Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO): Price and Financial Metrics
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO)
Today's Latest Price: $84.56 USD
Updated Jun 4 12:44pm
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Industry Rank:
Ranked of 59 in Industrial - Machinery
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LECO Stock Summary
- Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 88.96% of US listed stocks.
- Of note is the ratio of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 81.76% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
- In terms of volatility of its share price, LECO is more volatile than just 12.45% of stocks we're observing.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be CRI, RUSHA, DKS, MSM, and WCC.
- Visit LECO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lincolnelectric.com.
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LECO Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $84.56 | 52-week high | $98.32 |
| Prev. close | $85.68 | 52-week low | $59.29 |
| Day low | $84.21 | Volume | 94,421 |
| Day high | $85.64 | Avg. volume | 396,309 |
| 50-day MA | $76.31 | Dividend yield | 2.29% |
| 200-day MA | $85.33 | Market Cap | 5.02B |
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO) Company Bio
Lincoln Electric Holdings designs, develops and manufactures arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment and is also in the brazing and soldering alloys market. The company was founded in 1895 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.
LECO Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $84.56 | $63.2 | -24% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc ranked in the 41th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc ended up being:
- The company's balance sheet shows it gets 85% of its capital from equity, and 15% of its capital from debt. Its equity weight surpasses that of 73.42% of free cash flow generating stocks in the Industrials sector.
- LECO's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 32.83% of tickers in our DCF set.
- Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's interest coverage rate -- a measure of gross earnings relative to interest payments -- comes in at 15.93. This coverage rate is greater than that of 83.36% of stocks we're observing for the purpose of forecasting via discounted cash flows.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -26% |
| 1% | -25% |
| 2% | -24% |
| 3% | -24% |
| 4% | -23% |
| 5% | -22% |
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