apr3.7%68.8%32
May2.2%62.5%32
Jun-1.3%40.6%32
Jul2.9%62.5%32
Aug-0.9%40.6%32
Sep-0.5%37.5%32
Oct2.9%62.5%32
Nov4.4%71.9%32
Dec0.2%53.1%32

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 49.6% 1519
Tuesday 0.09% 49.5% 1661
Wednesday 0.00% 49.3% 1658
Thursday 0.13% 50.8% 1626
Friday 0.15% 51.0% 1622

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 81.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.5%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings7
Net Value-$9.0M
Net Shares Change-6,007
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings6
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Bruno Gabriel EVP, CFO and TREASURER -$4.1M 2 2 sell
Ansberry Jennifer I EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL and SECY -$2.7M 2 2 sell
Hedlund Steven B CHAIR, PRESIDENT and CEO -$1.9M 1 1 sell
Benny Purushotam Patel -$271,572 1 1 sell
Whitehead Michael J SVP, PRESIDENT, AMERICAS WELD -$233,228.9 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-08-05 – 2025-08-14 3 3 -$2.1M 2 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-04 Bruno Gabriel EVP, CFO and TREASURER -$3.0M Transaction at $200.28, now +31.2%
2026-02-18 Ansberry Jennifer I EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL and SECY -$2.0M Transaction at $232.27, now +13.2%
2025-08-14 Ansberry Jennifer I EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL and SECY -$726,548.1 Transaction at $242.18, now +8.5%
2025-09-12 Hedlund Steven B CHAIR, PRESIDENT and CEO -$1.9M Transaction at $166.50, now +57.9%
2025-08-08 Bruno Gabriel EVP, CFO and TREASURER -$1.1M Transaction at $166.02, now +58.3%
2025-09-16 Whitehead Michael J SVP, PRESIDENT, AMERICAS WELD -$233,228.9 Transaction at $233.23, now +12.7%

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