LECO
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. - CommonIndustrials · ·
$278.91
▼ $0.46 (-0.2%)
Market Cap
$15.20B
Day Range
$277.57 - $283.35
52-Week Range
$216.22 - $310.00
Beta
—
Next Earnings
28.10.2026
LECO is a stock from the Industrials sector — Manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.
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This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
🔍 Cross-Check
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
✅ Why is the score relatively high?
- 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
- 🟢 Return on equity (ROE): 35.4% — strong
- 🟢 Current ratio: 1.82
- 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
- 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
⚠️ What's concerning?
- 🔴 -3.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🔴 %K 89.0 — overbought
🚦 Quality & Risk Checks
📰 News Trend
Based on real financial news (Finnhub)Everyone's writing about Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. - Common. News trend score: 98. Reason: 9 of the last 14 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
📈 Technical Analysis
Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (8 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 neutral)
Conclusions
- 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
- 🟢Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is above the 200-day average
- 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
- 🟢RSI — RSI 63.4 — healthy positive momentum
- 🔴Stochastic — %K 89.0 — overbought
- 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 14.8 — weak trend/choppy
- 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -3.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🟢Bollinger Bands — Price is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (100%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
- 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 12.0%
- 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
- 🟢CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: 0.18
Wyckoff Method Analysis
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
A trading range after an advance, but still without clear (volume-based) confirmation of a distribution phase.
Low confidence
$243.12
Range Bottom
$283.35
Range Top
50
Trading Days in Range
Evidence Behind This Read
- 🟡Trading range identified — The stock is trading in a 16.5% range (between 243.12 and 283.35) over 50 trading days.
- 🔴The range follows an uptrend — Under the Wyckoff method, a trading range following an advance is a natural candidate for a Distribution phase — smart money selling to the last buyers.
- 🟡Trading volume in the range is rising — There's no clear sign yet of supply/demand being exhausted within the range.
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)
Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.
1️⃣ Market Structure
🟢 Uptrend
The price is above the 200-day average — per the market-structure method, this environment mainly favors looking for buying (Long) opportunities.
2️⃣ Value Zone
🟡 Price far from value zone
The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.
3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)
Method formula: Stop-loss = support minusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.
Entry
$278.91
Stop-Loss
$234.32
Risk per Share
$44.59
Direction
Long
Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)
1:2 R
$368.09
1:3 R
$412.68
1:5 R
$501.86
💰 Position Size Calculator
A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.
Suggested Position Size
2 sh.
💰 Financial Health
Profitability
Gross Margin
36.2%
Operating Margin
17.0%
Net Margin
12.3%
EBITDA Margin
19.3%
Efficiency
ROE
35.4%
ROA
13.8%
ROIC
—
EPS
$9.39
Balance Sheet
Cash
$308.79M
Total Debt
$1.15B
Current Ratio
1.82
Debt/Equity
0.78
Conclusions
- 🟡Gross margin — Gross margin: 36.2% — reasonable
- 🟡Operating margin — Operating margin: 17.0% — reasonable
- 🟡Net margin — Net margin: 12.3% — reasonable
- 🟢Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 35.4% — strong
- 🟢Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 13.8% — strong
- 🟢Current ratio (liquidity) — Current ratio: 1.82
- 🟡Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 0.78
🚀 Growth
Revenue
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Net Income
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.
Conclusions
- 🟡Revenue growth (last year) — Revenue growth (last year): 5.6%
- 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 14.4%
- 🟢Net income growth — Net income growth: 11.7%
💵 Dividends
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
Annual Dividend per Share
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 30.6.2026 | $0.790 |
| 31.3.2026 | $0.790 |
| 31.12.2025 | $0.790 |
| 30.9.2025 | $0.750 |
| 30.6.2025 | $0.750 |
| 31.3.2025 | $0.750 |
| 31.12.2024 | $0.750 |
| 30.9.2024 | $0.710 |
| 28.6.2024 | $0.710 |
| 27.3.2024 | $0.710 |
| 28.12.2023 | $0.710 |
| 28.9.2023 | $0.640 |
💎 Fair Value (Valuation)
Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.
Book Value per Share
$26.31
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$5.95
Conclusions
- 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $5.95
- 🟡P/E — P/E: 29.9
🕴️ Insider Trading
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 3 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doria Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 1.5.2026 | 5,424 | -44 | $266.25 |
| Lincoln Kathryn Jo | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 34,770 | +688 | — |
| ESPELAND CURTIS E | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 19,110 | +688 | — |
| Chambers Brian | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 4,351 | +688 | — |
| Hilton Michael F | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 13,880 | +688 | — |
| Falotico Nancy Joy | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 1,523 | +688 | — |
| Howze Marc A | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 2,550 | +688 | — |
| Goris Patrick P. | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 9,176 | +688 | — |
| Benny Purushotam Patel | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 8,567 | +688 | — |
| Fetch Bonnie J | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.4.2026 | 2,707 | +688 | — |
| Bruno Gabriel | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 2.3.2026 | 47,507 | +17,473 | $114.27 |
| Bruno Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 2.3.2026 | 45,080 | -2,427 | $285.44 |
| Bruno Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 2.3.2026 | 33,212 | -11,868 | $286.23 |
| Bruno Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 2.3.2026 | 30,034 | -3,178 | $287.14 |
| Bruno Gabriel | Gift | 2.3.2026 | 27,136 | -2,898 | — |
| Bruno Gabriel | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 29,920 | +2,784 | — |
| Bruno Gabriel | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 2.3.2026 | 0 | -17,473 | — |
| Hedlund Steven B | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 63,892 | +3,182 | — |
| Ansberry Jennifer I | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 21,036 | +1,712 | — |
| Ansberry Jennifer I | Tax Withholding in Shares | 2.3.2026 | 20,266 | -770 | $287.09 |
| Whitehead Michael J | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 10,363 | +662 | — |
| Whitehead Michael J | Tax Withholding in Shares | 2.3.2026 | 10,164 | -199 | $287.09 |
| Doria Gregory | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 5,614 | +486 | — |
| Doria Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 2.3.2026 | 5,468 | -146 | $287.09 |
| Dietrich Lisa | Grant/Award from Employer | 2.3.2026 | 3,857 | +662 | — |
📉 Short Interest
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest
1,320,425 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 1,565,668 on 2026-06-30
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity
51.8% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 59.9% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
📰 News & Sentiment
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 9 positive, 4 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 14 articles.
Yahoo · 5.8.2026
Yahoo · 4.8.2026
Benzinga · 4.8.2026
SeekingAlpha · 31.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
SeekingAlpha · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Benzinga · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 29.7.2026
Benzinga · 29.7.2026