Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO): Price and Financial Metrics

LECO POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where LECO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 95.66% of US stocks.
• LECO's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• LECO ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 55th percentile.

LECO Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for LECO is 3.88 -- better than 87.83% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 84.05% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC's share price is greater than that of just 4.38% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC, a group of peers worth examining would be DCI, WSM, WTS, LCII, and AYI.
• LECO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC's official web site, go to www.lincolnelectric.com.

LECO Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, LECO's EV/EBIT ratio is 14.63% higher, now standing at 18.8.
• Over the past 243 months, LECO's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 1.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LECO.

LECO Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -36.41%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 43.11%.
• The 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 16.59%.

LECO's revenue has moved up $1,266,971,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows LECO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	3,545.742	361.13	360.037
2022-03-31	3,402.607	362.891	328.319
2021-12-31	3,234.18	365.063	276.466
2021-09-30	3,083.723	390.926	267.117
2021-06-30	2,946.157	370.583	293.839
2021-03-31	2,710.43	374.652	224.73

LECO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LECO has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 86.31% of graded US stocks.
• LECO's asset turnover comes in at 1.264 -- ranking 7th of 104 Machinery stocks.
• DE, DOV, and ZBRA are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LECO.

The table below shows LECO's key quality metrics over time.