Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO): Price and Financial Metrics
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO)
Today's Latest Price: $83.45 USD
Updated Jun 2 6:55pm
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Ranked of 59 in Industrial - Machinery
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LECO Stock Summary
- The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for LECO is 4.42 -- better than 88.9% of US stocks.
- Of note is the ratio of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 82.02% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
- The volatility of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's share price is greater than that of merely 12.5% 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 CRI, RUSHA, MSM, WCC, and JBT.
- LECO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's official web site, go to www.lincolnelectric.com.
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LECO Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $83.45 | 52-week high | $98.32 |
| Prev. close | $82.77 | 52-week low | $59.29 |
| Day low | $83.10 | Volume | 168,000 |
| Day high | $84.43 | Avg. volume | 401,100 |
| 50-day MA | $75.40 | Dividend yield | 2.35% |
| 200-day MA | $85.31 | Market Cap | 4.96B |
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: |
| $83.45 | $63.93 | -22% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. 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. Notably, its equity weight is greater than 74.1% of US equities in the Industrials sector yielding a positive free cash flow.
- 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 33.57% 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 83.43% 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% | -24% |
| 1% | -23% |
| 2% | -22% |
| 3% | -21% |
| 4% | -21% |
| 5% | -20% |
AME, ATRO, CTAS, PCAR, and PKOH can be thought of as valuation peers to LECO, in the sense that they are in the Industrials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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