Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO) Key Metrics
LECO valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $14.29B
- Enterprise value
- $15.24B
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.2 10-yr median 23.9
- Forward P/E
- 21.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.48
- Price / sales
- 3.2 10-yr median 2.5
- Price / book
- 9.2 10-yr median 8.1
- EV / EBITDA
- 17.4 10-yr median 14.5
- Dividend yield
- 1.33% $3.48 a year
- Beta
- 1.22
LECO key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsLECO valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
LECO returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
LECO per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
LECO financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
LECO efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
LECO valuation history
LECO returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
LECO debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
LECO cash returned to shareholders
LECO price vs earnings per share
LECO key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $13.39B | $10.72B | $12.66B | $8.49B | $8.38B | $7.00B | $6.06B | $5.18B | $6.10B | $5.23B |
| Enterprise value | $14.37B | $11.66B | $13.43B | $9.54B | $9.00B | $7.51B | $6.66B | $5.52B | $6.30B | $5.55B |
| P/E ratio | 25.7 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 18.0 | 30.3 | 34.0 | 20.7 | 18.0 | 24.7 | 26.3 |
| Price / sales | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Price / book | 9.1 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 25.1 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 27.3 | 27.7 | 24.0 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 22.3 | 20.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 20.3 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 19.9 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 17.2 |
| EV / sales | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.2 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
| EV / free cash flow | 26.9 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 25.7 | 20.0 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 21.9 |
| Earnings yield | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.0% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.8% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 6.8% | 5.9% | 2.2% | 8.2% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $239.64 | $187.47 | $217.46 | $144.49 | $139.47 | $116.25 | $96.73 | $78.85 | $91.58 | $76.67 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $75.72 | $70.09 | $72.00 | $64.02 | $53.85 | $44.07 | $47.93 | $46.11 | $39.38 | $33.37 |
| Earnings per share | $9.32 | $8.15 | $9.37 | $8.04 | $4.60 | $3.42 | $4.68 | $4.37 | $3.71 | $2.91 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $11.83 | $10.47 | $11.47 | $6.53 | $6.08 | $5.83 | $6.43 | $5.01 | $5.02 | $4.45 |
| Free cash flow per share | $9.56 | $8.43 | $9.90 | $5.30 | $5.04 | $4.85 | $5.32 | $3.93 | $4.10 | $3.72 |
| Cash per share | $5.53 | $6.60 | $6.76 | $3.36 | $3.21 | $4.27 | $3.18 | $5.46 | $7.59 | $5.56 |
| Book value per share | $26.31 | $23.21 | $22.48 | $17.60 | $14.39 | $13.10 | $13.07 | $13.51 | $13.99 | $10.45 |
| Tangible book value per share | $5.95 | $5.27 | $7.35 | $2.83 | $4.74 | $5.30 | $4.85 | $6.98 | $8.56 | $5.14 |
| Dividends per share | $3.01 | $2.83 | $2.54 | $2.23 | $2.03 | $1.96 | $1.88 | $1.55 | $1.39 | $1.28 |
| Capex per share | $2.27 | $2.04 | $1.56 | $1.22 | $1.04 | $0.98 | $1.11 | $1.08 | $0.93 | $0.73 |
| Debt per share | $23.11 | $23.01 | $19.92 | $21.28 | $13.64 | $12.68 | $12.77 | $10.70 | $10.60 | $10.35 |
| Shares outstanding | 55.9M | 57.2M | 58.2M | 58.7M | 60.1M | 60.2M | 62.7M | 65.7M | 66.6M | 68.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.3% | −1.8% | −0.9% | −2.2% | −0.3% | −3.8% | −4.6% | −1.4% | −2.2% | −8.9% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 37.2% | 35.4% | 46.5% | 49.8% | 33.5% | 25.6% | 34.3% | 31.5% | 30.1% | 24.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 23.4% | 23.0% | 27.4% | 27.3% | 28.2% | 16.2% | 22.3% | 24.7% | 23.5% | 20.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 14.3% | 13.5% | 16.6% | 16.4% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 12.4% | 12.1% | 11.4% | 10.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | 19.7% | 18.7% | 21.8% | 20.4% | 13.7% | 11.2% | 15.8% | 14.9% | 12.1% | 12.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.6% | 12.0% | 13.8% | 8.3% | 9.4% | 11.0% | 11.1% | 8.5% | 10.4% | 11.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.22 | 0.81 | 1.32 | 1.70 | 1.38 | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.53 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.29B | $1.32B | $1.16B | $1.25B | $819.0M | $763.7M | $799.9M | $702.7M | $706.3M | $705.6M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $308.8M | $377.3M | $393.8M | $197.2M | $193.0M | $257.3M | $199.6M | $358.8M | $505.8M | $379.2M |
| Net debt | $982.5M | $939.0M | $766.1M | $1.05B | $626.0M | $506.4M | $600.4M | $343.8M | $200.4M | $326.4M |
| Debt / equity | 0.88 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 1.21 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.99 |
| Debt / assets | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.36 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.18 | 1.17 | 0.97 | 1.49 | 0.93 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 0.73 | 0.48 | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 1.82 | 1.87 | 2.24 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 2.02 | 1.91 | 2.30 | 2.60 | 2.69 |
| Quick ratio | 1.16 | 1.25 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 1.33 | 1.21 | 1.63 | 1.94 | 2.03 |
| Interest coverage | 11.7 | 14.9 | 16.2 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 21.4 | 15.6 | 15.1 |
