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

LECO POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where LECO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.34% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LECO is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• LECO's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 29.35% of US stocks).

LECO Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for LECO is 3.98 -- better than 87.34% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 83.54% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, LECO is more volatile than only 6.71% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC are WTS, MAT, DCI, WSM, and FCN.
• 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 5.71% lower, now standing at 16.5.
• Over the past 243 months, LECO's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LECO.

LECO Growth Metrics

Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -4.11%.
• The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 46.09%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -9.11%.

Over the past 33 months, LECO's revenue has gone up $671,256,000.

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
2022-09-30	3,674.528	381.522	437.505
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

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.