| Working capital | $782.8M | $766.5M | $938.5M | $704.9M | $533.7M | $562.9M | $512.4M | $699.6M | $844.9M | $655.6M |
| Invested capital | $2.45B | $2.27B | $2.07B | $2.09B | $1.49B | $1.30B | $1.42B | $1.23B | $1.13B | $1.04B |
| Tangible asset value | $332.7M | $301.5M | $427.7M | $166.1M | $284.4M | $320.2M | $304.2M | $458.4M | $570.4M | $350.2M |
| Net current asset value | −$568.3M | −$547.4M | −$375.3M | −$588.7M | −$438.8M | −$411.9M | −$476.6M | −$224.4M | −$100.5M | −$187.5M |
| Graham number | $74.26 | $65.24 | $68.83 | $56.42 | $38.61 | $31.76 | $37.09 | $36.45 | $34.19 | $26.16 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$22.88 | −$20.67 | −$16.45 | −$20.15 | −$15.40 | −$12.94 | −$13.96 | −$9.51 | −$7.46 | −$7.61 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $168.2M | $162.1M | $148.0M | $130.7M | $121.9M | $118.1M | $117.9M | $102.1M | $92.5M | $87.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $338.3M | $263.8M | $198.8M | $181.3M | $164.5M | $113.5M | $292.7M | $201.7M | $43.2M | $342.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 32.3% | 34.8% | 27.1% | 27.7% | 44.1% | 57.3% | 40.2% | 35.6% | 37.4% | 44.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 94.8% | 88.3% | 60.1% | 100.2% | 94.7% | 79.3% | 123.1% | 117.8% | 49.6% | 169.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 19.2% | 19.5% | 13.6% | 18.7% | 17.1% | 16.8% | 17.3% | 21.6% | 18.4% | 16.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.05 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.77 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| R&D / revenue | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 18.9% | 19.5% | 18.1% | 17.5% | 18.5% | 20.5% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 20.8% | 20.5% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 44.0 | 48.4 | 50.4 | 50.0 | 48.0 | 52.9 | 46.9 | 47.7 | 46.5 | 43.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 79.7 | 79.8 | 82.6 | 88.7 | 77.6 | 79.3 | 69.1 | 64.8 | 63.2 | 65.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 44.8 | 44.9 | 45.6 | 50.2 | 49.4 | 54.2 | 49.5 | 49.1 | 46.7 | 40.4 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 79.0 | 83.3 | 87.4 | 88.5 | 76.1 | 78.0 | 66.5 | 63.4 | 63.0 | 68.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 8.29 | 7.54 | 7.24 | 7.30 | 7.61 | 6.89 | 7.79 | 7.65 | 7.84 | 8.44 |
| Payables turnover | 8.15 | 8.14 | 8.01 | 7.27 | 7.38 | 6.74 | 7.37 | 7.43 | 7.81 | 9.04 |
| Inventory turnover | 4.58 | 4.57 | 4.42 | 4.12 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 5.28 | 5.63 | 5.78 | 5.60 |
| Asset turnover | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.28 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.13 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.21 | 1.22 |
| Average receivables | $510.4M | $531.3M | $578.7M | $515.6M | $425.0M | $385.1M | $385.8M | $396.1M | $334.6M | $269.4M |
| Average payables | $330.8M | $311.0M | $338.8M | $341.2M | $293.4M | $264.8M | $270.8M | $269.2M | $223.3M | $164.7M |
| Average inventory | $588.7M | $553.5M | $614.2M | $602.7M | $460.6M | $387.5M | $377.8M | $355.2M | $302.0M | $265.7M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 30.1% | 29.1% | 26.1% | 27.3% | 22.4% | 20.3% | 21.7% | 18.3% | 15.0% | 18.6% |
Computed from LECO's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
LECO valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Lincoln Electric traded at 25.7 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 23.9. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 26.2 and the forward P/E is 21.2. Lincoln Electric earned a return on equity of 37.2% and a return on invested capital of 23.4% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.3 billion of debt and $308.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $982.5 million. It returned $506.5 million to shareholders: $168.2 million in dividends and $338.3 million in share buybacks, 95% of free cash flow. The share count fell 18.0% from 68.2M to 55.9M over 9 years.
See the LECO income statement, the LECO chart for price history, or the LECO stock overview for the latest quote and news.
LECO key metrics FAQ
What is Lincoln Electric's P/E ratio?
Lincoln Electric's trailing P/E ratio is 26.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 21.2. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 25.7, compared with a 10-year median of 23.9.
What is Lincoln Electric's EV/EBITDA?
Lincoln Electric's enterprise value was 17.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $14.4 billion, EBITDA $835.1 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 17.4.
What is Lincoln Electric's return on equity?
Lincoln Electric's return on equity (ROE) was 37.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $520.5 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.4 billion.
What is Lincoln Electric's ROIC?
Lincoln Electric's return on invested capital was 23.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Lincoln Electric have?
Lincoln Electric had total debt of $1.3 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88 and $982.5 million of net debt (1.18 times EBITDA).
What is Lincoln Electric's dividend yield?
Lincoln Electric's forward dividend yield is 1.33%. Lincoln Electric paid $168.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($3.01 per share), a payout ratio of 32.3%.
Does Lincoln Electric buy back its shares?
Yes. Lincoln Electric spent $338.3 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.3% over the year, to 55.9M..
What is Lincoln Electric's free cash flow yield?
Lincoln Electric generated $534.2 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 4.0% on its market value at year-end ($13.4 billion).
What is Lincoln Electric's current ratio?
Lincoln Electric's current ratio was 1.82 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.82 times current liabilities.